Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-11
PARADE PIE EDED TILE SPEECH
Ten Thousand Uniformed Cadets in
-inc-chief Executive Believes in
Trades Unions and in the Thrift
Which Comes Through sobriety and
scIf-Restraint.
(ny Assnclntc,l prnss.l
Self-Restraint.

WILkESDARRlI, PA, Aug. fO.--
From every section OF the anthracite
region, miners AMI temperance Work.
cra c-mc here today, thousands ar.
irving on the early trains and 6iGnfore
daylight crowds of people, withSlhnch
boxes and umbrellas had cnmpcd ont
in advantageous x lots tn await the ar.
rival Of President Roosevelt.
The Catholic Total Abstinence
Union delegates TRANSACTED bun little
business this morning and at noon the
$1,000 uniformed cadets and soldiers
of the two regiments OF the order pa-
raicd
The parade ended in time for the
regiments to line the streets and keep
back the great crowds
Received an Ovation.
Before the Presidents train came TO
full stop great shout went up from
The enormous crowd assembled in the
station which increased into a roar
as the President stepped hriskly from
the train. The President was met by
the local reception committee which
included Father Curran and John
Mitchell. Hfa g
The streets along the route from the
station To the Susuuehanna river
where the speakers stand was erect
ed, were lined with solid mass of
people. Many of them had been
standing AT iavorite places for hours.
The Presidents reception as he was
rapidly driven over the route was a
tremendous one.
The crowd III he speakers stand
was so noisy that il took several min
ntcs To quiet the crowd and permit
the exercises 10 begin. Those who
spoke were Cardinal Gibbons, Prcsi-
dent Mitchell, Mayor kirkdall and
Father Currnn
John Mitchell in introducing the
President made a long defense OF
trade unonism
The Prcsidcn; said in part:
II am particularly glad to speak to
wives and children, and especially 10
speak under the auspices OF this great
temperance society In orr country
the happiness III all the rest OF our
people depends most of all upon the
welfare of the wage-workcr and the
welfare OF the farmer. Ii We can Sc
cure the welfare of these two classes
We can be reasonably certain that the
community as Il whole will prosper.
And we must never forget that the
Chief factor in securing the welfare
alike of wage-w0rkcr and Of farmer,
as of everybody else, must he the man
himself
How to Help Anybody.
The only effective way 10 hclp any.
body is To help him help himself.
There arc exceptional times when any
one of us needs outside helm. and then
1t should he given freely; hut normally
each one of us must depend upon his
own eXertions for his own success.
Something can be done by wise lcgis.
lation and by wise and honest admin.
istratlon of the laws; that is, some
thing can be done by our action taken
in orr collective capacity through the
State and the nation.
Something more can be done by
combination and organization among
ourselves i'm our private capacities as
citizens, so long as this combination
or organization is managed with wis
dom and integrity, with insstence
upon the rights of those benefited and
yet with just regard for the rights of
others.
Mans Own Qualities.
but in the last analysis the factor
most influential in determining airy
mans success must ever he the sum of
that mans own qualities, Of his knowl.
edge, foresight. thrift, and courage
Whatever tends to increase his self
respect, whatever tends to help him
overcome the temptations with which
all of us are surrounded is of benefit
not only To him but to the whole com.
munity.
No ono society can do more to
help the wage-worker than such n
temperance society as that which am
now addressing, 1t is of ncalculablc
consequence to the man himself that
he should be sober and temperate
and 1t is Of cven more consequence
to his wife and his children; for 1t Is
q hard and cruel fact that i'm this life
OF ours the sins of the man are often