The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-29
IDAHO PEOPLE
WERE ALL OUT
President Roosevelt Spent Yes.
terday in the Gem State.
WARWH00PS AT P0cATELLO
PARADE AND RECEPTION AT
THE STATE CAPITAL.
WkRWHOOPS AT PocATELLO

THE STATE CAPITAL.
Boise, Ida May 2S.-President Roose-
velt's train reached Boise al 4:5D this aft
ernoon, exactly on time, and left again
at $50 for the trip to salt Lake City.
The programme arranged for the recep-
ton was carried out without hitch.
Great care had been taken 20 rOpH the
Nhe or the procession and keep all in
tIddeFS out The city had on a force
OF seVenty-five policemen and troops
were on duty about the state house
The president and party marched
through lane OF children as they APP
proached the grandstand erected at the
JEFFERSON street front Of the capitol
grounds. Little ones numbering about
Zutu- cheered him Justify and waved q
forest OF flags This feature of the re-
cepuon proved highly pleasing to the visi-
City Was Thronged.
The city was thrOnged with people who
wished 20 see the president and when
the latter took mis- place on the stand
the streets He was introduced by Gov
ernor Morrison in a delicious manner
and spoke Tor forty minutes
After the speaking the president ad-
dressed a few words to the Grand Army
post drawn up in. the rear Of the stand
and also to Spanish war veterans wear
ing the brown uniforms A tree was
then planted in the state house grounds
near the one planted by President Har-
risOn in 1891.
The president and party were then
take on. drive about the city, all the
principal points of interest being visited.
In his address. the president opened with
a tribute to the city and its people. He
declared he had not expected to find
so beautiful a place. He spoke pTinCi-
pally on irrigation, good citizenship and
the strengthening Of the navy.
The forests and the grasses are not
70 be treated as we properly treat min
\ lns-that is, as material to be used up
trary, we must recognize the fact that
we have passed the stage when we can
afford TO tolerate the man whose object
IS simply to skin the land and get out
That man is not a valuable citizen. We
do not want the absentee prOprietOr-the
absentee W. pTospeTs by two or three
resources of the state without earning
them. II is not for him that we wish
to develop irrigation
The Best Citizen.
1T is not for him that we must shape
the grazing lands or handle our forests
the grasses so that we viii hand them on
to our children and our childrens chill
dren In better and not worse shape than
We got them I was particularly pleased
TO be greeted by 1000 school children
fApPlaUSe.) You know I believe IN chill
dren, great applause), and Waile there
may be a good many varieties of first
class citizens in the state I have al
ways thought that, take fl on the aver
age. the citizen whom I most respect is
q mother Of a large family who brought
them up well. (Applause.) And so I am
glad that your children seem to be all
right in point of quality aid quantity,
and in travelling through this great cOun-
try-there's an example of the doctrine
I've been preaching as some one held
up a baby-"nothing has pleased me more
than to see how. hand in hand with the
upbUilding of its material prosperity, has
gone on the preparation for carefully
training the next generation.
Il have been greatly struck said he,
s'as I have come up this beautiful and
fertile valley. by what has been done by
the application of industry. intelligence
and water 20 the soil (ApplauSe) And.
lnasmuch as for a number of years 7
myself passed large proportion OF my
life in the mountains and on the plains
nf this great western country, I feel a
peculiar pride that 1t was given TO me
To sign and thereby make into law the
act OF the national governmental my
mind one Of the most important acts ever
made into law by the national legisla-
ture-the national irrigation act of
year ago. (Applause.1 Already expert
mental work has begun here in your
''The national government in my 1udg-
mont. not only should, but must, CO.
operate with the state governments and
with individual enterprises in seeing that
We utilize To the fullest advantage the
waters OF the Rocky mountain states by
canals and great reservoirs. which shall
conserve the waters that go to waste
o. one season so that they can be used
at other seasons.
Success of Government.
"Other nations. with other forms of
government, may be able 90 get along
for d time without the average citizen
being straight and decent We can't Our
government. the success of our govern
mpnt. the success of our nation de-
ponds upon the average citizen being
straight and decent man. for if he isn't
no law and no physical advantages will
save him We must have the root Of
rfshteousness in yoHr people or we viii
that H. "'
decent. TO be virtuous. to have sound
morality, to be a man who is good i'm
all the relations of life but If he is all
that and Vet IS afraid YOU can do any
thing with him ] have no use for
timil good man. not at all. JUST eN-
actly as in battle. you need patriotism
But ] do not care how patriotic a man
S. if he runs away he is no good ZAP
plause)
Monroe doctrine. This western hemis-
- here Il not TO become a region for con-
quest over which military powers may
acquire control ] think that should be
. cardinal doctrine OF our American for
eigU policy But 7 had great deal
rather see IL never announce THAT policy
than for US 20 announce 10 and then lack
either the Will or the power to make 1t
good.
Plea For Navy.
'''Thc one means Tor ma king IL good is
the building up AN adequate navy the
building up of an adequate navy of first
class battleships, such as those provided
for bN the last congress one of which is
10 be called the Idaho japplause) and
lawn provided the ships, provide the men
and then recOuect that the men and the
ships are worthless If they have not had
q chance 70 practice. I ask that congress
go on with the building up OF the navy
that congress go on providing means to
make that navy the most effective on
our time VIII we see war again. bun il is