The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-25
Welcome Him in the Most
Enthusiastic Manner.
CITY PRoFUsELY DECORATED
WITH NATIONAL CoLORs-
PRESIDENT MADE ELOQUENT
SPEECH AT RYMAN AUDITo
RUM AND AT THE TOMB OF
ANDREW JACKSON.
DECORATED

President Roosevelt has made his
visit to Nashville. The man who has
challenged the admiration of his fel.
low-countrymen and electrified the
world with his mastery statesmanship.
mas come and gone. He reached the
city Tuesday morning, Oct. %, at 9
o'clock scheduled time and was met by
the reception committee of the Board
OF Trade whose guest he was.
There were but three hours in which
he was to do many things and no time
was lost in getting into action. The
occasion was a great one, and long be-
fore the President was to pass through
the principal business district of the
city, the streets along the route were
lined and packed with one,dense mass
OF humanity. TO sthe outpouring of
the teeming thousands of the city's
population colored and white, were
added other thousands from the coun-
try and every hamlet, village and town
adjacent to and surrounding this busy
mart of commercial activity and center
of learning.
Every doorsill or other thing that
would furnish a footing to raise one
so as to see. above the heads of the
surrounding sea of people was taken
advantage Of 1t was a time when
height counted for much in the way of
seeing.
The route over which the President
passed was profusely decorated with
red, white and blue artistically
wrought into different forms, and Old
Glory, large and small, was everywhere
in evidence. Also here and there along
the route were pictures of the Presi.
dent
The President was received by the
waiting thousands all along the route
with wild bursts of applause and en-
thusiasm. He was the object of all
eyes. He met the glad acclaims of the
people with a graceful wave of hat, or
: vigorous wave of the hand which in
1icated the strenuosity of the man for
which he is so universally known. AS
he stood in his carriage turning from
side to side, acknowledging and re-
"iprocating the peoples patriotic vel
come he looked every inch a prince of
men.
The sight of this capable man of ma
tional and world affairs was not only
an object lesson to the white boy tC
nut forth his best efforts to meet life
manfully, but also to the colored boy
to bend up his best energies tc round
out a useful life bravely and courag
! eously. No teaching is greater or more
effective than teaching by example
: and this visit of the President and tht
= honor shown him have put more in
= spiration and more hope into tn
., hearts of colored boys as well as whit
= BOYS to make the most of their chance
>, than the reading of whole volumes de
= scribing the doings and achievement
= Of his strenuous life. Seeing and heal
y ing his words of wisdom will have
- wholesome effect upon men and wome
70 as well.
) The President at~Ryman Auditor
-, nm made a short P vigorous and ell
- 1uent speech in which he made pie
~ for the protection Of the colored Amer
oan in his rights which was cheered
'u the echo by the colored people WI
e we're present The sentiment of whiC
ne plea, it is hoped, will be followed |
III himself when he gets back to Was
ne ington in restoring the brave color
D soldiers who though innocent, suffer
u u by his hasty, ill-advised order.
ue After the President left the Audit
III rum and on his way out to the HI
on mitage he passed by Pearl High SChC
a. on Fifth avenue South, where the I
nv Ills, neatly dressed, were drawn up
~ the faculty to cheer and wave tht
welcome and adied to him. AS the ;
tomobile was speeding by he arose a
er- RESPONDED heartily by waving
ed hat to the rousing salute given him
ler the enthusiastic pupils and teachers