Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
The President Lays Cornerstone IN
Portland, Oregon.
WHAT IT CONTEMPORARIES.
The Greatest single Pioneering Feat
On This Continen, - Rounded out
Jenerson's Rips statesmsDship,

presidents train drew on the bridge,
spanning the Willamette river, salute
OF twenty.one guns was fired by a bat
terry OF the oregon national guards,
stationed on the elevation across the
river from the Union depot. The train
drew into the station amid the cheering
Of the immense crowd, the din Of steam
whistles and the playing of score of
bands stationed along the line Of the
parade
The local committee, headed by Sem
ator Mitchell met the president and
escorted him to the carriage waiting in
side the gates Of the Union station. The
parade was headed by platoon of po-
lice and then came a battalion Of the
Spanish-Amerfcan war veterans, under
command Of Brig Gen owen Sum-
mers, who led the Second Oregon regi-
ment in the Philippine war. Eighth
battery, U. $. A., from Vancouver bar
racks, acted as mounted escort for the
president.
In the carriage with the president
We're Secy. Loeb, Gov. Chamberlain
and the venerable mayor Of Portland
George II, Williams, who was a cabinet
officer when the president was boy
Following the presidents carriage came
a large number of prominent citizens
OF Portland in carriages, the Twenty
seventh infantry from Vancouver bar
racks, the Third regiment oregon ma
tional guard and cadets from several
military schools from various sections
of the state.
Probaly the section Of the parade
which attracted the most attention was
a human flag, composed OF 400 school
girls, all having been drilled for sew
eral weeks by Prof Krohn OF the Port
land public schools. A military COM
pany Of fifty American born Chinese,
under command Of Seld Back, Jr..
brought up the rear of the procession.
over the entire route from the depot
10 the City park, a distance OF three
miles, American flags were spread
across the street.
Suspended from the Hotel Portland
20 the postofIice across Sixth street was
large flag which was the first Ameri-
can flag hoisted on the walls of old
Manila II took the place Of the Span
ish flag. and marked the end OF Spanish
rule In the Philippines. When the
presidents carriage passed under the
flag he and the other occupants took
OF their hats.
A feature OF the drive through the
city which appeared 10 please the press
ident. was an asscmblage of twelve
thousand school children, who were
massod IN raised seats on the park
blocks, Each child held an American
flag and as the president drove past
thew cheered and waved their flags
When the president reached the city
park at 1880 $4,000 people had assem-
bled there to witness the laying Of the
cornerstone OF the Lewis and Clark
monument. The spot where the
monument Is TO be erected is an eleya-
tlon 200 feet above the city. from which
point q fine view Of the Columbia ana
Willamette rivers, Mount Hood, Mount
st. Helens. Mount Adams, and other
snow capped peaks Of the Cascade
raneg cnn. be had
Mayor Williams delivered an address
Of welcome. to which the president re-
sponded briefly. lie spoke as follows;
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS,
I'VE come here today TO lay a corner
stone that Is 10 call TO mind the great
est single pioneering feat on this con-
tinent the voyage across the continent
by Lewis and Clark, which rounded out
the ripe statesnanship Of Jefferson and
his fellows by giving to the United
States all Of the domain between the
Mississippi and the Pacific. Following
their advent came the reign Of the fur
trader, and then some 60 years ago
those entered in whose children and
chlldrens children were to possess the
land Across the continent in the early
'40s came the whlte-topped wagons
bearing the pioneers, the stalwart, stur-
dy, sunburnt men, with their wives ana
little ones, who entered into this coun-
try to possess II. You have built up
here this wonderful commonwealth, a
commonwealth great in It's past and In
finitely greater In its future.
1T was a pleasure TO me today TO
have as part OF my escort the men OF
the Second Oregon regiment. who cal
ricd on expansion OF our people beyond
the Pacific. as your fathers had carried
It on 10 the Pacific 1 speak TO The men
OF the Pacific slope, TO the men whose
predecessors gave us this region be-
cause they were not afraid. because
they did not seek the life Of ease ana
safety, because their life training was
not to shrink from obstacles, but 20
meet and overcome them, and now /
ask that this nation 30 forward as It
has gone forward In the past; ] ask that
II shape is life In accordance with the
highest Ideals, / ask that We govern the
Philippines primarily in the interest OF
the people OF the islands and just 50
long rs men like Taft and Luke Wright
are there they will be SO governed, |
ask that our name be a synonym for
truthful and fair dealing with all the
nations Of the world. and | ask two
things In connection with our foreign
policy-that we never wrong the weak
and that we never finch from the
strong.
To-day the secretary OF the navy spoke
Of the great pride We take IN the ieats
Of the mighty battlcshlp which bears
the name OF this state-the Oregon. II
g. q good thlnk to cheer her. but II Is
better thing 20 see that we Keep on
building ships Ike her aud even better.
That Is the right way TO cheer our Ore
gon. TO see our senators and represenia-
tivcs In Congress 60 on with the build
ing Of the United states navy, Wheth
err We wish Il or not We have 20 Do q
great power; we have 20 play a great
part. An we can decide Is whether We
win play that pat well or IN, and Il I
know my countrymen there Is scant
out. We can glory now In the deeds Of
Manila and o. Santiago because for the
dozen years before our people were
builng up the navy. The navy which
IN IS won because Tor dozen years be-
fore our people had been building ships
end seeing tina; the officers and men
Wcre trained IN their use
1T IL too late to imprOvise a navy
when the need comes. Not one ship
which counted effectively In the war OF
rs was huilt In that year or even the
year before. They were all built from
two 10 Is years In advance, and the
men Of Manila and Santiago. do you
think they learned their trade after II
became evident that war could not be
avcrted2 Not q BIT Of Il. They were
trained through years OF practise 10
handle the ships ana the guns and the
engines, and we won with such small
loss OF life and so decisively because