The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02
JUSTICE is FIRST
Then tx ED|ENCl /
Roosevelt Answers Asser.1
ton That His Course
Injuries Business.
lis NOT FOR MASS
NOR FOR CLASS
Speech at Keokuk Is Reiteration
8 Of Familiar Views on Present Il
Problems in Government
and Sociology Plea NJ
for Inland Water
ways Strong. ~

KEoKUK, IOWA, October 1.-Keos
kuk put on gala attire to-day to res
ceive the President OF the United States
when he errived hero at Q o'clock thia
morning. The city was assisted in Its
reception Of the Chief Magistrate by
a notable gathering Of distinguished
men, including the Governors of more
than dozen States, members Of both
houses OF Congress and of the Inland
Waterways Commission.
The occasion OF the Presidents COM (
ing was the beginning of movement
for deep-waterway down the MIS-
sissippi River to the gulf, and this city
was selected as the point of ernbarkA-@
Iftion for his voyage down the river 20
Memphis, where-he arrived Friday.
He made "a noteworthy speech "a +
Thousands OF hearers. The reception TO-
1.-THE President was cordial In the ex-sa8
trene. He was in excellent spirits. Haf1
embarked on the steamer Mississippi
a few minutes before noon. The boat
lis scheduled to reach st. Louis at 9:45
la, M. to- morrow. He was accompanied
by Governor Frafitz, of Oklahoma, and
lSeth Bullock, OF the Black Hills.
4 AS at Canton. the President did not
deliver his speech here just as he had
prepared 1t and given It to the press
1
quently turned from his manuscript 80 4
Iinterject extemporaneous remarks for
4 emphasis and elaboration. ,5is. is.s
Before beginning he insisted that
i the ropes be let down 90 as to- ia Nv lsss
Il enough persons to fill p mum Der "
4 vacant seats and wheI q man " and !
woman appe ared CARRYING q cni,arenSsns
\ ldirected that they be 81 81
s',r f,alr8 Play siass ktA The me. ssssss
4 lst Again. as on Yesterday, his theme
4 was the similar treatment TOT thss anI
poor and rich and again lnith ne 1onmn fnmillar p
4 colloauialisms. Isn't this good d. nt.
q trine r. ( he asked after stating lllss !!
proposition addressingh,t Y = the ne y, y nsn
he he re received a shout Of assent he J, addees
that he was always willing to help g. g
man who stnmnaes s,hn anaIsis ,isa saown nv III III
3 Ldoes him no good, and 1t is too mncns
for for me-" he added. -..,., d. Il
THAT the American , people pc !. San an %mnl snnl
tended that they would have 9 arsu haTu.
n time doing 1t II not pre- pared. ne !
would have both men and d. ogth w0men en,nn o.
Y and he announced his contempt tor eEe
woman who would shrink her duty as
I u wife and moth er. \, !, y & ~ q
speech, but the President did not a 81, T,
low it to interfere Aftwer ne e.,i naa
| concluded he was presentea Win q
l gOld-ncaoeu cuhe pS t4te A9 -
The The Presentation m speech was made by
a negro plasterer, who assured ne se
kfsdsufh keokuh has es every confdenee IN his al
| ministration, and in mis- determination
| to treat the black race with fairness. ~
i Touched by Gift Of Negroes.
The incident seemed to touch the
| President. He grasped the. speakers
i hand and held II tightly while he e, maze aSe
reply. saying that ne acceptaa @ 8 ~, Sds
ing that in dealing with the nlack man, atai.
as in dealing with the white, me ne 3nn9,, Ioty
lowed what he believed cesfnr 70 ps sns every very
man according 70 his merits as an lail NJ
j dividual, regardless OF race @
i President'a Speech.
The President said In part:
During the last few years we OF ~, ane
United States have been forced to con.
slider very seriously certain economic
nroblems. We have made beginning
in the attempt to deal wrIn oent-that ent
= lis. with the relations OF the peopI9 oa
I the country-to the huge and wealthy
corporations controiled ~, ,or an Ine uhich HS,
are engaged in interstate business.
especially the great railway corporaa:
tions You know my views ,n,,.na on I'M, In.,
y the the national government, in the inter.
~ esfs Of the people, should assume. mucn
the same supervision and control ovea si
the management Of thesinterstaxe erciss, cGm,
fnrl furthermore. that I belleye that thi'
supervision and control should pc ex.
ercsed IN spill, prl,,om. oi rsgn sgac4ins s. ius
:, lice from them on behalf Of the people
"a but giving them Justice in return. I,
!. T. We are trying .te, e, shape Ihinss & q q
10 have a fair chance In life; so that 9.
shall have, so far as by law this Cal
II, be accomplished, the chance 70 sh3s ~
Id the stun that there Is In him. w
o. have no Intention OF trying 70 Wonl ~,
", for the impossihle ana unae a srap.a sn'
=, n the Il Weak Weak and the vicious, the rewar,
" that belongs to. and In the long rul
80 can only come 70. the hard work.ns ~
~ the thrifty, the resolute ana sthe huh u.l
ed est. But we do wish to see that u
necessary struggle in life shall 2 2
carried on under genuinely dernocrati
a. conditions: that, so far as human av
vn .a ton can safely proyide II .nsre t. sns' ths
he an appro'xamately na.r on, 81 IN
all weak, and that sno man shall pc per
he mitted " acquire or to use 9 yast s.s. lor ~
at ture by methods or N WAYS tnat ~
a. tortuous ard dishonest. St
"a Therefore we need wise Jaws an
~. ~ we need to have them resolutely ~
~ ministered. We can get SUCH laws ~
lls such administration Only u the peopl
AZ A. are alive 20 their interests ~ 49, 4,
Eli is through the laws OF the land. Cuf Cuf
is a government Of liberty but y !
an a government OF that orderly nnsss y,
" est anforcsmant of and obediancs
W the law AZ intervals during the j.!
few months the ssppeal has been 32lAd ~
is. to me not r. senfoscs tiss ~ Y
Sssts,n " sen do satssSess MI
Is buslseas prosrerttx tx Of tlxe ceknss