Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-25
Industrial Parade Showing Work Of InIti-
tute Feature Of the Reception.
ADDRESS TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY
President Emphasizes the Value Of Proper
Industrial Training,
TWO HOURS STAY IN MONTGOMERY
Party welcomed 60 the First Capital
OF COnfederacy by Mayor
league and Governor
Jelke.

| BIRMINGHAM. Ala. oct 2.-President
| Roosevelt concluded a strenuous day in
Alabama by two hours visit to Birming-
ham. where his reception, in keeping with
those given him at Montgomery and TuSke-
| gee, were hearty and soul-stirring. His
| day began at O'Clock. when the special
train left Montgomery for Tuskegee. Visits
/ to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial in
! sttute and to the Methodist Female coll
| lege were crowded into a little less than
! two hours and the noon hour had Just ar
rived when the executive stepped from his
car in Montgomery. Here he spoke TO a
great throng under the shadow Of the con-
federacy's first capital and was on his way
again sharply at o'clock. A few minutes
before the president was the guest OF
| Birmingham and until his train left at e:i5
p m on the night run to Little Rock the
! president was cheered at every turn, The
day was unmarked by any special incident
save at Birmingham. Here at the corner OF
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street an In
toxicated man, In his excitement. dropped a
pistol from his pocket on the pavement.
The president saw the incident and called
the attention of officers to the man, who
| was Immediately arrested.
| The presidents train arrived in BIrminR-
Ward. surrounded by a reception commit
tee, delivered the formal address of well
come at the station and Immediately after
ward the party entered carriages and began
the march to Capitol park. eight squares
distant
The parade was along North Twentieth
street and the entire line Of march was
packed with humanity. Rows of mean
descent lights, the full length OF the street.
ma Ia h. Ill
evening came on. The ovation OF the presi-
dent was continuous and he stood in his
carriage the whole way acknowledging the
outbursts of enthusiasm.
| AT Capitol park. under the Klannor OF
thousands of electric lights, the party en-
| tered the speakers stand. General Rufus
N. Rhodes editor Of the Birmingham News.
welcomed the president in behalf of the
citizens OF Birmingham. 4.nle y a
Great applause greeted the president as
he arose to speak. :.
Following the presidents speech witch
was along the usual lines Ex-Governor
James f. Johnston spoke in behalf Of Camn
Hardee. United Confederate Veterans ana
presented to the president several young
ladies', descendants of confederate soldiers
and sponsors and maids of honor who
presented to the president a badge from
the camp Governor Johnston said:
oT we f DO this to express to you our respect
confidence in the courage, unsectional
patriotism and generous Impulses of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and in appreciation OF your
many kindneSses 10 confederate veterans
and especially for the unsought honor re,
Gently conferred upon the members Of the
We present this too, sir. because 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
hine tSds MT' t President many Of US in the war
OF our fathers, the stars and stripes hut
we are sure that had you been born twenty
should have been born, you would have
been a gallant leader OF a brigade under
Forrest or Stuart.
From Capitol park the party went to
Third avenue and Twentieth street and
boarded special electric train and pro-
ceeded to the Alabama state fair grounds
At the grounds the president was intro
duced by I. II. Motion, president of the
: Birmingham Commercial club. The crowd
at the fair was also enormous and greeted
the president enthusiastically as he rose
to speak.
welcome 10 TuskeHee.
TUSKBGEE, Ala Oct A-President
Roosevelt reached the grounds OF the Tus-
kegee normal and Industrial institute after
a brief stop in the town of TuskeEee, where
he was received by the mayor and other
distinguished citizens of Alabama The
, presidents train was brought directly into
the grounds of the institute over it's prl-
/ vate tracks From midnight until this
, morning great crowds of country people,
white and black. were arriving from all
sections surrounding Tuskegee. A motley
assortment OF vehicles brought hundreds
OF persons and they were allowed to come
into the institute grounds, where the presi-
dent saw the collection and seemed amused
by the sight The president was received by
: Principal Booker t. Washington and mem-
, bers of the board OF trustees and faculty.
He then entered a carriage made by the
| students OF the school. drawn by horses
raised at the school and driven by stu
, dent in the school uniform. Four other
1 carriages. also made by the students, In
which were seated other members OF the
presidents party, followed.
Views Industrial Parade.
The president proceeded Immediately y
r an elaborately decorated stand in front ol
the office building surmounted by the
presidents flag. From this point ne viewed
the educational and Industrial parade. upou
the preparation OF which the students and
n faculty have been at work for several
: weeks This parade was headed By the
institute band, led by Bandmaster Elmer
II b. williams, OF the Ninth United States
u cavalry, who had been detailed to Tuske-
9 gee by the War department. Then came
y 500 students Of the school In two divisions
. the young men uniformed in blue suits
q with brass buttons. white gloves and cadet
y caps. The young women, wearing blue
dresses trimmed with red braid and wear,
!. ing blue straw braid hats followed, eacf
y bearing a stalk OF sugar cane topped with
n a cotton boil all raised IN the school,
a agricultural experiment station.
Immediately behind the student bods
n came sxty-one noats. representing the
J. various phases OF work OF the acadauly dc
n partment and the thirty-seven industrial
'r divisions OF the school.
After the parade had passed, and stu
~ dents faculty and visitors were repairing
20 t1e chapel. the presidential party wa
n. driven hurr4edly about the city and VA