New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-22
AMERICAS NEW DUTIES.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT THE BROOK.
LYN NEw-ENGLAND DINNER.

THE WAR AND OF THE NECESSITY OF PRO-
vIDINo GOOD GOVERNMENT FOR
THE CONQUERED ISLANDS
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt the Rev NI,not 7
Savage. Captain John r. Bartlett. t. s NJ and
st Clair McKelway were the principal speakers
last night at the nineteenth annual dinner of the
New-England Society in the City Of Brooklvn
q, the Pouch Gallery. IN Clinton-ave. The gath
cr,ng was TO commemorate the 27Sth anniver-
sary Of the landing Of the Pilgrims President
William B. Davenport presided Because Of at
tacks Of the grip Captain Alfred T. Mahan. u
s n: General Stewart L. Woodford and Can
tain Bertram T. Clayton were unable 10 respond
10 toasts
Colonel Roosevelt was received with tremen-
dous enthusiasm when he rose to speak He
said:
and more that the year that has just passed has
scant sympathy with that mock humanit aria nism
races Of the earth from doing their duty in the
worlds waste spaces because there must be some
sympathy with those who bemoan the fact that the
champions Of civilization and of righteousness have
overcome the champions of outworn tyranny
whether the conflict be fought by the Russian
champion % higher life in the Soudan. or by the
men who upheld the Stars and Stripes they
he Of 0pf the
90 not ask that you look es at this from the
OF civilization and righteousness: that you realize
that + srgEe sSoa S be heped p
ward and that IT does not cease 10 be better for
S RbeRe gt Il is better that the brutal barbarsm Of
Northern Asia should be supplanted by the cvillza-
IE lgt in ali the continents and the islands
Of the sea Read the account OF the Austrian Cath
Ole missionary priests who suffered under Mahdsm
and then you will realize that the Sirdar fight
Ing the battle OF righteousness truly as il ever
was fought under your ancestors and mine.
Thank heayen that At. we of t9s
me greatest struggle for righteousness this century
has seen the great Civil War. have had the chance
Of sses that ha gone sF round about s @
glad for the sake Of America. that we have seen
the the Western World but Infinitely more glad
o. the sea to try to do good to them ppauseJ
And now have told you why am glad about
wha' We nn' ANXIOUS about it We have driven out
the Spaniaris-that has not proved a serious task
s scrons s task Now it behooves us show that
aye capable Of doing Infinitely better the w9Tk
And woe us unless we do show not merely merely. a
slight hut marked AYE h %Sn ssu am heav
burdeos heavy responsibilities. I have no sym
PATTY T b meR Wh arc dSut and all the
that reason let grid up our loins and go out ana
Bu, let us meet them not in spirit Of levity but
with sincere and earnest desire 10 40 our GUY
a. a. users,rnentality. not saying 1--WE must az once
give universal suffrage to the people of the Philip
pines tney ,bs Sl We have got to show our prac-
tNa, rommon-sense II one Of the islands is not fit
10 govern itself We must govern y unuIi ~ ~ roov
Fortunately. while we can and ought 70 look
abroad for examples. We are a!ready pro1uclis,
even in this brief period. men Of our own Pe066ie
who are showing what 10 do WITH THESE lslahGs
-Fnclander is at present giving good OBJ
iect-lesson in administering these tropc provinces
auds e my fST ssTtsSo Leon
ard Wood (Applause)
Colonel Roosevelt outlined the immensely or
me task which General Wood had undertaken
the obstacles in his way, and the way In which
he had surrnounted them. and was giving GOOD
government TO the Cubans, at the same time
giving them self-government fast as they
were At for II.
minister the West Indian islands that we have
acquired ano the Philippines in way that WI.
have them administered by like General
Wood We have got to make up our m'n6s th Me
must then leave them largely unhampered az
NAV be: exact goods results from them nut give
large liberty in the methods OF reaching 'hose
III we treat these islands as the spoil of the
politician we shall tread again the path which
we shall sin against the light seeing the light
VI an an expansionist. but not blind 10 how
heavy these responsibilities are. And. In closing,
ask each Of you remember that he cannot shlit
the blame others II things go wrong. let cdCn
man here strive 10 make his weight felt on the soc
OF decency and morality; Let him make IL lei,
In supporting policy which DEGREES that we shall
hold our own in the face OF other nations but
which DEGREES also that shall be Just. and that
the people whose adni1ispa0n we e nave and o
worse By the fact that they have come under our
sway. jApplause)