The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-10
PRESIDENT IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Ten Thousand People Assembled
at Asheyille.
WARM WELCOME EXTENDED
SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE DUR
ING TRIP NoRTHWARD.

A SHEV1LLE. N. c., Sept. 9.-Ashe-
II vile extended a warm greeting 10
President Roosevelt today. Fully
10000 people occupied the court house
square. where the president addressed
them from a stand. The special train
arrived at $3.50 o'clock The night was
passed at Hot Springs and the run
from there this morning was unevent-
ful. A short stop was made at Mar
shall, the home of Senator Pritehard.
where a large number of people had
assembled. The president thanked
them for their greeting. At Asheville
he was met by a reception committee,
Of which Charles McNamee was chair
man.
Mayor Miller, Senator Pritehard and
Congressman Moody were among those
who greeted the president the men,
bers of the committee being introduced
10 the president in his car by Sen
ator Pritchard.
Carriages We're in waiting. and under
the escort of Zeb Vance company, con-
federate veterans. with the battle flags
and two companies of state militia
and the First regiment band, the party
started for court house square.
The Presidents Speech.
President Roosevelt stood in his car
riage bareheaded. The city was elab-
orately decorated and hundreds OF peo-
pie had come in from the country TO
greet the president. Again the presi-
dent was introduced by Chairman Nc
Nance and he was greeted with
cheers.
The president spoke OF the pleasure
il gave him 10 speak before the monu-
ment of the late Senator Vance. which
is near the stand. He was glad, he
said, 10 meet the people whose fore
fathers had fought under Marion: glad
20 be greeted by men who served in the
confederate army. He told of his visit
Sunday 70 the battlefield of Chicka-
manga, and repeated the declaration
that the man would be but a poor
American who did not come from the
scenes commenIorating the Valorous
deeds of those armies a better Amer
lean. He told of serving under Wheel
er In Cuba, and said that yesterday he
met an old man who served in the con-
federate army.
Il was one of wheeler's boys" said
the veteran.
so was T." replied the president.
Good Americans.
Il think it is a good thing" he said,
for an American president 10 have
the chance TO travel through different
sections of the country, because il is
a mighty good thing for any American
TO meet his fellow Americans. in order
that he may realize how trivial are the
points Of unlikeness and how essential
are the points of likeness. a good
American is a good American, whether
he came from the north, the south, the
east or the west"
Continuing, the president said:
Eve need good laws and We need an
honest administration of the law. but
We need as the fundamental prerequI-
site for good government a high aver
age standard of citizenship in the'men
who make the laws and stand back of
them. II a man is not honest, is not
decent, then the ADLER he is the more
dangerous he is to the community.
Tie president concluded as follows:
! My plea 10 you. fellow Americans, is 20
remember that in this country no law.
OF the exercise bv the average citizen
OF the fundamental virtues OF good citi,
| ZenshiD. the exercise OF The fundamental
qualities Of honesty. courage and COM
/ mon sense"
As the president finished his speech
/ ha was given three rOusing cheers. The
| party was then driven 10 Biitmore. tht
| estate OF George Vanderbilt. While IN
} one of the summer houses, the president
[ shook hands with number OF conteder-
ate veterans His train left at l:30 D
m. for WASHINGTON.