Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-18
IS ON HIS WAY SOUTH
Presidents First Stop at
Fredericksburg Today.
SHORT PRACTICAL TALK
SPOKE A FEW WORDS TO STU
DENTS AT ASHLAND.
Arrived at Richmond at Noon and Was
Enthusiastically Cheered Along
Line of March.
SHORT PRACTICAL TALK

his southern trip at this place His train
arrived here shortly after 10 O'Clock and
although the stop of but a few mo-
ments In order to water the engine crowd
or about 200 people were gathered at the
station to greet HIM. The President ad-
dressed them briefly from the rear plat
form of his car. He said:
MY friends and fellow-citizens: 1t is
indeed a great pleasure to me to be once
more within your mighty state the mother
of Presidents, the Old Dominion, with it's
soil hallowed by so many memories of the
mighty men 1t has produced, of the mighty
deeds II has seen enacted upon 1t. / know
your people well already. 1 know your his
tory of course, or l would not be a good
american. / wish to say to you with all
my heart how glad am to have the chance
of starting through your state to visit the
states of the south Atlantic and the gu,e.
When l am through my present trip l will
have been in and spoken in every state In
the Union during my term as President.
There is one thing that has struck me more
than anything else In my journeys from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Cana
da line to the gulf, and that Is In meeting
the different audiences that they are fun
damentally all alike: that wherever you
go in this country the average American is
a pretty decent fellow, and that all that
is necessary in order to make him get on
well with the other average American Is
On account of the death of the brother
of Governor Glenn of North Carolina 1t
has been necessary to make sllgh-
change in the program as arranged IN
Raleigh. The President and members OF
his party, instead of taking breakfast at
the governors mansion, will breakfast on
the train. At 8 o'clock the President will
leave tie train and drive to the senate
chamber, where he will meet the state Of
ficers. The remainder of the program will
be carried out previously arranged.
Short Stop at Ashland.
ASHLAND, Va, October 1S.-President
Roosevelt was greeted by the students of
Randolph-Macon Academy and the citizens
of Ashland when his train stopped for
three minutes here this morning. Most
every one in the audience carried a small
American flag which they waved and
cheered as the President appeared on. the
rear platform of his car. The Presidents
reference in his address to Patrick Henry
and Henry Clay evoked applause. He
spoke follows:
MY friends and fellow citizens: ....
1T is a pleasure to have the chance OF
greeting you and to be greeted by you.
want to say a word here in a place identi-
fled with the names or two or America s
greatest statesmen-Patrick Henry and
Henry Clay-in the seat of a college which
in the Randolph-Macon system commemo-
rates the names of two others of that
wonderful group of statesmen, which VIZ
say word of recognition to those who
are doing this great educational work In
republic like ours 1t Is a more truiSm to
say that the success of the republic de-
pends upon the trained intelligence of the
citizens The republic cannot succeed If
we do not take pains In educating the mas
ters of the republic-that is, the people
Self-goyernment is not too easy thlng
1t is easy enough to live under despotism
You do not have to do anything; just let
the other man govern. But is not easy to
live in a republic where each man has to
do his part in the governing, and where he
cannot do IL If there is not sound basis
of moral and intellectual training; and that
is the basis that such institution of
learning as that here, and its kindred insti-
tutions, give"
A huge bunch of flowers was handed to
the President, to which was attached a
card bearing the following inscription:
Our President. A lover of the strenuous
life and of fair play and a maker of peace"
Arrival at Richmond.
RICHMOND, October 1s-Roosevelt day
in Richmond broke with lowering clouds.
but by 10 o'clock the bright October sun
shone In clear sky. The street sweepers
and decorators had been at work all night
and the city was in gala attire. Business
was practically suspended at 1:30 o'clock
ana nearly the whole population was on
the street-gathered at the depot or lining
the sidewalk along the route announced
for the procession. The decorations of
the buildings, public and private were pro-
fuse In many instances, portraits of the
President being displayed At 10 o'clock
sharp the presidential train pulled into the
Main street depot. in which the reception
committee had gathered. the approach to
.he suburbs having been heralded by a
blare OF the whistle at the Seahoard shops
which was responded to by whistles ali
over the city
special committee. consisting of Gov
ernor Montague, Mayor Mccarthy and Cav
tain w. II. Curtis, boarded the President s
car and formally welcomed him to Rich
mond. A short while was spent in intro
ductlons on the platform and then the pro-
cession was formed in the following order:
The Line of March.
Detail of mounted police. Chief marshal
and staff
Virginia Military Institute Cadet Corp
band; Strother commanding
Band.
Seventeen Regiment. Virginia Volunteer
Infantry
Richmond Light Infantry (Biues) Bat
TALON
Citizens mounted escort.
special escort TO President, mounted how
Carriages occupied by President and gov
ernor, mayor
Reception committee and city council in
The line OF march was through sore of
the principal streets to the western mart of
the city and return to the Capitol square.
where the speakers stand had been erect
ed. All along the route the President was
enthusiastically cheered
When the procession arrived at the Capi-
tol square the President and party called al
the executive mansion and paid their re-
spects. and then repaired to the speakers,
stand. which was faced by one of the
greatest multftudes ever assembled in Rich
mond. Mayor Mccarthy presented the
governor. who. in q brief and most coYnpli-
mentary speech, the sentiments of which
were cheered to the echo introduced the
President. who spoke as follows, commenc-
ing al 80 O'Clock:
(The full text OF the Presidents speech
VIII be found In another column of The
Star today.
feature OF the return or the procession
from the West End to the Capitol square
was the public school children banked for
several blocks along Broad street. white on
one side and sco1ored On the other.