Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-22
President in a Speech al VIcks.
burg Spoke Wei! Of Southern
Leader and The South.
GREETED BY LIEUTENANT GIN. LIE
Commander of the Confederate Vet
Grams Makes Most Graceful
Speech, in Which He Extends to
Mir Roosevelt the Hospitality of
the South.
Ol}v Associated Press,


VICIlSBURG. oct. 2l.--Aficg q
Fortnight spent in the cane brakes.
President Roosevelt. bron2ed and Wig
o ous. paid iving visit 10 Vicksburg
and made speech this afternoon
'rhs President arrived Mt Delta, just
across the mississippi rh'er mt one
O'Clock He was met by the steam
boat Bell of Bends with Il reception
committee Of 100 citizens on board
'}he President Immediately after came
aboard and followed by dozen boats
ana yachts made his way into the
city The bluffs overlooking the
river We're lined with people. who
gave the chief executive Il hearty ana
noisy welcome.
President Roosevelt entered the
forward ear. iage at the pier and with
Mayor b. w. Griffith ana General
Stephen D. Ice headed parade
which passed through the principal
streets TO The National Cemetery.
The President was received with
enthusiastic acclaim. The streets
We c packed with people who cheer
ed the visitor at every opportunity.
Shakes Hands With Confederates.
At Cherry and Clay streets. the pro-
cession was halted and General Lee
Oh inc Onllsu
Confederate Veterans, told the Presi
dent that several mind-ed Union and
COniederate veterans stood before
him
The President arose in the carriage
ana cordially shook hands with the
old soldiers.
Arriving at the National Cemetery.
the party dove slowly through the
grounds the President evmcing n live
~ interest in the historic place. From
the cemetery tie party drove to tflc
court house square. where an i'm
mense crowd had gathered to hear the
speechmnking.
President Roosevelt was introduced
by Congressman John Sharp Williams
who elected tremendous applause
when he said. you cannot in the
history of any country. ancient or
modern. find succession OF 25
kings. emperors or even prime minis
tcrs the equals in Intelligence. Gull
ture courage or character of the %
presidents of this great republic from
Washington TO Roosevelt inclusive. OF
these, |. Southern born Democrat,
have an American pride and pleas
ure in saying that the last is w no
maans the least
III is an honor for you and me,
fellow citizens to meet and enter
tain with an old time full.hcarted
Southern hospitality. the President
Theodore Roosevelt an honor flowing
AT cnce from his official dignity and
from his many excellent traits of pri.
vate character
He IS our chief magistrate, Ameri
cas- chief magistrate of the reunited
Dixie land and Yankee land, never so
firmly cemented In blood opinion and
sentiment as they are today"
Immediately after closing his adj
dress. President Roosevelt and pa. ty
were rapidly driven TO the Yazoo ana
Mississippi Valley Railway station
where a special tain stood in waiting
At 40 O'Clock the train pnlic,. ou,
for Memphis, where the President is
scheduled to arrive shortly ate. mio-
night The train will be immediate
~, transferred to the Louisville &
Nashville railway and started for
Nashville
Praises jefferson Davis.
In his Vicksburg speech. tho Presi
dent said: at is indeed an homo. for
me to he today the guest of Vicks.
burg and Mississippi, and was mex
pressibly touched by the greeting
over the great arch OF cotton bales
which said mississippi greets the
President | should not be fit TO he
President at all if did not with all nv
might and main, with all my heart
and brain. seek to be in The full sense
the President of Mississippi. the
President of every state in this union.
am clad TO be he.e in this historic
city the city forever memorable OF
the conflicts in which victors and
vanquished showed such splendid cour-
age: such splendid fealty to the light
as it was given to each Even before
the civil war Mississlppi's sons hao
shrwn that they knew now 70 fight II
was from Vicksburg that company
OF TINT famous Mississippi regiment.
which won nndying renown in the
Meyican war under the gallant leader.
shin OF its colonel who ate wards
bacane the favorite son. not only OF
Mississippi but Of all the South, Jei-
ferson Davis. Think now fortunate