Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-10-04
BANQUET ON VAT
President Guest Of Hon ~ st
Given by St. Louis
FAvoRs DEEP WATERMAN
Makes it Plain that He EndorseA
Particular Plan.
MANY OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME
Thorough Preparation Will Make
Arguments Unanswerable.
BIG CROWD HEARS CAIRO SPEECH
Llberty for Individual and Proper
CottroI OF CorporatiOns His Theme
Boat Delayed by Accident
60 Machinery.
MANY OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME
Thorough Preparation Will Make
Arguments Unanswerable.
BIG CROWD HEARS CAIRO SPEECH


recefed by the Associated Press at 4;l5
this afternoon to the effect that the
steansr Mississippi. bearing President
Rooswet to Memphis had broken its ma
ohiney and put into the shore for re-
pairst The spot where the steamer tied
up istwelve miles below Cairo. between
wicl1ffe and Columbus, Ky. The news
was brought to Cairo by a steamer that
had accompanied the fiotilla down the
river, No serious damage is reported, but
there may be some delay in the trip by
reasoi of stopping for repairs.
CARD, H., CIt o-when President
RoosSelt stepped ashore here at O'Clock
todayhe manifested every evidence of hav-
ing saht comfortable night on the steam
boat Mississippi, as his spoken words con-
flrme the impression made by his appear
ance. he retired about midnight last night
and Here was little to disturb his rest
exceI two or three demonstrations on the
shore which, though violent while they
iastet were necessarily of brief duration
Quit as was the after half of the night
for th countrys chief magistrate the first
portin of It was fully occupied. He was
the pest at dinner on the steamer Alton
OF tn Business Mems league of st. Louis
speeatnaking and conversation that fol-
lowe, the dinner his time until almost II
o'cloS was fully taken up. The dinner
was .egarded by all as an event OF rare
occuience, and when the president had
said lis final farewell not a few were
henrs to remark that It would become
histoe.
1eep Channel Gets Impetus.
f,atVra WAS fha fact that
the sheme of a channel from the gulf to
the kes received an impetus which all
beiiesd will do much toward ipsuring the
earnst pressing OF that enterprise. The
occasSn was also notable in that in addi-
tionIo the president il was attended by
no fyger than fifteen governors, the menu
bersf the Inland Waterways commission
and teVeral representatives of the busl-
nessgord OF st. Louis. as
h TN governors attending were: Conner OF
Alabfra, Broward OF Florida, Deneen OF
Illinik Cummins of Iowa. Hoch OF kan
sas, blanchard of Louisiana, Folk OF Mis-
sour Sheldon of Nebraska, Curry OF New
Mexp. Burke OF North Dakota. Frantz
OF klahoma, Chamberlain of Oregon,
CravIord of South Dakota, Davidson OF
wisconsin, Brooks of Wyoming and Gov
erno-elect Noel of Mississippi.
Th dinner was presided over by Presi-
dentSmith OF the Business Mems league
ana lresident Roosevelt was the principal
speasr He requested that his speech be
not 3sported, but consented that the state
mentniight be made that he had announced
unediyocally his endorsement of the gem
eral 1rinciple involved in the scheme for
the cbation of a ship channel up the river
and Q the great lakes.
FavOrs No Individual Plan.
As he president stated the case he would
hayeh loop in the gulf at New Orleans
that would practically create an arm oi
that body of water TO the lakes. AT the
same time he was most careful to say that
he wuld not give his assent to any par
tIculr scheme of Improvement.
Heslso pointed out many OF the obstacles
10 crryinE into effect any plan of sucf
vast proportions and involving so mucl
expese, and while promising all the as
sistalce he could give, he told his hearers
tha the only way to make success GER
tain was to so thoroughly prepare them
selves as to render their arguments un'
answsrable.
Tn, speech was greeted with prolonged
applause and this endorsement took th'
shap,sof words when Governors Folk Dc
neen and Blanchard spoke. All of then
pledged their utmost efforts in furtheranc'
of tie enterprise. While the dinner wa
IN prosress the president was presented Will
an al painting OF a section Of the Mis-
sissiipi river under present conditions
and the companion piece to represent
''contitions after the completion OF thC
watetEay' was promised for the future.
Dufing the night there was pronounced
demonstrations as the presidential boat
passed Cape Girardeau and Grand Tower
but they came too late TO receive public
recognition from the president. The Mis-
aissippi was escorted down the river from
st. Louis all the way 10 Cairo by ter
other boats. and II was met early in ths
morning by huge excursion steamer from
this rity, which carried not only severa
hundted passengers OF both sexes. but alsS
a vociferous steam calliope, which for tho
time monopolized the noise making on the
middle stretches OF the Father OF Waters.
PRECEDENT Roosevelt departed from her,
shortly before noon The next stop will b,
Memphis. which, according to schedule
viii he reached at l p. m. tomorrow.
Il las been cloudy here all morning. bu
no rain TELL.
ADDRESS TO CITIZENS OF CAIRO