ernors, state officers and reception committee appointed by the Legislature, in addition to 5,000 people, greeted the President.

At Tacoma a multitude at the station rent the air with cheers when the train stopped in the Northern Pacific depot. The escort consisted of G. A. R. posts and Spanish-American War veterans. At the public school buildings the children were grouped and gave the President an enthusiastic reception. All the business and resident streets were decorated with flags and festoons and pictures of the President. The streets were packed with people, and the demonstration kept him busy bowing his acknowledgments. He spoke in Wright Park, where there was a mass of humanity.

"I earnestly believe," he said, "and, of course, I hope with all my heart, that there will always be peace between the United States and other powers, but I wish that peace to come to us not as a favor granted in contempt, but to be the kind of peace that comes to the just man armed, the peace that we can claim as a matter of right.

"If we fail to build an adequate navy, sometime, some great power, throwing off the restraint of international morality, will take some step against us, relying upon the weakness of our navy. The best possible assurance against war is an adequate navy. I ask for a navy primarily because it is the surest means of keeping peace, and also because, if war does come, surely there can be no American who will tolerate the idea of its having any other than a successful issue."

On leaving the park, the Grand Lodge of Masons and the Grand Commandery Knights Templar escorted the President to the site of the Masonic Temple, of which he laid the cornerstone. A thousand Masons participated in the impressive ceremony.

Senator Foster gave a dinner in his honor in the evening.

There was ideal weather May 23 for the trip of Puget Sound. The president was accompanied to the wharf by an escort of police and cavalry, crowds lining Pacific Avenue and cheering

"What American stands for more than aught else, is for treating each man on his worth as a man."

President Roosevelt received a most enthusiastic welcome from the Citizens,

Cowpunchers and Sheep men.

him heartily. All the shipping was adorned with flags and streamers. The steamer Spokane, which took him north, flew the President's flag, the revenue cutter McCulloch, handsomely dressed, convoying her.

The navy yard at Sinclair Inlet was inspected. As the Spokane emerged from the inlet, she was greeted by the sirens of steamers and tugs waiting to escort her to Seattle. Behind the Spokane was the McCulloch, followed in a double line by forty steamers, great and small, all decked out and tooting their whistles. A salute of 21 guns was fired as the President landed at the wharf, where he was received by Mayor Humes. A long drive was taken through the streets, which were packed with enthusiastic people. At the University grounds, the President made a speech in which he said:

"I greet you as the very embodiment of the spirit which makes us all proud to be Americans. How any man can be a citizen of Seattle and the State of Washington, realizing what has been