New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
PRESIDENT AT LANSING
WELCOMED BY MICHIGAN.
Mr.. ROOSeUeIt MakeS Three Id
dresses to Enthusiastic Crouds.
[Ry Telegraph . The Tribune.


$50 a train for Lansing. and before this city
was reached the President had appeared on the
rear platform of the Magnet eighteen times to
respond to emphatic demands for his presence.
His first bow 10 the public was made in partial
dishabille shortly before q a. m. His last
just before he turned in, pretty tired but in
splendid spirits, not long before midnight.
The programme Lansing with ths
snap and go of first class continuous theatre
cal performance. The star of the occasion was
not allowed to waste any time between appear
ances on the stage, and in order that every MIN
ute should count he was wbirled from place TO
place a 30-miIe clip in automobiles The
managers of the entertainment succeeded in get
ting more work out Of the star than his con-
tract called for. According 20 the original plan
the President 10 make only address ar
the Capitol before proceeding to the AgrcUlt-
ural College. This was To be in the House
chamber. y few days ago Secretary Loeb re-
ceived q request, backed by Governor Warner
and number Of other prominent men. that the
President speak from the fIsut balcony of the
Capitol, where 10000 or 35.CFO people cotTd hear
and him. instead Of the 500 900 that
could crowd into the limited space of the House
of Representatives The President thought this
an excellent plan. and it so arranged; but
when he reached the Capitol the President found
every member of the Legislature indignant.
They had invited their relatives and friends TO
hear the President in the House chamber. had
given them seats. and now. il the programmes
10 be changed. they would never be abls
to hold up their heads again in their comnuni-
ties. Secretary Loeb took the matter under
advisement referred it to the President ami
the upshot was that the President spoke from
the balcony and the House rostrum. too
CROWDS IN MICHIGAN's CAPITAL
After strenuous six hours. in which he made
three addresses and held a reception at the Cap'-
tol, President Roosevelt left Lansing at 20 Jhi-
afternoon for Washington the Lake Shore
Railroad. No untoward incident happened 10
mar his visit. and nothing occurred which in any
way excited the suspicious of the scores of police
officers in the city.
AT the Agricultural College this afternoon h
spoke to about twenty-five thousand persons
from stand erected on little knoll AT the hea'-
of the campus. The weather had been cloudS
and cool in the forenoon. but just as he began
mis- address the sun came out and shOne through
out the hour and ten minutes thar he spOSe.
Seated on benches before the stand were students
Of the college and hundreds Of alumni, who have
been attending the seHli-Cente1nial celebration
of the founding of the institution. and stardi1s
behind them were thousands of people from this
city and other places in Michigan More than
a score Of crowded excursion trains were run
into the city in the morning Al the close Of his
addresses at the Capitol, the college campus v-e'
the Mecca toward which practically all the thor-
sands Of visitors iourneyed The college IS
three miles from the city. and every conceiv-
able kind of vehicle was pressed into service u
convey them Hay wagons were fitted with seats
and benches. and construction and freight ears
were risged up with extemporized plank seass
TO ace ou5modate the thousands
The President closed his second address in tn
Capitol az Ills a m. and was driven with h-7
party 20 the college, where President Snyde
entertained them at luncheon. Before going 20
the platform TO deliver his address. the Pres
dent planted young maple tree on the knoll
in Mr. Snyder's yard. The great crowd before
the stand was held in cheek by a regiment OF
the National Guard. which did police dutv
throughout the day. both in the city and ar thu
college grounds.
Among those seated on the platform with the
President were Senators Burrows and Smith.
Secretary Wilson. J. B. Angel. president OF tho
University of Michigan. Secretary Loeb. Repre-
sentatives Loud. Smith and Gardner, G j.
Dfekma. Charles a. Townsend and Clifford Pin
chot Of the United States Forestry Service.
The members of the graduating class Of the
college jumped to their feet the President
entered the stand and gave three rousing ''rahs''
10 which he responded with laughing shout OF
from the students. The great assemblage rose
and sang America" after which President
Snyder introduced Mr.. Roosevelt.
An outburst of applause followed
THE MAN WHO WORKS WITH HIS HANDS.
The Presidents address was heard with close
attention. and frequently interrupted by
applause. He interjected informal remarks and
advice at several points. bringing a round OF
laughter and cheers when he turned toward a
dozen young women in the graduating class and
said: Il believe that You young ladies Will make
first class farmers wives. and I heartily con-
graduate the farmers of the future on the IN
exampled prospects before them The Presi-
dent also made a plea for proper respect for
manual labor L shall be nightly disappointed
in You boys here he said 20 the graduating
class If you can't work with your hands and
are afraid TO have your working clothes look as
though you do work" His address follows:
The fftieth anniversary of the founding OF this
college is event OF national significance. for
Michigan was the first state in the Union q
found this. the first agricultural college in Amer
lea. The nation Is TO be congratulated tiIs
fact that the Congress at Washington has re-
eTal states establishing and maintaining agFI-
/ cultural and mechanical colleges. / greet al
such colleges through their representatives who
have gathered here to-day, and bid them God
speed in their work l less heartily invoke
success for the mechanical and agricultur al
schools; and wish TO say that I have heard
particularly good reports OF the Minnesota Agri-
cultural High School for the way in which IL
sends its graduates back to the farms to work
as practical farmers
As q people there is nothing in which we take
a juster pride than our educational system IL
is boast that every boy or girl has the chance
10 get school trainins: and we feel II Is prime
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