Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-27
President Roosevelt Has
TaHy For Tom Reeds
Rules
in PORTLAND TALK
Big Days Work Laid Out
For Travels in Pine
Tree State.

Augusta, Maine, Aug. 27.-Perfect
weather continued today, favoring
the president on his tour through
New England. This morning when
he arose he said he had passed re-
dences of fatigue from yesterdays
severe strain. Early this forenoon he
was taken for drive about the city
and shown the beauties of the seen
cry along the Kennebec river. He
left at $3.50 for Bangor.
Bangor, Aug. 27.-The special train
bearing the president and party ar
rived here at ,. The president was
met at the train by President Beal,
of the Eastern Maine Street Fair as
sociation, Senator Hale, Congressman
LittlefieId and Powers, and others.
The party Immediately started for a
drive about the city.
At Waterville, on the way from Au-
gusta to this city, where are located
a number of large paper mills, stand
was erected close to the depot, and
from there the president greeted a
large unmber of people. He spoke
briefly.
Portland, Me, Aug. 2T.-PresiGCTr
Roosevelt came into Maine yesterday
afternoon, after having visited many
places in the other New England states,
and before his departure tonight he viii
have visited every congressional dis
trict in the state, the principal city in
each district, and the home city of each
of Names United States senators. 1t
was "a beautiful day, and the air was
cool and bracing. At every stopping
place along the line Il great crowd had
gathered and the president was ac-
corded a genuine down-east welcome.
At Old Orchard, where the special
train made its first stop after crossing
the state line, thousands of persons
from all parts of York and Lower Cum
berland counties had gathered. The
halt was a brief One-Only twenty
minutes-but the president, after re-
ceiving 4 tumultuous greeting, spoke
briefly.
His Arrival at Portland.
Upon his arrival in this city the pres
ident was Joined by Senator W. Z.
Frye, and after speaking to a great
crowd in Railway square was taken
for drive about the city. 1t was ten
minutes after = when the presidential
party reached here. As the train ar
rived at Union station a salute of
twenty-One guns was fired by Portland
naval reserves. President Roosevelt
was met by Mayor Boothby and intro
duced to a delegation of citizens, in
Guiding Thomas i. Reed, Judge Will
T. Pnfn Ind Ta1 1a
Ex-Governor Henry L. Cleaves, General
Joshua l.. Chamberlain, James II.
Baxter and Ex-Governor Frederick
Robie. The president was escorted to
q raised platform just outside the train
shed and spoke for fifteen minutes to
crowd that filed the great square.
Pays a Tribute to Tom Reed.
He began his speech with the fol-
lowing tribute to eX-Speaker Reed:
Il wish 10 say Il word to you in
recognition of a great service rendered,
not only 10 all our country but to the
entire people of democratic govern
ment throughout the world. by one of
your citizens. The best institutions are
no good if they won't work. l do not
care how beautiful a theory is, if it
won't fit in with the facts it is no good.
If you build the handsOmest engine
and it won't go its usefulness would
he limited. Well, that is just about
the way that congress had become
at the time when Thomas Bracket
Reed was elected speaker. Applause
We had all the machinery. but it did
not work That was the trouble, and
you had to find some powerful man
who would disregard the storm of
obloquy sure to be aroused by what
he did to get it to work. Such man
was found when Tom Reed was. made
speaker"
Lesson of the Presidents Remarks.
The nub of his speech was the neces-
sity for the application of the prin-
ciples of morality and true manhood,
both to the actions of the public man
and those of the private citizen. The
drive about the city then took place
calls being made at the residence OF
Thomas b. Reed and other places. At
4:30 p. m. the president boarded his
train and the party was off for Lew
iston five minutes later.
FIRST TIME IN HER HISTORY