The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-31
Enthusiastic Crowds and RousIng
Cheers Greet Him,
CROSSES LINE IN TALLY HO
After Day of Hard Work Seeing and
Speaking to the People the Presi-
dent Boards Yacht for Mr..
Shaw's Summer Home.

Burlington. Va. August So-Everywhere
in the state of Vermont today Presi-
dent Roosevelt was received with en-
thusiasm. He crossed over from New
Hampshire into Vermont about noon in
a tallyho drawn by six horses. Seated
on the box with Ia were Mr.. and Mrs
Winston Churchill and Senator Proctor
When windsor, where the people had
patiently awaited his coming. was reach
ed the most cordial welcome was extend
ed, and as the county fair was in pro-
gress many persons from out Of town
were given an opportunity to see the
President The fifteen mile drive through
the mountains seemed to give him new
vigor He was in the happiest vein and
as he passed through the streets of Wind
sor he bowed first to one side and then
the other on his way to the Evarts res
idence where he took luncheon.
The start from the Blue Mountain club
was begun promptly at o'clock this
morning and the route to Windsor was
through the corbin reserve and some of
the most beautiful of New Hampshire s
country, the whole journey occupying
about four hours. At Cornish the Pres
ident was met by Mr.. and Mrs. Winston
Churchill. who extended him a cordial
welcome. which was participated In by
the entire population of the town. In a
brief speech the President again took
up and discussed the duties of citizenship.
Rouslng Cheers Given.
Three rousing cheers were given as the
party mounted the tallyho for Windsor.
a distance of eight miles. The Presi-
dent on the drive to Cornish got out Of
his carriage and walked up some of. the
steep grades He outdistaneed those who
attempted to follow him and although
he was bathed in perspiration when he
again resumed his seat in his carriage,
he had suffered no i'll effects from his
climb
Four stops and as many speeches were
scheduled for today, but he yielded to
pressure and made eight stops and eight
speeches. South Royalton, Bethel, Ran
dolph and Waterbury were the places
where the additional stops were made.
On the platform at Bethel was Mrs.
Sarah Chapman, who had all but rounded
out her century of life. Still another CEN
teniarian, Marshall Shaw. was in the
crowd, but he did not sit upon the plat
form
Mortified gave the President g. noisy
greeting as the train sped py. The place
has been made famous since the battle
of Manila. for 1t was at Norwich univer-
sity there that Dewey received his early
education.
The stop at Waterbury had been quiet
ly arranged by Senator Dillingham;. The
President spoke from the station plat
form, and in a few words paid a tribute
to the senator. The President had started
for the train, when suddenly he turned
back and told the people he did not
think they deserved any credit for being
good because they could not help 1t,
which produced considerable merriment-
Tonight, after paying brief visit to
the home of Ex-Governor Woodbury.,
President Roosevelt, accompanied by Sec
retary Shaw, who has Travelled through
the state with the President, today
boarded a yacht for the secretary's sum-
mer residence at ThoInpson's Landing,
where he will remain until Monday morn
ing.
President at Windsor.
windsor, VT. August 3O.-The President
was given an enthusiastic reception here.
At the point where the coaching party
entered the town. a number OF prominent
citizens mounted were waiting to perform
escort duty. Governor Stickney met the
President here to extend to him a vel
come to the state.
The streets through which the President
was taken were gaily decorated with
bunting and flags and as his coach pass
ed the throng cheered repeatedly. The
President took lunch at the homo of
Maxwell Evarts.
patuaar ai0l,t and fav, Thousand mao
pie had assembled when shortly after /
o'clock the President was driven into
the fair grounds.
Governor SticlSney introduced the Pres
ident, who spoke for about twenty min
utes as follows:
'Mr. Evart and you men and women
Vermont, my fellow citizens: I am
glad of having the chance of greeting and
OF saying a word to you today. This is
the place where the constitution of your
state was formulated the first constitu-
tion definitely to forbid human slavery in
this continent.
your state was founded by men who
knew how to fight when the need was to
fight, and who knew that fighting was not
all; that they had to work in civil life
also. Vermont has understood that while
1t was a mighty good thing to produce
material prosperity, 1t is a better thirts
TO produce men and women fit to enjoy
it. You look through our history and you
will see that while OF course material
prosperity is the basis of the foundation
upon which we build, yet that the lead
ership of the nation has always been
with those who realize that material
prosperity was an indispensable founda-
tion but useless If there was not super
structure upon 1.-THE superstructure Of
the lofty life toward things better which
only great and generous people can
feel
Number of Qualities Necessary.
'And your forefathers-rne men who
founded this country-they understand
that no one quality was sufficient for
the successful foundation of q country
any more than one quality will do to
make a citizen a success. You have got
to make a number of different qualities.
In the first place you must recognize the
sphere that the nation has. Something
a good deal--can be done by wise laws. by
fearless administration OF the laws, but
after that has been done there remains
the fact that you must trust TO the citi-
zen himself to work out the ultimate sal
walton Of the state.
You can restrain men by the law and
by the execution of the law from wrong
doing. And 'he wrong-doing man takes
either of two stsps: took thnsA stAns a