The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-30
OGDEN IN GALA ATTIRE
GREETS PRESIDENT
Weber and Surrounding Counties Pour Forth IRE
mendous Welcoming ThrOng
President Fails Address 1000 School Children Assembled
lester Park For Unknown Reason

against any accident He thought he had
complied with every requirement and
could not understand why the president
did not stop.
Whatever was the reason, it was a very
unfortunate circumstance.
At the speakers stand on the city hall
square the people over 20 years of age,
with the army veterans, were
seated directly in front of the decorated
stand from which the president spoke. ana
on which the members OF the reception
committee and others to the number OF
about 200 were seated
The president was welcomed by Mayor
Glasmann, who gave unstinted eulogy 70
his services as a civilian, soldier and
senator smoot followed. introducing
President Roosevelt as the most distin-
most distinguished person in the world
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
The Presidents Speech.
The greatest lesson which the American
body polite needs to take to heart now
at the beginning of the twentieth cen
fury is that 1t is out of the question per
manently for our people TO progress save
on lines which temper the progression or
all. That you cannot raise permanently
one section by depressing another, one
class by depressing another. and the
man is reCreant to the principles OF our
government. no less than TO the welfare
of our people, who seeks to arouse any
feeling among Americans against their
fellow Americans, whether he makes his
appeal in the fancied interest OF one
section or IN the tancled interest OF q
class We can go up only by each of US
keeping in mind, not merely his own
rights but his duties to his neighboT.
meaning by neighbOr every man within
the limits of this broad land.
The safe motto on which to act Is the
motto not of some men, but all men up.
(ApplauseO Therefore, I feel that II was
not merely my privilege, but my duty,
to ask the national government, the gov
eminent representing the people of the
Union
the furtherance Of the interests of those
states whose success is largely dependent
upon the application of the principles Of
irrigation You know the proverb- The
Lord helps those who help themselves
If you throw all the duty OF helping you
on the Lord he will put 1t back on yoo,
1t is the same way with your fellow man.
Providence is not going to do everything
for you, and the national government
cannot All that the national govern
ment can do is to try to give you far
show, to help you to the chance OF dOinl
your work under favorable conditions
and then the work has got to be done by
YOU yourself.
As one step toward doing that work
I most earnestly hope that Utah and al
the other states in the west viii in every
way endeavor to make the meeting Of
the Irrigation congress here in Ogden
merely in the interest of ogden, not
merely of the states which are to be
benefited by irrigation, but in the in
terest of the Union I want to see that
work OF irrigation the greatest possible
success. (Appiause.)
Wilson Was Stopped.
In closing his address the president in
4 PRODUCED Secretary Moody of the navy
who Spoke for about fifteen minutes.
After him came Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson who had just warmed up in the
midst of a vigorous speech in the inter
est of farming when Secretary Loeb.
with a metallic click Of his watch, said:
Times up, Mr.. Secretary" and after
three cheers for Roosevelt the crowd dis
persed toward the depot. whence the
train lsN- at 4:45 for Wyoming.
The sisters of the Sacred Heart
academy gave to the president an inter
esting sOuvsnir in the form OF d hand
painted card with an inscription wclcom-
ing him to this city in behalf of the
sisters and pupils of the academy The
lettering was in gold and The reverse side
contained a picture of the school. The
work was done at the academy
The president told a number of the
members of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen how glad he was to see them
and laughingly mentioned that he had
recently Joined that order himself re-
ferring to a complimentary membership
given him a few weeks ago down IN
Tennessee
Charles Nelson was the driver Of the
pleased last night over his treatment by
his passenger. The president before leav-'
ing warmly thanked him.