The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13
Left San Jose I'm the Morning, stopped
mt Palo Alto and Visited STAN
ford University.
TALKED TO THE STUDENTS
AND SPOKE KINDLY OF HIS OLD
FRIEND DAVID STARR JORDAN.
Great Demonstration I'm His Honor
at San Francisco Receptions,
banquet and Speeches.

greeting was never given a President or the
United States than that offered to-day by
the city of San Francisco to Theodore
Roosevelt. Through miles and miles of
streets densely packed with cheering, pa
triotically enthused humanity the Nations
chief passed bowling his ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
evidently tired from maintaining an erect
position in his carriage. but buoyed up by
the impressiveness OF the demonstration.
1t was a magnificent ovation.
The presidential train, drawn by hand
somely decorated locomotive, arrived at
Third and Townsend streets promptly at
2:l5 o'clock. A large gathering of federal,
state and city officials, army and navy off,
GERS, foreign consuls and distinguished citi-
zens was in waiting TO welcome the chief
magistrate.
Mayor Schmitt stepped aboard the rear
car and formally greeted Mr.. Roosevelt.
the President making brief response. M.
H. De Young. president of the citizens re-
ception committee, then shook hands with
the distinguished visitors and delivered a
brief welcoming address. Mr.. Roosevelt
expressed his thanks in a few words and
was then introduced to Admiral Bickford.
of the British Pacific squadron. who con-
veyed the good wishes of King Edward and
said that the arrival of the flagship of the
squadron to assist in the greeting was an
other instance of the cordial relations ex-
listing between the two nations President
Roosevelt said he appreciated the evidence
of friendship and begged that his good
wishes be given to his Majesty.
Before entering his carriage Mr.. Roose-
welt stepped up to the engine and warmly
shook hands with the engineer and fireman
of the train which had brought him from
ha In h0 6o "a limo wa
headed by a troop Of colored cavalry this
being the first instance In the West where
negro soldiers held the position of honor in
public procession. Following the Pres
ident came United States troops from the
local posts, sailors and marines from war
ships In the harbor and at Mare island,
regiment of the state militia and a number
of semi-miltary organizations. A notable
feature was the fancy marching the Cleve-
land Grays, who came from Ohio to par
ticipate in the California greeting
ADDRESS AT THE Y. NJ. c. A.
After reviewing the parade the President
was driven to the Y. NJ. c. A, where a
throng had assembled to participate in the
burning of mortgages and notes represent
ing the total Indebtedness of s115,2S0 upon
the property. The President, by request,
touched a lighted match to the documents,
and as the flames licked up the papers he
Joined with the assemblage in singing
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings
Flow" The President made an address, as
follows:
Few things could give me more pleasure
than the privilege of taking part at the
dedication, free of debt, of this building,
to the uses for which it Is dedicated. 1t
would be hard to overestimate the amount
of good work done by the Young Mems
Christian Association and the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association. This associa-
ton represents the effort to provide for the
body as well as for the mind, to help young
men to educate themselves, to train them
selves for the practical life as well as for
the high life and to give them amusement
and relaxation that will educate and not
A. in all it's branches is working for civic
and social righteousness, for decency, for
good citizenship. There Is no patent recipe
for getting good citizenship. You get it by
applying the old rules of decent conduct,
the rules in accordance with which decent
men have had to shape their lives from
the beginning. A good citizen. man who
stands as he should stand with his rela-
tions to the State. to the Nation. must first
of all be good member of his own family.
good father or son. brother or husband,
q man who does right the thing that Is
nearest. a man who is good neighbor
(and use neighbor broadly, who handles
himself as his self-respect should bid him
to handle himself in his relations with the
community at large, in his relations with
those whom he employs or by whom he is
employed, with those whom he comes in
or in any other way. If there is one les
son which / think each Of us learns as he
grows older IL is that it is not what the
man works at provldins' or course, 1t Is re.
fixes his place. 1t Is the way he works
at it,
The President was banqueted tonight at
the Palace Hotel by the citizens committee
The dining room was decorated with thou
sands of roses The many tables were ar
ranged to seat thirty-six persons each ex-
ran the entire length of the room, and to
which others were placed at right angles
Immediately back of Mr.. Roosevelt's chair
was draped a presidential flag. which had
been sent over from the Mare Island navy
yard. To the right of Chairman NJ. II. De
Young sat the President, Governor Pardee,
Secretary Loeb, British Admiral Bickford
Dr. Rixey. Admiral Kempff and DIR. Butler.
Schmitz, Senator Perkins, Assistant Secre-
tary Barnes, General Macarthur and Dr.
Wheeler.
BANQUET AND SPEECH.
One of the features of the decorations was
an immense garland made entirely of Cal
ifornia fruits, and swung the south wall
of the room, stretching from one end of the
hall to the other. was string of electric
lights spelling Land of sunshine, fruit and
flowers welcomes President Roosevelt
The toasts and speakers were as follows
welcome to the Metropolis of the Pacific -
NJ H. DeYoung. president of the citizens
reception committee: Greeting from the
Municipality" Mayor E. Z. Schmidt: 1.-The
Golden State Speaks Officially," Governor
George Pardee; Our Guests Reply Pres
ident Roosevelt; Our Army" General
Macarthur; Our Navy" Secretary of the
Navy Moody: THE President and His
Alma Mater" Fairfax Wheelan.
Following is synopsis of the Presidents
speech at the banquet tonight: II thank
the citizens of the Golden State for their
greeting. / rejoice with you on the pros
perity of California and that prosperity is
but part of the prosperity of the whole
Union Speaking broadly. prosperity must
of necessity come to all of us or none of
us. OF course there are sporadic excep-
tons. individual and local. But taken as
a whole, If good times come they come
more or less to all sections and to all
classes, and IL hard times come, while
they may bear unequally upon US, yet more
or less they bear upon each State, upon
each set of individuals. This Golden State
has a future OF even brighter promise than
most of her older sisters; and yet the
future is bright for all of US. California
still in her youth can look forward TO such
growth as only few OF her sister States
may share Yet there are immense possi-
blities of growth for all our States from
one end OF the Union to the other. In this
growth, in keeping and increasing our pros
perity. rhe most important factor must be
the character Of our citizenship. Nothing
can take the place of the average quality
of energy, thrift. business enterprise and
amity OF our community whole. Unless
the average individual in our Nation has
TO a high degree the qualities that COM
IL or keep what IL brings: and our future
is, in my opinion, well assured from the
very fact that there is very high quality In
the character OF the average American