Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-19
WALTON SEVEN HOURS IN LENGTH
Chief Executive OOngratulstss South in
Progress Along All Lines
OUR SPEECHES DURING THE AFTERNOON
Largest Crowd Ever Assembled in Rich
mond Hears Capitol Square Address,
RECEPTION IN HONOR OF MRS ROOSEVELT
wife of Governor Montague Receives
in Executive Mansion-PresI-
dent speaks In Raleigh
Today.

RICHMOND, Va oct. 1s.--Richmond to-
day threw open her gates to President
Roosevelt and during the seven hours of his
stay state officials and citizens accorded
him welcome cordial and sincere The
presidential train arrived a few minutes
after noon and from that moment until
o'clock tonight, when he departed for
Raleigh, n. c.. over the Seaboard Air Line
he was given an ovation. His entry into
the city was the signal for Il wild demon
stration from a multitude and the welcom-
ing enthusiasm only ceased when his train
continued on its journey through the south.
Mrs. Roosevelt shared in the honors and
Mrs. Montague, the wife of the governor,
gave a reception at the executive mansion
In her honor.
The president made several addresses, ore
at the capital square before one of the
largest crowds ever assembled in Virginias
capital, another at a banquet in Masonic
temple where 400 Of the representative peo-
pie of the Old Dominion were gathered
about the boards again at the Lee monu-
ment, where he spoke to a large number
of confederate veterans and once more at
gathering of negroes.
His speeches paid tribute TO the confeder-
ate veterans, voiced appreciation OF the
economic and political progress Of the south
since the civil war, pointed to his ancestry
in which southern and northern blood are
mingled and to his birth in the east and
his life in the west, declaring he believed
himself middling good American; spoke OF
| the preponderance of southern blood In his
regiment in Cuba; referred TO the aid
through advice that this government can
! give peoples in the coasts and the islands of
| the Caribbean, reiterated the principle of
| inst IN al nd in faIlr
negroes congratulated them on their pro-
gress as a nation
| The president will speak tomorrow at
Raleigh. n. c.
Party Arrives In Richmond,
At IL o'clock sharp the presidential train
pulled into Main street depot and a sps-
| cial committee formally welcomed the
| president to Richmond Then the president
was escorted to the speakers stand In
Capitol square. -s''o s-s's,
The line ormarch was threugh the prIn.
cipal streets to the western part OF the
! city and return to the Capitol square.
Along the route the president was en-
| Enthusiastically cheered. When the process
sion arrived at the Capitol square the
president and party called at the executive
mansion and paid their respects and then
repaired to the speakers stand, which was
! faced by one of the greatest multitudes
ever assembled in Richmond.
President ROoseVeIt's speech.
Mayor Mccarthy presented the governor
who in brief speech introduced the presl-
dent, who spoke as follows:
l trust l need hardly say how great is
capital of your historic state; the state
than which no other has contributed a
argeT proportion f6p tho to the eadeTshP Of the
| American WORTHLESS whose greatness is not
only for the age but for all time, not only
for one nation but for all the world, on this
honor roll Virginia's name stands above
all others And in greeting all of you, l
a special word of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to the
veterans of the civil war. man would
indeed be but poor American who gould
! without thrill witness the way in which,
In city after city in the north as In the
south, on every public occasion, the men
who wore the blue and the men who wore
the gray now march and stand shoulder
to shoulder, giving tangible proof that we
are all now in fact as wen as in name
reunited people, people Infinitely richer
because of the priceless memories left to
all Americans by you men who fought in
the great war. Last Memorial day spoke
in Brooklyn, at the unveiing of the statue
! of "A northern general under the auspices
OF the Grand Army OF the Republic, and
| TO the valor and self-devotion of the men
who followed Lee as heartily as they
, self devotion Of the men who followed
Grant. The wounds left by the great civil
1 WAT nave lonB hedlcut pul It's memories le-
main.
Grateful Legacy of War.
Think Of it, oh, my countrymen, think
of the good fortune that is ours! That
whereas every other war OF modern times
has left feelings of rancor and bitterness
? to keep asunder the combatants, our great
| war has left to the sons and daughters
OF the men who fought, on whichever side
! they fought, the same right TO feel the
keenest pride in the great deeds alike of
the men who fought on one side and of
the men who fought on the other The
proud self-sacrifce the resoute and dar-
l ing courage the high and steadfast de-
, vouon to the right as each man saw II,
whether northerner or southerner, these
. qualities render all Americans forever the
debtors Of those who in the dark days
e from 81 to 50 proved their truth by their
/ cndeaVOr. Here around Richmond, here In
= your own state, there lies battlefield after
battlefield, rendered forever memorable by
Z the men who coun,ed death as but little
/ thing when weighed IN the balance against
, doing their duty as u was given them to
z younger generation not merely the memory
. OF what they did I'm war but of what they
did in peace. Foreign observers predicted
e that when such a great war closed It would
:, | be impossible for the hundreds OF thou
. ! sands Of eombatants 20 return 70 the paths
Of peace. They. predicted eeaseless disor-
der, Wild turbulence, the alienation OF
anarchy and despotism. But the good
sense and self-Testraint Of the average
| American citizen falsihed these prophecies.
{ The great armies disbanded ana the pri-
| vate In the ranks, like the officer who had
| the threads Of his life where he had
dropped them when the call 10 arms came
II was a wonderful. a marvellous thing, In
Z I a country cOnsecrated 10 peace with but
= | an inhnitesimal regular army, 70 develop
= so quickly the huge hosts which fronted
y one another between the James and the
n I Potomac and along the Mississippi and It's
: I tributaries, But II was an even more Won
a derful, an even more marvellous thing. how
r these great hosts once their work done
q resolved themselves into the general fabric
Of the nation
Forty Years of EnOPt.
/. Great though the need OF praise is which
Is due the south for the soldierly valor OF
her sons displayed during the four year,
, OF war, / think that even greater praise
= is due TO her for what her people have
7 Accomplished in the forty years OF peace
- which followed. For forty years the south
mas made not merely a courageous. bu
- al times a desperate struggle, as she hai
striven for moral and material we'll being
n, Her success has been extraordinary. anC
All citizens of our common country shoulC
l. feel 10Y and pride in II; for any great deeC
done, OF any hne qualities shown By on'