The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25

he left the committee and went mt handshaking with many a Pm deltrht- ed to meet you. So glad to see you" How do you doy' I'm glad to meet you"
 Returning to the platform, the formal exercises began. For the city of rus kege it's young Mayor. Oscar Lewis. delivered, fine speech, an admirable speech. In conception and in delivery 1t left nothing to, be desired. It may be said that MT. Lewis pleased both the visitors and the home folks And 1t was . short address, too.
 'Nr. President" said MT. Lewis. q have been delegated by the peple of Tuskegee to express to you their thanks for the honor and the consideration you have shown them. Upon me has been conferred the pleasant duty and the honor of welcoming you to a city so typically Southern as Tuskegee. I assure you, Mir. President. that 1t is a loyal people. a loving people. who greet you. We are proud of .our section, we are proud of its traditions. We are proud of our country, we are proud of its achievements. And, MT. President, we are proud of our Chief Executive. 5
 This statement was given hearty ap- plause by the crowd. The President was immensely pleased by 1t. as could be easily seen.
 
 splendid achieveents towards a world peace, achievements which have justly made you one of the foremost citizens of the world, and which has brought upcn you in approval the eyes of all the nations of the earth.
 You have shown us and you have shown the world, that man can enter and remain in public life and keer himself unspotted and remain high minded. We congratulate you and we are proud of your stand for good cit izenship, for righteousness and tnteg- rity.
 we bid you welcome and welcome again.
 My friends. the President of the United States"
 President Roosevelt was cheered as he arose. He said:
 Presidents Speech in Tuskegee.
 MT. Mayor and Friends and Fellow Americans: It is indeed a peculiar pleasure to be here this morning and be greeted as you have greeted me. Mir. Mayor, feel that those gathered here to greet me symbolize what we most like to think of as a typical American in our national life. When you brought me here Mir. Mayor, was met on the platform by the pastors of the Methodist and Baptist churches in the shade of an institution of higher learning. in the presence of these students and of the children of the public schools, while at the same time see the industries of the nation typified both by cotton bein g picked as I came up and also by the fact that I am speaking on the most valuable platform I have ever spoken on and, finally, have as a guest of honor members of the National Guard. who, as I look at them, feel that they are my own comrades, for they are Just the type I had in my own regiment in the Spanish war.
 These elements, as I say, typify what we hope and believe are the ele- ments representing what is most vital in American life, the deep religious feeling of our people, the understanding of our people that material prosperity amounts to nothing if behind 1t and under 1t there is not the spiritual sense, the sense of moral obligation. the fealty to an ideal the realization that, in addition to that you must have as the foundation of national pros- perity, industry, energy and thrift and the fruits of that industry. energy and thrift, devotion to the arts and prac- tices of peace, devotion to civic duty, and yet the readiness of the man who does his duty in civil life to do 1t In military life if ever the need arises. and, finally, the recognition of the fact that though a great many crops are important, the most important crop IS the crop of children: that the one thing this nation cannot afford to neglect IS the education of the nation of thesfu' ture.
 Greeting to the Children.
 "You, MT. Mayor I--all of us here will mass away, and the nation of the future will rise higher and higher or