The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

deliver his speech here just as he had
 prepared 1t and given 1t to the press
 He did not omit any feature, but fre-
 ouently turned from his manuscript
 to- interject exteraporaneous remarks
 for emphasis and elaboration.
 Before beginning he insisted that
 the ropes be let down so as to admit
 enough persons to i'll a number of
 vacant Seats and when a man or wo-
 man appeared carrying children he di-
 rected they be given chairs.
 Falls Into CoEloNuiaIism. Again, as on yesterday, his theme was the similar treatment for the poor and rich and again he found occasion to point his story wth familiar coilo- Quialisms.
 Isn't this good doctrine?" he asked after stating his proposition. address ing the Grand Army group in front of him. and when he received a shout of assent. he added that he was always willing to help man who stumbles and falls, but not to carry the man who Ties down." Tt does him no
 good and t is too much for me- He
 added that the American people can whip the world" He conceded, but contended that they would have hard time doing 1t if not prepared. He would have both men and women do well some work that was worth doing and he announced his contempt for the woman who would shirk her 1 duty, as wife and mother.
 Considerable rain fell during the
 speech, but the President did not al-
 low it to interfere. After he had con- cluded he was presented with gold
 headed cane by the negroes of Keokuk. The presentation speech was made by a negro plasterer, who assured the | President that the negro population of l Keokuk has every confidence In his ad-
 ministration to treat the black race with fairness.
 The incident seemed 70 touch th. President He grasped the speakers | hand and held 1t tightly. while he made l reply. saying that he accepted the pres | ent with great pleasure, and adding l that in dealing with the black man, ai | in dealing with the white. he followed what he believed to be the only sane principle, that of treating every man according to his merits as an individ- ual. regardless of races
 Speech of President.
 The President spoke in part as fol I fows:
 Men and women of Iowa:
 | T am glad indeed to see you and t your your great and prosperous State. l believe with all my heart in the peo
 pie of Iowa: for think l,ta that you .sr ar among you there has been devel I oped to very high degree that bod! | of characteristics which we like to re gard as distinctively American.
 During the last few years we 0 the United States have been forced t, consider very seriously certain eco
 aG annnp tRs attempe neve so des wt l the relations of the national govern ment--that is, with the relations O
 the people of the country-to the hug and wealthy corporations. controlles | for the most part by a few very ricl | men. which are engaged in interstat' | business--especially the great railway | this matter. You know that beiiev, l that the national government. In thu | interests of the people, should assum'
 over the management of the interstat'
 over the national banks You know furthermore that I believe that thi ercised in spirit of rigid fairness to | ward the corporations, exacting justic' from them on behalf of the people bu Recently 1 have been reading th' | work of the eminent Italian scholar 1 Ferrero. on the history of the Romai
 State had become that of a compile, | and luxurious industrial civilization. I am happy to say that the differences | between LHaL CINi1f&atlOn ana OuT OWl
 are more striking than the resem blances; and there Is no warrant fo l our being drawn into any pessimtsti comparison between the two ctviiiza | we should study carefully the past il | order to draw from 1t lessons for us | in the present One of the most strik the downfall of the Roman repubii
 Rome became split between two camps exploit the poor, and the other the poo | who wished to plunder the rich. Nat l urally. under such circHmstances, tn,
 mf endea %eS o De e | recationary or a violent demagogue Any such condition of political life | as hopelessiy unhealthy now as it wa then.
 Believes in People.
 T believe so implicitly In the futur'
 of our people, because I believe tha | the average American citizen will m
 more tolerate government by a mol than he will tolerate government by [ 1 plutocracy: that he desires to see jus
 rich man and poor man alike. We ar not trying to favor any, man at thu expense of his fellows. S
 We are trying to shape things s( that as far as possible each man shal have a fair chance In life: so that h, shall have. so far. as. by Jaw this car
 be accomplished, the chance to show thu
 no intention of trying to work fol | the impossible and undesirable end o giving to the lazy. the thriftless, tn, weak, and the vicious, the reward tha
 belongs to, and in the long. run car only come to. the hard working, tn, thrifty, the resolute. and the honest But we do wish to see that the neces. sary struggle in life shall be carried on under genuinely democratic condi
 tions; that. 50 far as human sctior can safely provide 1t, there shall be ar
 approximately fair start: that there shall be no oppression of the weak
 to acquire or to use vast fortune