Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-28
BUTTE PLEASES PRESIDENT
kOttans City in Full Dress to Honor
Chief Executive.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED PLATES At BANQUET
Handsome Souvenirs Are Presented
Roosevelt in His speech DweIIs
Equality Before
the Law.

bO 4 MONT, May -At.-EEesiutnN
Roosevelt arrived in Butte at S:52 this aft
ernoon over the Great Northern railroad
from Helena. He was met at the station
by Mayor Mullins and escorted by com.
pany Of militia, platoon of police and the
Spanish war veterans, who are holding
their state convention in Butte.
United States Senator w. A. Clark OF
Montana was one of the first to greet
President Roosevelt. They then entered
carriage. In which the senator, MIR. Null
Inns and secret service man were seated.
The drive through the streets of Butte
was one long ovation. Such crowd has
never been seen in the history of the city.
The neighboring towns for fifty miles
around had poured I'm their crowds. and
the streets were crowded. The president
was driven to the court Louse.
Veterans of the civil anu Spanish-Amer-
lean wars militia and police formed the
escort. Carriages containing a hundred
distinguished citizens brought up the rear.
The Spanish war veterans were the guard
Of honor.
Salute from school Children.
At the court house 1000 school children
appropriately dressed in the national col
ors saluted the president. He stopped
few minutes and spoke kindly to the lit.
tie ones
Two squares further down Granite
street, citizens of Anaconda, who came
over 1900 strong, presented to the presi-
dent handsome vase made OF silver, cop
per and sapphire. The line of march was
then started to the Finley hotel, where
the president made five-minute speech.
The banquet, at which 1900 plates were
laid was given at the Thornton hotel
Mayor Mullins presided and the guests
.Ntn III
tinguished Montanans. From the banquet
table the president was driven to Columbia
Gardens, where the principal speech of
the day was made. Here handsome SOU
venir, his photograph engraved on copper
and framed in a copper frame, was pre-
scented TO him in the name of the citizens
Of Butte.
In his address President Roosevelt said:
Country OF Liberty.
Mr.. Chairman, and You, My Fellow Citi-
zens: 1t would have been a great pleasure
to have come TO Butte in any event, put
ii is a double pleasure to come here at the
Invitation OF the representatives of the
wage workers Gf Butte. DO not say
merely working men," because hold thht
every good American who does his duty
must be a working man There are many
different kinds of work to do, but SO Ions
as/the work is honorable, Is necessary am ann
is well done the man who does lt Wen
is entitled to the respect of his fellows.
1t is a great pleasure to come mere 70 see
this marvellous city.l which. mas nnLireh tars1l
leled in the past and which 90 not .,is see
how it can be paralleled in the future.
I have come here to this meeting speclally
as the guest, the invited guest, of the wage
workers, and am happy to be aple 70 say
that the kind of speech Will make 10 you
I would make just in exactly the same
LANGUAGE to any group of employers or TO
any set of our citizens in any corner oi
this republic cApplanste l,bertv through |
and under the law No man is above y
and no man is below 1t. The crime OF
cunning. the crime ov 81 srsieo snTies M and against
them all alike the law must SCI ,,n1rS iCS rSet
This is not and never shall DC ~ ts
81 Nnbitocracy or the mob. 1t is, as II mas
baen end as 1t will be- government OF INC
people. including alike the people OF sne1s sreH1s
wealth, Of moderate wea6tn, ,,snrle % who Are
emnIoyed. the wageworker, the lawyer
The mechanic, the banker, the farmer, IN
Guiding them all prStteSuaSd aSd esSu s9uarcy % and
not discriminating against any oi1e nD,es i
them, no matter from what class ne cotIes; t
,,oIate Ht,e or a rebel against the law, wicked
as we'll as foolish, yet the most Iooiissh ilietl %
in this republic is the man OF %Tninisternd TGdL
With Impartial justice against or Tor nun.
EIls folly is greater than the iollE OF any any
other man who complains paiisa Ior ne ii the law
does in fact protect him and his properly. |
we have the right to ask every oecen!
American citizen to rally TO the sup{pG.btt
~ The law and we have the same i,ghl |
81 ast that rich men cheerfully and Elndy |
acauiesce in the enforcement against g ms IL ms
seeming interest Of the law II II IS the lsw ;
I9sotannfaiiv whether he acuuiesces or not |
ths law will be enforced Whoever he may
he. great smai at whieh9ySeet he wSetSeT sna his %
w s'o 'tal.es the shape of CRIME or
SIIenSe Sreed and cunning or whether y take tho
Shape of n physical violence: y m .tnnns9 is s1
offense against the law !, Hnus' we "''PP0@
and N need be punished
president at Helena.
HELENA, Mont. May H--President
Roosevelt's special train arrived here over
the Northern Pacific at $50 o'clock TINS