Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-05
ROOSEVELT MAKES BIG SPEECH At DEEP WATER
" WAYS CONVENTIONS SARCASTIC At WALL STREET
President Gets Great Ovation Memphis Makes Glad the Hearts Of Confederate Veterans
Said That Every Time He Demanded That Honesty Prevail in Business Matters
Caused Run on the Wall Street Banks Makes Other Casc Remarks

Al Memphis, Tenn, Oct With
bands playing, children singing and
enthusiastic men shouting the slogan
of deep waterways, Memphis threw
wide her gates this afternoon to-
President Roosevelt, q score Of goy-i
aernors and many other distinguished
men Of the Mississippi valley. u.
u The president arrived on the u s..
steamer Mississippi shortly after 1
o'clock. The bluffs overlooking the
river were packed with spectators
who gave the chief executive a warm
welcome. III +. II
ediately following the steamer
Mississippi was the steamer Alton,
carrying the visiting governors and
other n6tables. 5;8
When all had landed the president
was conducted to carriage by Gov
ernor Patterson of Tennessee and
Mayor Malone of Memphis, and an
imposing parade was begun. The
president was continuously cheered
throu ghout the march The city
was a waving mass Of color, not only
along the line of parade, but on many
other streets as well. When the
presidents carriage turned into Main
street he was saluted by q regiment of
Confederate veterans, who, from that
point, acted as the body guard. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was warmly greeted
by the grizzled warriors.
Arriving at the Auditorium rink,
where the Deep Waterways conVen.
ton is being held, President Roose-
welt alighted and after chatting with
several friends, assembled the plat
form. The huge structure filled up
rapidly and when Governor Patter-
son arose to present the president
an immense assembly greeted him.
President Roosevelt departed from
his printed speech in several instan-
ces. 5&i S&
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: The Confed erate guard of hon, =
= or, he said, was touching sight I:
= especially as those old Confed- :
= crate soldiers carried the flag of I:
= the United States. If anyone :
- wanted to know how they would :
= fight for that flag let him ask I:
I: the boys In blue how they I:
: fought against it. !:
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He said with emphasis, that he was
as much the presid lent of the south
as the north. He said he was half a
southerner, and when he told Of two
or three Of his unc1es having worn
the gray he was tremend ously ap-
plauded.
Speaking Of the deep waterway
channel from the gulf to the lakes
the president said he favored the ra
pid improvement OF the Mississippi
river. .5s:.sa a.:5
Like Davy Crockett. the great
i$Tennesseean z he said, 81 favor his
motto, BE sure you are right, then
lsgo ahead. And this deep waite,
problem is almost up to the &c
lsahead' stage but we want to be sure
about 1t. The Panama canal he
said was getting on well, aand the
reason It Is getting on 50 well Il. be.
cause we did not allow ourselves te
go of half cooked. I received te1e.
gram yesterday giving the excava
tons In canal work for September
and, although T had not hoped thai
the record for August could be ex
ceeded, I'm nowp told that September
exceeded the preceding month b.
200, 900 cubic feet. \
When the canal has been complet
ed he said this nation would not asl
other governments to kindly mo-
bother the canal; that we wouls
Iprotect it. We must have largel
i and highly efficient navy to patro
our coast, not only on the Atlantic
but on the Pacific. he said He urg
ed the people to disregard party line.
in all purely national matters
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Discussing corporations the 1
= president said his experience In 4
= the past few years had brought !
= him to the point of feeling sim
= cese sympathy for certain gen-s I