The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25

did accompaniment by the Montgomery City Band, the voices raised the inspir- ing strains of America" During ths song, all those seated on the rostum rose. and President Roosevelt, appa- rently unconscious of the surroundings. sang the familiar refrain, with evident pleasure His hand waved with the time of the air, and when the singers concluded, he vigorously applauded. WILEY'S WELCOME.
 Col A. A. Wiley then formally well comed President Roosevelt to the city of Montgomery. Colonel Wiley, usu- ally eloquent, was especially happy on yesterdays occasion. The speaker was generously greeted by the crowd and he had the rapt attention of the man to whom he extended the welcome. Throughout his speech, President Roosevelt nodded his head in approval frequently uttered short words of com mendation and always joined in the applause ., MT. President. Ladies and Gentle. men, Friends and Citizens said Colonel Wiley. We live in State of which. as citizens. we are justly proud a State which answers first on the roll call of that incompar. able system of free, equal, Independent and indestructible States of an indis- soluble Union; a State, whose vast store houses on field and farm, in wood and mine, in workshop and fac- l tory, are fast unlocking their doors | meath the magic wand of a weil-di- rected industrialism--long hidden but wondrous treasures coming forth daily to gladden. the gaze of man and to re- | ward honest toll a State rich in the | generous hospitality of her people rich | in the varied fertility of her soil; rich in the health-g giving salubrity of her climate; rich in the variegated beauty | of her valleys: rich in the lofty gran deur of her mountains; rich in the modest virtue of her daughters; rich in the history of her great men; rich, in short in all those diversified and inexhaustible elements, which, taken together. constitute her easily, in nat ural wealth. one of the richest coun- tries on the face of the earth; State
 the chivalrous, the romantic, the arr
 tistic.
 MONTGOMERY A QUEEN.
 Montgomery Is the beautiful capital
 of this splendid Commonwealth. She
 sits enthroned a queen at the head
 waters of navigation of the Alabama
 river-the majestic stream. which
 overspread by the white wings of com
 merce wash her walls on its onWaro
 sweep to the sea. Nine different rail'
 roads concentre here. radiating to al
 the points of the compass, making thi'
 fair city the focal point of trade or ar
 immense territory.
 You stand, Mir President, on his
 toric ground. All around yous every
 where within a radious of ten miles o
 this seven hilled metropolis, are count
 less memorials of the 'olden days an'
 golden before the gilded romance ha'
 been dissipated and the 'spontaneou
 impulse had departed from SoutherI
 life in the disruption of Southern Tn stitutions. These monuments perpetu
 ate the valor and heroism-the earl. struggles-of the brave and Christiai
 men and women who built this mag
 nificent State of ours in form so eh during as to challenge the admiration of the civilized world.
 Tn behalf of all the people or Mont
 gomery, whose guest you are thls daS
 greet you sir. as the Chief MasIs
 trate of a nation, containing pVp ulatton of more than eighty miliio
 souls; whose starry flag 1Ioats eye mighty continent, the standard or
 republic the grandest and the best un ; der the cycling wheels of the sun T bid you, and those accompanyln
 you. a cordial welcome to our AeaFt and homes We invite you to oui tF , sides. We extend to you the | hand-shake of a generous ana an tionate Southern hospitality. Whil , YOU abide in our midst, may peace 2
 with you and the blessings or HeaVe rest upon you.
 GOVERNOR SPEAKS.
 Governor Je1ks arose amid stori
 of applause. The young Chlet EAeSI tive proved yesterday that ne is Jus, . forceful a public speaker as aoHeIns ast. of Alabama as he was pupAi0 "tt''