The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25
Ccngressmaa 4. 4. WHsy, n Eloquent Address. Speaks n Behalf of the MuniclpaIity.
Presidents Remarks Filled Win Words of Love for the Beauti- full Southland.
By Democratic Manner and straightforwardness oiSpeech He Wins Hearts of Throng,
the shadow of the historic o1d
 building that was the birthplace

WN N the shadow of the historic old
 building that was the birthpiace
 - of the Confederate ststss of
 America, Theodore Roosevelt. twenty- | fifth President of the United
 States of America. was greeted by many thousands Of Alabamians and ! was given an ovation of which any
 American might we'll feel proud. l Mobiles proverbfal hospitality had
 been extended to the President the day
 previous and the patriotism of the peo-
 pie of the City of the Gulf charmed and
 inspired the nations chief Executive. but the cuirnination of his welcome to
 Alabama and the elimination Of the ex-
 pressicn of fealty to the United States fof America by Alabamians was reached yesterday when Mir Roosevelt was | formally welcomed to the heart Of the old South, and in turn expressed his ap-' preciation of the hospitality and de- ifversd an inspiring address, in which hs paid tribute to both old and new Dixie"
 The eonauerors of old were wont to parade their glory, but no conaueror of q wariike nation ever received great CT compliment than that bestowed on frheodore Roosevelt yesterday. when the hearts of the people of AIahaTna were opened to him on Capitol HILL
 Even the grim old Capitol seemed to forget that 1t was the nursery Of nation that fell She, too. was In gala attire and in fresh paint and fine coiors. seemed puIsing part of the reconstructed South. Streamers of red. white and blue fioated from her doors and windows. The great platform erected from her steps was a mass of national colors and the great arch and stone columns were decorated in the Stars and Stripes.
 President Roosevelt sat among the best men of Alabama and Montgomery. By his side was the States young and able Governor And near his side wers two ex-Governors of Alabama and Jus tices of the Supreme Court, officers of the city of Montgomery. ministers of the Gospel. and representatives of the men who make Alabama great by ttil- ing the soil and raising the fieecy sta- pie that enriches the land.
 President Roosevelt was not unmind- ful of the complement paid hipa Ills heart seemed to respond to the compile ments. and he expressed his apprecia- tion often and in the hignest terms. CROWD AT CAPITOL.
 Long before the noon hour. even be- fore the clock on the Capitol regis tered II o'clock. thousands of Mont- gomery people and visitors to Mouts gomery began gathering on the heauti- fui terraces around the historic old seat of Government. The throng was eager but nevertheless patient. The members of the vast throng had come early to gain points of vantage from which to hear the words of the nation's chief magistrate. They were willing to pay the price of long wait and they waited patiently.
 On the north side of the Capitol lawn were the whites, who came to hear the speech of the President. From the very edge of the walk as far back as the handsome Confederate monument thara was a mass of humanity. It was a mass of beauty and . mass of man. hood. Hundreds of school children each carrying United states dag. mfn-
 saa.