The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-30
 TO DEDICATE
 EXPOSITION Roosevelt and Cleveland in St. Louis MIR. FRANCIS GREETs THEM Both Guests of Big Shows
 Executive Head. President Roosevelt speaks to the Good Roads Convention and Emphasisss the Irsrartsnes of Splendid Public Highways.

St. Louis. April 2a.--Prssident Roose- welt arrived in St. Louia this evening to participate in the dedication ceremo-
 nies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- ton.
 It was thought that the President would leave his train at the Union station. and
 a crowd awaited him. \ But President
 Roosevelt left the train at Forsythe Junction, three miles out. The President was met at Forsythe Jupetion by mem bers of the National Commission of the Worlds Fair. a reception committee. headed by President Francis and q crowd of spectators For an hour before the Presidential train arrived, troops of militia and squadrons of police were
 stationed at the point of decentralization | to prevent a crush. President Roosevelt was accompanied by Governor Dockery. who had joined the train at Keokuk. Iowa. As the Presi- dent stepped off the rear end of his car President Francis seized his hand and gave him an informal welcome to St. Louis. After a brief reception. the Pres ident was escorted to a carriage. Mayor Wells. Senator Carter and Secretary Loeb | rode with the President directly to the good roads convention in. odeop Hall.
 Speaks on Good Roads. People were congregated along the streets and wildly chered the President | hat in acknowledgment. Odeon Hall was | packed. The President spoke of good roads in tones which showed that he was thoroughly In sympathy with the
 objects of the Good Roads Association. | Roads, he declared, told of the great ness of nation. The influence of the 1 nations which had not been road build
 CTS had been fieeting. Rotae. the mosf | powerful nf old civilization, left her impress or literature and speech: she | changed the boundaries of nations. But | plainer than anything left to remind us | of the Roman civilization were the Ro-
 man roads. Merely from historical
 analogy" the President continued, this
 country, which we believe will reach a position of leadership never equaled.
 should act that posterity will justly say | when speaking of us. That nation built | good roads,"
 The President declared that good roads
 probably were the greatest agency for | regulating the flow from the country to 1 the city of young men and young women. "A long line of liquid morass is not
 pleasant" he said. Tt means in many
 instances practical isolation to the farm-
 CT. When the girl or the boy cannot | take turn on a bicycle even to a
 neighbours because of the roads, it fs e
 situation not likely to make farm life | attractive"
 From Odeon Hall the President was
 driven at a sharp trot to St. Louis Uni | versity. A few minutes were spent at
 the University. Then the President and other guests repaired to the home of MT. Francis for dinner.
 Cleveland in St. Louis. t Grover Cleveland tonight arrived over
 the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad. A large reception committee
 waited more than thirty minutes for the | former President In the meantime, the train from Washington bearing the mem- bers of the diplomatic corps arrived thirty minutes before the committee
 looked for 1t. The diplomats were promptly taken Tn hand by the commit tee and escorted to the quarters assigned | to them.
 A portion of the committee remained to greet MT. Cleveland, whose train came in
 shortly after the. diplomats had driven away In carri ges.
 As Mir. Cleveland alighted from the tiain. he was warmly greeted by Presi- | dent Francis, who hal driven rapidly to the station after greeting President | Roosevelt at Forsythe Junction. The I members of the committee crowded l around and Mir. Cleveland was unable | to proceed for several minutes, so thick l was the throng about him. A passage was cleared and MT. Cleveland entered l a carriage and was driven to the resi- dence of President Francis. where Presi-
 dent Roosevelt is also a guest.