The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26
THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT RAJ
LEIGH.

So North Carolina is to have a visit
from President Roosevelt next fall.
There can be no doubt about it now.
He has said that he wished to visit
the capital and preferred to do so dur
ing the state fair. The invitation was
extended to him to do so by Governor
Glenn in person and accepted, as will
be seen from the extract below taken
from the Raleigh Posts Washington
correspondence. We are glad to know
this, and we hope the presidents visit
will not be such a short one that he
will have time only to make a short
speech and take luncheon with a few
prominent citizens. We want him to
really pay a visit. We want him to
meet 1.-The people" who will be assem-
bled there by the thousands to see him..
We want him to have opportunity to
learn what of people the Tar
Heels are and to see, as well as can be
judged by the articles on exhibition at
the fair, what our state is doing in the
a of the many and important Indus
tries being developed and carried on.
By such visit he will have opportunity
to learn more of our people and about
our resources and their development
than in any other way, and he will re-
turf to Washington with a much high
er regard for the Old North State and,
we also venture to say, much more
popular with the people.
Why should not effort be made to
have the president visit Wilmington at
that time? Our people should extend
an invitation to him and urge him to
accept. We ought to have him come.
Just insist on it and tell him we will
take no excuse; that we must have
him.
Washington. May Ex-Governor
Robert B. Glenn and his party paid
their respects to President Roosevelt
this morning and received
that the chief magistrate will proba-
bly, be in Raleigh during the state fair.
October "a. The governor then par
ticipated in the sessions of the South
ern Industrial Parliament. visited sew
eral government departments this af-
ernoon. and left tonight for New
York.
Senator Overman escorted Governor
Glenn. State Treasurer r. r. Lacy.
President Joseph G. Brown of the Citi-
zens National Bank of Raleigh. State
Senator Joseph A. Brown of Chad
bourn and Gel. Charles E. Johnson of
Raleigh to the White house this morn
ing. The reception they received at
the hands Of the president was more
than cordial. They were invited to
seats at the cabinet. table and spent
nearly half an hour with the presi-
dent.
A most interesting feature of this
first meeting between Governor Hem
n President Roosevelt was the fact
that the president expressed a strong
desire to be present at the state fair
in Raleigh next October and said that
he was contemplating not calling the
extra session of until the
middle of November. and this would
give him an opportunity to be in the
North Carolina capital during fair
week. The invitation to visit Raleigh
at that tine was extended by Governor
Glenn. The president first voiced his
admiration for the people Of the Old
North State and the glorious record
of their forefathers in the history of
l11iS COuIllEy. IL tSpEOSSoO his per-
sonal appreciation to Governor Glenn
OF the fact that he and his staff at
tended the presidential inauguration
last March.
The governor of North Carolina then
told the president that the people of
his state We're anxious 20 meet the
president and he believed that the
state fair in Raleigh would afford the
best opportunity. President Roosevelt
was deeply interested and asked sew
eral questions. He reiterated most
positively his determination to be in
Raleigh next October I'D said thai
since he was considering deferring the
extra session of from Octo-
Der 18th until November it was very
likely hat he could come during the
fair. The president declared that he
would prefer coming then and he
heartily thanked Governor Glenn for
his warm hearted invitation.