The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-10
PRESIDENT
 AT ASHVILLE Ex-COnfederateS Act as
 as Escort. THOUSANDS HEAR SPEECH Roosevelt Pleased with North Carolina Reception.  Declares He Was One of wheeler's Boys and is Glad to Meet Those
 Who Fought For
 Confederacy.
THOUSANDS HEAR SPEECH

tended a warm greeting to President Roosevelt today. Fully 10000 people oc- cupied the court house square. where the President addressed them from an inn provised stand. The special train arrived here at 9:3o o'clock. schedule time The night was passed at Hot Springs and the run from there to Asheville this morning was uneventful. A short stop was made at Marshall, the home of Senator Pritch- ard. where a large number of people had assembled. The President thanked them for their greeting.
 Children Sang America.
 At Asheville he was met by a reception committee of which Charles McNamee was chairman. Mayor Miller. Senator Pritchard and Congressman Moody were among those who greeted the President. The members of the committee were in- troduced to the Presidnt in his car by Senator Pritchard. Carriages were in waiting and under the escort of Feb Vance Camp, Confederate Veterans. with State militia with the 1st Regiment band. the party started for the court house square. At Battery Park the school chill dren were assembled on the lawn and sang America" as the party passed. The President stood in his carriage, bare headed.
 The city was elaborately decorated, and hundreds of people had come in from the country to greet the President. When the President was introduced by Chair man McNamee he was enthusiastically greeted. The introduction followed a short address of welcome by former Con- gressman GudEer.
 Senator Feb Vance.
 The President spoke of the pleasure 1t gave him to speak before the monument of the late Senator Vance. which is near the stand He was glad, he said. to meet people whose forefathers had fought un- der Marion, glad to be greeted by men who served in the Confederate army. He told of his visit Sunday to the battlefield of Chickamauga and repeated the decla- ration that the man would be but poor American who did come from the scenes of commemorating the valiant deeds of those armies a better American. He told of serving under Wheeler in Cuba and said that yesterday he met an old man who served in the Confederate army.
 One of Wheeler's Boys.
 
 the veteran. So was l. I replied.
 ''I think it is a good thing" he said, flor an American President to have the chance to travel through different sec tions of the country, because 1t Is a mighty good thing for any American to meet his fellow Americans in order that he may realize how trivial are the points of unlikeness and how essential are the points of likeness good American is a good American whether he came from the North, the South. the East or the Vest
 The President spoke of the benefits to he derived from the brotherhood of men and said he did not care what section of a good American that was enough for him.
 Need Courageous Men.
 We need good laws" said the Presi- dent. and we need an honest adminis- tration of the laws. but we need as the fundamental prerequisite for good gov ernment a high average standard of citi- zenship in the men who make the laws and stand back of them. If a man is not honest, is not decent, then the abler he is. the more dangerous he Is to the com munity. But decency and honesty are not enough I don't care how good man is if he Is timid man. you can do but little with him. In addition to honesty and decency you must have courage. Honesty and courage are not enough. You must have common sense. The av- craze citizen must make himself worthy citizen of the government. The govern ment Is us--you and land the govern ment is going to do well or i'll according to the way we demand how the govern Ynent shall be-"