Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-04-05
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Receives Royal Kentucky
Welcome in Louisville.
Great Crowds Cheer the Presi-
dent and Party.
Weather Was Disagreeable But Pro-
gram Is Carried Out.

st. Louis. Mo-, April 4.-President
Roosevelt and party passed through
Ohio Kentucky. Indiana and Illinois.
today, and at $50 tonight. after spend
ing an hour and a half in this city. left
here fore southwest over the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad. The most
notable reception of the day was at
Louisville. Ky. where the President
spent two hours.
From Louisville to st. Louis, the train
slackened down at a dozen or more
t' WINS and almost all Of these great
crowds were at the depot cheering As
long as the train was in sight. The Presi-
dent made three speeches en- route. They
We're at Miil,Own. Ind. Huntingburg,
md, and Mount Vernon, Ills. At East
Junction. near Princeton, Ind, whera
Il change of engines We're made, the
President jumped down from the rear
platform of the train 10 shake hands
With numbe" of employees Of the rail-
road shops there. The train ran through
Princeton slowly to give the President
oppOi tunity to review several hundred
school children. who had been assem-
bled near the railroad tracks.
At Huntingburg, the President said:
SculltIlIell .iIlu IJutAS. IL Is Il great
pleasure to catch this glimpse Of you
and greet you on my way down to the
reunion of hny old regiment at San
Antonio. Texes. There is one thing
am always impressed with in going
through this country and that is that
down at the bottom. east or west
north or south, wherever you meet the
average American. he is pretty good
American. Cheers and applause.)
''In greeting all of you. want to say
that while l am particularly glad to
see the men and women. think am
even more glad to see the children.
think the American stock is a middling
good one. and do not want to see it
die out. / see here men Who wear the
button that shows that they fought in
the great war. They have left us d
legacy not only of how to do our duty
in war. out also in Teacc. Let US of the
younger generation try to keep up their
standard" Uheers and applauseD
At Mount Vernon, Ills. the President
said:
my friends and fellow Americans:
am delighted to be in this great and
beautiful state. today. to be passing
through Illinois. which I know SO well
and TO be greeted by you. ! have but
a moment and l want to say a word
of special greeting to two bodies, here:
in the first place othe men of the great
war, to the men of the Grand Army
(Applause) and to the men who actual
ly did the deed instead OF talking about
it: and in the next place to yoI young
people. the boys and girls. for it is go
;,,o xvh in nd
the way you are brought up, whether
30 years hence we are as proud of this
country as we are low. One word to the
fathers and mothers: in bringing up the
children do not make the mistake Of
trying 10 bring them up merely so that
everything shall be as easy as poss-
BILE, but 50 that they will be able to do
the best that can be done with life.
which is certain to be little rough AT
best. Teach them not to shirk difficult
ties. but to overcome them" (Cheers
and applause.>
The train did not proceed into East
st. Louis. but passed through the east
ern outskirts to Madison, three miles
north Knots of people were scattered
along the tracks. but as it had been
generally understood that the train
would not arrive until three. there was
no crowd to see the Presidents train,
and no demonstration beyond cheering
here and there along the way.
At Madison a throng was cOngregat-
ed and wildly cheered as the train
rounded the bend at the approach Of
merchants bridge. across the Mississ-
ippi. Without pause. the train slowly
and cautiously proceeded across tho
bridge to the north market street rail-
road yards. where it met the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas road. At 8 O'Clock, the
train passed down the steep incline at
:he Missouri end Of the Merchants
Bridge and as soon as the assembled
crowds discerned it In the darkness. an
enthusiastic welcome from Missouri
was given the President.
When the train stopped at the North
Market street station. President ROose-
welt was at dinner and did not appear.
The people ccngregated cheered Justify
ir the hope of getting glimpse of the
President but almost before the first
{ heer had died away. the switching en-
sine had pulled the train to the Mis-
souri,. Kansas g. Texas tracks. The
private car of A. A. Allen. vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Mis-
souri,. Kansas & Texas Road. was at
tached in tn" yards and Mr.. Allen will
with the party so long as the
train Is on the katy" system. At SO,
the train pulled out with pilot engine
five minutes ahead. The firsl
stop will! be made at |initia. I. T.
Louisville. KY, April 4.-The special
train bearing President Roosevelt and
party on their trip to Louisville and the
southwest arrived at Third and A
streets at . O'Clock Tuesday morning.
exactly or schedule time.
A moment later the Presidents salute
Of q guns. fired in the Horse Show
building down town apprised the city
that the President was Louisville's |
guest. A crowd of mora than 1000 peo- |
pie had assembled ana as the President |
left the tn ain and appeared on the plat |
form at the side of the track he was
heartily cheered.
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