The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26
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Great Throngs Of People
Cheer the President Lustily

grounds in time for the opening exer-
cises on account of the insufficient
transportation facilities. Trolley
roads from Norfolk were congested
early and cars moved with the great
est difficulty.
Docking facilities for scores Of ex-
cnrsion teamers were also insufRe-
lent.
While President Tucker was speak
ing the widest confusion prevailed
in front of the grand stand caused
by the pushing and surging of the
great crowds. The program was in
terrupted many times.
The Presidents Speech.
President Roosevelt spoke as fol-
lows:
AT the outset wish to say word
OF special greeting to the Representa-
ttves of the foreign governments
here present. They have come to
assist US in celebrating what was in
very truth the birthday OF this "a
ton, for 1t was here that the colonists
first settled, whose incoming, whose
growth from their own lolns and by
the addition of newcomers from
abroad, was to make the people
which one hundred and sixty-niRe
years later assumed the solemn re-
sPonsibilites and weighty duties Of
complete independence.
In welcoming all OF you I must
say special word, first to the rep
resentative of the people of Great
Britain and Ireland. The fact that
so many of our people, of whom as ii
happens / myself am one, have but
very small portion of English blood
In out veins, in no way alters the 9th
er fact that this nation was founded
by Englishmen, by the Cavalier and
the Puritan. Their tongue, law, lit
erature, the fund of their common
thought, made an inheritance which |
all OF us share, and marked deep the |
lines along which we have developed. |
1t was the men of English stock who
did most In casting the mold into
which our national character was
run.
AOANANSh AutSlS nttCOlilt.
Let me furthermore greet all of |
you, the representatives of the peo-
pie OF continental Europe. From al |
most very nation of Europe we have |
drawn some part of our blood, some
part of our traits. This mixture of |
blood has gone on from the begin |
ming. and with 1t has gone on kind |
OF development unexamped among |
peoples of the stocks from which We /
spring; and hence today We differ
sharply from, and yet in some ways
are fundamentally akin to, all of the |
nations Of Europe.
Again, let me bsd You welcome, |
representatives of our sister Replrb-
lies of this continent. In the larger |
aspect, your interests and oars are
identical. Your problems and ours
are in largo part the same; and as
we strive to settle them, pledge you
Herewith on the part of this nation |
tn heartiest Sriendship and good will. |
rinally, let nae say special word !
of greeting to those representatives |
of the Asiac nations who make m
that newest East which is yet the |
most ancient East, the East Of time
fmmemorial In particular. lst me
express a wSrd Of hearty welcome 10
the representatives of the mighty
island empire of Japan; that empire.
which. in learning from the West, |
has shown that 1t had so much. so
very much. to teach the West ii re-
turn.
Peace Among Nations.
To all Of you here gathered / ex-
press my thanks for your coming. and
extend TO you my earnest wishes
for the welfare OF your several na-
tions. The world has moved 50 lar
that it is no longer necessary 10 he
lieve that one nation can rise only by 4
thrusting another down. All far
sighted statesmen, all true patriots.
now earnestly wish that h. leading
nations of mankind, as in their sew
eral ways they struggle constantly
toward a higher civilization. high