Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-23
NOW OFF ITO ALABAMA
President Goes to Cotton Plan tation State From Florida.
GETS FLORAL KEY TO ST. AUGUSTINE
Roosevelt In PeninsuIar State Spoke on Good Citizenship and BeneHts to Accrue to South From
 Panama Canal.

and last night started on his tour O
 Alabama. He left St. Augustine at !
 o'clock and is not scheduled to make
 stop of any length until he reaches
 Mobile today at 430.
 His day in St. Augustine was quiet
 one. He attended services in Presby
 terian Memorial church, where the pas
 tor, Rev. James Coffin Stout, preached
 from the text, "Worthy the Lamb That
 Was Slain" He made no reference tc
 the president in his sermon At the
 conclusion of the services the president
 was taken for a short drive about the city.
 The drive brought the president and his party through the ancient city gates
 built nearly 400 years ago by the Span,
 iards. Above the archway were hung
 huge letters spelling out the word
 Welcome" and on each side of the
 portal sat pretty girl dressed as
 Columbia.
 As the presidents carriage reached the gate it paused and one of beyy of schoolgirls handed him great floral key, the key to the city. After receiv- ing the key the president was driven to the Ponce de Leon hotel, which was opened up especially for the party, and where he rested for half an hour be- fore proceeding to Fort Marion, where he made an address.
 In his speech at Fort Marion the president dwelt on the subject of Good Citizenship and the aims and objects of this government.
 ''This republic is not and never shall be a government of plutocrat," he said. "This government is not and never shall be the government of a mob. It shall remain as it was found ed in the beginning, government of justice, through the form of law, a government wherein every man Is guaranteed in his own rights and is forbidden to wrong his neighbors."
 Little enthusiasm was manifested by the white residents of Jacksonville in the presidents visit, taken as whole, although there was nothing in the re- ceptlon to which even Mr. Roosevelt could take exception.
 Negroes of the city, on the other hand. were enthusiastic to an extreme. Between four and five thousand mem bers of that race, men, women and children, assembled at the academy. Decorations in a negro section through which the drive extended were profuse.
 Speaking to the negroes the president said:
 Do your very hest to develop good teachers, to develop good preachers; who shall preach to the col ored- man as 1t should be preached to the white man, that by your fruits you shall know them aud that the truly re- ligious man Is the man who is decent and clean in his private life, who is orderly and law abiding; the man who hunts down the criminal and does all he can to stop crime and wrongdoings; the man who treats his neighbor we'll: who is good man in his own family and therefore good man in the state. That it is what we have a right to ex- pect from the Christian leadership which we see in the churches"
 T wish to say special word about he Panama canal" Mir. Roosevelt said 1t the board of trade banquet. T be- ieve the canal will be of great bene- it to all our people, but most of all to he states of the south Atlantic, the gulf and the Pacific slope. When com oleted the canal will stand as a monu- nent to this nation, for it will be the sreatest engineering feat ever yet ac- 'omplished in the world It can sure ' be accomplished and probably at 'ather less expense than was antIci. ,ated.
 ''The digging of the canal will of curse greatly increase our interest in he Caribbean sea. It will be our duty o police the canal. both in the interest f other nations and in our own inter- st. To do this it is of course indis- 'ensable to have an efficient navy land
 am happy to say that we are well on ur way toward having one) and also 0 possess, as we already possess. eer- ain strategic points to control the ap- roach to the canal Only as a last esort 1t may occasionally be necessary Q interfere by exercising what Is vir- lially an international police power, if | nly to avoid seeing some European ower forced to exercise lt."
 After luncheon the president. accom- anied by Secretary Loeb. Surgeon ieneral Rixey. John McIIhenny and | ohm Greenway. the last two of whom | ave been his guests on the trip south. rove to Fort Marion, where they | oarded launch and went to Anasta- !. an island. Here the party donned | athing suits and had a bath in the alt water.
 The president greatly enjoyed the ath and seemed in excellent condition } tackle the hard work that lies be- ore him.
 This week will see the end of the suthern tour After visiting Mobile 2 will spend Tuesday at Tuskegee. | I0ntgomery and Birmingham. welnes- ay he will devote to Little Rock. Ark. nd Thursday be will visit New Or ans. leaving there that evening on a 1yernmsnt warshlp for Washington.