The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02
PRESIDENT SPEAKS BRIEFLY.

then Mr.. Nudge introduced the presi-
dent.
PRESIDENT SPEAKS BRIEFLY.
President ROosevelts voice was clear
and strong. People standing by his
train heard him distinctly, so that prob
ably nearly all of the great throng were
brief
Il shall not attempt to speak at length
TINS afternoon he said. because am
to make an address this evening
snail merely say how glad I am to take
part IN a ceremony Of this kind at this
place. It IS a pleasure to see laid the
1cundatlon of a spiritual and moral as
Wen as a physical DEVELOPMENT. It is
a great thing to people new country
ana 10 establish a high civilization
within its confines. It is a great thing
70 drive railways from sea to sea All
inns IS necessary fOundatio to the
I higher and more exalted things | be-
ueNe IN this country, and | believe in
It's future. / believe we shall build for
the tne higher life upon our present ma
/ tsiIdi prosperity need not say to you
that our greatest product is the men
and women o. this country
Wlthout religion and morality this
country would not be pin point on the
map of the world In Abraham Lincoln
4 the genius of the country found express
sion, because Lincoln was ready to lay
down his life on the altar of higher
/ clNllzation- Continuing. the president
/ paid Kansas and its people a high trib-
ute and summarized the attitude of this
+ government toward certain problems by
saying that this country spurns the
thought OF infiicting wrongs upon the
weak It gives me pleasure to greet
I gates.
When he had concluded. speaking two
workmen came forward to manipulate
the derrick with which the cornerstone
/ was to be raised and lowered. The
presidents first action was to shake
hands with them heartily. Then he took
,S..I.
/ handed him, and descending TO a lower
platform in front OF the stone, he began
TO shovel in the mortar as soon as the
stone had been raised.
/ President Roosevelt went at it like an
old hand He threw in a quantity of
mortar and then spread it around
Put in some more mortar, Teddy"
yelled a voice in the crowd
I could do it better with shovel
said the president with one Of his char
acterlstic genial smiles. which makes
everyone else want to smile too.
Coming around on the other side of
the stone a moment later he said:
i m afraid am working over time"
and the crowd yelled with delight
The real work of laying the stone did
not occupy more than three minutes
AFTER the proper quantity of mortar
had been placed where it was to rest
the men at the derrick lowered the stone
and the president guided it to its place
There. it's done" he said, and a mo-
ing party he left the platform for the
carriages, which were in waiting, while
the band played and the people sang
the doXology.
The Topeka city troop. forty IN num-
Der, led by Captain H. NJ. Philips, mar
shall Of the occasion, preceded the presi-
dents carriage, and riding sixteen
abreast part of the time, pressed the
dense crowds back, for all along the
line of march from the Santa Fe depot
to the state house the people were mass
ed on the street, waiting to catch a
glimpse of the head of the nation.
Colonel H. c. Lindsey drove the pres
ident's carriage, and by the side of the
driver sat the secret service man who
is continually by the presidents side.
This particular man is always close to
the president. When he was laying the
corner stone the secret service man
stood between the president and the
crowd much of the time and at the
auditorium last night he sat tmRed-
lately behind the president during the
latter's speech When the president
rides he rides on the drivers seat and
watches the crowd, and when the pres
ident walks he is within an arms
length.
The march from the depot to the gov
errors mansion was one continual ova-
ton. Most of the carriages stopped
at the Copeland and only those con-
tanning the guests for the governors
dinner went on. At the state house sew
eTal nuuQTeQ OiQ SOiQ4EiS WCAE OfeAN Il
up to greet the president. It was just
dusk when the procession came along
vet the line of veterans reached most
of the way from the entrance to the
state house around to the south arch
When the president came to the nag
which the veterans held he stopped his
carriage and saluted
MURPHY WASN'T TO BLAME.
Santa Fe detective by the name OF
Murphy had what may be called a mar
row escaDe last night while guarding
the presidents carriage Murphy was
one OF the men who walked beside the
presidential carriage during the parade.
Just as the procession went out at the
west side of the state house grounds
Murphy sprained his ankle. and beng
unable to keep up the pace set by the
procession did the only thing left ma
to do stepped up on the step of the
carriage. At the same time stranger
in the crowd which was following ran
up and ATTEMPTED to take hold of the
side of the carriage Murphy put out
his left arm. caught the man under the
chin and threw him backward Root
Miller. the mounted policeman who was
riding abreast the carriage. struck the
man on the head with a club and then
Selling him by the coat threw him in
front of his mount and into the crowd
At the same time one of the ores1den-
tial secret service men. whose name waS.
not learned, drew his revolver and COW
cred Murphy The Santa F>e detectives
badge was under his coat, and his pres
ence on the step of the carriage did not
look right to the dead shot who was
guarding the life of the chief executive
He had seen only part of the affair, an6
seemed to think that Murphy was the
cause of the disturbance. Henry Ay~.
an ex policeman. who was in the foot
guard. raised his hand and said TO the
secret service man. Easy there. that is
a detective" At the same time Muir
phys coat turned back, revealing his
sta~.
The secret service men who attend the
president are dead shot@ and owing 10
/ the tragedy OF Buffalo are inclined 70
take no chances Investigate second, ana
shoot first.
TWO EXTRA SPEECHES.
On his way 10 the governors mansion
President Roosevelt made a couole OF
speeches which were not set down Oh
/ tho r,rf,er,-o r,t,1,a