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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-04-12
THOUSANDS
EXTEND TO MR.. ROOSEVELT
A TRUE WESTERN WELCOME

east side Of Higgins avenue, facing
west. the Missoula band taking up Il
central position I'm the group
Crowd a Whopn.r.
And the crowd--wel. 1t was every
where. From the middle of the streets
To the tops of the buildings around
the station there Was a swarm OF hu
man beings. They lined the railroad
tracks and scrambled to the overhead
crossing. from which point an ensemble
picture was most perfect. Such n
crowd has never been IN Missoula be-
fore. The majority Of people fSpm
western Montana were here-as fine a
gathering of earnest and wide awake
citizens as could have assembled on
such an occasion anywhere In the
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Before Students.


AS Mr.. Roosevelt entered the assem-
bly, of the university he was greeted
by salvo Of cheers from the students.
When the last echo had died away
President Dnniway arose and intro
duced eX-President Roosevelt with the
following words.
Ladies' and gentlemen of the Uni
versity of Montana. as | use that ex-
preston | know that even though you
are not enrolled In this school you are
a part of the state university, and 1t
is my privilege on your behalf and of
the state university 10 welcome one of
our fellow citizens, one of our fellow
collegians. The sympathy of the peo-
pie who believe In higher education il
world wide. He who has visited uni
versites by the score and has been
honored by some of the largest is here
in the Garden city, and even In the
Rocky mountains he finds friends who.
with him. have enjoyed experiences of
collegiate life and higher education. so
we feel, MIR. Roosevelt, in welcoming
you here that we are taking you in as
one of the family, that in the books you
understand and in the books you have
studied you have found the things
which make our hearts beat In tune.
He comes to us as n university man.
He Is more than that--a statesman. a
soldier Of the common good. a great
traveller and, although his degree is not
from this university, he Is of that fell
lowship and as such | welcome Mr..
Roosevelt"
Hardly had the president spoken the
last word when cheers broke out anew,
Mr.. Roosevelt bowed and, displaying
his characteristic smile. said: - see
the cause of higher education is safe
Mr.. Roosevelt delivered one of the best
speeches that has ever been made IN
the assembly room. lie was frequently
interrupted by cheers. and on such oc-
oasions the copyrighted smile would
flash across his face. He spoke as fol-
lows.
His Speech.
DIR, Duniway, members of the fac
IlitV atu1pntS ana friapdg ~ th,A mi t.
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world. One Mt the depot secured the
idea That the whole crowd In town
was there. but when the procession
finally passed down Higgins avenue to
the Florence hotel. one was astounded
to find the same crowd extending the
whole length of the street, people
standing so thick from one side of the
street 10 the other that they had 10
be moved back by the platoon OF police
that marched at the head of the pro-
cesslon. to make way for the men and
vehicles in line that followed. Every
window of every public building was
crowded full of heads and traffic OF
the side streets was entirely blocked
II was great crowd. II Is difficult to
estimate the number with any degree
OF accuracy. but 1t is sufficient to know
that II was great, good natured
crowd. the largest In the history OF
western Montana, and that all who
were here Joined heartily In the well
come which Missoula extended to
Theodore Roosevelt.
MissouIa Band Enlivens.
| As the time for the arrival OF the
train approached. the Mlssoula band
struck mp some lively music and the
! spirits of the throng commenced to
bubble. Everyone marked time There
were little spurts Of cheering and APP
plause. Women brought forth silken
flags and waved them In the cool
breeze. In spite of the sudden squall
Of sleet and snow that descended DC
this hour, Il storm which proved 10 be
only the forerunner of beautiful April
day, the spirits Of the waiting mass OF
humanity did not fail. Easter bonnets
and spring suits We're sacrificed to the
wrath OF the elements and few, IL any.
sought shelter from the sudden blast.
Teddy Arrives.
The train Whistled at exactly 2 min
rtes after o'clock and was an
swered by mighty cheer. The big
iron horse puffed slowly along the edge
of the crowd and the train was brought
to standstll with Mr.. Roosevelt 3
private car s1ndlng just west OF the
depot. Then II WAS learned that
through some misunderstanding in
communicating the plans for the day,
Colonel Roosevelt believed that he would
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Choosing Senators.

The people of this country are en-
tering into n series of experiments To
improve the government and you o.
the west are leading. In most respects
] nm In sympathy with your plans.
About one or two details. however, |
am not so sure. | prefer to wait untll
] see how these " ork out before | ex-
press nm opinion. | feel strongly that
the day has come when 1t is necessary
to improve certain parts OF the gov
ernmental machine. feel 1t necessary
to have change In the election of
United States senator's, SO that they
may be chosen by popular vote"
Here the speaker referred pointed.
to the difficulties of the New York
Legislature In choosing a senator, say
ing that four months were needed to
select n man of whom nobody had
thought when the balloting was begun.
Here voice from the crowd Informed
the colonel that Montana had Just gone
through similar experience to which
Mr.. Roosevelt retorted with an alusion
to former senatorial election in the
Treasure state. Then. there's Illinois, =
exclaimed Mr.. Roosevelt THE Illinois
legislature In it's last session elected
senator, all right. and the rs~ote Is
still busily engaged In an effort %
dsinfect itself.
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Commission Government.

Il understand that you have the
commission form of municipal govern
ment up for consideration here. Ny
own conviction Is that 1t has proved 4
success In all municipalities where II
has been tried--in those not too sN oil :
len In size. 1t is so arranged that we
may know whom we elect and viii be
able to hold them accountable. 1t
gives us a short ticket, one that we can
understand and one that we can re-
member. If we have ticket with a
long list of names on IL. only the pro-
fessional politician will remember them
all, The professional politician, he'll
remember. The commission form gives
an official ample power and still lets
us, see how he uses 1t. 1t gives him
the power to do the job and to the peo
pie the power to hold him accountable
for the way he, does the job. /, An of
neal with no power IL no good he
may be harmless, but it isn't much to
say about nm official that he's harm
less. want you to remember this
always; after you've worked all the
changes In the governmental machine
don't think that this VIII give you
chance to get good government. II
yon don't watch out there'll be plenI,
or people who will see that you don'l
get It. No machinery of government
VIII bring good government unless the
average citizen Is decent and wants
good government. He must think ol
his rights, hut still more of his duty
Nobody cares the snap of a finger
what we say, but what We do. Yol
VIII raise Montana and you will raise
the United States when you realize
your duty and the responsibility thai
ir.Nitably comes with duty
Il was I'm Europe about a year age
and learned lot there. hut I cam.
home convinced that no place Is i.
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Special Functions,

There are two especial functions
that you have to follow. One. the yo.
eational training. the other the cui-
tural training. And what | earnestly
hope Is that you will always remember
that In great majority OF cases the
one needs the other. | can illustrate
that by speaking OF your law school.
You have declined, and wisely, to adopt
the view that the lawyer needs no
cultural training. that all he needs is
to be trained In law ! hold that every
great profession must have back
ground To 1t In order to achieve its
highest efficiency and that we have Il
right TO expect of the great profession
OF tho law that its members should be
men with breadth or view, and the
lofty standpoint of observation that
can come only If man Is In touch
with more than his immediate sur
roundings. Now, believe that the 70 :
eational training Is the more important
that more and more, az our country de-
velops, We must insist upon having in
public and private life the highest
grade Of efficiency. The qualities need
ed by the sons and, more particularly.
the grandsons of the pioneers are not
those which were needed by the pio-
neers themselves. We cannot afford
10 use the pioneer methods. We need
some of the pioneer characteristics.
such as courage and resolve. but we
must not fall into the mistake of allow
ing our admiration for them TO lead
us into trying to initiate the pioneers.
no man should eonfine himself To try
ing to do just exactly what his father
did. or he will find at the end OF his
life that he has done considerably less.
If | should find one OF my boys re-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-04-12
A DAY OF ROOSEVELT

Yesterday Missoula welcomed Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt expresident of the United States and through him
about fifty thousand citizens of western Montana
Colonel Roosevelt attracted to Mssoua the largest crowd
that the Garden ctys life has known and was himself
chief entertainer his friends of the west He delivered
three of the four addresses promised for him. The fourth
the morning Mr. Roosevelt spoke twice to the school
children OF the city and the students and friends of the
University OF Montana His address to the little people
was given on the university campus Mr. Roosevelt talked
little later in University hall He advised the children
to play hard when they played and play all when
they worked To their elders he taught the value of
vocational education and cultural education discussing
this general subject with expert thoroughness In the
afternoon AT 230 o'clock Mr. Roosevelt made his prn-
cpa address, He spoke the largest audience that ever
heard anyone in this city. He took Good Citizenship"
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his theme all Of his addresses Mr. Roosevelt cheered heartily
After talk Msouas
Msoula
Pacific yards utterly He took dinner
duced Misou
Indians ene
into Mu The the program perfect
there hitch anywhere Mr. Roosevelt
that held rigid the flags that flung from the s buildings
talked all day under the tickle conditions
what Mssou
BEEN BY and large there nothing
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Students and Many Townspeople Listen to
Ex-President at University
"PLAY HARD IS HIS ADVICE TO THE CHILDREN
Cultural and Vocational Training Are Discussed in Highly
Interesting Manner-Himself Pioneer, the Colonel
Asks Present Generation Not to Stop With
What Forefathers Knew

The university campus made a splen-
did picture as the procession entered
the main gate, Massed In front of
Woman's han were about two thousand
pupils of the public schools. the stu
dents Of the high school and the young
people Of Sacret Heart academy anu
ST. Joseph's school. Around the circle
there were about three thousand
townspeople. and the long cavalcade
swept over the gravel drive, through
| cheering lines. making the complete
circle 70 the left ana pausing before
the school children, rs the latter gave
their yclls and cheers.
At the head Of the line was the
squad OF cowboys. moving at a gallop.
Close behind them came Mr.. Roose-
vclts car, attended by the mounted po-
lice. Then came the long line OF auto
mobiles containing the reception COM
mittce. There was IL pause of a few
minutes while Mr.. Roosevelt spoke 10
the school children who had braved
the snow showers to see and hear him.
The little talk which the visitor made
TO these youngsters was. perhaps. the
most characteristic OF his words of the
day. There were tenderness and pride
In his tones: there were inspiration
and encouragement in his words and
there were confidence and cheer I'm his
smile. The event was one which will
always llnger In the memories of those
who watched IL.
Mr.. Roosevelt urged his juvenile
hearers 10 be thorough in their work.
when you play" he said. ''play hard ;
play with all the strength there IL In
You. And when you work. don't play
at ALL"
BE honest" he continued: "be hon
est In your play and he square in your
work. Avoid fraud and deceit always,
now, and when you are older. There
must be honesty In study. honesty in
work. honesty in politics"
In this strain Mr.. Roosevelt talked
for about five minutes. Closing, he
expressed the pleasure he felt In hav-
Ing the opportunity OF seeing Mis-
soulas children and speaking 10 them.
He said he had specially enjoyed H.,
as he could see that Missoula's children
are all right. both in quality and In
quantity.
Mr.. Roosevelt stood directly In front
Of the Roosevelt school delegation as
he talked. and the big, red-and- white
banner OF the school waved franticaliy
as he closed and the cheers of the
proud and happy lads and lassIes made
the sky crack
From the school childrens position,
the line moved around the university
circle again and at the entrance t.
University hall Mr.. Roosevelt alighted
and was escorted inside by President
Dnniway and Senator Dixon. followed
by the members of the reception com
mittee.
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In the gray early morning light the
scene which presented itself about the
Northern Pacific station prior to the
arrival of Colonel Roosevelt was in
spring. Shortly after o'clock the
crowd began to assemble, every one
intent on securing position Of
vantage. from which e might obtain
u view of the man who was about to
grace the Garden city with his pres
ence. AS the numbers increased, so
did the spirit OF patriotic enthusiasm.
Perfect order was maintained without
the hint of "A suggestion from the many
special officers that had been provided
by the city. There were pleasant greet
ings, much joking and even mild hi
larity. Through IL all there was IL
spirit of consideration by each member
of the crowd for his ne.ghbor. right
and left The younger generation
especially the boys, was allowed to
push itself forward. The eagerness of
the Youngsters in anticipating the first
sight Of the man whose many splendid
traits they have learned to admire, was
Il feature of the assembly that was
noticeable and pleasing.
Soldiers Arrive.
Nothing could be more pleasing than
the picture presented with the arrival
of the soldiers of the Third battalion of
the Fourteenth infantry from Fort Mis-
soula, in command of Captain p. IL.
'Mnllay. They came In from the post
on a special train consisting of three
OF the regular street cars and three
trailers, the train stopping within u
block of the station The soldiers de-
trained In perfect order. Every man
was In his place in line as he stepped
from the platform and without II sec
onds waiting the whole battalion was
In marching order and proceeding to
take up its position on the south side
of Railroad avenue Then came the
string Of II automobiles bearing the
members of the reception committee,
which took its position opposite the
soldiers on the same street. Other
AUTOMOBILES with the citizens who
rode in the parade made up a line
along the station platform: the cow
boys from the reservation, about 30 In
number. gathered directly across Rail-
road avenue from the depot. the In
dians were stoicaly arrayed on the
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citizenship Is that one fills ones posi-
tion IN the intimate relations of the
home. But that isn't all. even to this
phase of good citizenship. have no
use for the man who fills his oblga
ton. bur whose family ~ never happy
except when he IL away from home
The speaker paid his respects to the
corner store philosopher and states
man, who settles the affairs of the gov
ernment while his wife takes IN wash
ing" Before any man says how the
nation should he run" said Mr.. Roose-
Welt, let him show that he can run his
own home. 1t is not enough, however.
TO do ones duty In the home. but it's
the first duty. Unless a man is able
To take care OF his own wife and chill
dren he can't be much of help to the
rest of us.
physical vigor IL good thing, and
a necessary thing. It's a good thing To-
have good body; It's better than that
10 have good mind: but better than
either Is to have n good character.
Three elements. more than any others.
enter into character. Honesty--de-
cency--the quality that makes you
trust n man when YOU deal with him
In a business way. absolute integrity
in public and private llfe--that's the
essential. the first. Never listen to an
appeal to support a man just because
he Is smart. IT a man isn't honest, the
brighter he Is the more dangerous he
H. That's the dangerous crook. the
crook that. succeeds. make no dis
tinction. II he's poor man. I'll cinch
him; II he's a rich man. III cinch him
a little quicker. If / can. We can't
stand for the crook
The honest man must he unafraid.
| want To see the decent man who isn't
AFRAID. ] want to see the decent man
Who Is honest and dead game. He
must lie honest. game and possessed OF
common sense.
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Versity | have been welcomed by Your
president exactly as | would most wish
TO be wecomed--as n member of the
free masonry OF scholarship. or, rather.
of the free masonry OF collegians. a
member Of the brotherhood which Is to
he found in every country you can
journey through. II has been my good
fortune during the last few years to
visit many universities not only IN
America, but IN Europe, not only I'm
Europe but IN Africa. and have ad-
dressed universities I'm the old world
Moslem and Christian-and l have
spoken to bodies Of university men
gathered In seats OF. learning In Ger
many, France and England. and now,
on this trip. I particularly desired 10
visit the universities in the several
states through which ! have passed.
The state university symbolizos to a
peculiar and marked degree the high
est intellectual efficiency in the state
today. and especially In the state of to-
morrow. We can say that the modern
university first rose---ln not such q
modern time-at Alexandria In Egypt
only prototype of the university of
modern times. | believe.
From that time on, universities
have gradually grown and had the op-
portunity OF stamping their character
istics on the times. And here, In tho
western United States. you have de-
veioped In the state university an in
stitntion Of learning which can be
favorably compared with old American
ana ancient universities. and what I
hope to see is this university and this
country developing along the new lines
and In that way preserving the great
heritage of the past. II would be an
almost equally great mistake to de-
velop along the new lines without con-
sideration OF the great institutions OF
the past ages as TO neglect the new
lines altogether.
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theodore roosevelt TELLS
AUDIENCE OF CITIZENSHIP
Problems of Government and Ideals Make Up
Address of Afternoon.
COMMISSION PLAN SCOMMtNOtO IN WARM TERMS

Former President Speaks Of Cowboy Days Before Giving
Consideration to Changes He Deems Needed in
Administrative Machinery-Direct Election
of Senators Favored
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His Speech.

DIR, Duniway. members of the fac
ulty, students, and friends OF the uni
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ocontInued on Page Three)
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GET A HOME

a valuable bungalow in a
Missoulian prize.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
Mr.. WatterSOn Takes His Per
In Hand.

The editor of the Courier-J
has written several strong editorials
calling on his fellow Dem, Gratis to
fall in line and support the Demo-
cratic ticket. He generously puts
behind him differences. Of opinion.
forgetting whatever persona. disap-
pointment she may feel, in the wish
that his party may achieve success.
Mr.. Watterson recognizes that a
defeat in Kentucky this year would
mean a long tenure Of office for the
Republican, and that it would lay
the foundation for Republican vic
tory in the nation next year.
For these reasons. he is willing to
waive his personal views that the
whole party may profit by the gett-
ing togethers of all the discordant
elements. Mr.. Watterson is right
ly regarded as the ablest editor in
America. His opinions are quoted
more than those of any other man
who yields a newspaper pen in this
country. Kentucky is proud of his
ia ent. and the wide recognition that
his genius has received. His party
is always gald to have him leading
the cause, for he is good fighter,
and when he turned lis thirteen inch
guns loose in the editorial columns,
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WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCured byLydiaE. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Elwood, Ind.-"Your remedies have
cured me and L have only taken six
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
Program of The Third Circle Of
Bethel Association To Be
Held at Salem Church
Oct. 1880, 1911. s

l. Where does the authority to
baptize rest? DR.. Clardy. Isaac Gar
rott. L. B. English. \
2. How should churches secure
pastors? How keep them? And
how dispose of them? j. F. Garrett
and H. E. Gabby. ~
8. The divinity of Christ. F. NJ.
Wilson and E. w. Stegar.
, 4. Should the call of pastors be
indefinite or annual? Owen Viii
.liams and T. M. Barker. lss
/. 5. Obligation of churches to
young converts. l.. B. English and
W. W. 'Radford.
6. Tell about the program of our
foreign mission work. H. W. Box
ley and F. M Wilson.
SUNDAY.
How secure better efficiency in
Sunday School work. G. H. Stowe,
H. E. Gab0y and l.. B. English.
Sermon. Oven Williams.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07

to feel better when L had taken only
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
as was afraid to stop too soon" Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 272S n. b. St., e.
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the JOY of living, when they
can find health in Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compounds
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
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ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostratiOn.
If you have tire slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegc-
fable Compound will help yOC.
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn.
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and the advice free.
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AND INDIANS
Subjects Of Two Excellent Pa
pers At Athenaeum.

The Athenaeum met at Hotel La
them Thursday night with two in
teresting papers.
Rev. Geo. c. Abbitt wrote enter
tainly on "The Patrician of Virgin
ia" and DR.. T. W. Blakey discussed
The Aborigines Of The West" in q
historical paper dealing with the
Indians. Both papers we're dis.
cussed at length.
Those present were: H. d. Smith,
Ira L. Smith. H. Clay Smith. j. w
Downer. k. F. Mcdaniel. S. Y. Trim
BILE. A. H. Eckles. l.. E. Foster. T
W. Blakey. 4. G. Chapman. d. A.
Clark. H. W. Linton. Geo. E. Gary
Jouett Henry. G. G. Abbitt, H. G
Browpell, Chas. NJ. Meacham, T. C
Under wood. Austin Bell and W. T.
Tandy.