The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-23
PRESIDENT
IN DETROIT !.
Ovation Given the lEie1
Executive. s
E
HoHsor ATTENDS ;<.'Qun1
-
Roosevelt Reviey. Results Of
the War With Spain.
Insists That the United States
Should Grant Reduced Rates on
Cuban Products-Porto Rico
and Philippines.

end tonight at the conclusion of q ban
quet given him in Light Guard armory by
the Spanish war veterans. the opening
OF whose third annual reunion he attend
ed today.
1t was a brilliant event. Neary 800 men
sat at tables on the floor of the beauti-
fully decorated armory and the galleries
were crowded to their utmost capacity
by brilliantly gowned women and their
escorts. The armory was decorated In
green and white. Maple branches and
electric lights were everywhere.
The Presidents appearance was the
signal for a great outburst of enthusiasm.
He was given three rousing cheers as,
escorted by Mayor Maybury, he led the
Presidential party to their table on the
platform. Seated at the Presidents left
were Mayor William c. Maybury, General
Urell of Washington and Col F. ]. Heck
er of this city. On his right were Gen.
r. A. Alger Miss Clara Barton, Govern
or A. T. Bliss and Gen. s. M DuffleId.
Soon after the party was seated, Com
mander Richmond P. Hobson. L. 8. N ,
arrived and took his seat at the Presi-
dents table.
The monotony of the Presidential black
and white evening dress was broken by
the uniforms of the United States Of
ficers and the scarlet tunic of the Essex
begin his address. he received an ovatio. n
The men on the floor stood up and cheer
ed again and again, while the clapping
of hands from the gallery was like the
crackle of musketry. The President spoke
as follows:
Roosevelt Speaks.
Mr.. Mayor and Men and Women Of
Michigan. and particularly you, my COM
rades who volunteered in the war with
Spain, I thank you for your greeting. The
war with Spain though from it great
consequences have flowed was itself but
a small war. Yes, 1t emphasized in
peculiar fashion the fundamental unity
of our people. It brought home
to us what should be the ever present
fact in our minds that a good done by an
American is put down to the credit of
all Americans and that, therefore. con-
versely no act of wrong doing can be
performed by any of our number with
out the evil effects being felt to great
er or less degree by all of US
Here in Detroit. in Michigan, you had
the good fortune most signally to illus
trate this national unity. ! myself served
in the army and, therefore, at Santiago
I served beside two regiments Of Michi-
gan volunteers the 33rd and 34th, so that
with many of your sons l can claim that
right of comradeship which comes to
those who have known one another under
the close intimacy of such conditions.
But Michigan also performed the unique
feat for an inland State of manning one
of the war vessels of the nation with her
naval militia. 1t is. of course. far more
difficult and complicated thing to learn
naval war duty afioat than ashore, for
the naval profession is a highly special
lied one.
The Naval Militia.
"A peculiar mode or honor. therefore,
rightly belongs to the naval militia and
especially to the naval militia OF the in
land waters who so quickly and well re-
sponGed to the call made upon them. Mich
igan's action is but one illustration OF
how closely bound together all our inter-
ests are in this nation. There are many
such illustrations. Every State in this
country had its sons represented on some
of the war craft which won honor in that
short struggle during the summer OF
1898.
THE names of the ships. no less than
the birthplaces of the officers and men
aboard them, bear witness to the fact that
our navy like our army is indeed national
in character The war itself was an easy
one The tasks left behind US though
glorious have been hard. You. the men
of the Spanish war, you and your COM
rades in arms who fought In Cuba and
Porto Rico and in the Philippines won
renown for the country added to its
moral grandeur and to its prosperity. but
You also left duties to be done by those
who came after YOU
I'm Porto Rico the duty has been mere
" administrative and it has been so very
well done that very little need be said
about it. In the Philippines the problem
was one of extreme difficulty. But after
three years of bitter lighting peace has
been won by the valor of our soldiers
and civil government has been introduced
so that the islanders have now greater
opportunities for life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness than ever they have en-
joyed before during their recorded his
tory. Last week L ordered a taking of
the census of the islands and two years
hence. according to the law of Congress,
the first steps will be taken in the direc-
ton of giving the Philippine people a leg
islative assembly.
In the Philippines.
mo other Oriental country in the pos
session of an allen pOwer-indeed, no ORR
entail country at all save only Japan
has been given any such measure of self
government and personal freedom as we
have already given to the Philippines
One of the important recent measures has
been the providing of a cable for the all
ippnes this being necessary both from
a commercial and n military standpoint
1t is only Just to the representative TO
Congress from Detroit to say that we owe
to him more than to any one man the fact
that this ca BILE is to be laid down on terms
absolutely satisfactory to the Govern
ment. which guarantees to the people of
this Government that every right to and
in the cable shall be amply safeguarded."
"With cuba the matter is different. We
pledged ourselves solemnly at the out
break of the war with Spain to give to
Cuba independence. The world at large
snecred at the pledge and even some of
our own pople scoffed at the thought
that we intended to keep it. But we
have kept it in good faith and with
keen regard for the welfare of the Gu
hans. We did not turn Cuba loose TO
sink into a welter of anarchy.
I'VE hrst administered the island UNI