Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-10-05
rHE PRESIDENT IN TENNESSEE.

Win D6nd5 piayibkJ Chiuieh Sinkp6
and enthusiastic men shouting the slogan
of deep waterways Memphis threw wide
Der gates yesterday afternoon to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, score of governors and
many other distinguished personages in
the Mississippi Valley.
The President arrived on the steamer
Mississippi shortly after l o'clock. The
bluffs overlooking the river we're packed
with people, who gave the chief execu-
tive warm welcome. As the steamer
landed the whistles of all craft in the
harbor were sounded. Immediately fol-
lowing wss the steamer Alton, carrying
visiting governors and other notsbles.
When all had landed the President
was conducted to a carriage by Governor
Patterson, of Tennessee, and Mayor
Malone, Of Memphis, and the most i'm
posing parade ever seen in Memphis was
begun. The President was continuously
cheered throughout the march. The
city was a waving mass of color, not
only along the line Of parade, but en-
many other streets as well.
When the Presidents carriage turned
into Main street he was saluted by a
regiment of Confederate Veterans, who
thereafter acted as a bodyguard. The
President rose and warmly greeted tho
warriors of nearly half century ago
Despite a lively 1owDpour of rain,
which lasted until noon, the streets were
iammed with citizens and visitors. 10
Second street 200 schoolchildren, seated
on decorated arch, sang patriotic air.
ss the President passed. The President
rose 10 his carriage aud bowed repeatedly
to the little ones.
Arriving at the Auditorium rink,
| where the Deep Waterways Convention
is holding, President Roosevelt alightcdi
chatted with several friends and ssce nied
the platform. The huge structure filled
10 rapidly, and when Gov. Malcolm
Patterson rose to present the President
an immense assemblsge greeted him.
President Roosevelt departed from hi;
printed speech in several instances.
Speaking of the Confederate guard Of
honor, he said it wss a touching sight tC
see these old Confederate soldiers carry
ing the flag of ihisgreat union. II any.
one wanted to know how they would
fight for that flag let him ssk The boys
in blue how the boys in gray Tough
against it.
The President 10 his speech declared
he was as much the President of the
South as OF the North and was devoted Il
the South's interests.
The Mississippi and its tributaries
ought to be utilized to their utmost pos
sibility.
These natural highways, the water
ways, can never be monopolized by a
corporation.
Whenever a navigable river runs be.
side railroads the problem OF regulating
the rates on the railroads becom's far
easier, because river regulation is rate
regulation.
The national government should I'M
dertake the work of providing wider and
deeper channels.
The pollution of water used for the
supply of towns and cities should be
prevented.
Shall we continue the waste aud de-
struction of our natural resources or shall
we conserve them?
There is no other question of equal
gravity now before the nation.
Ia the matter Of supervision Of the
railway corporations we are acting as ell
civilized governments have acted or are
on the point of acting.
The unrestricted issue of railway Sc
curities without supervision should not
be permitted, and only by governmental
action can it be prevented.
When the President closed his address
he was driven rapidly to his special trsin
at the Missouri Pacific station, whence
he departed at o'clock tor Lake Provi-
dence, La, where short stop was made
this morning.
The train then proceeded to Alsatia,
La, small way station, where the cars
were sidetracked. Here horse, and guides
awaited the visitors and the trip to the
hunting camp was begun Immediately
upon arrival.
Besides several railway oficisls, only a
few friends accompanied the President
IN this trim