The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-04
TED FLOATS DOWN RIVER Iaunt From Cairo to Memphis.
 - E DUE THIS AFTERNOON Roosevelt is Given an Ovation
 in Cairo. Point. Out HI. so.thern Ancestry to His Audience--Fifteen Cover nors at Dinner on the steamer.
 

@s NeW Maofld, MO, Oct. S--Ine ETcsi- dent spent the entire afternoon fp leisurely run down the Mississippi Riv- CT from Cairo to New Madrid. His boat. the Mississippi, slowed up at New Madrid. but the delay was brief.
 New Madrid is an historical place. and not the least interesting feature of its history is found in the associattng 1t with the name of Nicholas Roosevelt, great uncle Of President Roosevelt. who stopped here in 1911 when he brought down the first steamship ever ran on the waters of either the Misais- sippi or Ohio Rivers. It was here that Nicholas Roosevelt turned up the Mis- ed that this change was influenced by the great New Madrid earthquake which occurred at that time.
 These facts have been recited many times to the President. since he began his tour of tho river. and he has never failed to manifest interest in them.
 The Presidents boat did not land ow- ing to his desire not to vary his pro- gram The run down the river was de- void of interest for the most. the only enlivening incident being a brief race between the Alton and the Fred Hart veg. a fast Ohio boat with delegation from Pittsburg on board, which joined the Presidential fleet at Cairo. The race was drawn battle. The President lunched aboard the Colonel Mckenzie. with the Inland Waterways Couimis- sion.
 The low river, banks were at places fringed with people, but they were gen. orally too far removed from the boats to permit any demonstration except the waving of handkerchiefs
 River BanfEs Decorated.
 At one place in eKntucky the blum was decorated with bunting and fhe President expressed pleasure over the :. a.s5
 The fact that there have been several efforts by Congressmen, Governors and others to discuss the third term ques- tion with the President since the begin ming of the tour, became known today. but the President has aiscouraged all such AttefnptA. He was told of at least two delegations that would be Instruct ed for him regardless of his attitude.
 During the afternon the report gafnea currency that the Columbia, which started from Keokuk as an escort to Memphis, had gone aground on a sand bar. but there was no confirmation of the rumor except the absence of the vessel ms
 Just before coming into New Madrid. the Alton and the Hertweg drew up alongside of the Presidents boat witt, the last named in the middle and all ran abreast for some distar,cu, making a very effective grouping. These, as we'll as the other vessels of the fleet, were elaborately covered with national col- prs, and the river was at this point broad hnd deep enough to permit such d punching as had not been permissible heretofore. The fleet consisted of thir. teen vessels. E-
 The President and the delegations to the Deep Waterways Convention acconss panying him, are scheduled to arrive at Memphis tomorrow afternoon about I o'clock, and the President will make nf f0 rrt ok &t~
 The Visit to Cairo.
 Cairo, III, Oct 3.--President Roose- welt and party arrived at the Cairo wharf boat promptly at o'clock this morning and were saluted by the Dan- vile battery and hundreds of steam boats and other whistles as they en- tered the Cairo harbor
 The Presidents party was met by the Reception Committee, headed by Mayor Parsons. Fifty carriages, all drawn by white horses, conveyed the party along the line of march to St. Mary's Park. On arrival at the Park Mayor Parsons introduced Governor Deneen of Illinois who introduced President Roosevelt.
 The President spoke for one hour and ten minutes after which the party returned to their bohts.
 At II o'clock the fleet made the start for Memphis amid the booming of can .,O'S NA'o othSA poPuAeh oSAuouStFa-
 More than 10000 people listened to the Presidents address at the park and the crowds would have been consider ably larger had the arrival of many Of the excursion trains not been delayed, some not coming until the conclusion of the speech. Ovation after ovation was given the President during his speech.
 Before beginning his prepared speech at Cairo the President indulged in some extemporaneous remarks. which on this occasion consisted of the outlining of his position on the deep waterway pro- tect
 q have" he said, Tong felt that the nation must undertake the improve ment of the great highway of the Mis- sissippi but since then my observations on this trip have had the effect of making me much more ardent than was" 70
 He did not fail to point out again the fact that before undertaking such a huge, proposition now is the time to emphasize the necessity of keeping the work free from "all taint of jobbery, folly or extravaganza"
 He reiterated his conviction that there should be a loop of the seacoast from the gulf to the Great Lakes and he added the conviction th at there must be an inlet from Cairo to Pittsburg.
 He said that he found no dihiculty in endorsing the plan of giving ma tional aid to this work because of its interstate character. He considered the equalization of the Mississippi and It's affluents of importance in every sec tion.
 All Sorts Of a Man.
 The President also took advantage of the opportunity to refer to the fact that his mother had been a Southern woman.
 My ancestry is therefore half North ern and half Southern, and I should be ashamed of myself if l were not as much the President of the Southern as of the Northern States" he said, add ing. as if aside. "and I also want you to know that consider myself a mid ding good Western man"
 The President also added considera- bly to his prepared speech on the ne- cessity for a strong navy, dwelling especially on the nnwisdom of bOasting