The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-23
Never Before h History Was Cit So Gaay Decorated
 for a Guest
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS UPON
 THE FINANCIAL SITUATION
Policy of Unswervine Action Toward Dishonest Men In High Places Is Announccd-The President Pays
 Tribute To Andrew Jackson.

Nashville Tenn. october 22-Never be- fore in it's history has Nashville been so elaboratey decorated as 1t WAS today to give welcome to President Theodore Roosevelt. Bunting. flags banners and pictures of the President adorned almost every house in the city, which was crowded with people from radius Of loo miles, and the reception he was accorded was of the old fashioned kind
 The special train bearing the President and his party reached the union station at o'clock this morning amid the booming of cannon. ringing of bells blowing of whistles and the cheering of the thousands who had gathered to do him honor The President was met at the depot by a reception committee from the Board of Trade who were introduced by Gov Malcolm R. Patterson, after which MT. Roosevelt and those accom- panylng him were escorted from the train to their carriages, passing through a double line composed of the general re- ception committee. The parade was then formed, the chief executives carriage heading the procession. The President had as his hosts in the carriage Governor Patterson Samuel Douglass, president of the local Board of Trade, and Hon. NJ c. Latta, assistant. secretary to the Pres ident. Directly following the Presidents carriage were other members Of his party. Then followed a battalion of the Ten nessee State Guard. a company of Con federate Veterans in uniform, platoon of mounted police and state and city officials and citizens in carriages.
 As the procession proceeded through the gaily decorated streets of the uptown dis trlct the President received one continued ovation from the thousands that lined the sidewalks. One feature of the parade that was particularly pleasing to Mr. Roosevelt was the presence of the com pany of gray and grizzled Confederate Veterans in line. It was Il compliment which he deeply appreciated.
 On Sixth avenue, near the state capitol. the parade was brought to d full stop. In order to enable the President to views the tomb of President James K. Polk. after which the march 10 Ryman audi torium was continued.
 As the President entered the auditorium the immense audience arose and gave him a welcome that he will not soon forget.
 Governor Patterson welcomed the Pres ident in a brief address, when Mir. Roosevelt spoke as follows:
 Presidents Address.
 MT, Governor MT. Mayor, and my fel- low-ctizens, my fellow Americans, men
 
 wealth of Tennessee (cheers). It Is in- deed pleasure to be here today in the capital of this great state to say word of greeting to it's citizens gathered to- gether. Tennessee's history dates back 10 the formation of this as an independent nation (Applsuse) The hardy back woodsmen of the Piedmont counties of Virginia and tho Carolinas had crossed the divide and settled on what were then known as the western waters before the first Continental Congress met. And this city was founded in the very middle of the revolutionary war. for while our peo pie on the seaboard were winning inde- pendence the people west of them had begun the great historic task of the American nation-the conquest of a con tinent tapplause and cheersl,A and at critical moment in the struggle for Amer ican independence, when all of the soutli- ern states lay under the heel of Corn wallis's army. word brought to the British leaders that the bacl<water men had crossed the mountains with the men Of the western waters, the mounted rifle men of Tennessee had come across through the defiIes. had won the battle of Kings mountain. and raised again the standard of American freedom.
 ''lt was a great and noble birth, and the after life of the state proved worthy of 1t. (Applause)
 "l recall no other city where we have the tomb of one president within its bor- ders and the tomb of another. but little way outside (applause) and Tennessee and the sons of Tennessee from the day when the state was born to the present time have born their part well and wisely and bravely in the affairs of our nation.
 Object of Trip.
 'I have come down on this trip. friends. primarily in connection with the material development of this country. I wish 10 see the great main artery of the Mlssis- sippi and it's chief affluents made naviga- bie highways open to all the people of the United States only waterways can be. tApplause) l believe that develop ment will prove of immediate benefit to all the states adjacent to the Mississippi. ] believe it will prove of ultimate benefit 10 all the states beyond the Mississippi. because l am convinced that in the long run, disl egardng minor exception due to exceptional circumstances, that in the long run if you benefit any portion of tho American republic the benefit in the end diroses itssi over the entire republic .4fppiauseJ Ult fnately aS hauon small go up down togei ne'' ana enst ca1t sLo,ld he Lent fn min q not only as we deal with the material n.te,es's tn't are so important. but as we usai "itn the great moral and spiritual irf'e,es.s "hicn n,us, Iie hack of material we'll beins CT
 
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