The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-09
Constant Ovation Given in Lone Star State. BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS President Touched by Incident
 At Fit. Worth. Confederate and G. A. R. Camps Hear Characteristic Speech by the Nations Chief Executive
 --He Plants a Tree.
BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS

streets of Fort Worth welcomed Pres ideat Roosevelt today when he arrived from San Antonio.
 The Presidential special arrived at 945 o'clock and left at l1:03. Forty one minutes of the Presidents visit were occupied by the parade in which he rode. The remainder of the time was taken up by his address in the square facing the Texas and Pacific station, getting to and from his train and shaking hands with enthusiastic admirers.
 The Presidents visit included the ceremony of planting a tree in the lawn facing the Carnegie library, the first tree the President has planted since leavig Washington. The Presi- dential parade was distinguished by the presence of nine veterans who fought for Texas freedom in the war with Mexico,
 The ovation which greeted the Presi- dent exceeded in enthusiasm any given in the history of Fort Worth. Never were business houses and public build ings more beautifully decorated and never before did cheering crowd two miles long stand in line to honor guest of the city.
 It was a genuine American welcome, warm, impulsive and sincere. at times bursting out into cheers that could have been heard half a mile away.
 And withal. despite the eagerness to see the first President wso ever visited Fort Worth, the long wait in the hot sun and the continual move- ment caused by fresh additions to the crowd, the people were orderly. The arrangements of the local committee were carried out without a hitch.
 Mir. Roosevelt TOuc3ed.
 Of the greeting that part that seemed to touch the President the most was the eagerness with which he was followed to his train after his speech had ended. In some of the other cites visited where the crowds had stood for hours waiting the trains arrival and vainly tried to listen to the .Presi- dents address there was generally movement to get away by those on the outskirts of the crowd as soon as the president finished speaking: In Fort Worth today no sooner had the Presi- dent finished and started for his train than there was a simultaneous move ment in his direction. Thousands pushed past soldiers and police in an effort to catch a last glimpse of him and finally completely surrounded the special train.
 It was a genuine bit of tribute which seemed to please the President more than any incident of his brief stay.
 After the pdTdOe the TieSAuCht was introduced to an immense open air au- dience and spoke to them IS follows:
 MT. Mayor and you, my fellow cit izens: I trust l need not say how profoundly touched and impressed l am by the greeting l have received today, a greeting which is such as l have received throughout Texas and oh, my friends, while thanking you from the bottom of my heart for such
 
 me say that I appreciate to the full the infinitely deeper significance of the fact that it is the greeting CT the great State of Texas to the President of the United States (Cheers)
 G. A. R. and COnfederateA. Here the President was interrupted by the arrival of the Confederate and G. A. R. Camps. bearing their flags There were cries Of Put down the flags we want to sec" The President, stopping, bowed and naturally addressing the veterans said:
 'The audience wants to know will it be possible to put the flags down? They have a misguided desire to see me-" Laughter) The flags were lowered. Continuing the President said:
 And now. my friends. the rest of you will agree with me in saying that profoundly as I am touched by the greeting of all of you. yet the greet ing which touches me most, because It augurs to us much toward the welfare of the country. is the greeting of the veterans of the civil war. Che greet ing or the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the grey. (Cheers)
 Sincere in their convictions, they fought for the right as it was 10 them. and they are now unTted forever ard forever in allegiance to our common nag and our common country. There are present other veterans. the veter- ans of the Mexican war. the men who fought to round out the work done by the pioneers of Texas when they es- tablished the Republic of Texas; tho men who completed the work begun under Thomas Jefferson when the Louisiana purchase added to our do- main all the country west of the Mis- sissippi and made us a mighty conti- mental nation.
 And let me thank my comrades of the National Guard (cheers) for the support they have given me, and for their part in doing the duty of keep ing alive the spirit which has always made the sons of Texas the most for midable as foes and the most faithful of friends. (Cheers.l
 Is Greatly Impressed.
 And my tellow countrymen, l can not begin to express to you how i'm pressed l have been all during my four days trip through Texas with your material growth, not only with the view of material prosperity which as- suredly looms before you, but with the character of your men and women and with the steps that you usually take to educate the next generation so that they shall be citizens of benefit to Texas benefit Init States. (Cheers)
 You have here a territory that is an empire in Itself and you have what counts for more than all else-the stuff out of which good citizenship is made. We need in this country good laws and we need fearless and honest officers Of the law, but what We need most is the right type of men and women be- hind the law If the homes are right, .-.. [. -