The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-09
cHARLESTON'S GUEST
s,nrNr ROOSEVELT NOW OWNS
PM THE OLD CITY.
us SPEECH AT BANQUET.
INVITED COUNTRY AND PRO-
GREss OF SOUTH.

Was Taken AROUND hhrDOr'
Sueech at the Banquet Inst
-. PIeased the CharlestOnian
,-,,.iIv hut the Main Address
ytu He Delivered at the Auditori-
ro-day-Gov. McSweeney Made
,,oonent Address-Mrs. Roosevelt's
o,t;ou mt the st. John a Most
brilliant AFFAIR.
.,.rleston. April S.-The banquet
,.,od to President Roosevelt To-
\ -, at the Charleston Hotel was
ne close to day full of incidents,
4 - served to gather together men
.,inent in the affairs of the state,
ling solely in mind a greeting to
4 -. president which would prove the
',.,eritv and the warmth of feeling
letting for him as the chief executive
4 = tho nation. The banquet hall was
& bouer of roses, pinks and smilax,
a-tistIcally arranged, while loosely
q -,.o,rn over the tables were thousands
- violets. whose fragrance could only
b hnt suggest that springtime had ar
,ivod over three hundred specially
invited guests were present, and the
President was at his best. In few
voll chosen remarks Mayor Smyth well
.oned President Roosevelt to Charles
& ton whose response was listened to
NTH the closest attention, and which
we're interrupted by loud and continu-
GUS applause.
81 The Presidents remarks were as fol-
81 lows:
Mr. Mayor, and you my hosts and
nv fellow American citizens: (Great
apOlause) I should indeed be but a
NOR American myself. if 1 were not
n deeply touched and gratified by the
way you have greeted me to-day, in
this your beautiful city; and of course
I feel at home here. (Applause.)
think that an American who is worth
his salt has the right to feel at home
in every part of the United States.
s. (Applause)
Around this table 1 see many men
who took part in the great war. The
s war in which the younger among us
here took part was a very little one
because it didn't have to be any big
ger (Applause.) But it had one.
q thoroughly good effect; it put the cap
on the structure that had been building
it and it taught us how thoroughly at
one we were. When we got. through
that war it did not make bit of diff
ference to us whether it was an admit
raj who came from Vermont or a lieu
tenant who came from Alabama. CAP
plause) if the man had done his
duty in such shape as to make
US each feel an even more
general thrill of pride in our common
nationality. The debt that we owed
him had little to do with the section
from which he came. (Applause).
Tribute to Gov Thompson.
And now, a special word to you of
Charleston and of South Carolina. Just
Twelve years ago when l first went to
Washington to take part in govern
mental work, was Immediately
thrown into singularly close contact
ana intimacy with d South Carolinian.
II was my good fortune to work with
MIN for three years and for the nine
years since and for as long as l shall
continue to be in public life, it will
De to me ever spur to try to do de-
cent duty for the republic, because
nave been thrown intimately in con-
act with as fearless and as high
nhded public servant as this coun-
ny has ever had, my old friend. your
lollner Governor, Hugh Thompson.
s dreat applause.)
And from what 1 have known of
you and of your representatives it was
N no sense a surprise, but was a keen
pleasure to be greeted with the hearty
anu generous hospitality, the more
nan hearty and generous hospitality
when you have shown me to-day.
B 'Appause)
South Cardinals Progress.
The welfare of any part of this
country is in a certain sense an in
ue2 OF the welfare of all and I think,
ssntemen, that on the average
We all tend to go up, to
seems to be little better to go up
uilormy rather than at a sharper
sal Tor the time being and then down
Gnu then up again and then down.
ny soutn Carolina seems during the last
oso decades to haye definitely enter
~ upon the path of steady progress
~ lhlhgs material as well as in other
aspects l was much struck in look
lug over some figures of the census
tute recently published to see the as
nun te,nSning progress that has been made
IN your state. 1t was prepared
10 vol nf fs1Y
in ,..1 had risen las they have, a
tls'le over rs per cent. 1 was prepar-
" see that your farms themselves
nan increased in still
%ser proportions; that the
L,,nt of your lands and
Ss liulhgs had grown up, but l did not
So the way in which your manu-
bttturlng enterprises had increased,
49,, y,n as shown in the fact that your
ov ,aa,u.uIiaacturing products had gone up
~ lSV per cent; that, for instance,
r7,n,as iaoer of spindles has about quad
n 1.eu' from less than half a million
n S h.ofe than two million in the state.
ont ~ NOT realize that the wages paid
q tlsr,lnlaa increased rs per cent. Cen
far III you talk of progress of the
l lsr West. but / think South Carolina
9Ne points to some of the states.
ppiause.) I think that with such
wer. Oord for the previous decade you
a bol5,."e wen Warranted upon insisting on
plansa your exposition here. Cap
our Relations with Cuba.
thai u a. Gentlemen, I was very glad
Il yo, ~ arranging for your exposition
statesn ot only took in the Southern
a the is, out that you specially included
a siataassi dnds lying south Of the United
q evs,+a' those islands with which the
a mac :. OF the last few years have
4 the evident that we are bound in
4 (apnls,'.1uIe 10 have closer relations
yantsaaS closer relations for our ad-