The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03
IN WISCONSIN.
The Presidents Train Reached
Madison at 4 O'cIOck.ss
BY Nine He Was Up and Ready
for Business.
VISITED THE CAPITOL.
Spoke to the Legislators and Sc
lect Party of Guests.
VISITED THE CAPITOL
Afterward Addressed Large
Crowd Waiting Outside.

Madison, Wis. April 3.-The special
train carrying President Roosevelt and
party arrived here at o'clock this
morning. The president remained ON
the train resting until 3 o'clock, when
he WAS met by party of state legisla-
tors and city officials headed by Cover
nor LaFollette and Mayor Goves, and
escorted to the capitol The governor
and mayor rode in the carriage with the
president. The University regiment and
Company 6 of the First regiment state
militia with a mounted guard, acted as
escort in the march from the depot to
the state house. At 9:2O o'clock the
president was ushered into the assembly
hall fof the capitol where he addressed
the legislature in joint session and 700
guests invited by card. The president
then made a second address to large
crowd not able. thorugh lack of room to
gain admittance to the building, from
a stand erected at the entrance. Fol-
lowing this the president held a recep-
tion to state officials and members of
the legislature in the executive Office.
The president in his speech in front of
the capitol said he was glad to come to
Wisconsin for the fact that here the
people had put into practice to a pecu-
rather than some men down. Con-
tinuing he said:
we are passing through a period of
great material prosperity. There will
be ups and downs in that prosperity but
in the long run the tide will go on if
we but prove true to ourselves and to
the beliefs of our forefathers. To win
we must be able to combine in proper
degree the spirit of individualism and
the spirit of cooperation. Each man
must work for himself. If he cannot
support himself he will be but a drag
on all mankind but each man must
work for the common good There is
not man here who does not at times
need to have. helping hand extended
to him and shame on the brother who
will NOT extend that helping hand
As President Roosevelt entered the
assembly chamber, escorted by Govern
or La Toilette, he was greeted with
enthusiastic cheers. Lieutenant Govern
or Davidson introduced him. As the
president rose to speak he was greeted
with tumult of applause, and the
university yell. the latter feature caus-
ing him to break into hearty laugh.
President Roosevelt said it was a
good idea for students to be brought
into close touch with government af-
fairs. Universities must do more than
turn out schoiars-tfey must turn out
men and women. He liked athletic
working colleges, but athletics must
not interfere with the development of
the mental faculties. II is a good thing
to be a good half back, but it is a
mighty bad thing that if, at 40 all you
can say of him is that he was a good
half back. He adverted to the qualities
necessary TO good citizenship and said
we need now the same quality to work
out our salvation and peace as were
Seeded to work out our salvation
through war.
The president spoke for about IS min
utes and was loudly cheered as he con-
cluded. Accompanied by the governor
he visited G. A. r. Memorial hall in the
capitol and looked over the war relics,
including a large collection of Union and
Confederate flags, and the stuffed body
of ''Old Abe" the famous war eagle.
He was then escorted to a stand at the
east entrance where in the face of a
raw east wind he addressed the crowd,
which packed the grounds.
At the conclusion of the second speech
the president was taken to the exc cutive
office. where for 20 minutes he held a re-
ception for members of the legislature anJ
state officers.
| At 1915 a. m with the same escort of
soldiers and officials. the president re
turned to the special train which pulled
o7,f for Milwaukee at II o'clock