Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-20
BIG DAY IN MEMPHIS
City Honors Favorite Son and
Welcomes President.
ROOSEVELT LAUDS GENERAL WRIGHT

hVU0hYEL1 LAUUO UENEAAL WAlUn1
Governor Mcmillan and General JO-
seph wheeler In Attendance.
Residential Party Starts
Tor Washington.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 90. - Al
though the festivities in this city cele-
brated the Homecoming of General
Luke e. Wright, vice governor Of the
Philippines, it is no reflection upon the
warmth of the welcome extended to
him to say that President Roosevelt's
presence was the overshadowing fea-
ture Of the day. Excursion trains We're
run into the city, and number Of dis
tinguished people were present to par
ticipate in the celebration. Among
| them were Governor Benton Mcmillan
and General Joseph Wheeler. The pro-
! gramme was long one. Immediately
after the presidents arrival there was
parade through the streets to the
| Gayoso hotel, where breakfast was
! rendered the president and General
| Wright Jointly by the ladies' Of Mem
| pills. In the afternoon the president at
tended and spoke at two receptions
/ given in honor Of General Wright-One
| at the Auditorium by white citizens,
the other. at hall in the black section
of the city by colored people. Later
/ there was a Colonial Danes tea at the
Gayoso, and the festivities closed at
night with an elaborate banquet, at
which the president delivered a speech.
The presidents address in part was
as follows:
It is real and great pleasure to come
| to this typical city of the southern Missis-
American, citizen Of Tennessee, who de-
/ serves honor not only from his state, but
from the entire country, General Luke 2.
4 standard Of manhood from Tennessee It
| was one of the first two states created
Was in ths stats thay the rst Self Cow
| vas establishsd upon waters flowing into
Were among the earliest in that great
1 westward march which thrust the ma
4 tion's border across the continent to the
i son Of tennessee should now play so
/ There have been presidents Of the United
teen Of those years Tennesseeans Sat in IN
| the White House. Hardihood and daring
peeted anong as f State Which
nurtured Andrew Jackson and Sam
j can navy one of the most famous fight-
4 ing adrnirals of all time. Farragut.
] try should be glad that it was General
Wright who rendered this service. Gem
eral Wright fought with distinguished
served in the armies Of the Confederacy
during the civil war. We need no proof
| people When the war with Spain came
i the sons of the men who wore the blue
gray We'd with one another in the effort
| to get into the ranks and face foreign
red uhaf Triumph under Wneid se eon and
/ Zachary Taylor and Andrew Jackson.
aeuit as it was important The events as ai Of
the last four years have definitely decided
that whether we wish to or 7, not +, we must
We cannot escape facing the duties. We
may shirk them i We are built Of poor
them we must, whether we will or not
have come upon US. We are there, and
\ abandon the islands than we could now
abandon Alaska. Whether we are glad or
is aside from the question. The point is
that as the inevitable result of the war
P Phil and that we could not Leave ave
4 the islands without discredit. The is
and Il had left fere Woad
have been brief period Of bloody chaos
and then a On 90 ether the worR on b Wa
shirked. 1t cannot be too often repeated
that there was an no question ion that the work
whether we would do it well or i'll, and,
thanks t. the i c bs 6ee e oea kf
liberty, and il stands for it abroad as Il Il
Soldiers was to restore and maintain order
in the islands; The army had the task to
The fullest and heartiest praise belongs to
our soldiers who in the Philippines
sma indeed d eompared to the ggan m
struggle in which the Older men whom i
ates but fncon noef haras n an
difficult because it was waged amid the
painless jungles Of great trGpie ISLANDS
treacherous and often inconceivably -crue.
both toward our. men and toward the
IL great numbers OF peace loving E'1llplnOS
who gladly welcomed our advent.
,Cruelties were Permitted here and
mitted under wei nigh intoferabie provo
cation affords no excuse for such. cruel
that they were retaliatory in kind. Ev-
cry effort has been made to detect and
Ing itself has, Been completely. stopped;
But these misdeeds were exceptional, and
that the American army in the Philip
pines showed as whole not only splendid
soldierly qualities, but high order OF
humanity In dealing with their foes.
There is no question as to our not hay
ing gone far enough and fast enough in
granting self government to the Filipinos
The only possible danger has been lest
we should go faster and farther than was
in the interest of the Filipinos themselves
Each Filipino at the present day is guar
anteed his life, his liberty and the cnance
to pursue happiness as he wishes SO long
as he does not harm his fellows in way
which the islands have never known be
fore during all their recorded history.
At midnight the presidential party
left for Washington over the Southern
railroad Colonel Il. S. Brown, general
agent of the Southern, was in charge OF
the train. No stops will be made on tho
: way. The train will reach Washington
at 6 o'clock Friday morning