The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25
Boom of Cannon and Shriek of Whistle Announce Arrival of Distinguished Guest.
Splendid Military and Civic Page. ant Traverses Main Th0rOugh- fares of the Capital.
Along the Route Packed Human. ity Vociferates Its Esteem for Head of the Nation.

The warmth of greeting accorded President Roosevelt during his stay of two hours in Montgomery yesterday surpassed any public demonstration in the recent history of the Capital City of Alabama.
 Fully 25.oo0 visitors from points in f Middle Alabama joined in the shouts of welcome and 1t was estimated that 50.- 900 people were massed in the streets when the President, attended by a splendid pageant. composed of Cover nor Jelks and his staff. in full uniform. military companies of the Alabama National Guard. representative citizens in twenty carriages. 500 members of the Montgomery County Cotton Crow CTS Association. platoons of police and band of music, made a triumphant march to the State Capitol through a solid mass of humanity. where he ad- dressed the naltitpde. after heinz wei comed by Congressman A. A. Wiley and Governor Jelks.
 At the State Capitol the President was greeted by many Confederate Vet erans and to them, in his speech, he made numerous cordial and patriotic dituSlOHs. AHuccu. pSOpkS m all WALKS of life vfed with each other in making the President feel that American hearts beat just as warm for him in Montgomery as in Oyster Bay. The climax to many attentions shown him was when he found, upon returning to his sT zcial train at the railway sta ton, 9snat section of his car was al- most filled with beautiful roses, sent by the ladies of Montgomery
 / President Roosevelt, with character istic candor, expressed his pleasure at the Montgomery reception when he bade farewell to Chairman J. B. Cas- ton of the Reception Committee by say 4tng earnestly: T never enjoyed a visit to any place any more than this one" And s3ain, when his train drew out of the railway station, he stood. high hat in hand. lowing and smiling as he cried:- Good luck; good luck; you never had guest who enjoyed himself any more
 STREETS WERE GAY.
 Montgomery never presented a gayer scene and Montgomery has, perhaps never had greater crowd within It's gates. The weather was most propiti- Ous. The sharp bracing atmosphere of the past week had passed away and the monday sun was just warm enough to make walking agreeable These weather conditions brought a IdTse part OA CILlZenSnlp down town to see the President As early as 10 o'clock people were mak- ing their way to Commerce Street, to Dexter Avenue, to the State Capitol, or to other points where it had been an- nounced the President would pass. Their one thought was to get in the crowd and see Teddy" They went back to their homes in the afternoon well satisfied for the arrangements were so complete and they were execut- ed so admirably that every one saw the President and at least l2,00O persons had the opportunity of hearing him speak at the State capitol.
 The streets through which the Presi- dent passed were lavishly decorated in patriotic colors. Throughout the route of the parade the President stood in his carriage, hat in hand, lowing, smiling, sometimes laughing outright. and frequently crying Fine, Fine at some novel decorative design or some extraordinary outburst of enthusiasm in the vast throng of people
 Two hours. from 12 o'clock until