The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-25
MEETS ALBANIA
 AID SHE |S HIS Presidents Reception in Bir- nlingham Spontaneous CATERED BY THOUSANDS Conservative Estimate Places the Number of Visitors in the City
 at 100, o,ooo-Makes Two
 Two Speeches.
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 hail with honor the man who in public and private life has established standards of thinking and doing that ennoble Ameri- cans and uplift and bless mankind.
 "lndelibly stamped upon the record of the career of Theodore Roosevelt are Character and Courage Patriotism, Peace and A Square Deal for Every Man which is the substance of the only real and lasting peace among men. En- mity itself can deny him no title to glory.
 "The single regret over tho coming of the President is the brevity of his stay. Had 1t been possible, the citizens of this community would have been more than delighted for him to have become person. ally acquainted with the wonderful achievements wrought by them In a single generation. in a city, which, In June, 1870, had neither house nor inhabi- tant. For many years Birmingham has fixed the price of pig iron. the barometer of trade, in the markets of the world and today, with confident grasp, is clutching the scepter of the empire of steel. ''When the President came, the people of Birmingham had hoped he would re- main long enough to study for himself their industrial. economic and social con ! ditions: to appreciate their traditions. thoir aspirations and their problems to visit ther excellent schools. to worship Tn tipir holy temples to abide for a time in their hospi.able homes. that he might see them and know them as they are. "Coud the President have been per- n,itted to compass these plans, soon would he have recognized that he and they were very closely bound by congenial hopes and fears, in well nigh perfect sym pathy concerning fundamental principles that underlie a glorious civiliza tion. He n p n political battle, a majority of them. as partisans, opposed him, in the patriotic exercise of the functions of his high office and reco,u.e deterniinati tion to be Presi- dent of the whole country, all of them, as patriots endorse and sustain him. He and they lead active, strenuous, san fulne lives, plannidg working, accomp- lishi1g. He and they practice freedom of thought and independence of action. He and they believe in law, equal and su- preme, and hold convictions for which he and they dare fight or die. He and they are doers of things. He and they are typl- cal Americans.
 In less than a quarter of a century, Is greater, brighter, more splendid and more enduring than the fame and name Of Roosevelt and Birmingham. And Birnling- ham, with joy and satisfaction, salutes its distinguished comrade in renown, the
 
 who bears with dignity and ease the bur dens of his time. ana with pluck. integ- rity. learning and faith. rushes to meet every problem and seize every opportun- ity. and boldly without protest or doubt amid plaudits Of the universe. strides the center of the worlds stage. The presidency of the American republic. as administered by It's youngest executive. is sublimer earthly honor than Is enshrlned
 in the sceptered majesty of hundred kings.
 "The duty of the honor assigned me is performed when now ] present to you. fellow citizens of Birmingham and Ala bana the scholar, soldier and states- man, tho diplomat and patriot Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States"
 When the President got up to speak our old friend Pandemonium broke loose and stayed loose for five minutes. The moment he could make himself heard the President said:
 The Presidents Speech.
 Mr Rhodes. and you. my fellow citizens, wish to say that 1 am stirred most deeply by this magnificent reception from what MT. Rhodes has so well called the Magic City of the South" (Appiause ) No American worthy of the name could fail to feel his heart stirred with patriot- ism as he comes into your magnificent state and into this magnificent city
 Alabama has made a wonderful rec ord. At the close of the war, crushed and war swept, it seemed that 1t was i'm possible for her people. in the grip of poverty as they were, to really achieve greatness for their state and any people less strong than you of Alabama would have failed, but you had the stuff in you and you succeeded. (Applause.)
 About the year 1880 the tide turned, | tb. 1oa,t 1 seen in Alabama a progress that would have been absolutely impossible in any other age, or In any other nation than ours. (Applause.) The agriculture of the state went forward by leaps and bounds but even more marvellous was your me- chancila and industrial success
 Mineral Resources.
 You have here in this state coal and 1 iron, the basic clements in modern indus triallsm, and you have also wealth of water power only partially used, and | given that amount of natural resources and the right type of man to use them, 1 the result has been what we have seen. | (Applause.)
 But, my friends, there is somethIng 2 that is ahead of any kind of natural re- sources and that is the citizenship of the men on the soil, and I want to say that proud though am of your extra ordinary industrial prosperity I am prouder vet of the men who have achieved it. (Nice ] kids) U.aughter and appause) (Aside- | I have some human nature in me my self.o
 | Now, old gentlemen think what fl means to have the President of the Unit ed States greeted as he has been today with. on his right and his left hand as 1 the guard of honor. the veterans of the l civil war-the men who wore the blue | the men who wore the gray-united to ! honor me. Old men of the great war have some of my comrades of the lesser war here to greet me also. Now our war was not very big war but it was all the war there was Caughter). and we | had to do the best we could with fl | daughter), and all we hope is that we | showed ourselves not altogether unworthy of you of the mighty days. Voice iron, | the crowd. That you dido For instance | in my regiment the last time passed l through this state I was with my regl. menu. in that regiment I had, I believe more men whose fathers wore the gray than I had of those whose fathers wore the blue, and almost all the fla thers wore one or the other. Daughter and an. plause) And those men were united to- eether with but one rivalry. the rivalry to see which could do best for the fla . of onr common country. App1ause1 Rich Heritage.
 And what heritage is oursi Here l after one of the greatest wars of all time. we are left. what was left by no other war. the right for the children who