Show Wilkes barre aug 10 the president of tha united states who came hero today and made an address to tho delegates attending the annual convention of the catholic abstinence union of america was given a most enthusiastic reception in tact the entire trip through new jersey and pennsylvania to this city was a series of ovations every station along tho line from jersey city was decorated with nags and bunting and the crowds at the stations cheered the president hear tily but his greatest ovation waa in the wyoming valey where be spent four very busy hours the entire valley took on a holiday aspect mr roosevelt was in great humor and enjoyed the day as much as the most enthusiastic total abstainer or mine worker was dressed for the occasion there waa scarcely a building in the business portion of tho city or a house along the route over which the president droop that did not display the national colors the greatest crowd that the city ever had within its confines was present and it Is estimated that the visitors numbered hpward of two hundred thousand the president arrived at three and was driven directly to the speakers stand on the common besides the president those who spoke were cardinal gibbons mayor kirkendal of this city john mitchell president of the mine workers and father curran cardinal gibbons and mr mitchell as well as mayor weaver of philadelphia who waa on the speakers platform but did not speak were then given an enthusiastic gree tieng after the exercises on thor alver common had ended the president was driven about the city then to the wyoming monument and from there to pittston about eleven miles north of here where he boarded his special train and left tor chautauqua at p m on the trip from jersey city to this city only a few stops were made at each of which the president delivered brief remarks before the train came to a full stop a great shout went up from th enormous crowd assembled at the station which increased into roar aa the president stepped from the train tha crowd was so great that the police had much difficulty in keeping the enthusiastic multitude behind the ropes that had been stretched about the station the president was met by a local reception committee which included father curran and john mitchell tho streets along the route to the presidents stand were lined with a solid mass of people many of them had been standing at favorite places for hours the presidents reception as he waa driven over the route was tremendous the president appeared to be extremely pleased at the demonstration and kept bowing to tho right and lo 10 the left the crowd at the speakers stand was greater than that which greeted the president at the station and the was so that it took several minutes to quiet the enthusiasm thusia sm and permit the exercises to begin 1 I am particularly glad to speak to this audience of miners and their wives and children and especially to speak under the auspices of this great temperance society in our country the happiness of all the rest of our people depends most of all upon the welfare of the wage worker and the welfare of the farmer it we can secure the welfare of these two classes we can be reasonably cartain that the community as a whole will prosper and we must never forget that the chief factor in se curing the welfare alike of wage work er and of farmer as of everybody elss must be the man himself the only effective way to help anybody is to help him help himself there are times when any one of us needs outside help and then it should be given freely but normally each of us must depend upon his own exertions tor his own success something can be done by wise legislation and by wise and honest administration of the laws that is something can be done by our action taken in our collective through the state and nation something some thing more can be done by combination and organization among ourselves in our private capacities as citizens so long as this combination or organization Is managed with wisdom and integrity with insistence upon the rights of those benefited and at with just regard for the rights of others but in the last analysis the factor most influential in determine any mans success must ever bo the sum of that mans own qualities of his knowl edge foresight thrift and courage whatever tends to increase bis self respect whatever tends to help him overcome the temptations with which all of us are surrounded is of benefit not only to him but to the whole community no one society can do more to help the wage worker than such a temperance society as that which I 1 am now addressing it is of incalculable consequence to the man himself that bo should be sober and temperate and at ia of even more consequence to his wife and his children for it la a hard and cruel fact that in this life of oura tho sins of the manaca often visited most heavily upon those whose wel faro should be his one special care for tho drunkard tor tho man who losea bis job because he can not control or will not control his desaro for liquor and for vicious we have feeling of ange rand contempt pity b his unfortunate wito and little only and that of the deepest and kenderest len derest kind everything possible should be done tho growth of that spirit of self respect self self rell which it it only grows enough la certain to make all those in whom il shows itself move upward toward the highest standard of american citizenship it is a proud and responsible to be citizens of bis great nation and each of us needs keep steadily ayea the tact that he is wholly tako partin the dorkof unless ha can first govern he must stand up manfully for his own rights he must obey the rights of others ho must obey the law and he must try to live up to those rules of righteousness which are above and behind all laws this applies just as much to tho man of arsat wealth as to the man of small means to tho capitalist as to the wage worker and as one practical point let mo urge that in the event of any difficulty especially it it Is what Is known as a labor trouble both sides show themselves willing to meet milling to consult and anxious each to treat the other reasonably and fairly each to look at the others side of the case and to do the other justice it only this course could be generally followed the chance of industrial du disaster would be minimized now my friends I 1 want to read you an extract from a letter I 1 have just received from ar catholic priest whom I 1 know well I 1 know to be as staunch a friend of laboring man as there Is to be fo this country now and then not too often it is a good thing for all of us to hear what is not perhaps altogether palatable provided ocly that the person who tells the truth is our genuine friend knows what he Is talking about even though he may not see all sides of the case and tells us what he has to say not with a desire to hurt our with the transparent purpose to do us good with this foreword bereis a part of the letter 1 I would humbly recommend that you leitl your entire weight to the cause which the catholic total abstinence sti nence union of america represents and especially so in its relation to the working classes of this country for whom it is doing so much good you know that the temperance movement Is a potent auxiliary to the institutions of our country in building up a better manhood and a truer among our citizens it played a very important part in the two coal strikes of 1900 and 1902 respectively by keeping tho men sober and thus removing the danger of riotous and unbecoming conduct there is one als cou ragtag feature with the upward tendency of the wago decalo among the workmen of this country the higher the wage themore money i they spend in saloons the shorter the hours the more they are inclined to absent themselves from home an apparent disregard for family ties Is growing among the poorer classes will eventually lead to a disregard for the blessings out country affords them hence with an increase of wages a corresponding movement tor better manhood nobler citizenship and truer christianity should be get on foot the dignity of labor should be maintained which can be done only through the love that a man should have for his work and through the intelligence which he puts into it A steady hand and sober mind are necessary for this bencs the necessity of the temperance cause and of the efforts which organized abstainers abstain ers are putting into the movement now in what Is here written this priest doss not mean that the tendency Is to grow worse but he means that with shorter hours and increased wages there is a tendency to go wrong which must be offset by movements such as I 1 this great temperance movement and similar efforts for social and betterment ter ment or else the increase in leisure and money will prove a curse instead of a blessing I 1 strive never to tell anyone what I 1 do not thoroughly believe and I 1 shall not say to you that to be honest and temperate and hardworking and thrifty will always bring success the hand ot the lord 19 sometimes heavy upon the just as well as upon the unjust and in the life ot labor and effort which we must lead on this earth it Is not always possible either by work by v iscom or by upright behavior to ward off disaster but it Is most emphatically true that the chance for leading a happy and prosperous life is immensely improved it only the man Is decent sober industrious and exercises foresight and judgment let him remember above all that the performance of duty h the first essential to right living and that a good type of average family life la the corner stone of national happiness and greatness no man can be a good citizen can deserve the respect 0 his fellows unless first of all he Is a good man in his own family unless he does his duty faithfully by his wife and children 1 I strongly believe in trades unions wisely and justly bandied in which iha rightful purpose to benefit those connected with them Is not accompanied by a desire to do or wrong to others I 1 believe in the duty of capitalist and wage worker to try to seek one another out to understand each the others point of view and to endeavor to show broad and kindly human sympathy one with the other 1 I believe in the ot these great temperance organizations of all kindred movements like the young mena and thoung christian associations lc short in every movement which strives to help anan by teaching him how to help himself but most ot all I 1 believe la the efficacy of the man striving continually to increase bis own self respect by tha way in which he does hla duty to him belt and to his neighbor cardinal gibons ald mr president friends and follow citizens I 1 am sure that you are profoundly grateful to the president of the united states for his presence in on this solemn and auspicious occasion and your gratitude is emphasized by the consideration that hla visit to you is mado at a time when he is engrossed by the cares of state and has grave foreign relations to engage his he has held auve branches to two great nations of the earth he Is discharging the blessed office of peace maker and he brings the olive branch of peace ide will to you I 1 have no doubt thethis th athis visit will be a potent factor in cementing the good relations between you and your employers pl before the advent of christ manual labor was degrading our blessed savior came to blot out the primeval curse that had been pronounced upon it liven sanca be labored at nazareth in the carpenters shop he has shed a halo around the brow of the bo has sanctified labor ithe office of is ennobled iby tho a washington and a lincoln if the office ot a jurist is ennoble dby the example ot a ra marshal and benney if the function ot a statesman Is ennobled by the example by a burke and a webster surely the calling of a mechanic and a workman la sanctified by the example of jesus christ in 1835 do Toque ville a distinguished french writer published a work embodying bis observations on the united states in which he pays a beautiful tribute to our economic institutions and the respect in which labor is held in this country he saya that in cur land every honest employment is honorable this is a proper conception of the dignity of labor the presidents mission will be far reaching in its influence if he strengthens here the good relation be awen the employer and the employed there should be no conflict between labor and capital they should ba united and inseparable father curran said this Is the instance that a president of the united states has ever visited our city but Wilke sbarra could well afford to have waited a hundred years for the visit of a president such as have with us today for of him more than of any other citizen since the immortal washington can it be truly said that he la first in war first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen theodore roosevelt Is not only on the crest of social and political reform be is the very force that sets that wave la motion and will keep it going until it shall have swept the country from ocean to ocean and restore the equilibrium that has been so badly disarranged by corrupted and corrupting citizens the total abstinence union of america is with him in his patriotic and christian onslaught against social and political enemies of our country the very aim of conr organized ex istance is the uplifting of the home and the formation of morals A good citizen was never made by a glass of whiskey nor a bad one by tho total abstinence pledge we want a conscience to back the laws and a childlike submission to for the authority of the gioveni ment which is enforcing those laws the love of god and fatherland musti be the guiding star of american it our glorious republic is to endure the final generation in behalf of catholic total abstainers Abstain ers of oar national union I 1 bid welcome to president roosevelt god bless him and spare him to his family and country for many years to come and may the efforts that he Is now putting forth for the restoration of peace between the two warring nations of the east be crowned with ultimate success and bring glory to our nation and an everlasting reward to our president the crush about the speakers stand was so great that the police and temperance cabets cadets who acted as the presidents escort lost control odthe crowd w noone was seriously hurt sy it was when th K aises closed after a short conversation those around him the president announced that he was ready for hia drive about the city the drive covered about twenty five blocks all of the streets which the president traversed were densely crowded and every house was covered with the national colors his ovation from the beginning of the drive to the end was splendid A feature of the drive which pleased the president immensely was the singing of about three hundred little girls dressed in white the president ordered his carriage stopped and while he stood bowing and waving his hat to the little ones they sang the red white ana blue cardinal gibbons rode in the presidents carriage until the procession reached the rectory at st marys church where the prelate left the president after the party had covered the route laid out by the local committee the president was driven across the susquehanna to the west shore and the trip to the wyoming monument was begun there was a large crowd assembled at the wyoming seminary at kingston which cheered as he passed further down the road the president was greeted by two hundred of the little boys and girls connected with SL ag matlus church singing A halt was made here and se little girls went to the denta carriage with huge bunches ot flow ors which the president accepted in a few happy remarks i the historic borough of wyoming I 1 where the wyoming monument stands in memory of those who ware killed by or massacred by indians in 1778 was reached at c m nearly all the school children of the borough were |