The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-26
A CONTINUOUS OVATION.
Birmingham En- Fetc Receives Roosc-
welt in Regal Fashion.
(By the Associated Press. }

(By the Associated Press.)
Birmingham. Ala. Oct. 24.-The
Presidents train arrived in Birming-
ham promptly on time. Mayor George
B. Ward. surrounded by a reception
committee delivered the formal adj
dress of welcome at the station and
Immediately afterward the party en-.
tered carriages and began the march
to Capitol Park, eight squares dis
tant.
The ovation to the President was
continuous, and he stood in his car
riage the whole way acknowledging
the outbursts of enthusiasm. The pref
ty incident at the close of the march
was when the President asked the
name of the lady riding at the side of
his carriage. Miss Sammie Harris was
sponsor for Troop d, one of the local
cavalry organizations. The President
was introduced to her by Mayor Ward
and as he reached over to shake her
hand he crowded the mayor. Excus-
ing himself he said: Il would run
over a man any time to shake hands
with a lady
\ Volume I'm Sentence.
At Capitol Park under the glamor of
thousands of electric lights the party
entered the speakers stand. General
Rufus n. Rhodes, editor of the Biz
mingham News, welcomed the Presi-
dent on behalf of the citizens of Biz
mingham. He said:
Birmingham, with joy and salts
faction, salutes it's distinguished com.
rade in renown, the most remarkable
personality of the age, who bears with
dignity and ease the burdens of his
time, and with pluck, integrity, learn
ing, and faith rushes TO meet every
problem and seize every opportunity,
and boldly without protest or doubt,
among plaudits of the universe. strides
to the center of the worlds stage"
Great applause greeted the Presi-
dent as he arose to speak.
Speech at Capitol Park.
The President said in part:
Think what it means for our ma
ton to have the President of the
United States greeted as he has been
greeted OH his right and on his left
hand as the guard of honor, the Veter-
ans of the Civil War, the men who
wore the blue, the men who wore the
gray, united forever.
"In the organization of veterans
after the Civil War each halls the
other as comrades. 1t makes no idf-
ference whether the man was a lieu
tenant general or whether he was the
youngest recruit that served at the
very end of the war. All that is
asked did he do his duty. If he did,
you are for him. If he did not you
have no comradeship with him.
ask that the same lesson that you of
the Civil War applied practically in
your persons during and since the war
be. applied bv the rest of us in civil
life. j ask that we scorn alike the
base arrogance of the rich man who
would look down on his poorer brother
and the equally base envy of the poor
man who would hate his richer
brother; and that you apply to every
citizen of this republic just this one
test, the test that gauges his worth as
man.
Presented With Confederate Badge.
Following the Presidents speech,
Ex-Governor Joseph f. Johnson, spoke
in behalf of Camp Hardee, United Con-
federate Veterans and introduced to
the President several young ladies' de-
scendants of Confederate soldiers and
sponsors and maids-of-honor, who
presented to the President a badge
from camp.
1--WE do this to express to you our
respect for the President of the United
States" said the governor. Our con-
fidence in the courage, unsectional
patriotism and generous impulses of
Theodore Roosevelt and in apprecia-
ton of your many kindnesses to Con-
federate veterans and especially for
the unsought honor recently conferred
upon the members of the camp.
"We present this too, sir. because we
believe that you come nearer standing
for the ideals that have inspired our
lives than any President that we have
had since the war. Had we been born
North of Masons and Dixons line. Mr..
President, many of us in the War Be-
tween the States, might nave FOL
lowed the flag of our fathers. the
stars and stripes, but we are sure that
had you been born 20 years earlier
and in Georgia. where you should
have been born, you would have been
gallant leader of brigade under
Forest or Stuart
Speech at Fair Grounds.
From Capitol Park the party went
to Third Avenue and 2Oth street, and
| boarded a special electric tram and
proceeded to the Alabama State ran
grounds. at the grounds the Presi-
dent was introduced by L. ii. Motion