The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-05-26
SPLENDID OVATION TO
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Thousands of People of the Inland Empire Crowded
the City Yesterday to See and Hear Him.

I uIZZg mdrcneS tnat set the blood ting
| ling at a rapid rate
All Central Figure.
At the college several thousand
people We're in waiting and as the
presidents carriage rolled into view
a mighty cheer and several of them.
| led by j. G. Cutler an old classmate
or the president were sent up. Thou
sands followed in the wake of the
| parade to the college TO hear the pres
| ldentS address and as he appeared
| through the south door Of Memorial
| hall and advanced to the front of the
| stage, smiling and bOwing his ac-
knOWledgements-then the multitudes
below set up a mighty cheer that
echoed back and forth across the
| city. 1t was here that the waiting
crowd had its first chance to obtain
a good look at the strong features OF
| ,ha president, and it was a goodly
! sight to see. The strong athletic
figure stood out in bold relief The
square jaw was as much in evidence
| in as his thousands Of portraits and
| his quick decided manner. strenuous
as it is sometimes called, made an
| listeners.
B0wing and smiling to the audience
the president took his seat A few
minutes afterward Mayor Hunt. look
| ing straight at the president. well
coined him to the city. Finishing he
turned 10 the vast assemblage anX-
iOus to hear the president and said;
Ladies and gentlemen | have the
honor to introduce to you the presi-
dent of the United States AS the
president rose from his seat and ad-
yanced TO the edge Of the stage, a
strenuous Harvard yell was turned
loose and before its echoes had died
away the familiar Whitman yell
welled UP in a manner to cause the
president to smile and show those
famous teeth of his,
Address to the People.
The president spoke in part as fol-
lows:
1t is perfectly easy to see that
we are in tn home Of the higher edu-
cation
Mr. Mayor, and you. my fellow Cit
iZens. men and women OF this beau
tiful Garden uity. | am delighted to
be with syou this afternoon. hav1
enjoyed thoroughly seeing your city
and you, and want to say a word or
two of special greeting: first Of all.
Of course 70 ttha men of the Grand
Army. They/always come first. They
have the right Of the line on all oc-
CasiOns; and then word to my own
comrades of the Spanish sL-American
war. All day il has done me good 10
see. as | have cCmo through place
after place. the liveliness of your
memory. OF what was done in 1893.
It was only a sllirmish compared with
what you, the men 0f 81 to 90. dld;
but the effects were mOmeIJOus upon
this country and upon the world,
For. as the resul, Of that struggle.
the United States found its work it
had to do-a position Of dominance
on the Pacific: and here in Washing
ton. the gateway to Alaska, with her
wonderful variety Of sources Of
wealth: with Puget Sound. that aba0-
luteIy unparalleled body Of water.
Here | am particularly glad to
have the chance Of speaking in the
presence # this institution OF learn
ng-an institution which commence
rates the name and the great deeds
Jf one Of Americas worthless.
(Cheers). OF Whitman, who stamp
ed his mark deep on the history or
the nation. who was one of the lead
ars in that movement which settled
hat the region now making the great
states of Washington and Oregon was
20 stand and flourish under the Amer
can flag.
And | cannot sufficiently cOngratu-
ate you. Mr. President addressing
President PenrOse) of what has been
lone here with this college. and
wish to paw a special tribute here IN
WASHINGTON to the work done b. the
in Washington. Nothing
las pleased me more, or impressed
ne more. than the sedulOus care gwen
" YOUR people to school study-to
College study-in your city; nothing
las pleased me more than to see the
,hiIdren and the teachers and pro-
ess5rs rppresenting her schools. hlgn
schools normal schools and colleges
&c I have met them going from CITY
0 CITY through this state.
Now one word in conclusion 70
he graduates and undergraduates OF
his college. To whom much naa
,pnn given. from them much ought
ightfully to be expected. lOu are
,ere to receive a training when does
,0t confer on you special privileges
because it is in itself speclal PRIV
Iege, but it does impose upon you
Dpcial burdens or responsiveness.
Ve have the right to expect that
rom the college bred man We snail
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