Omaha daily bee., 1907-06-11
PRESIDENT At JAMESTOWN
Georgia Day Celebration Draws Chief
Executive of Nation.
TALKS LABoRNG MANS RIGHTS
Industrial Corporations should Not
object 60 Employera' Liability
Act, which IL Mere Matter
of Justice,


tion by the formal opening Of Bulloch hall
the ancestral home OF his mother at Ros-
wen. Ga. and reproduced here at the
Georgia state building. President Roose-
welt was today for the second timc the
central figure Of an attractive exposition
program.
The military and naval spectacle was
not greatly dissimilar to that which
marked the visit OF the president when the
exposition was opened April g.
The president was the guest Of the expo
sition for about nine hours arriving with
special party, including Mrs. Roosevelt
on the Mayfiower at $50 a. m. After re-
ceiving the Georgia officials on board and
with them as guests reviewing the fleets
assembled in Hampton Roads, he was
landed at the exposition grounds at about
IL O'Clock. He made a speech as a part
OF the Georgia day celebration in the foro-
noon. and win make another at the con-
vention Of the National Editorial associa-
ton in the Auditorium this evening. He
reviewed the parade OF the military and
navy forces. visited the negro exhibit, par
ticipated In the presentation OF a silver
service by the state OF Georgia to the
battleship named for Il; attended recep-
tion given at the Georgia building by
Georgians alone in hornor OF himself and
Mrs. Roosevelt and visited informally the
New York state building. He will depart
for washington at about o'clock.
The weather was just cloudy enough 10
break the heat OF the sun. From early
morning every street car and boat arriv-
ing at the exposition deposited hundreds
of passengers.
President Goes over Grounds.
Every part of the exposition grounds ex-
cept the "Warpath" was covered by the
president in his strenuous day. The New
York building and the Georgia building and
the negro exhibit are situated at extreme
opposite ends of the grounds and the re-
viewing stands and the Auditorium, where
the speeches were made. are in about the
center OF the grounds The reservation
was thronged with the greatest attend
ance since the opening OF the exposition
and the president was given a reception
| fully as enthusiastic that accorded him
on the occasion Of hts first visit
| From Discovery Landing the presidents
party were driven through a guard OF
honor formed by the Georgia troops, the
/ cadets OF the military and naval acad-
ennies and the Virginia military institute,
drawn up IN open ranks. The great throng
within the grounds stretched from the
water front to the Auditorium and to the
outside a crowd Of great proportions had
assembled on Lee parade in front of ne
reviewing stand. Thousands OF voices
sweIled the cheering which was begun as
soon as the president stepped on land
and continued until the program was
opened at the stand
! Governor Terrell introduced President
Mitchell OF the Georgia commission. MT
Mitchell presented Cardinal Gibbons, who
4 80 Nd ha
played The Star Spangled Banner" after
which Mr. Mitchell introduced President
Roosevelt.
| President Roosevelt then delivered his
frst address He spoke for about an hour
and was cheered throughout his entire
speech.
Address of the President.
The president spoke Of the essential unity
Of characteristics of people OF the United
States no matter where they are located,
and then continued in part:
Not only is all OF this true as between
one community and another, but it is Just
as true between one class of our citizens
and another. Now and then we meet we'll
meaning people who have genuine hor-
ror and dread of all rich men and think
of them as being set apart by peculiar vice
and iniquity Now and then we meet
equally well-meaning rich men who have
they style labor leaders" In each case /
think the hostility is in large part due to
a want OF sympathy caused by complete
distrust or anger. AS a matter of fact, II
we take a given number OF men of large
fortune and like number Of wage-workers
We find that in their essential human ma
ture they are all alike. In each group we
find men as wise and foolish, good
SeG SeinK a the @ case it is Certainly Ven that SO
far as possible, when the men OF Q given
group as a whole act in way that we
deem contrary TO the public interest we
l should treat the action as a wrong TO be
remedied rather than as a wrong 20
be avenged. We ought not to tolerate
wrong. 1t is a sign Of weakness to do so,
and in it's ultimate effects weakness is often
quite as bad as wickedness. But In putapg
| a stop TO the wrona we should so fat As
possible avoid getting into an attitude OF
yindictiVe hatred toward the wrongdoer.
He may be morally TO blame and II may
be necessary to punish him; but on the
other hand the wrong he has committed
may simply be due 70 the existing condi-
tion Of things, to conditions under which
he has, been brought up; and In such a
case, while we must apply the remedy and
see that there is no further chance OF
harm 70 the community, IL is neither Jus,
nor farsighted to exact revenge for what
Immigration and Child Labor.
The president spoke in favor OF encour
aging immigration TO the south. HI
spoke Of the need OF laws regulating chilC
labor. He said:
! We need laws for the care OF our chiloreI
which were not needed when this countr!
was IN it's infancy. We need laws for th'
/ control Of vast corporations such as wer,
not needed when the individual fortunes
were far smaller than at present. and wheI
1 these fortunes were not combined for busi
mesa use. In the same way we need q
change our attitude toward labor problem
from what that attitude was In the day
when the great bulk OF our people live,
in the country with no more complex labo
relations than Is implied in the connection
between the farmer and the hired help
There should be additional legislation q
securing pecuniary compensation TO work
men suffering from accidents, and wheI
! they are killed. TO their families. A
present both in the sphere covered by ma
tiOnAl legislation, and In the sphere GOV
cred by state legislation, the law In to-
! many cases leaves the financial burden o
Industrial accidents 20 be borne by tn
injured workmen and their families; and
workman who suffers from an acciden
; either has no case at all for redress o
else must undertake a suit for damage
against his employer.
Government an Employer.
The national government should be
model employer. II should demand th'
highest quality OF service from its EN-
ployes and should care for them properly
In return Congress should adopt legisla
tion providing limited but definite compen
sation for accidents 20 all WOTkmen within
{ the scope OF the federal power. including
! employees In navy yards and arsenals. Sim
liar legislation should follow Throughout
the states. The old and inadequate remedy