The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06
WELCOME OF MEMPHIS
Head of the Nation Is Greeted
by Vast Throngs.
CHEERING IS CONTINUOUS
President Said He Favored Improving
the Mississippi River, Remarked the
Panama Canal Was Progressing and
Praised ex-Confederates

Gates Friday afternoon to President
Roosevelt . score of sovernors and
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'ioih ,he states IN the lertlie MISSES
slppi valley
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''9 WAS WAVING mass o. c"lor. net
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many oti9f StrettS as wei, Nheh We
pies'neh' cafrlase turned Nhto MAJ
oiee' ne was Saluteh py regimen
VI commemorate veterans VINO from 'ha'
poih.' act9h as oodysuafd. Inc pres
ideht arose ana warmly greeted the
srAieh WEI .lois OF nan century ago
Despi,s llVeiy downpour OF ram
"hlch las.ed uhtll noon the streets
were damned WIN cltizens ana visit
ors. Passing north on Second street
z.ooo school children were seated on
decorated arch and sang patriotic
airs as The president passed. He arose
In MS carriage and bowed repeatedly
10 the little ones.
Arriving at the Auditorium rink.
where the Deep Waterways convention
IS being Reid, President Roosevelt
allghted. aud after chatting with sev-
eral friends. assembled the platform.
The huge structure filled up rapidly,
and when Governor Patterson of Ten
nessee arose to present the president
an immense assemblage greeted him.
Speaking Of the Confederate guari
or honor. the president said 1t was
touching sight to see these old CO.
federate soldiers carrying the flag 6
TINS great Union, II any one wnatsd
TO know how they would fight for thu
lag let hlm ask the boys in blue how
they fought against it. He said with
emphasis that he was as much IT,
president CT the south as OF the norf1
ana was devoted 10 us interests. tie
sald ne was hat southerner, arg
When he told CT two or three OF his
uiicles having worn me gray ne Wa
tremendously aDplaudsh.
speaking OF the deep water channel
from the gun to the lakes, the presl
aeh' salo ne favored rapid improve
lheht ol the FliSSlSSlppl river Ike
l'aVy Crockett, me great tennessee
an, ne said, l favor his motto, +"
sure you are right, then go ahead,
ana THIS ceep water problem is almost
up to the go ahead stage, but we
want 10 De deau sure about IL.
Inc Panama canal, ne said, was get
ting on well, and the reason 1t Is
gettihs On so Wen Is because we did
not alioW ourselves 10 go or half
cooked. received a telegram yester'
Jay giving the excavations made In
the cahai work FOR the month OF Sep
temoer' ana aitnough had not hoped
that the record Tor August could be eX-
ceeded' en- now tod that the re-
Iho'ai TOT september exceeded that
LOT the preceding month by Zoo,oGo
cuDic iee..
"heh ,he canal hao Deeh compieted
lie saio' ibis hatlon would not ask oth-
ei governments 10 klhdly not bother
'he canal mat we would protect
we must nave larger and highly
ei,'cien' navy 10 palfoi our coasts,
~, only On me htiantlc' bHt on th9
rac,iie, ne said' ne aulured me peo
PIE 10 dlsregaro party mes IN an pure
~ ha'iohai matters
III connection win MS dlScuS5ion
oi 'he corporations the president sald
| MS experience IN the past rev years
iao proush, MIN 10 the point Oh 1ePi'
| ins sincere sympathy Tor cer'alA
seh.iehieh VINO are cast INTO lren-
ny ny III must common sense re
ieh'a,A vi MS lnat honesty was the