The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28
oMAHA,s WELCOME.
Ten Thousand People Turn Out to
Hear the Prssident.

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Omaha. .Neb.. April 2s-Ten thousand
people were gathered at the Coliseum
last night to hear President Roosevelt
4 Much preparation had been made In
this city for the presidents coming and
he was greeted by probably sc, 600 peo-
pie who lined the streets on both sides
for a mile and a half along the route
of the carriage drive. Elaborate dec
oTations of bunting and flags were hung
from every building and from every
+ Flagstaff in the city -Old Glory float
! ed proudly. At the union station the
great west arch was festooned with
bunting, which surrounded an immense
/ painting of the president Another
+ painting. framed in the national tri-
4 colors, was placed over the carriage
way through which the presidents par
I ty passed At the entrance to the train
I shed was hung a banner of welcome
i The reception committee which met the
f president, was composed Of board of
+ governors of Knights of Ak-Sar- Ben
together with Senators Millard and
+ Dietrich. Governor Mickey, Congress
man Hitchcock, Congressman Mercer,
+ Mayor Moores and General Manderson.
! The military escort was headed by a
I platoon of police The drive through the
! city lasted half an hour, several of the
4 downtown business streets being ira
versed The drive ended at the Omaha
club where o banquet lasting an hour
land a half was given the president and
/
persons, among whom were prominent
members Of the Ak-Sar-Ben and dis
/ ltinguished citizens of the city General
/ Manderson presided and introduced the
/ president.
After the banquet at the club the
president and his party were escorted
4 to the Coliseum, which is two miles
! from the business portion OF the city.
/ Although the start was not made un-
4 til O'Clock thousands again turned out
to cheer the president and catch a
glimpse of his face. When he reached
the big auditorium it was crowded to
its capacity. The building was elab-
oratelvy decorated in national and Ak
Sar- -Ren. colors When the president
and his party entered. a band struck
IN Hail to the Chief and he was ac-
corded a tremendous ovation.
The president devoted most of his
speech to the question Of good citizen
/ ship and went over very fully and
/ thoroughly the ground he has hereto
I fore covered on this subject He also
I delivered a brief eulogy on the life of
4 General u. S. Grant, it being the ami
4 versary Of his birth. Omaha is threat
ened with an industrial strike on May
l. and the president was asked to say
something bearing on this subject. The
following was delivered in response to
4 this request:
IF might give word of advice te
4 Omaha I should like to see your daily
press publish in full the concluding portion
4
commission signed by all The members
thereof by those in special sense thf
champions of the wage worker and h9
those in a special sense identified with cap
ftal organized or unorganized. beceus'
men and women of Omaha, those peopl'
did not speak first as capitalist or as Ia
Dor. did not speak first IS Judge. as army
man, as churchman. but they. spoke II
Of them unanimously signed that report
all of them as American citizens anxious
/ to see right and justice prevail. No on
quality viii get MS out Of any Difficulty
We need more than one. we Feed soo'
many We need. as said, the power o
each man honestly trying to look at tn
problem from his fellows standpoint. Cap
italist and wage worker alike should hon
estlya aendeavor each to look at any matte
from the others ndpoint with "a free
dom on the one hand from the contempt
bic arrogance which looks down upon IN
man of less means and on the other iron
the no less contemplate envy. jealous
and raEcor which hates another becaus
he IS better off. Each quality is the com
pIement Of the other the supplement {,
the other and IN point Of baseness there
not the weight of the finger to choose nc
tween them Look at the report s1gne'
by those men. look at it IN the spirit =
which they wrote it and if YOU can ont
make yourselves approach the problem
of today in the spirit that those ren, x9is
fellows, showed in approaching the grea