The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

twill have to listen to me make one to- r,orrow. U.auxhter.) shall merely thank you again with all my heart and say to you that want you to appreciate thst mean every word I say and mean it deeply when say have boon touched, more than pleased. touched and stirred by the warmth and keartiness with whicn you have made me feel today that am one of you" Nour applause and eheers')
 The President was followed ny 1ov- error Mcsweeney, who prefaced his pre- nsred speech by a few words in which ne assured the President that he was as safe from bodily harm in South Carolina as he was in Washington. Continuing nc
 ..Th6 6Anglo- Saxon is entering the new century with the Imperial crown of the ares on his brow and the sceptre Of the Infinite in his hands.
 .vrhe old South fought against the stars in their courses-the resisting tide of the rising consciousness of nationality ana world mission. The young South srects the new era and slories in it's manhood He joins his voice in the cheers of trf- umph which are ushering in this ah-con- auering Saxon. Our. old men dreamed of local supremacy. We dream or the conquest of the globe. Threads of steel have knit State to State. Steam and cleo tricity have silently transformed the race of the earth annihiliated time and space and swept the ocean barriers from ,ns hath of man. The black steam shuttiee Of commerce have woven continent to continent. "These words arc taken from speech delivered at a momentous crisis m tne history of sister State.
 s'CiyiI liberty and religious freedom have been placed in our keeping as a trust and is our duty to he faithfui to that trust and move on and upward un- til the people of all lands shall enJoy tne same blessings which are ours. Threads of steel have indeed knit us close to- rether and now we know no North ana no South, no East and no West. but hand in hand we are striving for the upitfting and .betterment of mankind.
 q want to say ir this presence, and Tn the presence of the President of the United States that while we may not agree on many questions Of policy. tnat we are all American citizens ands the boys of the South will respond to the cal of tbeir country. which Is the call of duty. as quickly and readily as those or | any other section When four years ago America let slip the dogs of war and sent her armies and navies to drive tne | tyrant from Cuba's wasted snofes' to- | 1ether in the gloom of the gory trenches. and the rampayts wrapt in name stooo | the sons of the frozen North. who wore the blue, with those of the sunny Soutn who wore the grey, to defend the hoho' | of their common country.
 l Side by side and shoulder to shoulder Il they fought till the broken power oi Spain. in the Western world attested the | fact that the men who made and witn- l stood Picketts charge at Gettyspure 1 could clasp hands over the graves of then l fallen heroes and together shed theil l blood in defence of human rights ane | their countrys cause. It was a Southerr l boy who first planted the Stars ane | Stripes on foreign soil; 1t was Southerr | boy who first gave up his fair young l life in this cause and the cold still form of Ensign BagIey, wrapt about with th' | siIken folds of his country's nag, wal ] laid to rest mid the lamentations or re-united people And in the self-sani'
 sepulchres, where lie the braves who sav' their lives in that conflict, Is buried tn' I last remrant of autagonism which mign I have existed between the sections.
 T am glad that President Roosevei has come to this grand old city, that h' may see and know us as we are; that h' may know and realize that though VI may not agree on politics, we know how | to welcome the President of our common country; that he may know and appre ciate what Southern hospitality means and in Charleston he will find the highes l type of this old-time Southern hospital Il jty. We hope that his coming will b'
 beneficial to all ofNls."
 | Cantain wasener, Governor Aycock O. North Carolina, and several others msd'
 short addresses. It was midnight whei the party broke up and as the Presiden left the room he yves cheered to the echo not only by those who had been fortunat' | enough to attend the banquet but by thu large numbers who had patiently waitet in the hotel parolrs and outside to catcl a. glimpse Of him. Upon arriving at hi
 hotel he immediately retired
 Reception to Mrs. Roosevelt
 Charleston. S. C.. April S.-Mrs. Roose velt's reception at the St. John Hote tonight was the most brilliant affair il the recent social history of this city The St. John, or the old Mills House | as it is still called by Charlestonians 0 the old regime, was in ants,oelium day the scene of many notable ssthertngs O the ultra exclusive society people. but fo many years the ball room has been de serted. The hostelry has been brough 1 to it's former standard with the adven of the exposition and the first iady Tn th land was tonight the exposure Of all eye l dL the uOsL HUtdolc IVSSPbNA %'' NA''0 N'N' | in forty years,
 This was the first Presidents wife t'
 whom a reception has ever been tenderc' here. President and Mrs. Cleveland visited Charleston February 2S. 1888. bu
 Mrs. Cleveland was only here for fev
 hours. Presidents Washington. Monroe
 and Polk were unattended by their wive
 when they visited the city.
 Tonight the hall room was exauisltei!
 decorated for the occa sion and was il keeping with the splerdid toiettes of tn five hundred brilliantly gowned wome'
 who came to do honor to the President charming wife. Mrs. Roosevelt and tn ladies cf her patty occupied dais nea the southern end of the room and re ceived the guests who were introduced h, Mrs. Andrew Simonds. Jr.. of this city The reception began at o'clock an' lasted until after midnight.
 WILL BE GIVEN TO ALABAMA
 Favorable Report on Donation O. l Spanish Masts
 Wsshir gton. April S.-The House Com
 nittee on Naval Affairs today adopt ?
 a resolution not to incorporate any pro
 viyior for sub marine boats in this year