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Show 'I pn"' ' - " : 'I ; p ht- q : fo'l ! ! , 4,.. '"'It X V V . . ! 1 1 CilAIIA, Keb.. April 13. Tn thousand people were gthred at the Coliseum last nlght'to hear FreiJent Rootevelt. 'Great' praparation rad been made fn this city for the President's coming and he was greeted by probably N.oo ptopl. who lined the street oh feotn illa for 4 r?-!lt and a jhatf alot;g tha route of tha Cartiage drive. Liaborate decorations " of bunting and flairs were hut'g from every buUrttng anfflfrom every flagstaff id the city '"Cld Gloiy" floated proudly.'. At the'Bn"n etatiorr' the -great weet arch was te tconed with bunting, which surrounded an "-immense ' painting of the President.-Another President.-Another painting, framed in the national tri-colora, w placed over the carriage way through Which the Presidents party paeeed. At the tutrarttje to- their train shed was hung A band of Weteotne. . The reception committee w cetnpoaed of the board of governors Of the Knights of Ak-Sitr Ben, tof ether wKh tentors Millard and Dietrich, Gov. Ulckey. Congressman Con-gressman - Hitchcock, ex-Congressman Meroefi Mayor " Moores and Gen Mander-son. Mander-son. ' - Jturgi Militant fca1'. The military escort was a Urfe itttl. headed by a clatoon of polled The drive through the city lasted half an .hour, several sev-eral of the downtown business streets being trlversed. The drive ended at .the Omaha club, where a banquet lasting an hour and k half Was given to the President Presi-dent and hia party. Covers Were laid tor ninety persons, among Whorti Were prominent members of the Ak-SarBen and distinguished chisens of the city. Gen. Anderson presented the President. The visit Of the President has been anticipated an-ticipated by the people ef Omaha, who were disappointed last fall when his trip wss cut short st Indianapolis. After the banquet at the club the Prealdent Prea-ldent and his party were escorted to the Collseum which Is two miles from the business portion. of the city. Although the start was not made until ( o'clock, thousands again lorned-out to cheerthe President and catch a glimpse of his face. When he reached the big auditorium audito-rium it was crowded to its capacity. The Interior was beautifully decorated. When the President and his party entered, a band struck up ' Hall to. the Chief." and he was accorded a tremendous ovation. President's Address. The President devoted most of his speech to the question of good cltlsenshlp, snd went 'over very thoroughly the grbuna he has heretofore covered on thie subject. sub-ject. He also delivered a brief eulogy on the life of Oen. U. S. Grant, today being the .anniversary 'of hia birth. Omaha is threatened with an industrial strike on May let. and the President was asked to say something bearing on this subject. The following was delivered in response to this request: . ."If I might give a word of- advice to Omaha, I -should like to see your daily press publish in full the concluding portion por-tion of tha report of the anthracite coal commission, signed by all members thereof, there-of, by those in a special sense the cham- ftons of the wage-worker and by those n a special sense Identified with capital, organised- and unorganized, because, men and women of . Omaha, these people did not speak, first as capitalist or aa laborei, did not speak first as Judge, as srmy man, as church man, but they spoke, all of them, unanimously signed that report, sll ! of them, as American- cltlsens, anxious to see' right and Justice prevail. No one quality will -get us out of any difficulty. We, need mora than one;. we need many. We need." as I said, the power-first of reach man's honestly trying to look at the problem from his fellow's standpoint. TJrged to Look' at Report. ; t --'Capitalist " and wage-worker alike, should honeatly endeavor each to 16ok at' any matter from the other's standpoint, with a freedom on the one hand from the contemptible arrogance, which looks down upon tthe man Of leas means and on th other from the no less contemptible envy, jealousy and rancor which hates another because he is better off.' Each quality is. the complement of the other, the supplement supple-ment of the other, and in point of baseness base-ness there is not . the weight of the finger to choose between them. Look at the report algned by these men; look at It In the spirit In which they wrote it. and Ir -you can only make yourselves, make the community, .approach the problems of today to-day in the 'spirit that those men, your fellows, showed in approaching the great problem of yesterday, any - problem or problems will be solved. . "Any man who tries to excite class hate, sectional hate, hate of creeds, any-kind any-kind of hatred in our community, though he may affect to do so in the Interest of the class he Is representing. Is In thu long run with absolute certainty .that claei' worst enemy. In the long run we are going to go up or down together. Of coursethere will be exceptions, small local exceptions, exceptions In kind, exceptions ex-ceptions In place, but as a whole if the commonwealth prospers, some measure of the prosperity comes to all of us. If It Is not prosperity then the adversity, though it may be unequally upon us. will weigh more or less upon sll. It lies upon ourselves to determine our own faults." . |