The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-04
PRESIDENTS SPEECH
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Pehideht~ ana so we might 20 {
ennmerating the many prominent VI
itors that have been in this city in III
past. but time forbids Today in AZ
dition to the largest gathering of go
errors Of Individual states. that ha
ever before been assembled togethc
anywhere, we have hore, seated upo
this platform. the progressive, fore,
i'll and eminent president of the I'm
ted States Of Observation-Disclosures
Roosevelt
Cairo has had unusual hardship
and struggles during the last hal
century, but has overcome them al
through the ardor and force of its Ell
ergetic citizens aud now its people
are turning their attention. not onl,
to the better physical appearance o
the city, but to the placing Of It's man
ufactured products in the markets d
the whole world, anticipating the
early completion Of the Panama
Canal, now under construction and
the Improved Internal Waterways.
| am proud to stand here today
before this vast audience as the req
resentative of the citizens Of Cairo,
and esteem 1t a rare privilege. as we'll
as q pleasant duty, to present 10 you,
as chairman Of this magnificent as
sembly, the distinguished governor
of the Great Commonwealth Of Hi
nois, Charles S, Dcneen.
Applause greeted the governor as
he arose to introduce the president
He spoke briefly and eloquently. and
his reference to the president were
received with such storm Of shouts
that 1t was somewhat difficult for him
to proceed. The governor occupied
but few minutes, paying high trib
ute to the president.
The Presidents Speech.
The president arose as the governor
approached tho climax of his in
PRODUCTION and stepped forward brisk
" and smiingly. He waited patiently
till the great wave Of shouts hal
passed away and comparative quiet
prevailed Then he said.
Men OF Illinois, and You, Men Of Ken
lucky and Missouri:
am glad to have the chance to
speak to you today, This is the heart
of what may be called the Old West,
which we now call the Middle West,
using the trem TO denote that great
group OF rich and powerful states
which literally forms the heart Of the
country 1t is region whose people
are distinctly American in all their
thoughts, in all their ways Of look
ing at life: and In its past and its
present alike II Is typical Of our
country. The oldest men present can
still remember tho pioneer days, the !
days of the whitetilted OK wagon
OF the emigrant, and cf the log cabin
in which that emigrant first lived
when he settled to his task as a
pioneer farmer. They were rough =
days. days of hard work, and the peo-
pie who did that work seemed them
selves uneouth and forbiddng to WISH ;, :,
tors who could not look below the =
surface. 1t Is curious and amusing to
think that even as genuine lover I
Of his kind, man normally so free !,
rom national prejudces as Charles =
Dickens. should have selected the re- :"
zion where we are now standing as =
he seat of his forlorn Eden" in Mar =
in Chuzzlewit. The country he so ~
utterly 4assailed is now one of the ~
most fertile and productive portions :"
# one of the most fertile and produc =, =,
i've agricultural territories in all the p
World. and the dwellers in this terri Z
DRY represent a higher average Of -
omfort,. intelligence. and sturdy ca I, I,
acity for selfgovernment than the -
eople in any tract or like extent in y,
ny other continent. The land teens ~
nth beauty and fertility, and but
-" "V' -. p,.I,o,,, -, :, Ia
las shown to be a nursery and breed -
,g ground of heroes, Of soldiers and
tatesmen of the highest rank, while =
ne rugged worth of the rank and file
the citizenship rendered possible -
10 deeds of the mighty men who led "
council aud in battle. This was the W
,gion that brought forth mighty ~. p,
braham Lincoln. the incarnation of sn ~.
i that is best in democratic life; aud ,'''
ON the loins of the same people, e'
wig only little farther south -.
,rang another of our greatest presr ~
,nts. Andrew ackson, "Old Hickory
a man who made mistakes. like ~
ost strong men but n man of iron ~
III and incompatible integrity, fear D''
IS. upright. devoted to the welfare 80
his countrymen. bone OF our bono
ID flesh of our flesh, typical Amerl-
n If over there was one. ha'
Charles Dickens Criticism. dea
I commend a careful reading Of act
,rtin Chuzzlewit to the pcgsimists gar
today. b TIN men who. instead Of rIh
hting hard to d. away with abuses mo
,iIe at the Same fImc losing no 1T par
their iuoyant hope fulness for the Nat
untry. insist that all our people. So OF
Illy and icdustrially. in their private q
es no less than rs politicians. quo
wspaper men and business men. wh'
; ., = lower ebb than ever before ual.