The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-08
ROOSEVELT OPENS STATE FAIR
GREAT CROWD GREETS THE
\ PRESIDENT ~ SYRACUSE.

Between Capital sna LabSr-Aays
Lawlessness Is Destructive ~ True
Hbsriy-Ne Revolutionary Financial
Legislation Is Advisable. He sayA
SYRACUSE, Sept 7--President Roosevelt
was welcomed to this city to-day by q
crowd which blocked the main streets
and flowed out even TO tho suburbs. It
was a good-natured, jostling crowd. made
UP chiefly OF laborers. mechanics and people
from the country. 1t pushed through
the lines and surrounded the Prcsident's
party compactly several times. but for
the most part II responded quickly to the
efforts Of the police, and there was not.
as it was feared there might BE-, any cause
for apprehension concerning Mr.. Roose-
velt's safety.
The chief object of the Presidents visit
to Syracuse was to open the New York
State Fair. This he did with q speech to
30,OO' persons, In which he extolled good
citizenship and pleaded for proper re-
lations between capital and labor. Man
should he Judged, he said, a. an individ-
ual, not according to class distinction.
Il il an infamous thing and extremely
treacherous 10 our institutions. he de-
clared. TO apply to any man any test sAve
that Of personal worth or to draw between
any sets Of men any distinction but the dis
tinction OF conduct.
Mr.. Roosevelt called on his listeners 10
distrust the man who says this should be
a government for the poor, and he was
equally emphatic in denouncing the man
who would have it government for pluto
Gratis. He took occasion to speak Of pro-
posed financial Legislation in a way calcu-
lated to quiet any fears that may have
arisen out Of the opinion that he desires a
radical change In the present currency
laws. Nothing revolutionary he said
lis advisable at present. Whatever is
undertaken must be undertaken from the
standpoint OF the business community az
a whole"
The President was kept on the 60 from
the minute his special train got here until
1t pulled out on the return trip at 1880
O'Clock tonight. Besides opening the fair
he reviewed two parades, one Labor Day
parade, in which more than 5000 men
marched, and the other parade Of the
National Letter Carriers Association. which
is holding convention here.
The Presidents special train pulled into
the Delaware and Lackawanna station at
$50 this morning, on time to second
The doors and gates leading to the station
platform we're locked and squad Of husky
policemen were lined alongside the tracks
Outside the fence, many with their faces
tight up against the Stats 20 that some OF
their features stuck through the spaces
between the boards, was a crowd of many
thousands. A mighty shout went up when
the President appeared on the rear plat
form, which was taken up and passed
along the streets for several blocks.
The President stepped back into the car
after the first greeting, and then the re-
ception committee boarded the train. II
was composed of Mayor j. B. Kline, Presi-
dent Francis +. Bacon of the Chamber of
Commerce, Justice Francis H. Hiscock,
James NJ. Gilbert. H. S. Holden and Com
missioner of Insurance Francis Hendricks
To strangers the committee appeared to be
most harmonious, but Syracuse men who
we're In the Presidents car during the re-
ception say that everything was not joyous
among certain members Of the committee
nominated and Francis Hendricks wont
let him, Mr., Hendricks controls the situa
ton and Yesterday he issued a statement
to the effect that he wouldn't support Kline
any more, Kline and the Commissioner
got opposite each other during the re-
ception. II was the first chance Kline had
to look Hendricks in the eye since the state
ment was Issued. The frost in their looks
cooled the reception, somewhat, il is said,
and ii is also reported that the atm sphere
wasn't any warmer between the two when
they were put in the Same carriage
II was aim, 81 1890 O'Clock before word
csne to the President that everything WIS
in readiness for the review of the Labor
Day parade Thanked by Secret Service
men and followed by the reception COM
mittee and his guests on The trip, Mr.. Jacob
R:is and DR.. C.. h. Stokes of the Navy De-
partment, Mr.. Roosevelt walked briskly
to the carriage which was waiting for him
in front of the station The crowd started
to rush in but the Forty-first Separate
Company, which was drawn up near the
carriage, swung around ard cleared the
road, Then almost completely surrounded
by guards, the President s carriage moved
of up he 81 rect, The cheering was hearty
and spontaneous.
The President was kept busy bowling from
right TO left. and several times he stood
up in the carriage and waved his hat in
response to salutes more lusty than the
ordinary The streets were packed from
the buildings to the lines that were stretched
along the cutters, and, as the President
passed, the crowd fell in from either side
Of the road and followed along, pushing
and showing and cheering until the big
street OF the city was choked with a sea of
humanity
The review was TO take place at Hanover
Square, about half mile from the station.
A covered stand had been erected there
and the President entered this with the
others who had come from his train. The
crowd poured into the Square from the
side streets in endless streams, and for
time resolved itself into mass OF humanity
which surged aimlessly around, cro~ding
the miltiamen and other guests close up
against the sides of the stand. Several
women tainted and were carried out
with great difficulty, II IL estimated that
there were 1875 900 people in the Square,
II took the police more than twenty minutes
to clear "A space for the parade IN front Of
the stand and that was accomplished
only after the President had gone TO all
four sides of the stand and shown himself
Senator Depew WAS one OF the guests In
the reviewing stand. He was greeted
warmly by the President Former Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff also was in the
stand
II took the parade almost an hour to pass
the reviewing stand, more than 5000 Of
Syraculse's wOrkinEmfn marching In Il
The President stood out at the very edge
Of the stand with his hat raised above his
head. bowling Const aiitly and IN other ways
ackn0w ledg ing the salutes which he re
ceived from the men as they pas sed There
a. AL 81, t,x md he.