The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-05
DEALS PRAISE TO KNOX
Felicitates Country on Close of Hostilities in Philippines.
Regrets That Some Measure of Reciprocity With Cuba Was Not
  Adopted Before Adjourn. ment of Congress.

ful experiences President Roosevelt. who arrived in Pittsburg yesterday morning as a guest of the city departed at 3 o'clock this morning, we'll pleased with his sojourn in the Smoky City. From S:45 yesterday morning until 11:15 last night the Chief Magistrate was a busy man, the only cessation being short time during the afternoon when he en- joyed a refreshing nap; at the home of H. c. Prick, where he had partaken of luncheon and held an informal reception for business men afterward. From the Prick mansion the President was driven to the Hotel Schenley, where shortly after o'clock he was the central figure at dinner rendered by Attorney Gem eral P. C. Knox to two hundred of Pitts bugs prominent business men. The dinner was entirely informal and the ! only toast was at the conclusion of the menu, when the Presidents health was drunk amid enthusiastic cheers. He res- bonded with brief and informal ad- dress.
 Pittsburg. Pa, July 4.--Half million pei sons greeted President Theodore Roosevelt in Pittsburg today. They came, not cnly from Pittsburg and Allegheny, but from scores of industrial towns with in 100 miles of the city. It was the dis irgUished guests first visit to Pittsburg as President and his welcome was most enthusiastic. From the Union Station to the speakers stand in Schenley Park, nearly four miles away, it was one con- tinuous cheer.
 President Roosevelt reached the Will kinsbdrg Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad at S:05 o'clock this morning At that point which is within the city limits A local reception committee, headed by George T. Oliver. boarded the train. As the train passed Shady Side Station, 8 railroad signal communicated the fact to Hampton Battery of the Pennsylvania National Guards static. at Bedford Avenue basin overlooking Union Station. The guns of the battery immediately commenced to boom forth the Presidents g salute of twenty-one guns. The last gun of the salute was fired as the President stepped from his carriage at the Unioh Station
 The President was then escorted to his carriage. Those who occupied the car riage with President Roosevelt were City Recorder, J. O. Brown; United States At torney General, P. c. Knox and George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. The other carriages in waiting were promptly filled by the Reception Commit tee. The bugler of Sheridan troop sound ed the assemblage call which was sig nal for Brigadier General John A. Wylie, commander of the military escort to or der the movement of the column. The marchers numbered 5000 men, represent ing the 18th Regiment, the 14th Regiment, the 10th Regiment who saw. Philippine service, Sheridan Cavalry troops of Ty- rome, the boys brigades and independent military organizations.
 Among the prominent guests who rodc in carriages were Governor w. A. Stone, Congressmen Dalzell, Achison, Jack and Graham. A unique feature was the Re- publican and Democratic candidates for Governor, Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker and Robert F. Pattison. respectively, both of Philadelphia, riding together in one carriage. They were accompanied by George T. Oliver and Albert J. Barr, ed itors of Republican and Democratic pa pers, respectively. of this city
 Flags and bunting futtered everywhere along the course of the parade. People crowded the windows of the tall build ings yelling themselves hoarse In greet ing the nations Chief Executive. As the President and those in carriages passed in review the band struck up the stirring strains of Hail to the Chief" Follow ing the band piece. the United German Societies of Allegheny stationed at one side of the stand and made up of 800 voices. broke into singing "The Stlr Spangled Banner" y..-,,.a,. ....
 Al the close of the song the invocation was pronounced by the Rev. John H. P,ush. The Declaration of Independ ence was read by Brigadier General Willis J. Hulings. and then followed the oratio2 of the day by the President of the United States.
 President Roosevelt Speaks.
 The President said:
 MT. Mayor and you my fellow citizens, my fellow Americans, men and women or Western Pennsylvania: You have just listened to the reading of the great doc um6nt which signals our entry into the field of nations 126 years ago. That en- try was but the promise which had to be made good by the performance of those men and their children and their chill dren's children.
 Words are good if they are backed up by deeds. and only so. (Applause).
 The Declaration continues to be read with pride by Us year after year, and stands as q symbol of hope for the peo- pie of all the world because it's promise was made good, because its words were supplemented by deeds, because, after the men who signed it and upheld It had done their work, the men who come again after them, generations after gem m. plause). The Declaration of Independ- ence had to be supplemented in the first place by that great instrument of con- structive and administration statesman shtp-the constitution under which we now live The document promulgated in TBS under which Washington became our first President, supplemented-n -neccs- sarily supplemented-the Declaration of I-75 We showed in the revolution that we had a right to be free; we showed when we constructed the more perfect union of the old Confederacy, that we knew how to use that right as 1t needed to be used. tApplause).
 And then seventy years or more passed and there came again upon the natlon the days of iron need, There came the davs that demanded all that was best, that life itself of the bravest. of the truest of the nations sons. and with sum fer's guns awakened our people and