The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-10-27
WARMLY GREETED
At ATLANTA, GA.
The President's Visit q Marked
Event In History Of Georgia.
ADMIRATION FOR ROOSEVELT
The Personal welcome NJ Jehs
Tes,pis braves to G-orx,s's Most
II~isstrious Grandson and the
rresissars Response.

rrcstasats Response.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 2i.-The presidents
visit to Atlanta was q marked event In
the history Of the state OF Georgia. lie
was greeted on his arrival by her most
distinguished citizens, and throughout
the day on every hand were shouted
words OF welcome that left no room for
doub, OF their sincerity.
Lusch~os NJ Piedmont club.
A luncheon followed the open air
speech At the fair grounds. From the
speakers stand the president was taken
10 the Piedmont club house. attended
by . detachment Of the Twelfth cayal-
~. Abou, n hundred guests were
seated a, the tables. which were pro-
fusely decorated with flowers and flags.
During the progress OF the luncheon,
John Temple Graves, editor OF tho At.
ianta Daily News, addressed the presl.
dent. In n personal welcome, as a mar
whom II was a delight to meet aside
from his ofnclal character. lie re.
ferred to the president as "G%eorgig's
noe illustrious grandson" which the
president received with a broad smile.
In closing. Col. Graves spoke OF tho
president As a man "in whom the states
man IL greater than the politician and
the man greater than the president"
The allusion brought rounds OF cheers
Is the president arose to reply.
The P~r~sid~st's Response.
The president said In part:
MIR. Graves and My Hosts: II Is al.
o unkind To greet a guest In a speech
TO which II Is impossible that any
guest should adequately respond. Gen.
tlemen. surely Il nus bc almost I'M
necessary to say not alone how | have
enjoyed to-day. but how deeply touched
and moved ! have been at your recep-
ton OF me ~ Georgla's descendant. |
told Gov. Terrell had q kind OF an
eestrsl reversionary right to his chair.
because the frst revolutionary cover
nor OF Georgia was my g%rea,-grca,-
grandfather. Archibald Bulioch, after
whom one OF my boys Is named. No
man could meet with such q reception
as you have given me today. no man
could see your city. could see you peo-
pie. could address such an audience
rs have addressed and not be a bet
ter citizen afterwards. Now | am go-
ins to very ill-repay the courtesy with
which ! have been greeted by causing
Tor a minute or two acute discomfort
10 a man or whom ! am very fond
Uncle Remus.
Uncle n~mus stays Pat.
fresldenia may come and presidents
may 50. but Uncle Remus stays mi,
Georgia has done n great many thing,
Tor TIE union. but she has never done
more b 4 when she gave Mr.. loci
Chandler Harris 10 American l.ierA.
trre. suppose he Is one OF those M.
,rary people Who Insist that art should
have nothing to do with morals and
VIII condemn mo as Phllistine for not
agreeing With thom. but | want to say
that one Of the sreat reasons WIN
like what he has written il because
after reading Il | rise up Will. tho pur.
pose OF being n better man. n man who
~ bound TO strive to 10 what N in him
Tor the cause Of deocncy and for the
cause OF Righteousness. Gcntl.n.n
reel 100 strongly to Indulge In an lan.
guase OF mere compliment or mere
hat'ory. Where Mr.. Harris seems 10
Inc to have done one Of his creates,
services Ia that he has written wha,
eNalts the south In the mind OF evcry
man who reads II. and yet what has
not even a flavor OF bitterness toward
any other part Of the union. There IL
an American anywhere who can
read Mr.. Harris stories who docs mo-,
rise up q better citizen for having read
'hem. who does 10, rise up with a mora
earnest desire 10 DO his part In solving
American problems Alright.
can not too strongly express Tho
.ooilsa''cn am under To Mr.. Harris.
and one OF those obligations is 10 feel
az principle that II Is my duty (which
u ! have transgressed | have not trans.
sressed knowingly never. as an Amer.
ichn' 10 'ay anything that could be con.
h.'ued Ito an attack upon any portion
III u common country"
purlhf luncheon the hand s,a,lonea
oh me , fanda played a number OF Tho
national airs. among others The star
spangle, Banner"
AS ne recognized the familiar strains
,ns president sprang 10 his fee, Ia
lowed by al present, seemingly forget.
iui of his surroundings. As DI,,o
u'ohe on mo air he waved his hand
~ .Ihe TO the music aud Joined In the
recsp'ion followed tho luncheon
wn.cn. though brief, afforded tho on.
poIuInlty for several hundred 10 mec,
w PRESIDENT The presidents train
-, icr Jacksonvil,o promptly a, seven
see's'sh ni,sf i@'n-on..
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