New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23

rvsfrrf.p WORDS DELIVERED To THE PEOPLE or
CHICAGO nY COMMISSIONER ROOSEVELT.
Chicago Feb 90 -Ora,!ons on George Washington
and patriotic must. were the order Of the day mere
ard thousands of Americans both young and Old ct
tended the exercises In all parts OF 'he city ana
It's suhurbs The celebrations arranged under the
AUSPICES II the Union League cub. as In past years
were. the most conrpiclous incidents OF the d"y
Theodore RoosoVeL Police Commissioner OF New
York CIV spoke nj the University Of Chicago IN
the morning AZ m. Auditorium Theatre IN inc al
tcrnoon, and again At the Mon League ''uo
annual Washington Ii n1uet in the AFTERNOON
Twelve patriotic demonstrations. IN as many pun
lie schools were held under the 'hion Ho"su'
C'ub's auspices An orator OF some university or
COLLEGE smoke ~ clch OF the meetings the exercises
1T each institution closing with the general singing
u "Amcrcl'
Among the orators were Edward W. Hamilton OF
the College of Ncw-Jorscy; II. c. Nick OF Columbia
College; Harold T.. Addison, OF Harvard ana Is. r.
Stanton OF Obcrlin College. Birthday eNe'c'Ses
were held NJ all the local universities me "ohs o
the Rcvoluti,n for Illinois gave their annual ceie-
brat,on in Central Music Hall this morning. the
orator being the Rev. +. V. Vrooman. Of Boston
n u Baker OF Yale. was the orator at the EVAN
ston School and Ellis L. Aldrich. or Corhei UNI
vorsity. delivered the eulogy Of the first American
al the Hyde Park High School.
Commissioner Roosevets first address to the STU
caeo was delivered in Kent Hall In speaking OF MS
police reform work. he said
Conditions were at their very worst 1ne poIuH-
clans were banded together against US. me Plop.
lem Of reorganiZing the department on an nuIest
ba sig was terrible one-perhapS inc most yer pe
one that could have been undertaken het IN
theory II was simple. The criminal portion OF the
preas-incud,ng tie paper win the laTsest Gu
lation in New NOrk-were ul'ltei hsaihst US La
this country the greatest trouble Is win the dema-
Gogue. ,
Five thousand People assembled in the Auiito-
rum Theatre AT o'clock to hear MI Roosevelt
President Kohlsaat Of the club delivered an miro
ductorv address in the course OF whch ne SAID that
throuen The clubs direct influence vp siihlIdI meet
incs ve., belng held throughout the country ana
NJ Sva hundred of them the patriotic music anu
lifer..1r. scnf bv the club were pelnG used COM
nissioner Iooseyclf said, among otheT thlnSS: .
The events of Washingtons ne Vu rr rpPii.N
viii ad,antag. IN American life to-day. lie had 10
III III ~" - virh venai and menlacious papers.
h.,.vs thor. arc many honest politicians ana decent
noD.,naurrs VA don't want TO be siily optmists
sill 49, DO YOU want to be silly pes.iinlsts Inc
greatest .ess1n to be learned from washington y
Ife IL the lesson OF applied morality. NO man
should 20 into public life who does not believe IN
The docaloeue and the Golden Rule. as particularly
applicable - public affairs
Afr Roosevelt spoke ~ the criminal knave and the
criminal ..rlch' as being inhn tey more dangerous
:, socletv than the criminal fool. Tru,hfuness
waq mo-. ted more than ndiscrmirate criticism and
pubIic mon and newspapers were advised to Apply
Washngton's method of dealing with friend and
foe Ike Citizens and the press should dis