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living monument to the self.control
of the President OF the United States
Had he possessed less OF the virtues
than he is, should long since have
been numbered with those whose his.
tory is finally written; for IN season
annd Hit of season. by day and by
night, and at all hours beginning with
May and ending with the close of
April have | sought his counsel In
the requests of the Jamestown Expo.
sition. until | doubt not that in the
quiet hours of his seclusion (if he
has any he has often asked himself
the question whether life was really
worth living. Had he slain me in the
exercise of law of self defense even
without the interpretation OF the plea
"dementia Americana" he would
quickly have been acquitted by any
Jury on the ground of justifiable no.
micide. When this story of tho EN-
position Is written there will be many
whose friends will claim that eacn
OF them has done more than any one
else for its development and those
conflicting claims may have to be re.
lerred to the jury of awards for final
determination. The names of FitZ
Lee, Daniel and Maynard: of Johnson.
Meyers and Cottrell. of Sheppard
Sherwood. Southgate and Martin, of
batchelor. Harrington and Grant, will
each find many advocates and Justly
so, for this high honor
These men of valor by their pa.
-triotic devotion and defense OF tins
work have undoubtedly slain their
thousands; but the President, our Da
vid unhelmeted and unarmored, has
slain his tens OF thousands. And so
with great pleasure will now salts
fy your waiting hearts by presenting
to you the one man in the United
States who has had greater opportnni-
ties than any other of advancing this
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has never
failed in one. The best friend the
jamestown Exposition has ever had.
the best friend any enterprise has
ever had, the President of the United
States"
President Worries About Crowd.
President Roosevelt had been not
ing the condition which seemed con-
stantly to grow worse, with no little
anxiety for the many women and
children who We're being almost I'M
mercifu!ly crushed against the ropes.
AS soon as Mr.. Tucker had finished
the impulse came to the President to
Jump on the table where he could bet.
ter take in the situation. He was
stopped In purpose for time by a
tumultous cheering which greeted
him. When the crowd was quieted
the President appealed to them in the
name of their native State, noted for
the gallantry of their sons, to protect
the women and children from being
trampled upon
Tribute to Virginia.
He spoke OF the es,eem in which
the American man holds women and
children and paid special tribute to
the Virginians in this respect. lie
expressed the hope that he would be
able to say as much In behalf Of those
who stood before him at the conclus-
ion of his address.
The President next caused some
amusement by saying he would APP
preciate 1t very much IL he were
allowed to make his speech cas- much
of monologue as possible" He
turned to where the diplomatic corps
was sitting and observed that many
of these In the front rows had barred
heads as he began to speak.
Diplomats Made to Cover Heads.
The sun was pouring down with
the intensity of mid-July and the
President protected by an awning
was quick to appreciate the discom.
fort the sun caused them. "You
would please me very much, he call
ed out, IF you would wear your
hats. The weather is very warm and
you are quite exposed"
The French ambassador Mr. Jus
serand. was apparently loath to com.
ply with the request. The Presi-
dent turned to him with n shaking
warning finger and said: "NIr. Jus.
scrand, put on your hat right away.
won't have you suffer sunstroke.-
The ambassador complied and all or
the members of the corps were mucn
amused. They applauded the Presl.
dent in real good humor. 1t was
soon after that the mounted officers,
wero called into force, to back the
crowd. The officer assumed command
and there was no further disturb
ance.
The address apparently pleased hrs
nearer to the fullest extent. He
turned to the audience in the grand.
stand and speaking of the recent
peace congress said he Regarded
righteousness and peace as virtues
That must ever go hand in hand. The
cheering was prolonged. The Presi-
dent declared that ii the time should
ever come when the world must
choose between righteousness ana
peace, shame would be upon those
VINO chose the latter at the cost or
the former.
Hearty Laughter.
Hearty laughter greeted the PresI.
dehts remarks that the Bible con
lainea good, sound reading, that
would not be out OF place "In a
peace conference"
ana want TO say right here"
went on the President enthus,oSt,.