The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-10


dent Roosevelt arrived here at $50
o'clock this evening on the way to
Washington and was welcomed by a
large crowd. The run from Asheville
through the mountains was greatly en-
joyed by the president, who praised the
scenery and the engineering skill dis
played in building the road. A short
stop was made at Old Fort, and here
the president found large number of
country people waiting to greet him.
He said:
II have time only to say word Of
thanks and Of greeting to you. 1t has
been a great pleasure to come through
North Carolina today and to meet your
people. count myself lucky in hav-
ing gotten here. A good American is
good American anywhere you find him.
You do not find any better than in
North Carolina. The man who is de-
cent citizen and good husband, a good
father, behaves well with his neigh
bors and does his duty for the state is
decent citizen, North or South, or
East or West. And If he does not be-
have himself then he is a poor citizen,
North or South, or East or West. There
is no royal road to good citizenship.
The qualities that made man a good
citizen hundred years ago will make
him a good citizen a hundred years
hence" ~; ~
Speaks at Connolly Springs.
At Connolly Springs the president
also made a short address, thanking
the people for their greeting. One of
| the largest crowds encountered on the
run from ASheville was, at Hickory.
The president was introduced by Sena-
| tor Pritchard, who accompanied him
from Asheville, and the short speech
he made to the people was enthusiast
| tically received. He said:5
Travelling today through North Car
DINA and yesterday through Tennessee
have been struck by the evidences Of
Industrial growth, of which this town
| in itself Is an example. The Industrial
awakening Of the South, of which there
have been so many evidences during
the past few years, is "a feature fraught
with great benefit to the South and to
the entire country. Because, remem-
Der, my fellow citizens, we are going
to go up or down together. (Thats
right That's right carne from the
crowd.) Some of us will Feel the good
times more than others, some less, but
we all feel the good times somewhat,
and when bad times come we will all
be put back. Bad times do not stop at
state lines, and the Industrial awak-
ening of the South, which Is going on
and which I believe will go on with
ever-increasing rapidity, means good
fortune, not merely for the South, but
for all the American people. 1t always
happens that a good year for crops is
a good year for weeds. When we have
prosperity some people for whom we
do not much care, prosper more than
others but it is great deal better that
some people should prosper too much
than that none Of us should prosper
at all.
Beware Of Envy and Rancor.
'"The gospel of intelligent hard work
is the gospel that pays, and OF all the
gospel the one that pays the least is
that Of envy and rancor, whether 1t is
a gospel preached to inf1ame class
against class or section against sec
ton. And so, my fellow citizens, hail
your industrial growth I hail the
manifestations / see here in this state
and which I saw yesterday in Tennes-
see; the manifestations of the rapid
approach of the period of tremendous
industrial developments in the South.
I hail it for the sake OF the South and
hail it for the sake of the nation"
The president wasft heartily cheered
as the train pulled away At States
vile, where severalic hundred people
had assembled, the president was in
troduced by Congressman Blackburn,
| who also accompanied him from Ashe-
vile. He addressed i.the gcrowd for
few moments and then a picture was
taken of the president and his party
| grouped on the rear platform OF his
| car.