The evening Republican., 1902-04-10
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS,
Significant Utterance of the
President at Charleston.
THE TRUSTS MUST Be CONTROLLED
Immense Crowds Greet south Caro-
llna's Distinguished Guest-SwOrd
Presented to Major jenkins,
(, an Old Rough Rider.

llna's distinguished GueSt-SwOr0
Presented to Major jenkins,
e. an Old Rough Rider.
CHARLESTON, s. c., April 10.-At
Calhonn's funeral, when Hampton
made his great campaign speech here
in 1876 when the Confederate reunion
was held here in 1890, great bodies Of
marching men filled the streets of this
ancient city, and its sidewalks and
doors and windows were filled with en-
thusiastic thousands, but all those
great 0utpourings Of the people were
small compared to the procession which
followed President Roosevelt to the eX-
position grounds yesterday. The enthu-
siasm Of the people was unbOunded,
and there was standing room only on
the sidewalks and porches and door
ways and in the wide piaZZas of the
houses along the line of march. Old
and young were infected with patriotic
fervor, and a man with whom niae-
tenths of the people he saw differed
politically was greeted with every man.
Hesitation of respect that a warm heart
ed people could show
The parade started from the st. John
hotel, the presidents quarters, at 10
O'Clock and was composed Of marines,
seamen cadets, artillcrists and militia
men OF four states under command Of
Colonel Charles Morris. y. $. A., of the
garrison at Sullivan's island.
The presidential party was driven di-
rectly to the exposition auditorium,
where the president reviewed the
troops from a platform erected at that
point. The presidents salute of twen-
tyrone guns was fired by the German
artillery on the entrance of the presi-
dent into the exposition grounds.
At noon the president proceeded from
the reviewing stand into the audito-
rum, where the formal ceremonies Oc-
cured. Addresses were made by Cap
tain II. w. Wagener, president of the
South Carolina Interstate and West In
dian Exposition company; Governor
McSweeney of South Carolina, Govern
or Aycock of North Carolina, Mayor
Smyth of Charleston and The president
of the United States. President Roose-
welt said
1t is to me a peculiar privilege to speak
here in your beautiful city. My mothers
people were from Georgia, but before they
camc to Georgia before the Revolution, in
nearly century in South Carolina, and
therefore ] can claim your state as mine
by inheritance no less than by the
stronger and nobler right which makes
each foot Of American soil in a sense the
property Of all Americans.
city. 1t is also city whose history teens
American history as Il whole. In the ear
ly colonial days charleston was the out
post of our peoplc, against the Spaniard
tion there occurred here some of the
events which vitality affected the out
CON cone Of thf struggle for ind1ependencee
deeply, upon the popular mind. 1t was
here that the tremendous, terrible drama
of the civil war opened.
you on orienaliy asked me me to cor come to this this
exposition on the, birthday of Abraham
Lincoln The invitation not only showed
a fine generosity and manliness in you,
my hosts, but II also emphasized as hard
" anything else could have emphasized
how completely we are now united peo-
pie. The wounds left by the great civil
war. incomparably the greatest war of
modern times, have healed. and its mem
ories are now priceless heritages of honor
alike to the NORTH and to the south. The
resolution and lofty daring. the high de-
'voton to the rights as each man saw it,
whether nortnerner or southerner-all
these qualities of the men and women of
brilliant before our eyes. while the mists
of anger and hatred that once dimmed
them have passed away forever.
All of us, north and south, can glory
like in the vaor of the men who wore the
blue and of the men who wore the gray.
Those were iron times. and only iron men
struggle between the hosts of Grant and
Lee. TO us Of the present day and to our
children and children's children the val
liant deeds, the high endeavor and abne-
cation of self shown in that struggle by
those who took part therein will remain
for evermore to mark the level to which
we in our turn must rise whenever the
hour of the nations need may come.
When four years ago this nation was
compelled 10 face foreign foe. the COM
pleteness Of the reunion became instantly !
one which ca lied for the exercise of more |
than an insignificant fraction of our !;
strength, and the strain put upon us was
slight indeed compared with the results.
But it was satisfactory thing to see the |
way in which the sons OF the soldier of |
the Union and the soldier of the Con-
federacy leaped eagerly forward, emulOus
to show in brotherly rivalry the qualities
which had won rcnown for their fathers.
the men of the great war. 1t was my
good fortune to serve under an exCon-
federate general. gallant old Joe Wheeler,
who commanded the cavalry division at
Santiago
many men whose fathers had served in
the southern as there were men whose fa-
thers had served in the northern army.
Among the CAPTAINS there was opnortuni-
man who was singled out for this promo
tion because OF conspicuous gallantry in
the field was the son of a Confederate
and was himself citizen of this,
the Palmetto State, and no American Off
Ger could wish to march to battle beside
a more loyal, gallant and absolutely fear
less comrade than my former captain and
major, your fellow citizen. Micah Jenkins.
A few months ago owing to the enforc-
ed absence of the governor of the Philip
vice governor TO take his place, one of the
most important places in our government
at this time. ] nominated as vice gov
Wright of Tennessee 1t is therefore an
Confederate who now stands as the ex-
ponent Of this government and this peo-
M Eastern ~ seas over Which h The aS Amerlcaa % she
nag floats.
The president then touched upon our
work in Cuba and our future relations
with the island government. Con-
.inuing, he said:
This exposition Is rendered possible be.
,auss of the period Of industrial prosperi-
y through which ci we are passing. While
o the life of q nation, yet it is the merest
.rllism to say that It's absence means ruin
We need to build higher life upon 1t as q
foundation, but we can build little indeed
lnless this foundation hf prosperity 10
leep and broad. The well being which We
ire now enjoying can be secured only
through general business prosperity, and
!ueh prosperity IL conditioned upon the