The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25
CROWD IN BIRMINGHAM
 CHEERS THE PRESIDENT
Two Speeches Made by MT. Roosevelt Con- federate Badge Presented the Chief
 < Executive by Camp Hardee.


 Rooseyelt's trip through Alabama to- t day has been in the nature of tri- umphal march. At Montgomery, Tus- kegee and Birmingham the receptions have been spontaneous and genuine. At many points along the route where the train did not even stop. great crowos had gathered at the stations and in one
 or two instances military companies
 were drawn up in line and saluted as
 the train sped by.
 The crowd which saw the President
 in Birmingham this afternoon by far
 was the largest ever seen In the Ala hama metropolis Excursions had been
 run from all over North Alabama and in addition to the local military com panies, which acted as an honorary escort for the distinguished visitor numerous companies from various points in the State came to the city and participated in the parade. It Is conservatively estimated that there were at least 100000 visitors in the city to pay their respects to the chief magistrate of the nation. The Presidents train arrived promptly at 4:45 o'clock according to schedule.
 weicomed by ward.
 Mayor George B. Ward. surrounded by a reception committee consisting Of the most prominent men in Birming- ham, at the union station. delivered the formal address of welcome to the city. Immediately afterward the party en- tered carriages and began the march to Capitol Park eight squares distant. The parade was along North 20th Street and the entire line of march was packed with struggling mass of hu- manity anxious to catch glimpse of the citys guest. Every window Of all the big offfce buildings along the line was crowded and many of the roofs of structures en route were covered with people. Rows of incandescent lights the full length of the street made the scene all the more brilliant. The ova- tion to the President was continuous and he stood in his carriage the whole way acknowledging the outbursts of enthusiasm.
 A pretty incident at the close of the march was when the President asked of his carriage. Miss Samrnie Harris was sponsor for Troop D. one of ths local cavalry organizations. The Pres. ident was introduced to her by Mayor Ward and as he reached over to shake her hand he crowded the Mayor. Ex. cusing himself. he said:
 T would run over man any timt to shake hands with a lady
 At the corner of Fifth Avenue and
 Twentieth Street an intoxicated 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 arrested.
 At Capitol Park.
 At Capitol Park, under the glamof of thousands of electric lights, the party entered the speakers stand, and after Major Frank Y. Anderson, chair man of the Committee on Arrange.
 ments, had succeeded in engaging the attention ot the throng, which covered the whole park and all the streets lead ing up to 1t, General Rufus N. Rhodes.
 Second Vice-P President of the Associat- cd Press and editor of The Birmingham News, welcomed the President on behalf of the citizens of Birmingham.
 Great applause greeted the President l as he arose to speak.
 T wish to say that I am stirred most deeply by this magnificent reception from what MT. Rhodes hes so we'll call l ed the Magic City of tho South No | American worthy of the name could l fail to be stirred with patriotism as he comes into your magnificent State into | this magnificent city. Alabama has made a wonderful record. At close of | the war, shattered, war-swept. it seemed that it was impossible for her people. in the grip of poverty as they were, 10 IAllys dnu any pSopio AcsS strong than you of Alabama would have failed; but you had the stun in you and you stayed. About the year ! ISS0 the tide turned, and the last quar- ter of a century has seen in Alabama
 a progress that would have been ab- solutely impossible in any other age. or | in any other nation than ours. The agriculture of the State went upward ! by leaps and bounds; but even more marvellous was your mechanical and | industrial success. You have here in | this State coal and iron. the two basic | elements in modern industrialism. and | you have also a wealth of water power l only partially used. and given that
 amount of natural resources and the right type of, man to use them, the re-
 suit has been what we have seen.
 Citizenship of the Man.
 1 But, my friends. there is something i that is ahead of any kind of natural | resouce and that is the citizenship of l the man on the soil. want now to l say that proud though I am of your l extraordinary industrial prosperity,
 am prouder of the men who have | achieved It.
 1 Think what it means for our nation | to have the President of the United States greeted as he has been today | with on his right and his left hand as the guard of honor the veterans of | the Civil War. the men who wore the