The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-05
n ITTsBURG. July 4.-Half a million
persons greeted President Roose-

persons greeted President Roose-
welt in Pittsburg today Many
came from the industrial towns within
100 miles of the city. II was the dis
tinguished guests first visit TO Pitts
burg as president, and his welcome
was most enthusiastic From the
Union station to the speakers stand
In Schenley park, nearly four miles
away, IL was one continuous cheer
AT the Williamsburg station of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad, a local reception
committee. headed by George T. Oil
yer. boarded the train. The run into
Union station consumed twenty min
utes, during which time the members
OF the committee were introduced into
the presidential PAL ty, Attorney Gen
eral Knox, who is a PittsburSer max
ing the party acquainted. AS the train
passed Shady Side station, Hampton
battery p of the Pennsylvania ma
tional guard began the fire of the pres
l1ents salute of twenty-one guns. The
last gun was fired as the president
stepped from his car
The president MAS then escorted 20
his carriage. Those who occupied the
carriage with the president were City
Recorder j. o. Brown. United States
Attorney General J. p. Knox, George
3. Cortelyou secretary to the presi-
dent. The other carriages in waiting
we're promptly filled by the reception
committee. Brigadier General John A.
Wylie commanded the military escort,
which numbered ZOO men, representing
the Eighteenth regiment, the Four
teenth regiment. the Tenth regiment.
who saw Philippine service, Sheridan
cavalry troop of Tyrone the boys brig
AIDES and Independent military organi-
cations.
When the head of the military escort
reached a position opposite the
speakers stand it was halted and
stood in company front with arms at
present. As the president and those
in carriages passed in review, the band
struck up the stirring strains OF Hail
TO the Chief" The music was fairly
drowned by the cheering of the 200. 900
persons in the stand and on the amphi-
theatre-like hillside which rose in
| front.
The invocation was pronounced by
the Rev John H PruglI. D. D.. pastor
of Grace ResorHlsd chsrch. FPittsburg.
and president of the general synod of
reformed churches in the United States.
which church Mr.. Roosevelt attends
in Washington.
The Declaration Of Independence was
read by General Hullings, and then fol-
president Of the United States, Thed
dore Roosevelt
The president said:
Mr.. Mayor and You Ny Fellow Cit
| liens, My Fellow Americans, Men and
| Women Of Western Pennsylvania: You
have just listened to the reading of the
great document which signaled our en-
try into the field of natiosls 126 years
ago. That entry was but the promise
which had to be made good by the per-
| Torrance Of those men and their chill
dren and their chiIdren's children
Words are good if they are backed
up by deeds. and only so. (Applause-)
The Declaration continues 10 be read
with pride by US year after year, and
stands as a symbol Of hope for the
peoples OF all the world because its
promise was made good, because its
words were supplemented by deeds, be
cause after the men who signed il and
upheld it had done theirs, the men who
come again after them, generation by
generation, did their work in turn
, The Declaration of Independence had
! to be supplemented in the first place by
| that great instrument Of constructive
and administrative statesm3nship-the
I constitutiOn-under which re now i've
The document promulgated in 1888 un-
der which Washington became our first
president. supplemented, necessarily
supplemented. the declaration OF 17Is-
/ We showed in the revolution that we
had right TO be free: we showed when
We constructed the more perfect union
of the old confederacy that We knew
how 70 use that right as IL needed 70
be used (Applause-)
And then seventy years and more
passed and then there came again upon
the nation the days of iron need There
came again the day that demanded all
that was best, life itself, OF the brayest
and truest OF the nations sons. And
with Sumter's guns awakened our
people, and America. until then the in
carnate genius of peace. sprang TO her
| feet. with sword and with shield. 2
helmeted queen among nations; when
the thunder OF guns called the nations
children they sprang forward TO do
I the mighty deeds which. II left undone.
would have meant that the words TO
which we have listened today would
have rung as meaningless platitudes.
These were the two great epochs in
the nations history, the epoch OF the
founding Of the Union and the epoch
Of its preservation. the epoch Of Wash
/ iastOn and the epoch Of Abraham Lin
coin Cloud applause)
Cuba a Free Republic.
We said Cuba should become a free
republic and we have kept our word
loud applause1 To have turned
CuDa over 70 the nan0S OF It's own pSo-
PIE Immediately after the withdrawal
OF the Spanish flag would have meant
ruin and chaos. We established a gov
eminent IN the island; We established
peace and order We began 70 provide
for the payment Of the Cuban troops
who had fought against the miEruIe
OF their oppTeSsOrs5 We Instituted Z
public school system. modelled upon
that which has been 50 potent factor
IN our own national progress
We cleaned the cities IN Cuba for the
first time in their history We changed
them from being the most unhealthy 20
being among the healthiest cities Of the
civilized world. We introduced sys-
tenn OF orderly justice 70 succeed one
OF irresponsible and srbitrative despot-
ism. 30 that any man. rich OF poor.
weak or strong, can take appeal and
know that be would prove his rights
And then, when in the fuifnsss Of
time we felt they could walk alone. We
turned over the government 10 them.
and now the BEAUTIFUL queen Of the An
titles HIS started on her course Is
free republic among the nations OF the
earth GApplzuse-) But there Is one
thing OsIr policy toward Cuba has not
yet net With its entire fruiti0n- II VIII
meet with IL Cuba must occupy a
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