The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-28
NEW oRLEANs's WELCOME.
It Bubbled With Enthusiasm and Cam
 frou the Heart.

I New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 The reception given President Roosevelt yesterday by the people oI New Orleans fairly bubbled over witn enthusiasm No ,Ss. one if coaia saae from from the heart. The President has been greet ed throughout his Southern trips ny Mho provea erqwda by ther G weleome their legiance to the Union, their recogni- ton of the high office he fills, and their sssard for s him sIcond as man and Eaerydd Esepyauded ana his Journey has awakened a spirit of patriotism. which shows that the at- tachment of the South to the Union IS l as strong and true as that or any part of the country. But none of the cities which have had him as their guest has burst forth intS such oyerwnsilm,ngg snlnnag yesterday It was almost embarrase Ing at times. and frequently swept away the carefully arranged program sa was almost swamped by the hundreds of thousands of lookers-on that crowd ed and obstructed the streets. and the fayette Square in front of the City Hall was so immense as to be actually dangerous to life and limb. The Pres with exceilent Judgment. cut short his speech there. Had he made longer address 1t Is almost certain Athat a SC rious accident would have marred the
 The same ideas and sentiments which have made the Presidents Southern tour almost a triumphal march un. doubtedly contributed-in some degree to yesterdays enthusiastic reception; and 1t was natural to suppose that New Orleans, being the largest city of the crowds to welcome him; but there were in addition other causes which made tho. demonstration more spontaneous and more earnest than elsewhere. New Orleans had special reasons for well coming the President. for showing its appreciation of him, for extending its sons were conspicuous in yesterdays speeches and demonstrations. The fact that the President agreed to visit this city when the fever still prevailed the Northern press and some Southern newspapers--would alone have made him a welcome guest. II would giaS. fever" he said in his speech, and ev- cry one who heard him felt that he | meant all he said.
 Orleans under obligations to him not only in wishes but in deeds. When the. application was made to him for through the United States Marine Hos pital Service, he gave it with prompt, ness that was of untold benefit; and victory we won. We ought not, we can not, forget this, and 1t encouraged ahe she peopie of New orleans greeted the seemed to stir him, for, after praising warm and Sympathetic words, which ought to make every Orleanian proud, he promised that pr. White should be not simply to crush 1t out after 1t ar rived, but to help, as far as he can. to see that 1t does not enter again, cer, tainly that it does not become rooted here. The outbreak thus ends with hearty praise to New Orleans for the magnificent and successful fight 1t has made, and the promise of the President that we will in future receive all the aid and assistance the Federal gov ernment can give us through him It is not to be wondered at that this as- suranee should have called forth ap- plause such as has never before rung through the St. Charles Hotel halls.
 But while these local and personal reasons lent a warmth to the welcome greater than the President received elsewhere it must not be supposed that the enthusiasm was due altogether to mere recognition of past favors or should ever need it. There was besides the applause given the Chief Magistrate of this great country, besides the special sentiment attached to his action in the matter of the yellow fever, distinct liking for the man himself, Theodore Roosevelt as embodying many of the best qualities of the American. The Presidents trip through the South can not fall to accomplish good results, both to the Executive by making him better acquain ted Ewith the people of all sections and to the people by showing them their Chief Magistrate: MT fact yesterday when he declared that nothing cured a man of partisanship quicker than high office, like the Presi- dency; and he then and there announced anli Iyh served, promises much In the future. He had learned, he said, to welcome the support of all members of Congress, re- gardless of party, who would support and the people; and he practically in vited Democratic support for such measures of his as the Democrats might favor. And there was as little partisanship as possible in all he said and proposed, for he laid down a pro- gram as to the Panama canal. the levees. a strong navy-not for war, but to assure peace-distinctly national and opposed to sectional or partisan legis- lation.
 Perhaps no man of high position who has visited New Orleans as guest has been so outspoken, has shown his true nature, his personal characteristics, as fully or as openly as MT. Roosevelt has done. He is democratic to the core, and, therefore, just the man to a waa emotional side. which may come from his Southern ancestry and which seem ed to make him appreciate the emo tional nature of the Southern people which our Northern friends declare is so marked and which Is certainly char acteristic of New Orleans. The cheer ing crowds, the wild and almost turbu- lent enthusiasm which displayed itself along the line of march, the sweep of thousands which upset plans, set the police at naught, and interferedN with the parade, were to him as genuine dis plays, very different from the cut-and- dried, perfunctory cheering that greets the average visitor or orator. It Is, perhaps, just as well that the President was not treated through his tour to the same strenuousness that was displayed in New Orleans, for 1t would have taken a sturdy man to have stood 1t all for the eight days of his journey.
 Some of the Northern papers have seen deep political significance In the trip. but as we have already said, this fs nurely imaginary. as the New Or leans visit proved. The President couid have counted with the utmost safety on Southern support for such measures of his as the regulation or railroads. the Panama canal, the siren gthening of the navy, whether he had come down here or not; ana ne IS in the fortunate position of not having
 The demonstration in New Orleans was certainly as free from partisan Doiitics as 1t could possibly have been, And the absence of friction of any kind, nolitical. racial or otherwise, was one of inc marked and fortunate features of the affair. .. 4. e., weII satisfied with the hearty reception if gave the President. It unquestiona- hI,S Irnnressed him. His speech shows