Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-09
RESUMES JOURNEY.
PRESIDENT DELIVERS TWELVE
SPEECHES IN soUTsl DAKOTA.

Crowds Greet Executive al All Stop.
ping Places and He Makes Brief
esses-Special Leaves for Far
go-Presidert May Visit Ceadwooo.
Aberdeen, S. D., April president
Roosevelt traversed South Dakota and
made more speeches than On any other
day during his present trip. He BEGAN
with two speeches at Sioux Fails ana
ended his twelfth speech for the day
at Aberdeen. The speeches were con
fined for the most part to the tariff
and to the general prosperity of the
country. In all his speeches he fo!-
lowed closely the lines of his former
addresses on these subjects. Tie
president was accorded cordial well
come at the different stopping places.
and at many stations where the train
did not stop the crowds gathered and
cheered as the special train sped by.
One feature of the day was the large
number of children in the various au-
d1ences, and the president referred to
them several times. saying that he
was glad to see that the stock was
not dying out.
The president had as his guests dur
ing the day Senators Kittredge and
Gamble and Representatives Martin
and Burke, the South Dakota delega-
ton in congress. They left the train
at Aberdeen
Yankton was the first stop after the
train left Sioux Falls. To the multi
tude at Yankton the president spoke
on the tariff and the qualities of good
citizenship.
At Tulare the president departed
from his usual custom and, descending
from his car shook hands with the
people gathered at the station.
At Mitchell the president made the
longest address of the day. Here he dis
cussed the work of individuals and the
important part they play in the up
building of the nation.
you can lift up man if he STUN
bles; if he lie down you can not
carry him. If you try to, it will not
help him and it will not help you. So.
fundamentally, it must rest upon your
self to win success. AS l said, law
can do something; wise legislation,
wise administration of the government
can do something. If you have bad
laws, badly administered they will
spoil any prosperity. 1t is easy enough
to get bad law that will stop the
whole business, but to get a good law
1t is not so easy. 1t is easy to sit out
side and say how the man inside
should run the machine, but it is not so
easy to go inside and run the machine
yourself. This prosperity to which we
have attained has been reached under
a series of economic moves included
in a system. through carrying out GER
tain ideas in the currency and in the
tariff We can not afford to reverse
the system. Improvement can be made
In it. In the tariff, for instance, sched-
ules are not sacred, and as the needs
! of the nation change and shift it will
be necessary to change certain sched-
ules to meet those shifting needs"
The other stops of the day were
made at Woonsocket. Scotland. Trip,
Parkston, Alpena and Redield.
Visits Scenes of Early Ranch Days.
Mandan, n. D., April S.-President
Roosevelt has been travelling through
familiar country and received hearty
greetings wherever his train stopped.
At many places he recognized old
| friends.
| AT Fargo, jamestown and Bismarck
he made stops of from half an hour
| to an hour and discussed the condl-
lions in the Philippines, the tariff and
the general prosperity which the coun-
try is enjoying. Stops also were made
at Casselton. Tower, Valley City, Daw-
son, Dickinson and Medora. At Bis
marck the president was introduced to
| a number of Indian chiefs, some Of
whom had fought against Custer. He
had traded with two of these Indians
eighteen or twenty years ago and he
Instantly recognized them. The chiefs
| presented an address and pipe of
few words OF greeting and thanks for
each man. The most interesting
ceremony occurred at Medora, where
the president at one time owned a
ranch and which was his postoffice adj
dress sixteen years ago. when he was
sheriff of Billings county Medora Is
small place, but the ranchmen from
the surrounding country had come into
the town and they gave the president
a truly western reception Joe Fer
ris, who was the presidents old fore
man, and his brother S. M. Ferris, met
the president at Bismarck and rode
with him to Medora.
Program for Park Visit.
Butte, Mont, April S.-Plans for the
reception and entertainment of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in the national park
have been completed Major Pitcher
will meet the special train at Gardner
with troop G and will escort the presi-
dent into the park. Major Pitcher
and two or three troopers will be with
the president constantly in order to
keep him in communication with the
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