Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-04
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
HONORS president
The Blue Grass Metropolis Takes
a Day Off to Greet the
y. Chief Executive
BLUE AND GRAY ARE UNITED

With Each Other in Honoring the
DISTINGUISHED Guest Roosevelt
Makes Stirring Speech-Present.
ed With Beautiful Gifts.
Louisville, April A special train
bearing Roosevelt and party arrived at
9 o'clock this morning exactly on
scheduled time A moment later the
presidents salute of twenty-one guns
appraised the city that the president
was it's guest. More than two thou
sand people had assembled and as the
president left the train he was heart
lily cheered. The president was well
coined by Governor BeclSham, Acting
Mayor Barth and Hon. Logan G. Muir
ray, after which he was escorted to
his carriage. In a few moments the
procession started for the center of the
city, The guests of honor and the gem
eral reception committee occupied
eighty carriages.
The weather is cloudy and threaten
ing.
A glimpse of the south in springtime
greeted the eye of the president as the
party proceeded down Third street.
Grass had already assumed its summer
hue and beds of jonquils, hyacinths,
violets and pansies formed a striking
spot in the long succession of well kept
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fruit trees in full bloom between the
imposing homes and In the side streets
gave great splashes Of delicate color
to the scene and rows of NAPLES and
quill foliage made a stately and re-
poseful border to either side OF the
splendid boulevard. The houses on
this part of the route were decorated
but little, but what was lacking In
bunting and flags was more than made
up by the natural beauty of the street.
The president was cheered at fire.
.euent intervals by the continuous
line Of people from the time he left the
train until the party neared the bust
ness section, where the greeting grew
into a popular ovation. File was COM
PEELED to lift his hat often during the
drive, but as he neared Broadway he
removed his hat and was kept busy
bowling from the right to left. Drawn
UP on Broadway between Third and
Fourth were George B. Eastin camp,
United Confederate veterans, two posts
of the Grand Army men and the Span
ish War Veterans Association. AS
the head of the escorting column
moved into Broadway the civilian es
cort with the presidents colors moved
rapidly forward and the representa-
tives of the blue and the gray swung
into line directly in front of the presi-
dents carriage, and acted as his i'm
mediate guard of honor for the re-
mainder of the parade.
In introducing the president Govern
or BecRham said:
Not only the people Of Louisville,
but the people of all Kentucky rejoice
today in welcoming among us the pres
ident of this great republic. Regard
less of all political differences we are
here to do honor, not only to the chief
magistrate of this country, but also to
Theodore Roosevelt, the man. We
recognize his eminent patriotism, in
tegrity, fearlessness and all believe him
to be the friend of the great common
people turnout the country. We also
look forward to him during the next
four years as the ruler of this republic
to obliterate the last faint line of sec
tional differences that may exist in this
country. believe it is in the power
of this great man who more than any
president since the big Drained, big
hearted Lincoln, holds the affections
and confidence of the people Of this
country"
Roosevelt Speaks.
When the applause had ceased. the
president said:
governor Beckham, and you, my
fellow Americans: Surely any man
would indeed be gratified to be greet
ed in this way by such an audience.
and to be introduced as you have in
troduced me, Governor Beckham. AS
the governor has so we'll said, upon all
important questions, questions that in
finitely transcend mere partisan differ
ence, we are fundamentally one. For
the questions of foreign and interna-
tional politics, points upon which there
can be no proper division on party lines,
infinitely exceed in number those
upon which there can be such division.
and, Governor Beckham, l shall do all
that lies in me to justify The hope to
which you have given expression and
try to show myself president of all
the people of the United States and.
naturally. I feel particularly gratified
at seeing here today. joined in this
procession, the men who wore the blue
and the men who wore the gray. In
the dark days each of you fought for
right as it was given him to see right,
and each of you has left us right to
feel proud not only in your valor. but
in your devotion to what you conscien-
tiously believed your duty. And now
we are all one, and as reunited peo-
pie we have right to feel the same
PRIZE IN the valor of the man who con-
scientiously risked his life in confed-
crate uniform, that we have in the man
who fought in the blue. And as /
passed by your ranks, oh, my friends
in gray. today, and saluted the flag
of our common country. held up by
man in gray uniform, felt that indeed
we are one and that we have been
able to show mankind the greatest war
of the century can be followed by the
most perfect union that any nation