The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-20

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h,s brothers funeral Senator Simmons
and prominent North Carolinians invited
"a roman Oh the PresidenSs train WINE
n tho state, stopped here, since " y is ply 'ls
fifteen miles to the border.
Presidents Speech.
ro,loving is tho President speech:
"Nr. Mayor, Mr.. President, Men and
Women. OF North Carolina, MY Fellow
Citizens: I.
7"I have enjoyed more than can say
passing through this great State to-day.
entered your borders pretty good
American and leave them q better
American, and I have rejoiced IN tne
symptoms of your Astounding inatesial,
prosperity. am here IN great cel''er
Of cotton manufactures With q radi Jus VI
a hundred miles of this city, perhaps ais
half Of the cotton manufacturing ~ '' ~
United States is done.
~ rehlizc to the full, ns does every
good citizen, that there must De . n1u.
dalton OF material prosperity upon W ,,lc..
"a bul)d tho welfare OF State or nation.
hit realize also, as does every sooi
citizen. that material prosperity hteri u,
;weil.beinC-cnr never be anything but mo
foundation. tSis the Indispensable foun-
dntion. but If we do not raise YOU qh
II fi,e 9supcrstructure Of n higher citizen-S
snip. then we fail in bringing tn,s 70
the level to which 1t shall ana wiz, WIN pq
brought. (Applausc.) And so, then, :
congratulate you upon what YOU nave
dono i, thc wav Of material growth.
congratulate YOU even moro upon mo
great historic memories Of your s'a ~
# ia not SO very far from here tina, .no
Mccklenb,lrg Declaration Of lndepenue.n,co
was made CApplause) The deciath'.oa
lint pointed out tho path on wii1 1cn w
thirteen united colonies trod a 10" nouns 3oh''
later. y. ,. ,,ha
"As got OF the train hero was
r,reotcd nv ono citizen OF North Caronnh
eand I know that ncithor the Governor,
fho MAYOR nor tho senator's Will blanc
ma for what am going to sny), whose
greeting pleased and touched me more
than the greetings Of any man could nave
touched me. /,
I was greeted by the widow OF Stonewall
Jackson (applnuse) and we OF this nnlteo
country have a right to challenge as q
part Of tho heritage Of honor and glory
OF each American the reunion OF ono peo.
ple-Americans WIG fought In the Civsi
War-whethor they wore tho blue or wne-.
Their they wore the gray (applausc), The
vnlor shown alike by the men OF tho
North and the men OF tho South as they
battlcd for tho right rs God gave them 70,
sec the right. is now pnrt OF what we, u.
OF u.s. keep with PRIDE 1t was my. 5000
fortune to appoint to West Point the
grandson OF Stoncwall Jackson (applause).
Here, as came up your streets, ga"
monument raised to fclloW-soiolei
OF mine who fell In tho Spanish war al
santiago-to Ship. Of North Carolina
(applause). Tho morning OF tho fight, ne
and + took breakfast together It was
not much Of breakfast but 1t was the
only breakfast that was going. and We
were glad to get It, The night before !
had no supper, and he and his comrades
| gave mo out OF the very small amount
that they had sandwich In the morn
ling they had no material for breakfast
but by that time my things had come up,
and shared my breakfast with them.
THAT was at dawn. Before noon one OF
them was killed. and the other Cos was
then thought) fatally wounded.
"And now thcre are hero men who
fought in the great war. We who went
In '9S had the opportunity to fight only
| In a small war, and all that We claim IS
| that we hope we showed a spirit not en-.
trely unworthy Of the men who faced
the mighty and terrible days from 81 to
IS. (Applause.)
Look to the Future.
"And now, gentlemen. though we glory
/ in the memories Of the past, VIC must
!. remember ever to keep these memories,
not as excuses for failing to do we'll IN
4 the present, but as Incentives to spur us
on to action. In life, every victory won
| inevitably brings lis face to face with O
new struggle. The men OF each generation
/ have to their allotted task. II they fall
to do 1t. they accumulate misfortune upon
| those who come after them. II they dc
It, yet 1t remains true that the men who
i como after them must do their tasks ir
turn. It is just as It is with you, my
i escort, the men OF the national guard, the
artillerymen, the infnntrymen. If there
4 comes war, know can count on yot
and those like YOU, because the memory
i of what your fathers did will make yol
ashamed not to rise level TO the demand:
of tho new time, as they rose level to the
$50 in civil life. Each generation ha!
4 its problem. The tremendous industrial
! development Of the past half century-,th
5 development which has produced elite
& with ,lt-problems connected with cor
porations, problems connected with labor
. problems connected with both tho &C
The problems arc new, but the spirit i
! which we must approach their soluto
Is old. We must face the work we hay
y I'd 40 us our ldlHcE ldCcQ tnclT- WOTk,
wo wish to be successful. It is an age O
organlzation-the organization Of capita
the organization Of labor. Each type @
4 does good. and fearlessy opposed when
does evil Our main object should be t
I, strive to keep tho reign Of Justice ally
! ali things avoid the chance of ever dvit
G ing on the lines that separate one elias
4 or occupation from another.
! The man who would teach either wage
. worker or capitalist that tho. other is hi
! foe Is q bad citizen and a faithless Amer
Q can, We can afford to divide along line
. that would represent honest difference
! opinion, hut wo cannot afford to divide Q
. the fundamental lines OF cleavage thu
= separate good citizens from bad citizens
and wo must remember that II We inten
Z headship among the nations OF mankin
. that we can never afford to deyiate fro