Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-05
PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
Half a Million People Greet
 Him at Pittsburg.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY SURE AS FATE.

l Roosevelt Says tEe Measure VIII Yet
 Be Enacted = United States Pro-
 Sector of the New Republic. Great Problems Await Us.
 PITTSBURG, July 5.-Half a mil lion persons greeted President Theo- dore Roosevelt in Pittsburg yesterday. They came not only from Pittsburg and Allegheny, but from the scores of 1 industrial towns within 100 miles of l the city. It was the distinguished guests first visit to Pittsburg as presi- l dent, and his welcome was most en- thusiastic. From the Union station to i the speakers stand in Schenley park, nearly four miles away, it was one l continuous cheer.
 The weather was all that could be desired, with the sun shining brightly I and the temperature not too high. The marchers numbered 5000 men, representing the Eighteenth regiment, the Fourteenth regiment, the Tenth regiment, who saw Philippine service; l Sheridan cavalry troop of Tyrone, the boys brigade and independent military l organizations.
 The exercises at the park consumed just one hour. The. president imme- diately afterWard re-entered his car riage and, surrounded by the Sheridan | troop, was driven to the residence of H. c. Prick on Homewood avenue, where he was rendered luncheon and reception, which were joined in by a number of prominent Pittsburg cap tains of industry.
 President Roosevelt spoke as follows: MT: Mayor and you, my fellow citizens, my fellow Americans, men and women of tened to the reading of the T great 11 docu- @ ment which marked our entry into the field of nations 126 years ago That entry made good by the performance of those men and their children and their chill Words are good if they are backed up by deeeeSds, eeSs, nad,o and only dy so. with pride by us year after year and stands. as symbol of hope for the peo- was made good because it's words were supplemented by deeds, because after the men who signed it and upheld it had done their work the men who came after them, in turn, The Declaration. of fndependence by that great instrument of constructive and administrative statesmanship the
 The document promuigated in in 17ss, l7ss un- der which Washington became our first plemented--the declaration of 1776. We showed in the Revolution that we had right to be free; we showed when we con Structed the more perfect union of the old confederacy that we. knew how to use that right as it needed to be used.
 passed, and there came upon the nation the days of iron need. There came again the life itself of the bravest and the truest of the nations sons And with Sumter's guns awakened our people, and America. until then the 1ncarnate genius of peace, sprang to, her feet. with sword and with shield, 9 helmeted. queen among nations. When the thunder of the guns called the do the mighty deeds which if left undone which we have listened today would have rung as meaningless platitudes.
 four years, or rather we have had. as ey cry generation must have, many tasks to do-tasks affecting us abroad-and one of signaled our entry to larger world. And it is @ most a aa}ppropriate p that on this Fourth the nation, it should be our good fortune to have promulgated the declaration es-
 o the arg of he anG dae wear the uniform of the United States for all that they have done in tropical islands during the last four years.
 We said Cuba should. become a free re- Rape funed t he osf hanH of ts own people immediately after the with meant ruin and chaos. We esta blished a government ln the islands. We esta blished the payment of the Cuban troops m who Loe had no fought against the misrule Of their op- e npan tat web ppbS E.. school progress. We cleaned the cities in in Cube. Cuba Changed them from being the he m most une me healthy, to being among the healthiest cit ies of the civilized world. We introduced of irresponsible and arbitrative despot- ism, so that any man. rich or poor, weak know that he e would r@eeeive @ h his righfs. anu
 And then when in the fuilness of time over the government to them, and now the beautiful Il, Queen of the Antilles has Se Sa naosa ner e2ugse m s free republic
 But there is one thing. our policy toward Cuba has not yet met with its entire frui- than eyer before that this nation must muslin in the isthnns connecting the i've n Americas rsai as and in the waters and among the islands us in the field of international politics. She must ia the larger sense be a part of tionaI affairs of which this republic M stands ia l as the head. She has assented to that view, and in return this nation is bound to give her special economic privileges not given to other nations.
 I regret that measure of reciprocity with Cuba is not already embodied in statute or in treaty. but it will be, just as sure as fate.
 And now word as to the Philippines There are yet troubles in the Moro coun- try, the country of the Mohammedan tribes but in the Philippines among the Filipinos, among the people who have been in 1nSurrection. peace now reigns
 It may be, think. unlikely, but it is possible, that here and there some seem ing dead coal of insurrection may for the moment be famed into a live piece of ern- Der and burst into fitful blaze, If so that flame will be stamped out But speaking broadly and generally, peace has come. Our army has received it's reward And what was the reward of our, army? The reward of the consciousness of duty well done, Our soldiers have fought have toiled. have struggled, have rolled, so that when victory came they might turn oyer. the government to the civil authorities
 Victory came Today the proclamation of peace and amnesty have been prornui- gated, and at the same time our generals have been notified that the civil goyern ment is supreme in the islands.
 We have great problems at home to face, l am speaking in one of the great industrial centers not merely of America but of the world. A million people stand grouped in a small radius around the spot where we now are. The growth of your cities within this radius has been one of