Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-04-05
President Claims Protective Principle Must
Not Be Allowed to Die,
FREE TRADE NO REMEDY FOR TRUSTS
Small Competitors Would Suffer More Than
konopoistic Combines
EVEN REVISION SHOULD COME SLOWLY
Better to Endure Known Evils Than Risk
Those Not Foreseen.
EVEN REVISION SHOULD COME SLOWLY
RooSEViLTs PRoGRaM TOO STRENUOUS
Asks Entertainers to Moderate Trans
ports and Leave Him strength
TO Conclude Long Tour
Ahead of Him.

| LA ChOoSb, WIS, april - ne pItSh-
Dental train arrived here on schedule time
| at $3.50 this morning.
All approaches to the depot we're roped
off for a block in each direction. Four
companies Of the Wisconsin National guard
/ were lined up on either side Of Second
| street, leading to the depot, where the
! carriages were in waiting for the presl-
| Dental party and escort The first three
| carriages were elaborately trimmed in
red, white and blue and the horses were
gaily decorated with ribbons to match.
/ When the president stepped from the
train he remarked on the beautiful day
and said he had a good nights rest and
was feeling well.
The route of the parade extended over
| two miles of gaily decorated streets, which
we're packed on each side with a solid
mass of people. The police arrangements
were of the best and there was no delay
getting to the market square. where big
stand had been erected.
Greets the Old Veterans.
large crowd was gathered on the mar
ket square. Mayor Boschert welcomed the
president on behalf OF the city of La Crosse.
The presidents speech was frequently in
| terrupted by applause. He extended
greeting to the people Of La Crosse and
| 10 Cne OLD veterans a
| number of whom were among his hearers.
He compared the war Of 1S61-65 to that
with Spain and said that while the com
manders Of the lesser war did not have
a big Job to do, they did it, but the
! trouble was there was not enough war to
! 60 around. He then discussed the virtue
] OF good citizenship and referred to por-
| tions Of his speech delivered at Waukesha
| regarding the people of this country speak,
! ing evil OF other nations. The crowds along
! the route Of the parade back to the station
were the largest ever seen in La Crosse.
The presidential train left for Winona and
st. Paul at 1890 a. m.
Program n Trine Strenuous.
WINONA, Mimi, April 4-The presi-
dent, at the request of Congressman Taw-
ney. made a ten-minute stop at W.nona,
! which was not on the original program,
He spoke words of praise for the valor ot
the soldiers in the civil war and con-
cluded by urging parents to teach their
| children TO do and not to dodge. Thus they
would learn true manhood and womanhood.
At the conclusion Of his remarks the train
left for st. Paul.
The strenuous day the people OF Mil
waukee provided for the president yester-
day proved TO be firing and he
was thoroughly tired out when
he reached his car shortly after midnight.
The president thoroughly appreciated the
hospitality of the people of Milwaukee, but
it will be impossible for him to continue
such nerve-w -wrecking programs and he is
afraid that if this is kept up he will not
be able to complete his itinerary He
hopes that the committees having charge
of his entertainment at the places he is
yet to visit will not crowd events quite
so closely together.
st. Paul Keeps Him busy.
ST. PAUL, April 4.-President Roosevelt
spent but three hours in this city this
afternoon before being whisked over to
Minneapolis in Thomas Lowry's private
electric car for an equally strenuous period
in that city.
The presidents special train was one
minute ahead of time, arriving at 2:29,
after an uneventful run from Wlnona. in
the run up a few minutes were given to
the people at Lake City, whose cheers
brought out hearty expression Of thanks
from the president.
As the train pulled through the st. Paul
yards to the Union depot, Battery A of the
Minnesota National Guard, stationed on the
opposite side OF the river, doomed out the
presidential salute, in which the engines in
the yards and the strong lungs of an i'm
mense crowd Joined Justify.
A committee headed by Governor Van
SAINT Mayor R. A Smith, George Thomp-
son, Theodore F. Smith, president OF the
Commercial club, and Brigadier General
Kobbe, welcomed the party, who were
taken for a carriage drive through the
downtown streets, which had been hand
somely decorated with flags in honor Of the
eity's guest.
| The Grand Army veterans led the pro-
, cession followed by the president and the
? original Roosevelt Campaign club, the
local companies of the Minnesota National
] Guard, nearly all Of them Spanish war vet
D erans, and the Twenty first infantry, from
, Fort Smelling.
I At the capitol the house and senate In
Joint session received the president with
E cheers thrice repeated. Previous TO his ar
!, rival Archbishop Ireland had delivered
I brief and eloquent prayer for the pros,
/, perity OF the nation and its chief executive
President Roosevelt spoke at some length
$ on his we'll known views as to good citizen,
q ship.
j In the executive chamber a brief recep
tion was held. the president being intro
a duced TO many OF the state officers an
r leaders OF the legislature. A large plat
IOTm ndQ Dttn tItGitu At lhN NhhA NulIdnC'
| to the capitol, where a crowd OF man,
y thousands held their places for over twt
hours before the arrival Of the president
e To them Governor Van SAINT introduced tn
president, who delivered a short address
before being driven through a small part o
the residence portion Of the city.
At 4:30 o'clock he boarded a special elec
, trio car and was whirled away to Minneap
oils.
!, Speaks at Minneapolis.
,e MINNEAPOLIS, April T. - Presiden
Roosevelt delivered the third great speec
1f Of his western tour tonight, taking "Th
20 Tariff" as his text. He said:
le "At the special session Of the senate hel
t. in March the Cuban reciprocity treaty wa
ID ratified. When this treaty goes into eteC
'e II will confer substantial economic benefit
y, (Coptinued on Ninth PRge.)