Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-10-22
PRESIDENT GREETED BY GREAT
CROWD IN JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville. Fla, Oct, 21.-The re-
ception to president Roosevelt today
was a hearty one. Thousands OF peo-
ple thronged the streets or the nhe
of march and the president showed
in his manner his appreciation OF the
good will that was manifested on all
sides. SO far as comfort was con-
cerned the day was ideal. A cool
north wind had begun to blow the
night before his arrival and II gave
temperature that no one could call TOO
warm or too cold.
II prevented, however the delivery
of III, principal speech in the open
air before the Seminole club, as 1t
was thought that the wind would
make it impossible for his voice TO
reach the assembled crowds, The
speech was delivered at the Board or
Trade auditorium. where 1t was lis
tened to with great interest and fre-
quent APPLAUSE.
The Presidents Speech.
The president said: Here In Florl-
da. the first of the gulf states which
have visited ON this trip, | wish to
say a special word about the Panama
canal believe that the canal Will
be of great benefit to all our people.
but most OF all to the states of the
south Atlantic. the gulf and the Pa
cific slope. When completed the
canal win stand as monument 10
this nation. for 1t will be the greatest
engineering feat yet accomplished IN
the world. 1t will be a good thing for
the world as whole, and for the
people of the isthmus, and of the nor
thern portions of South America IN
particular Because OF our especial
interest in II and because of the posi-
ton we occupy on the western hemis-
phere, 1t Is matter or special pride
to us that our nation, the American
nation, should have undertaken the
performance of this world duty. !
body of the most eminent engineers in
the world, both American and foreign.
has been summoned to advise as to the
exact type of canal which should be
built. AT no distant date ! hope ht
tble to announce what their advice is
md also the action taken on their
ldvice. Meanwhile the work Is al
ready well under way, and has adj
vanced sufficiently far to enable mo
to announce with certainty that IL can
surely be accomplished, and probably
at rather less expense than was anti
cipated. But upon the last point as
we'll as upon the question of time, no
positive statement can be made until
the report Of the commission of en-
gineers as to the exact type OF canal
has been received The work is as
lfhcult as II is important; and 1t Is
If course inevitable that from time
to time difficulties will occur and
checks be encountered. Whenever
such Is the case the men OF little
faith at home will lose that little faith
and the critics who confound hys-
teria with emphasis will act attef
their kind. But our people as
whole possess not only faith. but reso-
luton, and are of too virile hbre 70
ne swept one way or the other py
mere sensntionalism. No cheek that
may come will be of more than ttl-
yial and passing consequence VIII IN
aict any permanent damage or causH
INV serious delay. The work can be
done. is being done and viii be done.
what has already been accomplished
| Is a guaranty as to the future.
When any such work Is undertaken
there are always many mere aoVeu-
turers who flock to where u is soihg
on. and many men VINO think my
,re adventurous, but who are In reat-
Inv either weak or timid, follow their
footsteps. Some of the first class
will now and then cause trouble IN
one way or another. But every care
will be taken to detect any misdeed
on their part and to punish them as
soon as the misdeed is detected. As
for the second class they VIII cause
trouble chiefly By losing heart. returt-
ing home. or writing home, and rails
ing cry that they are not happy ana
that the conditions OF life are not
easy, or that the work Is not being
done as they think II ought to be
done Now these men stand just as
the stragglers or laggards stand who
are ever TO be found I'm the rear OF
even a victorious army. The veterans
Of the civil war who are here present
will tell you that the very rear of m
army even when II Is victorious. Il
apt TO look and behave as though Vie
tory were defeat And just the same
thing is true in any great enterprise
in civil life; there are always weakl-
ings who get trampled down or lose
heart, and there are always people
who listen TO their complaints They
amount to nothing one wax or the
other so far as achieving results l.
concerned; and their complaints and
outcrles never detaln us.
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