The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-20
His Reference to the Old Con
f6d6rdt6S and their Sons
a Reputation OF His
Arlington Remarks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 20-At the
banquet in henor of the home coming,of
General Luke Wright, deputy Governor
of the Philippines last night President
Roosevelt spoke as follows:
''It is a real and great pleasure to
come to this typical city of the Southern
Mississippi valley in order to greet
typical american, citizen Of Tennes-
see, who deserves honor not only from
his State, but from the entire country
General Luke E. Wright. We have
right to expect high standard of man
hood from Tennessee. 1t was one of the
drst two states created West of the AL
legheny mountains, and it was in this
State that the first self-governing COM
munity of American freemen was estab-
lished upon waters flowing into the
Gulf. The pioneers OF Tennessee were
among the earliest in that great west
ward march which thrust the Nations
border across the continent to the Paci.
fic, and it is eminently fitting that son
of Tennessee should now play so prom
inent part in the further movement OF
expansion beyond the Pacific. There
have been Presidents of che United
States for but one hundred and thirteen
years, and during sixteen of those years
Tennesseeans sat in the White House.
Hardihood, and daring, and iron resolu-
ton are of right to be be expected
among the sons of q State which nur.
tured Andrew Jackson and Sam Hous-
ton; which sent into the American
navy enc of the most famous fighting
admlra1s of all time, Farragut.
There is another reason why our
country should be glad that it was Gen.
eral Wright who rendered this service.
General Wright fought with distinguish
ed gallantry among the gallant men who
served in the armies of the Confederacy
during the civil war We need no proof
of the completeness of our reunion as q
people. When the war with Spain came
1 the sons of the men who wore the blue
and the sons of the men who wore the
gray We'd with one another in tn effort
to get into the ranks and face foreign
foe under the old flag that had been
carried in triumph under Winfield
Scott and Zachary Taylor and Andrew
Jackson. II was my own good fortune
to serve under that fearless fighter. old
Joe Wheeler, memory of which shall
always be proud. But if we needed any
proof of the unity of our interests il
would have been afforded this
very year by General Wright, the
ext Confederate, in his administration as
acting governor of the Philippine Is
lands, Upon him during the months Of
summer rested heavier burden of re-
sponsibility than upon any other public
servant at that particular time; and not
the least of his titles to our regard il
the way in which he was able to work
on terms of cordial good will with the
head of the army, himself man wh'
had honored the blue uniform as Wrigh
had honored the gray.
General Wright's work has heen a
difficult as it was important. Th'
events of the last four years have def
nitely decided that whether We wish t.
or not we must hereafter play a grea
part in the world. We can not escap
facing the duties. We may shirk then
if We are built OF poor stuff, or we ma,
take hold and do them ii We are fit son
OF our sires-but face them we must
/ whether we will or not. Our duty in th
philippine Island has simply been on