The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

of the country, but also to Theodore
Roosevelt the man. We realize his
eminent patriotism, his integrity, his
fearlessness and we all believe him to
be a friend of the great common peo-
pie throughout the country. We also
look forward to him, during the next
four years as the ruler of this, repub-
lie, to- obliterate the last faint line of
sectional difference that may exist IN
this country. / believe that It is in
the power of this great man, who
more than any President since the big
Drained and big hearted Lincoln
holds the affections and the confidence
of the people of this country-I say, L
believe it is more in his power than
in the power of any other man to
establish beyond question the fact that
there is no North, no South, no East
and no West in this country"
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT.
AS the President stepped on the
platform and the crowd saw him,
prolonged cheer went up. The Presi-
dent tried to speak, but good natured-
ly waited until the applause had died
out. Then he said:
Governor Beckham, and You, My
Fellow Americans-Surely any man
would, indeed, be gratified to be greet
ed in this way by such an audience,
and be introduced as you have intro
duced me, Governor Beckham. Cap
plause).
.'As the Governor has SO well said,
upon all the important questions, the
questions that infinitely transcend
mere partisan differences, we are
fundamentally one. (Applause).
For in the question of foreign and
international politics the points on
which there can be no proper division
on party lines infinitely exceed in num-
ber those on which there can be such
division, and, Governor Beckham, l
shall do all that in me lies to justify
the hope to which you have given ex-
preston and to try to show myself
the President of all the people of the
United States.
And, naturally, / feel particularly
gratified at seeing here to-day Joined
in this procession the men who wore
the blue and the men who wore the
gray (ApplauSe.) In the dark days
now, keep just as quiet as you can; you
WON'T be able to do anything more than
see me, anyhow daughter and ap
plause)--in the dark days each of you
fought for the right as 1t was given
him to see the right CA voice. That's
rightly. and each of you has left US
the right to feel pride, not only in your
valor, but in your devotion to what
you conscientiously believed your duty.
(Great applause)
REGARD FOR MEN IN GRAY.
And now we are one. (Cheers and
long continued applauSe.) And as q re-
united people we have the same right
to feel pride in the valor of man who
conscientiously risked his life in the
uniform of a Confederate that we have
in the man who wore the blue zap
plause), and as passed by your ranks
o my friends in gray, to-day, and sa-
luted the flag of our common country
held UP by a man in the gray uni
form, 1 felt that indeed we are one
and that we haves been able to show
mankind that the greatest war of the
century can be followed by the most
perfect union that any nation now
knows.
And in coming to this great and
beautiful city of yours 1 wish to con-
graduate you upon the history that is
found here.
II am glad, as say. of the spirit that
makes you wish to dedicate statues like
this of Jefferson, like the great statue
of Clay inside the courthouse It is a
fine thing to keep to sense of historic
continuity with the past, and there is
one statue that / wish the members in
the national Congress from Kentucky
to see is put up by the national Gov
ernment, and that is a national statue
to Andrew Jackson, and the victors of
the battle of New Orleans. The fight
at New Orleans was one in which the
whole nation had share, as far as the
glory and the profit went, and the
whole nation. and not any one State.
should join in putting that statue up.
Now, / am going to say good by, be-
cause there is a little movement there,
and it will be better for the women and