The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
A DAY IN CALIFORNIA.
The President Makes a Speech at
Redlands.


STOW at $3.50 a. m. and arrived here at
noon, on time to the minute
IN front of the Hotel Casa Iona was
packed mass Of humanity that
stretched for two blocks east and west.
At the east side of the grounds corr
pany G. n. G. was stationed uniform
ed in blue with campaign hats, leggins
and guns The New York society was
at the south and along the west were
formed the T. NJ. c. A. cadets in uni
form.
At u O'Clock carriages in waiting took
/ the president to the Casa Iona hotel in
the following order:
Marshal and staff, mounted escorts,
! president and party, company G, Ted
/ dy's Terrors and band, New York soci-
ETY.. Y. NJ. c. A infantry
Inere was an ovation all along the
/ line until the hotel was reached. Thous-
ands were gathered in the streets.
On the corner opposite the balcony
from which the president spoke 1900
school children were seated on a grand
stand put up for the occasion.
4 As the president approached each of
the children waved a flag and their
4 voices We're often raised in cheers
They also sang the rational air.
/ President Roosevelt was presented
1 to Governor Pardee and Lieutenant
/ Governor Anderson. The party then
took their places on the balcony, where
all the members of the committee and
/ their ladies and prominent local COM
mittees were seated.
Just below the balcony were ranged
the G. A. R. veterans while nearby
were Teddy's Terrors in their warlike
uniform. Mayor Fowler introduced
Governor Pardee, who in a brief adj
dress welcomed the president to Cali
fornia. Assemblyman Cover 7. John
son then delivered an address of well
come in behalf of the state legislature.
The great thrOng cheered itself hOarSe
when the president arose to deliver his
! address u0fn11fnG he
fore he could proceed. He said in part:
7 am glad indeed to have the chance
to visit this wonderful and beautiful
state, but I did not have to come to
know you or like you for I know what
the sons and daughters of the state
have done If did not appreciate their
achievements I would indeed be a poor
American. But for the country itself.
though. I had been told so much of its
beauty and its wonders, I had never
realized or could realize in advance
all / have seen. Coming down over the
mountain I was impressed more and
more with what can be done with the
wise use Of water. and the forests of
this state. The people have grown to
realize that it is indispensable to the
future of the country to conserve and
properly use the water and to preserve
the great mountain forests. All this
great valley shows what can be accom-
plished by irrigation and it is to be
congratulated that your settlers had
the foresight to take advantage of II.
The irrigation system should be ex-
tended and widened. Forest and stream
should be used to build up the interests
Of the home maker for he is the man
we want to encourage IN every possible
Wav I think our citizens are realizing
more and more that we want to per-
petuate the things of both use and
beauty. Beauty surely has its place ana
you want to make this state more than
it even now is-the garden spot of
continent
7 congratulate you on the way you
have built up these new cities in a way
to illustrate the virtue of pioneer citl-
zenShip and at the same time avoiding
the rOughness characteristic of SO many
new settlements. An example has been
set for the coming generations to abide
by.
with the idea that whatever we have of
soil climate or conditions whatsoever,
it must be the man who does the most
4 toward making a state or a nations
/ progress and greatness. congratulate
/ you on your country, your oranges, your
cities, your ranches, your industrial and
agricultural development and above all,
on the quality of your citizens.
of all who are here to greet me, 1
prize most the presence of these men
i who fought in the great war turning
! toward the G. A. r. yeterans). Two years
ago you welcomed here your comrade
and nay chief, the late President Nc
/ Kinley.
He did his part in war as in peace
( and if it had not been for the efforts
that you AID he put forth We would
have had neither an American country
nor an American president today. In
war it is necessary to have arms and
accoutrement, but the fundamental
necessity is to have men. You fought
/ for liberty under the law, not license
You fought for that freedom that makes
! every man free The most dangerous
I man in any country is the man who
/ does what is intended to array class
against class.
Next / greet the future Qaughter)
! The sight Of these children cOnVinces
me of the truth of a statement just
made to me by Governor Pardee when
he said that in California there is no
/ danger of race suicide. Gaughter) You
have done well in raising oranges. and
believe you have done better raising
/ children. Children, / have just one word
for you, and it will apply to the older
] people as we'll. It is this. When yOG
/ play, play hard, and when you work,
don't play at all That is common senst
for all Of you
What strikes me most of all on this
trip is that good Americans are gOod
Americans from one end of the land to
the other.
THE wit of man cannot devise a Law
to make decent a man who has not the
spirit Of decency in him or to make the
Weakling strong. A mans success is
the sum total of his individual abilities
Demagogues are a curse to the com.
munity at large and the virtue tina,
stays at home and bemoans the vice OF
the world is of no use
Immediately after the close of his
speech President Roosevelt was escort
ed to the dining room of his party, the
! legislative party and the local reception
committee. Governor Pardee sat on the
presidents right and Mayor Fowler on
the left. The affair was informal and
there were no addresses
Half an hour later the presidential
party, the governor and other guests
again entered the carriages and were
driven over the city. The party left
here at o'clock for San Bernardino
where a short stop was made The
night was spent at Riverside.
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