Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
Visited Negro Exhibit.

Before the parade was fairly concluded
the Presidents busy tour of the grounds
had been begun and from that time on not
moment was lost anywhere. The party
entered carriages and was driven to the
negro exhibit building, where only a few
members alighted. This exhibit was far
from being completed although an excel
lent showing was made. Thomas ]. Gallo
way, chairman of the executive committee
of the Negro Exposition Company met the
President and acted as escort through the
negro reservation. On the second floor of
the main building is auditorium with a
seating capacity Of 3,00G. and it is the inten-
ton to give some sort of a musical enter
tainment there every night as soon as 1t
is completed 1t will be used also for ne
gro conventions.
President Roosevelt admired the attrac-
tive exhibit arranged by negroes, and was
much interested in a remarkable collection
of Abraham Lincoln relics, including a
log cabin representing the humble birth
place of Lincoln. Outside the main build
ing are five smaller structures built for
lodging houses and restaurants.
From the negro building the party was
driven directly. to Georgia State building,
where Gov Terrell, on behalf of his state,
to the battleship Georgia, the service being
accented by the officers of the new vessel.
The reception by the ladies of the Georgia
commission in honor of President and Mrs.
Roosevelt followed. Admission was by card
to Georgians only and to army and navy
officers in uniform. After this luncheon
was given in the building to the President
and his party and Rear Admiral Lvans
The New York State building was then
visited quite Informally. At o'clock the
President was escorted by a delegation
from the National Editorial Association to
the main auditorium, where he VIII de-
liver an address to the association, FOL
lowed by a brief reception to the members
This concludes the Presidents participa-
lions in the days program, and with MS
marty he will be driven back to Discovery
landing and conveyed to the Mayfiower
ue will return to Washington this even
ing His speech before the newspaper mer
was in full as follows:
II is of course a mere truism 10 say tla'
No other body of our countrymen WELD as
extensive influence as those who write tol
~ daiIv nress and for the periodicals. II
10 also a truism to say that such power
implies the gravest responsibility, ana the
man exercising it should hold hlmsell ac-
countable and should be held by others
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other position of public trust. do not
| intend to dwell upon duties today, however
| save that l shall permit myself to point
| out one matter where 1t seems to me thai
| the need of our people is vital. 1t is es'
| sential that the man in public life and the
| man who writes in the public press shall
| both of them, if they are really good serv.
| ants of the people. be prompt to assai
| wrongdoing and wickedness. But In thus
| assailing wrongdoing and wickedness, there
| are two conditions to be fulfilled, because
| if unfulflled. harm and not good will
| result. In the first place, be sure of your
| facts and avoid everything like hysteria OF
| exaggeration; for to assail a decent man
| for something of which he is innocent is to
| give aid and comfort to every scoundrel
! while Indulgence in historical exaggeration
serves to weaken, not strengthen, the
| statement OF truth. In the second place
| be sure that you base your Judgment on
| conduct and not on the social or economic
position of the individual with whom you
| are dealing. There are good and bad men
| in every walk of life, and their being good
| or bad does not depend upon whether they
| have or do not have large bank accounts
| Yet this elemental fact, this fact which we
| all accept as self-evident, when We think
| each of US Of the people whom he himself