Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-20
Festivities in Honor of Gen.
Luke Wright Brought to
a Close
THE SPEECH OF ROOSEVELT
President Speaks at Two Receptions
and sanquets and Is Received With
Great Enthusiasm-CoIored People
Especially Demonstrative in Their
Enthusiasm.

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close last night with a banquet at which
the president spoke.
There were zoo guests at the ban
quet, the attendance being limited 10
that number. Governor Longino of
Mississippi travelled from Jackson to
be present. Albert S. Caldwell acted as
postmaster. The program of toasts
was as follows:
Welcome-The POSTMASTER.
Response-Gen. Luke E. Wright
"Our untry'-President Roosevelt.
"The Guest Of Honor. W. Craw-
ford.
"The Consent of the Governed
Judge H. III. Lurton.
Service and ivilization--America
Ideal"-Bishop Thomas f. Gailor.
The Presidency''-Alex e. Cochran.
President Roosevelt had not intended
to speak at this reception, but the as
semblage would not be denied.
He said.
Il am glad, indeed, to have the honor
of coming today to your beautiful city
to greet on behalf of the whole country
a Tennessean who has rendered high
and honorable service to the whole
country.
I'VE are one people absolutely. The
memories of the civil war are now her
itages of honor alike for those whose
fathers wore the blue and for those
whose fathers wore the gray. There Is
one curious and not inappropriate CO.
incidence today--my mothers brother
served under Mrs Wright's father in
the confederate navy.
II come here today to greet General
Wright because ii has been given to
him to render a peculiar service TO the
whole country.
There are certain branches of the
public service in which, If we are wise
and far-seeing we will never allow par
tisan politics to enter. There must be
no partisan politics in the army or the
navy of the United States. All that
concerns us to know about any general
or admiral, about a mighty captain by
sea or by land is whether he is thor
oughly fit commander of men and loyal
to the country as whole. (Applause.)
care for our reputation abroad, If we
are sensitive of our honor at home. we
will allow no question or partisan poll
tics ever to enter into the administra-
ton of the great commands which came
under our flag as a result of the war
with Spain. (Applause)
Hence, say that General Wright,
like General Taft and his associates,
has rendered peculiar service to every
man jealous of the honor of the Ameri-
can name in what he has done in adj
ministering the Philippine islands. Cap
plause.)
Now, my fellow Americans, we can
not afford to have the honor of the ma
ton in any way smirched in connection
with our dependencies. (Applause.) We
can not afford to have 1t smirched any
where. If we wrong ourselves here at
home we are to blame and We pay the
penalty, but If we allow wrong in con-
nection with the islands not only the
islands suffer but an idelible stigma of
shame comes to the American name. /
am earnestly DESTROYS that the admins
tration of the Philippine islands shall
be put and kept upon such plane of
patriotic efficiency that no change will
be made in it owing to any change of
party here at home. Party feeling
should of course stop at the water line.
The inestimable service rendered by
Governor Wright in the Philippines has
been because he has so conducted the
government of those islands as to make
1t not only signal benefit to the ISL
ands but of signal honor to every citi-
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The reception rendered by the COL
ored people was truly remarkable. Gen.
Wright earned their undying gratitude
during the two yellow fever epidemics
twenty years ago by remaining here
when most of the whites had fled and
seeing that the sick We're cared for,
The hall was packed to the point of
suffocation and the whole spirit of the
proceedings breathed love and admir-
alton for their friend
Gen. Wright in addressing the coll
ored audience talked chiefly of their
future, telling them of the difficult
problems before them. He said that
1T would perhaps have been better for
both races had the change from slav-
cry to citizenship not come so sudden
ly.
The presidents reception when he
was introduced beggars description.
The colored people became perfectly
frantic, jumping up and down in their
enthusiasm and yelling themselves
hoarse. The president said in part:
General Wright has succeeded in
the Philippines by displaying just thoss
| qualities which each one of us must in
a lesser degree display if we are to be
good citizens here at home. There is
nothing peculiar in government. Good
government consists in applying the
old humdrum, every-d day, commonplace
virtues which all of us learn but which
all of US do not practice If a man
| is fearless, is honest, has consideration
for others and is gifted with the crown
| ing grace of common sense he is going
to do fairly well. (Applause)
| I'VE all of us tend to rise or fall to-
gether. If any set of us goes down the
whole nation says a little. If any of
Us raise ourselves a little, then by
| just 50 much the nation as a whole is
raised. Every man who does markedly
good work In one sphere of govern
mcnt, by just so much helps all of us
and elevates all of us. 1t is a great
thing when we can point to any Amer
lean who has rendered signal service
in any position. 1t makes all of us
a little better Americans, makes us
feel spurred on to do little better
work as citizens, each in his own
sphere of activity.
General Wright stands for duty vel
done in the Philippines. He stands
| for those qualities Of firmness, Of