Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-03
ROOSEVELT TALKS
TO IOWA PEOPLE
He DweIt on the Great Storm in
The State,
TROUBLE AND MISFORTUNE.
They VIII Come aud man Cannot Pre-
vent Them We Must Pay Penalty
or Our own Folly.

Dubuque Ias-June 2.--The Special
train bearing President Roosevelt and
party arrived in Dennison via the ILL
nOis entral on time. During the morn
ing hours heavy laden excursion trains
arrived from all points The presiden-
tial party and other distinguished
guests were driven through the city
past the homes OF Secy. Shaw and
Congressman Common, through cheering
crowds and returned TO the station,
where they found q crowd Of not less
than 10000 people assembled. The pres
ident was introduced by secy. Shaw,
who was received by the people of his
home with a tremendous ovation,
The crowd went wild when the presl-
dent arose to speak, and II was several
minutes before the cheering ceased
just as the president arose hundreds OF
white doves were released from the
crowd an front of him and these ems
blems OF peace lowered about the Pres
ident's head and evoked an outburst Of
applause. fhe president spoke for
nearly twenty minutes and paid special
tribute TO the Iowa member or the
cabinet. He said in part;
Friends: AT this time as | come in
TO your beautiful state there have come
calamities upon your people here In
Iowa and to ever greater degree In Kan
sas and Missouri. | see by todays pa
pers the awful disaster In Georgia,
I'VE have biblical authority, as well
as the authority OF common sense for
the statement that the rain falls on the
just and the unjust alike.
when the hand Of the Lord is heavy
on anybody the wisdom OF man can do
but little, Now and then In our country
from drouth, from food from pesti-
lence, trouble and msfortuns will come
but oh, my friends as | drive through
your city this morning and now as look
at you, the men and women OF this state,
| know that our troubles are temporary
that misfortune will be met and over
come, because in heart and hand the
American citizen is able TO win his way
In the long run.
when misfortune that human Wis
dom cannot avoid comes, OF course there
will be suffering, there VIII be misery
Those of us that are free from II can
try, and must try, TO tighten 1t all we
can, but we cannot help the fact that
there will De much suffering. Further
more, If through our own folly We do
what Is wrong, II We act foolishly in
matters Of legislation we shall pay the
penalty. II the business world looses
ITS head II has lost what no law can
supply, but In spite OF that we shall go
forward
We shall keep In the run, not only
of abiding, but OF increasing prosperity,
OF as a people ii We keep our sanity:
as a people, II We keep the qualities
which made us win out in the Civil war,
anG which have brought US in triumph
through other crises 50 far
Some think Il good deal can be done
10y law, a good Zeal can be dJne BY
honest and upright administration OF
the Jaw. / thlna you viii do me the
justice 10 say thar | do not say wnat
do not mean. ! never said anything
oil the stump that 1 would not say on
tnc stump, so what / say now you can
take as sincere,
we have in the persons of Iowa
plesenlaiyes IN 10Th branches OF
Tie natlO.al Congress In IOwa's repre-
stntatiYes In the administrative
branches OF the national government,
men to whom can ta4n as illustrate
us what | mean when / say ihat We
.rc helped greatly by good laws and
" intelligent, fearless and honest ad-
nnnstlauon Of those laws. We need
tAe ability that sou in iowa have FUR
uished in your puJAo servants. We
ltcd the STANDARD Oi iuttg Ivy that you
nave set In puOnc lie. We need tina,
AZ, lghtness and lc0rlessness In
puLlic servant which lHaGtB nim DO h.s
.uty, Gisregaraing either the clamor
VI tie many or the snarAng Of ths lew,
which Is Qi.ectel against a course 0l
conduct demanaed by regard for The
immutable law OF righteousness.
AT CEDAR FALLS.
Five thousand people greeted Presi-
denl Roosevelt anu party on their ar
rival at Cedar tans, he spoke from
mis- car the address beng mainly to
normal school students The party
stopped ten minutes, leaving at S:O5 ..
m. Tor Waterloo. fiye-mhute stops
we've maze at Webster CITY ana Iowa
Falls
Al independence, where a moments
stop was made President RoOseyet
raid tribute TO Iowa's sons and
daughters and said hc believed In me
future OK this coantry, because ne be-
lieyei In the equality Of the men and
women composing IT,
few minutes stop was made ut
Manchester, where the president was
introduced to big crowd by Capt. }.
r. Merry assistant general passenger
agent OF the Illinois Central railroad,
and for many years a resi- lent OF Man
chester The president said that Capt,
Merry was the type OF citizen every
man ought TO be, good man in war.
good man IN peace tie went through
the war and rendered inestimable ser
vice. At the close Of the war, when he
went back into civil lie, he turned In
10 be a good, everyday citizen.
THE men We had In the civil war
taught us notmerely how our type OF
American fights when &c has TO. bu.
how that same type Leha es In peace.
Just exactly as II Is with the citizen. SO
II should be with the nation. Don't
fight unless YOU have to- said the
president, bal II you have to, le, the
other man know tina, there has been
light. This Is my whole doctrine in out
foreign policy"
President roosevelt arrived In Du-
huQue al o'clock this evening". He
spent the night here. Tomorrow morn.
lng at & O'clock he win leave FOR the
east. When The president reached here
he was greeted with the presl iential
salute and cheers OF several thousand
people as he stepped FROM his train.
About 10000 people lined the route
driven over by ths presidential parry
The president addressed few words
to COO school children assembled IN the
city park, Who sang America" as the
party approached. The drive ended
after tour ot the hills overlooking the
Mississippi river. at the Duhu lue CLUB,
where the president spoke to 5000 peo-
pie. At the close Of the address the
presiden, and Tarty were bsnQueted by
the Dubuque club.
An interesting incident following the
address was the presentation 10 the
president by delegation from the
limited SWlcs aOclefV az 4 handsoma