The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31
PRESIDENT STANDS PAT.
Tells Nashville Audience of Admin. istration's Connection with
 Wall Street Tronbles.
WILL CONTINUE us PRESENT pOllci
While Admitting he Had Turned the Light on High Finance, he Denied Responsibility for What was Reveal .ed-could Not Speak at Chattanoc ga on Account of Noise.

Nashville. Tenn, Oct. 24.--Never be fore has Nashville been so elabc rate ly decorated as 1t was Tuesday whes welcoming President Roosevelt Blunt ing, flags. banners and pictures of tho president were on almost every house in the uptown section O. the city which was crowded with people from a radius of 100 miles.
 The special train entered the Union station amid the booming of cannon ringing of bells, shrieking of whistles and the cheering of thousands.
 President Roosevelt In his address at the auditorium. said:
 There has been trouble in the stock market; in the high financial world during the past few months The statement has frequently been made that the policies for which stand; legislative and executive are responsible for that trouble. Now gentlemen, these policies of mine can be summed up in one brief sentence They represent the effort to punish successful dishonesty. I doubt n these policies have had any material effect in bringing about the present trouble, but if they have 1t will not alter in the slightest degree my de termination that for the remaining 1t months of my term these policies shall be persevered in unswervingly.
 If to arouse a higher type of civic rhcrd txx <.,x~ nation tt xxoro noroa sary to suffer any temporary conner cial depression, should consider the cost but sma.4. All we have done has been to unearth the wrong-doing. Ii was not the fact that it was unearthed that did the damage. All did was to turn on the light. I am responsible for turning on the light, but l am not responsible for what the light showed There is nothing meaner than the hatred of the man who prospers hon estly, simply because he has pros pered, and challenge the spirit oi every good American when 1 say that the honest railroad man. the honest banker and the honest business man who makes fortune because his ex ceptional business ability enables him to render exceptional service to the community If ever there should be any temporary gusts of popular feel ing that demand what Is wrong, what is unrighteous. then the true servant of the people Is the man who disre- gards that temporary wish of the peo' pie to do evil No man will stand more strongly than I will in the defense of property, so long as 1t is honestly ac' quired and honestly used. I will stand against crimes of brutal violence. just as stand against crimes of unscrupu' lous cunning. There are certain gen tlemen who say that Lave talked against men of wealth as such. Those gentlemen are blind if they see the facts in that light. I will protect the honest man of wealth to the extent of my ability, and in no way can l ultt mately protect the honest man oi wealth so effectively as by doing everything in my power to bring to justice his dishonest brother of wealth ouT WuOlc ulONcHltHt is 6lmpiy dHu solely to make the decalogue and the golden rule of some practical moment in the business life of the community
 At the Hermitage the president spoke briefly in eulogy of Andrew Jackson Shortly afterwards he de parted for Chattanooga.
 
 Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 24-Prob ably 20.000 people were in danger of injuries Tuesday evening a: the cen tral station when President Roose velt's special train rolled into the shed at 6:l0. It was a surging mass of humanity that could not be con, trolled. The demonstration was SO great that it was impossible for the president to speak; he made many at tempts. but finally gave up. The cheering was almost incessant, and In the wild rush to get close to the presi dents car women were carried of tleir feet and men had to fight back the avalache of humanity.