The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-01
MADE |. ADDRESS &
TO THOUSANDS l 0 !. IN S
INlI0|W|IA!TO- 4 J Y A
Going By Boat
On Mississippi

ed President Roosevelt when he ar
rived this morning. The population
of the city was multiplied BY visitor
who came from rear by towns AM
sections Of three '.ate. Illinois, Iowi
and Missouri The reception commit
tee including Governor Cummins. thu
mayor and other dlgnItaries. met tn,
Presidential train. The departur,
this evening down the Mississippi o
the fleet OF steamboats, bearing thu
President and the inland waterway:
commission will be the plcturesqu,
feature Of the day. The President.
steamer will make no stops between
Keokult and st: Louis. 1t is expected
to arrive at St. Louis tomorrow morn
ing at eight. O'Clock.
Many governors aud other public
men will go to. St. Louis by special
train.
TIE Presidents Address.
In speaking to'the people at Keo
kuk, the Presiden. said:
Men and Women of Iowa:
l am glad indeed to see you and to
speak to YOU IN this thriving city Of
your great and prosperous State. be-
liere SiIh all my heart in the people
Of iowa; for think that you are good
typical, Americans, and that among
yop there. has zbeea2derelored TO q
very Sish degree that body OF charac,
teristics 4which, I'VE like to regard as
,Iistinctively American.
During the last. few years we OF the
United States. have been forced; to con,
sider very seriously. certain economic
problems. We have made a beginning
in the attempt to deal with the rela,
tlons Of the National government y
that is, with the relations of the peo,
pie OF the country-to the huge and
wealthy corporations controlled tor
the most part by a few very rich men,
"ii." are ehsaseu III interstate ousi'
ness-especially the great railway
60. pota''ons' GU KNOW my: views on on
'.''S '',a''er' iou Nt'o@ tHat oelleVe
that the National government. In the
int1rastc nf tho nonnIa ,bo,IJ os,,,,,o
interests Vi ''ie 'pe"p'e' shoulu assume
''"S" ''is 81 uiiie nv 'upe'' 's'ou anu fcoh'
.'' "sea .he i'tih'sen'ent ot the IN
va st sei4t soii'itoA; n' eS' 'eis mat " now
1Aei s ''sss oseF; ihe na''orai oahhs. lou
~" sti.et.not s! . .iat peiieFe ltia'
t'' et''ssVii se ..lii ;eoltroi snouiu oe
eNe'e'sea IN u s1lsi. sur ol rlsia lairness
.o"",a inc eorporals22ns' e1aaetihs Jus
'ice from tnem on nenal1 t.I OF lhe peo'
pie Du' s'Eins thein 'usticesln gl5rl rtEurh.
ne Honan Hepuiplle.
Neee''is ! nave oeeh irteadllIng t'sulIg 2Sns iat;
NorN oi the eminent italianz scnolafS
res'ero' on the history OF tneSRoman
hep'oiie' wneh tne NE oil the Roman
state mad become that OF complex
and luxurious industrial civilization
am happS TO say that the differences
between that eivillzauon and our own
are more striking than the resenl'
olanees; and there is no warrant for
our being drawn into any pessimistic
comparison between the two ciyiliza'
tions. But there Is every reason why
we should study carefully the past in
order to draw. from It lessons for use
in the present. One Of the most strik'
Ing features of the years which saw
the downfall of the Roman republic
was the cast that the political life OF
Rome became split between two
camps, one containing the rich who
wished to exploit the poor, and the
other the poor who wished to plunder
the rich: Naturally, under such CIR,
cumstances, the public man who was
for tho pnnpnut cTncoacft,1 fandad N