The Washington times., 1902-09-23
FAR-SlGHfED POLICY IN THE end
Projected Canal and West
Indian Interests Also
Involved.
VETERANS CHEER FREELY
Mr.. Roosevelt's Day One of Varied
Events-Trip on the River Takes Him
Into Boundaries of Carada-English
Troops Among Those to Pass in Re-
view at the Parade in Detroit.


view at the Parade in Detroit.
DETROIT. Mich, Sept. 22.-This has
been Detroit's Roosevelt day. On Sun
day there was considerable turning
out Of unoccupied and curious and pa
triotie people, who wanted to get a look
at him. But today Detroit has thrown
into the lake her reputation for chilli
ness to distinguished guests. The day has
been like nothing, so far as the streets
are concerned, as much as ii has been
like an Inauguration day in Washington
Men were in uniform everywhere,
bands were playing everywhere. and
everybody was ready to cheer at the
slightest excuse. 1t goes without say
ing that with the city in such mood
there was a tornado of excitement whirl-
ing about the President wherever he ap-
peared in the city.
Though the President came to Detroit
to deliver an address to the Spanish
War Veterans organization apd the i'm
portant speech Of his visit here was
made at the veterans banquet tonight,
the speech did not center around the
Spanish war, or its soldiers. II was
demand for reciprocal trade relations
with Cuba. 1t was made in the heart
of the beet sugar country. The crowd
that heard it was not an essentially
b,,y
SO the approval of the audience which
was layished on the President is not
commented upon as particularly signifi-
cant The President devoted much time
to the prosperous condition of the ma
tion.
An Interesting Day
The day was not without interesting
incidents aside from the speech. which
is the second of five speeches care
fully prepared by the President before
he left Oyster Bay, outlining the posi-
tion of the Administration on the sub
jects now occupying public attention.
There was a steamboat ride on the
Detroit River, which technically took
the President out of the boundaries of
the United States. 1t was only for a
a few hundred feet that the President
invaded Canadian limits, and he did not
set foot on foreign soil.
Then the President reviewed bat
talon Of the Essex Fusiliers, who are
quartered at Windsor, just across the
river from Detroit. Nobody connect
ed with the Presidents party could
remember today that a President of the
United States had ever taken part in a
parade with men wearing the uniform
and carrying the flag of England. though
there were several who could recall in
stances when a President had been out
side of the country. technically, as
President Roosevelt was today.
The Presidents Speech.
The banquet tonight at the Light
Guards Armory was tremendous affair.
There were covers laid for eight hun
dred. There were number of speak
ers besides the President. Miss Clara
Barton and Governor Bliss being among
them. The President said:
Mr.. MAJOR and men and women of
Michigan, and particularly you, my
comrades who volunteered in the war
with Spain, ] thank you for this greet
ing.
THE first engagement / made this
year was when / accepted the invitation
SO kindly extended TO me by the mayor
of this city to speak on this occasion.
for 1, felt that. coming from him as it
did, and extended in such way. could
Iot refuse.
THE war with Spain, though from II
such great consequences have flowed.
was itself but a small war; and in the
presence of the veterans of the Grand
Army all we can say is that we hope
that we of the younger generations
showed a desire to come up TO the
standard set by cur fathers, the men OF
81 to '65. Yet, though the actual deeds
done were trivial when measured with
the giant struggle in which Grant and
Sherman and Thomas and Sheridan and
Farragut and Porter won imperishabIe
renown. IL still remains true that the
way in which these deeds were done was
of good omen to the country.
Unity Emphasized.
s'It emphasizes in peculiar fashion the
fundamental unity of our people 1t
brought home TO US what should be the
ever present fact in our minds-that 1;
good deed done by any American is put
down to the credit of all Americans
and that, therefore. conversely no act
of wrongdoing can be performed by any
of our. number without the evil effects
being felt to a greater or less degree by
all Of US.
Here in Detroit. in Michigan. you
had the good fortune most signally TO
illustrate this national unity. myself
served in the army, and therefore at
served beside two regiments
of Michigan volunteers, the Thirty-third
and Thirty-fourth. SO that with many of
your sons can claim that right of
which comes 10 those who
have known one another under the
close intimacy of such conditions.
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