The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-23
Floral cir b the President ELECTS
His Warm support
A NOTABLE ADDRESS
The President Received Fscife-eus Ap.
planse when HE Stated What lie
Believed to BE the Rights
Of the Workingmen.

OF President Roosevelt. At least two
thirds of the audience were working
men and the enthusiasm manifested
by them when the president alluded 10
the rights OF the toiler. aroused much
interest. Again and again during mis-
PREDATORY remarks, which were based
on an incident of the afternoon, the
presentation of a floral horseshoe by
the workingmen. the president was in
.erraptasd by voetferous applause. Such
side remarks as the following: Il do
not care how honest a man may be.
II he is timid he is no good" evoked
prolonged laughter.
President Roosevelt was introduced
10 the audience by Col Jacob l.. Green.
Through Senator Plat he rendered his
thanks 10 the state for the splendid
reception accorded him and to Mayor
Sullivan he made his thanks to the
people of Hartford. Then turning to
the audience, he said:
Before beginning the speech that
had intenae%i and still intend TO make
TO you tonight, I wish 10 ailude TO an
incident that happened this afternoon
which struck me as more important
than what | have 10 say TO you. On
being driven around your beautiful city
l was taken through Pope park and
stopped 81 a platform where was pre-
scented with a great horseshoe Of aow-
ers. the gift Of the ~orkingmen of
Hartford tIoud applaasel to the pres
sdent Of ths United States.
Il listened to an admirable little ad-
dresa by Father Sullivan, Now I'm his
speech be was Kind enough 10 allude
10 nae personally. bat he laid special
stress npon The fact that Il was gift
from the waEeworkers. upon whom nj
timately this government depends and
he coupled Che words 81 greeting with
a certain sentence In which he ex-
pressed his belief that 7 would do all
could to shom myself good repre-
sentative Of the saxeworkers,
Gentlemen, should be Utterly mat
Tor the position that I now occupy II
failed TO DO all that In me lies. to
act as light ts given ne. TO act SO as
TO represent the best thought and pur-
POSE of the waeeworkers Of the United
States tIood and continuous ap.
plaunel
Now. al tn. outset ct the twent eth
century. az are facing difficult and
complex problems problems social
and ecouomic-~which wiH tax the best
energies Of ali Of as to solve right. and
which we can only solve al all II We
approach them IN a spirit OF not mere
Ny Of common SENSE but Of generous
desire 70 art each for all and all for
each, aud while there are occasions
when, through legislation and admin
tstratlve action. the government which
represents the people can de special
arrytos to one set of our citizens. yet
think you win agree with me that In
the long run the best say in which to
sers~ any one Of oar citizens is 10
serve all alike web tIoud appiausee. to
try 10 net In . spirit Of fairness and
tustneaa 10 all, TO give each man his
rights. to safeguard each man IN his
rights. anS 80 far az ia fae lies. while
] hold my present position. I wiil be
true TO that conception Of my duty
tapplaussl. anG 80 | have finished thai
which have co say that was suggested
by the very aouching and pleasant Ia
cadent Of the afternoons ride.
Now. | want to speak to you to-
night, not on Cur international prob
lens as nation. but on some of the
external problems which we have had
to face during the Last four years. The
internal problems are the most impor-
tant. Keeping our households straight
10 our FIRST duty. but we have other du-
ties Just exactly ms each man Ia worth
bis salt must, nrst of all. be a good
husband and good father. a good bread
winner. y good man OF business. 30 as
to deal with his own home relations.
and yet must. in addition to that, be
a good citizen for the state at large.
SO q nation must first take care to do
well its duties within it's own borders,
but must not make OF that fact an ex-
cuse for falling 70 do those OF It's du-
ties the performance of which lie
without Its own borders"
Then the president touched upon
the Spanish-American war and dwelt
at length upon the situation in the
Philippines, closing his address with
an outline of our trade with the orr
emit
After his address at the coliseum,
The president was the guest of Execu.
tive Secretary John IT. Robinson. on
Asylum avenue. The president invit-
cd Mayor Sullivan TO meet him at Mr.
Hohinson's home. The mayor Ia an
ex-cIerk, who was elected by the Ia
boring men. fact that the president
was familiar with and he expressed
q desire 10 have q personal talk with
Mr.. Sullivan.
President Roosevelt expressed his
satisfaction at the substitution of
drives for conventional Handwriting.
This method Of entertainment seer
20 have given the people the oppor-
tunity desired of seeing him. 1t OBJ
viatea the crush thaa has been 30 OBJ