The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-05
Distinguished Visitors
 Present for Occasion.
Secretary of Wan Taft Tells the Nee Eroes That south Has Found 1t Necessary to Disfrsnchise the
 the shiftiess.
By F. c. Burrews.

 Tuskegee, Ala. April 4.-(Speclal.l- l Two thousand students and fnstruc- tors of the Tuskegee Normal ana m dustrial Institute awoke this morning
 to welcome in one of me greatest days
 of that institution. The two tnousano fore the sun was we'll Tn sight. bodies I of men could be seen working about the grounds, putting finishing touches | to the preparations, and seeing that everything was in .eadiness for the
 reception of the party of distinguish ed guests. who were coming to honor them with their presence.
 l For Tuskegee today has two causes for rejoicing-two causes, and 1t would | be difficult to say which Is the source of greatest qualification to its princi- pal, Booker T. Washington. In the first place. today's exercises mark the beginning of the celebration of a growth and prosperity to the insti- tuition which have been continuous
 during twenty-five years. This is the occasion.
 The second cause for the smiles and decorations which one sees on every
 hand. Is the arrival of one of the most | distinguished parties of Americans
 that have ever gathered together at a festivity of like nature. This Is the | event Seldom does one see gathered together such a combination as the names of William H. Taft, Robert c. Ogden, Charles w. Eliot, Lyman Ab-
 bolt. Andrew Carnegie, Isaac w. se- l Iligman. A. s. Frissell, Edward Knox
 Mitchell and others suggest. Taking the names as they stand, without of- ficial titles or adornm ant, they form a most representative body of men. But, with a consideration for who and what these people are, for the diverse interests and the wonderful influence | l.~ arfxr at TvruL | today is one of the most notable that has ever been collected together in | the State of Alabama.
 Money and Brains.
 | In the first place the visitors here today stand for more in the money world of the country than any similar gathering the State has ever held. | Andrew Carnegie. captain of all steel and iron corporations. millionaire so many times over that not even he knows how much money he Is worth, ] is here. Looking at the dapper clad. gray haired little gentleman. with carefully trimmed beard. steel blue eyes, and we'll nursed appearance one
 hesitates to believe that the Andrew Carnegie who came to this country a | few years ago a penniless boy, Is the same man he sees today. One of the two or three richest men in the world, endower of hundreds of libraries and
 
 of this country and in Scotland. he is easily one of the most prominent fig ures in the delegation which came through from New York, arriving here this afternoon.
 With the presence of this man alone, the town of Tuskegee has today more money than 1t has ever been before. But although Andrew Carnegie Is ono | of the central figures, there Is another which attracts still greater attention l representative of President Roosevelt Secretary of War William A. Taft ex- Governor of the Philippines, ex-Judg. l and future Supreme Court Judge. ol aspirant for even a higher honor. is here. A strange contrast--Mr. Carnegie and Secretary Taft; the one short sleek looking. well-fed, with the quick | inquisitiveness of the man who wants to take in everything. He Is always in. | terested, sometimes laughing and some times silent. If 1t were not known that
 he was to be here, he might we'll pass unnoticed in the crowd.
 On the other hand, towering high and broad, like huge colossus. Is tae man whose ability has raised him from an obscure bench to foremost place among Americans. a living antithesis | to the Scotch-American millionaire There are others than these, howevor | Robert C. Ogden. President of the Boa I'd ! of the party. No name is more widely | known in American education today than that of Charles W. Eliot of liar