The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07
SPEECH or ALDREDGE
Says President win Retire from Office
With Admiration of All People.

Judge George n Aldredge delivered
/ the following address
When | was married a friend told
me was awkard and seemed i'll
i at ease, | told him 1t was because
was inexperienced / was not in
the habit of getting married II /
/ am awkard tonight and say the
wrong things. please remember that
/ ! am not in the habit Of getting tan
gled UP with presidents. 1t is said
true hospitality is only reached when
the guest Is made to feet that he is
not receiving, but confering a favor
by his visit. We have no trouble
along that line, for our guest tonight
/ must have noted the enthusiasm of
/ cur people in receiving him. Dallas,
Though q young city. has been exten-
! sively in the receiving business. /
think she has the largest and MIN
/ hlest glad hand Of any city In the
/ South. She has entertained church
! conferences. national orders Confed-
crate and G. A. K reunions and po-
litical conventions galore. but this
is a red letter day In her history.
This III the first time she has had the
honor of entertaining real live
+ president. And the enthusiasm OF
our people does not arise from the
fact that We are entertaining the
highest officer in the greatest gov
eminent iu the world bat IL Is rather
personal II is the individual rather
than the official that We seek to
honor
= trust that | may be pardoued If
j / mention a few things that have
made for blm a place in the hearts
of our people, conviction has
grown upon us that he is thoroughly
honest aud devoted ia the right az
he sees II that he speaks straight
from the shoulder and means what
be says that he is big enough and
broad enough TO be the friend OF
every section Of the Union, and that
he Is carrying around with him a
backbone Of Beesemer steel These
attributes eXsort admiration from all
good men, regardless of party lines
The South Is vitality interested
tn the Panama Canal when that
! great enterprise ts completed. !u so
Tar as the commerce Of India. Asia
Jspam. the Philippines and all the
islands OF the Pacific is concerned.
the Gulf States viii be on the front
seat 10 the dress circle That canal
Is the worlds desire IL has been
ardently hoped for by all commercial
nations for over century. Since
tie days OF Thomas Jefferson our
people have longed for il, and but
for the backbone of one mau we
might have gone on longing. for an
other eentGry~-heid up by any petty
government that might be loafing
around the isthmus
Il do not think any man can read
the Presidents Lincoln Day speech
and not conclude that he is true
friend OF the South. The return OF
the battle flags TO our old veterans
Ieyinces the same kindly spirit, The
South has ever been noted for cordi-
faiity. and never yet turned her back
on friendly hand extended. have
a grounded suspicion that he
has formed a high resolve that when
be rettres from the office which he
has adorned be will take with him
in has retirement the admiration and
gratitude Of all the people OF this
} great nation. regardless of section
!. and regardless of party affiilation
And. barring the cranks and profes-
sional politicians. | believe he will
come very near doing it,
lin a community in the far West
, lived a man who led a strenuous life
. He led in every enterprise He min
istered to the sick and relieved the
destitute. He was eyerybody's friend
J and always on the alert for his fell
low-men When he died his neigh
bors decided that he must have a
monument with a suitable epitaph
They appointed three old pioneers
"A committee 90 attend 20 the matter
This committee was long on devotion.
but short on grammar. However.
they kneS what they wanted. and
went after a. When the monument
was erected Il bore this inscription
Here lies the body of Jimmie Jones
He done his durudess angels could
do no more. and IL has occurred TO
me that when our guest OF tonight
passes over the great divide an epl-
taph like that might not h~ entirely
out Of place
may be accused OF throwing
bouquets TO the president II 50.
plead in justification. aud in mltl.
CATION og damages that be began IL.
When he decided 70 DO battle for his
eountYy in Cuba he also decided that
he would lead ga that Island rexl-
nent af heroes. aho were absolute
strangers 10 the sena@ og fear. and
who wuala ride over and through
Anything aud everything that could
confront them lie easne 10 TEXAS for
that regiment aud organised n IN
sh* shadcw of the Alam0-shw second
rh~rm0nsla~ That wAa ths biggest
bouquet that was ever tossed TO 4
state hs any hand When be lad
his Rough Riders uR San Juan IAN
he found he had made no mistake in
his selection. fnT IA that day they
Introduced thar hlli 20 the woFia aud
20 hfetuES
Let me add IN conclusion that Il
wax woT*h 20 tha EnafNA States ali
that ths Cah&n waT cost that IL gave
"a the Aauth the opportunity fn pruwe
so our tTwteFen Sorfh that wa are
iasf as laval 80 taw fiag nf oar cnan-
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