The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-25

through his veins that all is well, that we are the greatest, the grandest and the happiest family in the world?f If he did not. he might have. It was there for him
 Surely there entered his heart some thing of the sentiment that his surround ings suggested for as Ae drew his face and again threw his eyes over the sea or faces before him there was glsten in hls eye that had not been there before, and as he began to speak trembe in his pronunciation that none noticed earlier in the course of the exercises.
 President Speaks.
 Governor, Colonel Wiley and You, fel- low Citizens:
 q cannot sufficiently express the pleas ure I feel in being here and in being greeted with more than lavish warmth of hospitality as you have greeted me, ana oh my friends, oh my fellow citizens, think what a country is ours, think what it means for this nation that there Is no place in the union where the Pres- dent of the union can feel more at home. can feel more that he is, indeed, the President of all the union, of reunited and indssolube union, than speaking here under the shadow of the first capitol or the Confectionery. Poor indeed, would be the soul of the man who did not leave Montgomery a better American than he | came into it after being received in 1t as I have been received. And in speaking to all of you. those of my age and young CT still, you will not grudge me saying a special word of greeting to the yet f erans of the great war Here again, think how fortunate we are. There Is no other people of which history tells which, hav- ing passed through such a war as we 1 have passed through. now after forty years finds not only that the flag which had been rent asunder, is once again I whole, without a seam, but finds all her people challenging as theirs the right to claim their right in the heritage of the glory bequeathed to every American alike by the American who wore the 1 blue and the American who wore the | gray in the great civil war. Here l have come to your mighty and beautiful state with its wealth of agriculture: it's wealth 1 of manufacturers and more than ever 1 am impressed with the soliditarity of our interests as a people. As the governor | pointed out, the greatest and most i'm l portant single export of our people is the export of cotton, that is the most impor- | tant crop among our exports. and the whole nation is concerned in the welfare l of the cotton growers.
 important for Entire Union
 Ut is not only important for Alabama and the rest of the gulf states; it Is im- portant for the entire union, because it Is the cotton crop WHICH uetefln1neS the balance of trade as being in favor of this nation. Whatever is the business of any part of this nation, the business of the | entire nation. and the national govern ment are bound to do everything possible in the interest of the cotton growers to preserve your markets, to do everything that can possibly be done to see that the demand for cotton. the natural demand for cotton abroad, is kept up and Is met here under fair conditions by our own people. Probably no state in this union Is more interested than this in the build ing of what Is to be the greatest engi- neering feat the world has yet seen. the building of the isthman canal. The cot ton crop largely goes to Asia. and the canal of course, immensely shortens the water route to Asia. Our influence in the Orient must be kept at such d pitch as will insure our being able to guarantee fair Urea tment to our merchants and man. ufacturers in the markets of China. We must insist upon having fair treatment and as step toward getting it we must give fair treatment in return l would demand that on ethical grounds alone I would demand 1t also on grounds of self interest. And now. in greeting all of you today. having paid first of all special tribute to the veterans, I want to go to the other end of the procession and say word about the children. As you know. believe in children
 Care for Education.
 Nothing pleases me more than to see the care that you are devoting to educa- ton in this state; and among the many splenddy heroic deeds credited to the southern people in peace as well as m war is the fact that having to face. as they did, the future in the midst of a broken and war-swept country, they not only built up their industrial prosperity but they have provided steadily for the education of the coming generation.
 "Gentiemen. the successful performance of political duty depends absolutely upon the successful performance of domestic of social duty. There never can be. there never will be a good government in which the average citizen in not decent man in private life. It Is contradiction In terms to speak of a good government il the good government does not rest upon cleanliness and decency in the home, re spect of husband and wife for one an other tenderness of the man for those de- pendent upon him. perform a duty by woman and by man. and the proper educa- ton of the children who are to make the next generation. The vital things in z, life are the things that foolish people look upon as commonplace. The vital things of life are those things which 1t lies with in the reach of each of us to do, and the failure 10 perform which means the de struction of the state.''
 Cotton Bale Given.
 As the President sat down President W H. Seymour of the Alabama Cotton Grow CTS association stepped to his side and announced that the people of the city had for him a present token of appre- citation for all he had said in the interest and for the help of the men who are liv- ing by the raising of cotton. He then presented him with a bale of cotton, given by the subscriptions of many of the lead ing men of the city
 / After the speeches the parade reformed and marched through the principal streets of the city. The white school children were massed in the vacant lot at the corner of Hull and Dexter. and the negro children at Decatur street be tween Dexter avenue and Washinton streets. They reached the station again at :50 and the train pulled out for Bir- mingham at ?.
 Governors Staff.
 The governors staff consisted of the folowing
 William w. Brandon. adiutant general and chief of staff.
 Robert r Ligon, inspector general
 Barrie Holt quartermaster geenral.
 Claude Hamilton. judge advocate gen eral.
 l.. Y Dean. paymaster general
 Tom Frazier chief of engineers.
 C. S., Mcdowell. H. J. Rosensthl and I L at.l dos