The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-04-09
PRESIDENT TALKS
MADE TWELVE SPEECHES IN TRIP
ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA.
Tells People Of Function Of individual In
Building Up the State An Immense
Crowd Directs Him at Every Stop -
Number Of Children Were Present, to
Ills Pleasure.

Aberdeen, s. D., April s.-President
Roosevelt yesterday traversed South
Dakota and made more speeches than
on any other day during his present
trip. He began with two speeches at
Sioux Falls in the morning and ended
his 18th speech in the evening at Aber-
deem. Speeches were confined to the
most part to the tariff and to the gen.
eral prosperity of the country. In all
his speeches he followed closely the
lines Of mis- former addresses on these
subjects. The president was accorded
cordial welcome at the different stop
ping places, and at many stations
where the train did not stop crowds
gathered and cheered as the special
train sped by. One feature of the day
was the large number Of children In the
various audiences and the president re-
ferred to them several times, saying
that he was glad to see that the stock
was not dying out.
The president bad as his guests dur
Ing the day Senators Kiitredge and
Gamble and Representatives Martin
and Burke, the South Dakota adeleeation
in congress. They left the train at
Aberdeen.
AZ Tulare the president departed from
his custom and, descending. from his
car. shook hands with the people gath
cred at the station.
Yankton was the first stop after the
train left Sioux Fails. To the multi
tcde at Yankton, the president spoke
on the tariff and the qualities OF good
citizenship. saying in this connection:
at has been pleasure to zee you.
can um up all have to say,to you in
a couple OF phrases. You need wise
laws. See that gou get them. You
need honest administration OF the laws.
Fee that you have it. But don't make
the mistake OF thinking that any law
or any administration OF law can take
the place Of the fundamental qualities
that make good individual citizen and
make good nation, the qualities of
honesty, of courage and of good, COM
mon senee."
At Mitchell the president made the
longest address of the day. His audi
ence was large and his speech was ire.
quently interrupted by applause. Here
he discussed the work OF individuals
and the important part they play in
the upbuilding OF the nation.
"You can lift up man II he Stun
bIes, but il he lies down you cannot
carry him. II you try to, it will not
help him and it will not help you.
So, Fundamentally, it must rest upcn
yourself to win success. As said, law
can do something. wise legislation Of
the government can do something. II
you have laws badly administered they
will stop any prosperity. 1t Is easy
enough to get bad law that will stop
the whole business, but to get a good
law is not Gu easy. 1t is easy to sit
outside and say how the man inside
should run the machine, but it is' not
90 easy to go inside and run the
machine yourself.
"This prosperity to which we have
attained has been reached under q series
OF economic moves included in a sys-
tenn, though carrying out certain ideas
in the currency and in the tariff. We
cannot afford to reverse the system.
Improvement can be made in It. In
the tariff. for instance, schedules are
not sacred, and, as the needs OF the
nation change and shift, it will be nec-
essary to change certain schedules TO
meet those shifting needs"