The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-02
ROOSEVELT THE GUEST
OF KANSAS CITY
President Was Given Great Ovation-Referred
to the Reunited Country in His Address

Kansas City, Mo, May 1.-The presi-
Dental party arrived here from st.
Louis at $40 this morning, and was
met by a Reception Committee at Fiji
teenth street and Askew avenue in the
southeastern portion OF the city.
The reception at the train was brief
and informal. A great crowd was on
hand, and it cheered from the moment
the train hove into sight until the
Presidents carriage moved away for
a drive few minutes later at the
head of a long line of carriages. A
detachment of mounted police, togeth-
err with the Third Regiment. Missouri
National Guard, acted as an escort.
The route starting from the train
boulevard system. Passing first
through the Pazo, a driveway mile
in length and almost "a block wide the
President was greeted by over 10000
school children, white and black, from
private and public schools, who stood
seven deep on the grass plot between
the two driveways and formed a line
that extended for three blocks.
When President Roosevelt appeared
each of the children waved a tiny
American flag, cheering the while, and
finally as the President passed, the
thousands of voices broke forth sing
ing America"
The party was driven through the
business section to convention hall,
where the principal exercises of the day
were held. The decorations of the hall
were profuse. Great flags were strung
from the center to the sides of the
stage, back of which, raised to a hight
of twenty-five feet. was an immense,
golden, American eagle. The boxes
and sides of the balcony were draped
with red, white and blue bunting, and
from the roof numerous banners of
huge size were suspended. Every
available foot of space in the hall,
which has a seating capacity of $4,000,
was occupied.
AS President Roosevelt appeared on
the stage, the band started THE Star
Spangled Banner" and the current was
turned into two great electric flags that
formed part of the ceiling decorations.
Instantly the crowd broke into cheer
ing, while sixty Harvard graduates
gave their college cry, ending with the
word. Roosevelt.
Portions of the hall were set apart
lOI lGQGIdl anu concentrate bOlOlClSt
of whom there were 500.
President Roosevelt was introduced
by Mayor Reed. He spoke for fifteen
minutes. IIe spoke a word of greeting
to his audience, and then greeted, es-
pecially the men who wore the blue
and those who wore the grey.
II do not usually say anything about
our being a reunited country" he said,
because it is not necessary. OF course,
l.,
cry Northern audience wherever l see
a group of men wearing the button of
the G. A. R., I am certain to find a
group of men ready to cheer every al
fusion to the gallantry of the men who
wore the gray"
Taking the lessons taught by the
soldiers of the Civil War, the Presi-
dent discussed the question of good
citizenship.
I'm our complex relation of employ
ed and employer he said, "of one
class with another class, of one sec
ton with another section, we can work
out a really successful result only IL
those interested will get together and
make an honest effort each to under
stand his neighbours viewpoint and
then an honest effort each, while work.
ing for his own interests to avoid
working to the detriment of his neigh
Dor. Wrong is wrong just as much if
it is done by the little man to the big
man as by the big man to the little
man-to the capitalist by the wage
worker or to the wage worker by the
capitalist
I'm the long run wage worker and
capitalist will go down in common
ruin, if each does not honestly try to
get on with justice to the other and
work out a scheme of action which shall
be to their common advantage
Shortly before noon a. start was made
for the Baltimore Hotel, where, after
a brief reception in the parlors, an
elaborate luncheon was served. The
decorations were strikingly beautiful
J. F. Richards and Gov. Dockery were
seated on the right of the President,