Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-03

Butte. May 27.-PresIdent Roosevelt
arrived here at 1925 this afternoon
over the Great Northern railway from
Helena. He was met at the station
by Mayor Mullins, escorted by COM
pany of militia. platoon OF police
and the Spanish-American war veter-
ans, who are holding their state con-
vention at Butte. United States Sen
ator w. A. Clark of Montana was one
of the first to greet the president.
Mr.. Roosevelt then entered carriage
in which the senator, Mayor Mullins
and a secret service man were seat
ed.
The drive through the streets OF
Butte was one long ovation. Such
a crowd never has been seen In the
history of the city. Neighboring towns
for so miles had poured in their
thousands, and the line of march was
rowded to suffocation. From the sta
ton the president was driven to the
court house. Veterans Of the civil and
Spanish-American wars, militia and
police, formed the escort Carriages
containing a hundred distinguished
citizens brought up the rear. The
Spanish-American war veterans were
the guard of honor. At the court
house 1000 school children, appropri-
ately dressed in national colors, sa-
luted the president. He stopped a
few minutes and spoke kindly words
to the little ones.
Two squares further down, on Gran
ite street, the citizens Of Anaconda,
who had come 1,500 strong. presented
to the president a handsome vase
made of silver, copper and sapphires.
The line of march was then started to
the Finlen hotel, where the president
made a five-minute speech. ban
auet, at which $50 plates were laid,
was given at the Thornton hotel. May
or Mullins presided, and the guests
included Senators Clark and Gibson
and other distinguished Montana per-
sons.
AS the guest of the trades and labor
assembly Of Silver Bow county, Presi-
dent Roosevelt tonight addressed AJ,-
900 people at the Columbia gardens.
Frank A. Boyle, president of the Sill
yer Bow trades and labor assembly,
introduced the president, who spoke
as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, and You. My Fellow
Citizens-It would have been a great
pleasure to come to Butte In any
event, but II is double pleasure to
come here at the invitation of repre-
sentatives of the wageworkers Of
Butte. | do not say merely working
men, but | hold that every good
American who does his duty must be
a workingman. There are many diff
ferent kinds of work to be done, but
so long as the work is honorable. is
necessary and is well done. the man
who does it well is entitled to the re-
spect of his fellow citizens. II is a
great pleasure to come here to see
this marvellous city. which has thrived
and grown to a degree well-nigh un-
paralleled in the past. and which |
do not see how II can be paralleled
in the future. | have come here to
this meeting especially as the guest
the invited guest OF the wage-workers.
and | am happy to be able to say that
the kind of speech | will make TO you
| would make Just in exactly the same
language TO any group OF employers
or to any set of our citizens In any
corner Of this republic.
ours is government OF liberty
through and under law. No man Is
above II and no man is below II. The
crime Of cunning. the crime OF greed.
the crime OF violence, are all equally
crimes. and against them all alike the