The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-27
Nor Can a Plutocracy Control,
He Insists, in Address at
jamestown.
PRAISE FOR VIRGINIA'S
INFLUENCE IN NATION
So Great a Crowd Presses
Around Him That Lives of
Women Are Endangered.

EXPOSITION GROUNDS, JAMES
TOWN, April 26,-President Roosevelt
began his address at 1906 O'Clock.
That he might better be seen and heard,
he mounted table which held him
high above the heads of his audience.
He was greatly concerned by the dan
ger in the crowd TO women and chill
drcn. To discourage enthusiasm he said
at the outset that he should ask the
audience "to make the speech as much
a monologue as possible,
Speaking directly TO the crowd, which
stretched across the parade grounds, the
President aJ the top of his voice ear
nestlv requested that the people re-
frain from crowding. He called atten-
tion TO tho fact that there were women
and children in front, and said:
" If there is one thing that marks
body of Americans, and especially
body Of Virginians, it is that they take
good care of women and children.
Cavalry Called Out.
This had the effect of stopping the
danger for time. but it was not long
before the people s enthusiasm again
swept away all Semblancc Of order, and
General Grant sent squad Of cavalry
out into the throng This move, it is
believed, is all that saved the immense
gathering from breaking through the
ropes and lines of guards, in which
event there must have been many
casualties A broiling sun poured down
upon the distinguished guests seated III
the front row Of the grand stand. and
the President commanded them to keep
their hats on Members of the diplo
matte corps, all uncovered in the pres"
ence of the President. This attracted
his attention, and singing out the
French ambassador, he said
Put your hat on, Mr., Jusserand.
won I have you get a sunstroke,
As the audience laughed the Presl-
dent Joined in, and remarked that he
was obliged TO take care OF the hygienic
conditions.
The President s reference to his visit
to the foreign warships and the Ameri-
can navy was turned in an impromptu
manner upon the recent gathering IN
New York TO discuss world policies, and
virtues and blessings which 90 hand in
hand He said that if the time ever
comes when the world must choose be
tween them, 'shame to it If 1T chooses
peace
The thought for this exposition was
accredited to the Bible, which the Presi--
dent said contained good deal of sound
reading that would not be out of place
in n peace conference This sentiment
was cheered to the echo, and the Presi-
dent then took up his prepared ad-
dress, saying:
Speech of the President.
"At the outset / wish to say word
Of special greeting to the representa-
tives of the foreign Governments here
present They have come 10 assist us
in celebrating what was In very truth
the birthday of this nation. for it was
here that the colonists first settled,
whose incoming, whose growth from
their own loins and by the addition OF
newcomers from abroad was TO make
the people which one hundred and sixty
nine years later assumed the solemn
responsibilities and weighty duties of
complete independence,
"In welcoming all of you ! must say
q special word, first to the representa-
tive of the people of Great Britain and
Ireland. The fact That so many of our
people, Of whom rs IL happens | my
self am one, have but Il very small Por-
tion of English blood in our veins, IN
no way alters the other fact that this
nation was founded by Englishmen, by
the Cavalier and the Puritan Their
tongue, law, literature, the fund of their
common thought, made an inheritance
which all OF us share. and marked deep
the lines along which we have devel~
opcd. 1t was the men of English stock
who did most In casting the mold into
which our national character was run,
''Let me furthermore greet all of
you, the representatives of the people
of continental Europe. From almost
every nation of Europe we have drawn
some part of our blood, some part OF
our traits. This mixture of blood has
gone on from the beginning, and with
it has gone on a kind of development
from which we spring; and hence to-
day we differ sharply from, and Yet in
some ways are fundamentally akin to,
all Of the nations Of Europe.
"Again, let nc bid you welcome, rep
resentatives of our sister republics of
this continent. In the larger aspects,
your interests and ours are identical
Your problems and ours are in large
part the same: and as we strive to set.
tie them, pledge you herewith on. the
part of this nation the heartiest friend
ship and good will
Special Welcome to Japan.
"Flnally, let me say special word
of greeting to those representatives OF
the Asiatic nations who make up that
newest East which is yet the most
ancient East, the East Of time imme
mortal. In particular, let me express:
word OF hearty welcome to the rep
resentatives of The mighty island en-
pire of Japan; that empire, which. il
learning from the West, has showr
that il had so much, so very much, t.
teach the West in return,
''ro all of you here gathered i ex
press my thanks for your coming, anC
] extend to you my earnest wishes foI
the welfare of your several nations
The world has moved so far that it il
no longer necessary TO believe that on,
nation can rise by thrusting anothe
down. All farsightcd statesmen, al
true patriots, now earnestly wish tina
the leading nations of mankind. as ii
their several ways they struggle con
stantly toward n higher civilization,
higher humanity, may advance han,
in hand, united only in a gen
erous rivalry to see which cal
best do its allotted work i'll tb
world. / believe that there is rs
ing tide in human thought which tend
for righteous international peace;
tide which it bchoovcs us to guid
through rational channels TO sane con