The evening world., 1907-10-03

small ms our the cardinal rule must be
that the battIesh!ps shall not be sep
arated This year ! am happy e say
that We shall begin a course which I
hope win be steadily followed hereafter.
that. namely. OF keeping the batueKsip
fleet alternately tn the Pacific and In
the Atlantis.
Early In December the feet will be-
gin It's voyage to the Pacific. and It Will
number. friends, among Its formidable
ilehtfng craft three great battle stiirs.
named, fssprci!pels, iea--@I! " tE,osA, fe
missouri and the Kenruyxy. t~@ss ifst :
and rs welfare spousd he. and frrn!y
believe is. as much "A matter of PRIDE
and concern Tor avery man In the
farthest interior OF our country AZ Tor
esery nan on the seacoast io.as
and not the least good II Will do VII.
be TO show Just the points where our
naval programme needs atrenkt the.a.sSi;; nj
Incidentally. think tho voyage VIII VIII
have one good effect. for. 10 Judge ns
excellent people In mys own ns,io1 !, ., :,
the country need TO be reminded ihht
the Pacific coast Is exactly as mucn -
part Of this nation as the Atiahi'.
The remainder OF theN President :
speech wns devoted to un cxpssiuon
and desarss Of his policy OF Fedetai
control Of corporations
tttSsUlus S1ktp1SNElLa fHR~NA hAsNs -
day save every cyidenM THAI he had
spent u comfortable ntgnt on the steam.
boat Mississippi. and his spoken .woTo
WAS confirmation Of the fact. He re-s
tie to d!sturb his rest except two or
three demonstrations on the SHORE.
which Trough violent willie they lasted
were OK brief duration.
Quiet as WIS The after helf OF the
nEht Tor the c6untry.s Chiet M.S.s-
tfate. tHe frst portion 5t u was iuiiy
occupied. Mr. Roosevelt was the guest
NJ dinner .fi the steamer Alton OF the
and with that enterta!nms.it5==apd Lac
spseehmak!ng Snd conyersatiaa that
followed the dinner. his time Until ali
most u o'clock was fdlly taken up. The
dinner Iao sss rsssrsd = ,Sa ~ fysn prsa
7tdent had Eait his farewell. NOT few
we're heard 70 remark that II would be-
dome. historic.
The inaportan, feature was the fact
that thd scheme OF u ship channel from
the Gulf 10 Ste lakes received an I'm.
petHs wstei, believe !. II n.t1Ssss
townrds lnsurtng tho earnest pressing
OF that enterpsise. The occasion Was
also nptashffc that IN addition 10 the
President. It was attended hy no fewer
than iitteeu Governors, the members ot
the Inland Waterways Eotr.ntss:oa a,st!
-ny-sHyE-H1-ttt!nuts- nuts-rEqrEsrutlttStaE nt
the bus;ncw world of st. Louis. The
Governors attending we're .---- r - ~
Y, ,GIomer- .AlAhln n1a = HrnMArd- Of FIR
Ida. Denaen, OF Illinois; Cumminst Of
Iva; HoCh, of Kansas; Blanchard. OF
Louisiana; Folk, of Missouri Shelton.
1-NeErAIKu-l-UTrY -GI-SEN--ME1lEI-- :
Burke. Of North Dakota: Frnntz Of
: = 9 On ia n of
Crawford OF South Dakota. Davidson
OF Wisenasias and Break4..f MsaHa!nsr
ana~Gov. .-elect Noel. OF Mississippi.
The dtnner wns presided. nver by
President Smith. OF tiIe Business
League, and President Roosevelt was
.hss h.x sPesst be 1nt I'd -, III.
consented that the statement might;
be made tsiat he had announced an
eauivocaliy his Endorsement of 8tha
general principle involved In, ttsc
scheme for the creation Of n ship
channel mp the rivcr&ard 10 The great
lakes As he stalled ne case: lie would
leans that would practically rrratc
m arm OF that body OF water tost,hs
lakes At the same time fie was most
careful 10 say that he would not give
his assent 10 nny particular scheme OF
Improvement.
Whale the dinner was In progress the
President ysnn I,rrrr,,st.d with an oil
painting of sec!on OF the Mississippi
River under present eo4.di tiaTis, #nt. the
ooTranion piece to represent ''Cond.-
ton after the completion OF the water
g sss. III t. Ms sorts.i sas tass5s sGsn .
r.ver from 81 Louis AL yhe way TO
Cairo tyy ten other beats. and It was
! met early In r.,- morning by huge
excursion steamer from this city. which
Carried not ONLY several hundred pas
4 4calAope. which for the time uBonopol-
!ged The noise ,nnk.ng on the mldlr
! stretches OF the Fatttsr of Watern.