Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-08-04
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oCEAS GROVE, y. j., Aug 3
GNernor. Theodore Roosevelt Of New
York WAS the guest Of honor at the
oreIf. droyc summer Sh.el tonight
when h., delivered an address M
~ Observation-Disclosures and Decent Pol
tiles, before an audience Of 10000
Welt 1T the New Jersey station ON his
Journey from New York, cheering him
heartily, At Ocean Grove the gov
crhQf Was met hy Il. great crowd and
100 hieyclists escorted him To his stop
ping tlace. in,front OF, the house il
company of boys dressed az Rough
Riders salutcd him. To his great de-
light
The meeting was SO enthusiastic
that Governor Roosevelt was Obliged
10 beg the people to moderate their
cheering. Governor Roosevelt said IN
part
III ~ Idle for. the mass Of good citi-
1870 ~ " y w ett iiNiiptfNtS NIdIN dA
not responsible for our political short
cnmings. la the end the politicians
must h. exactly what the people allow
them To De. They must represent the
psoplc, PERHAPS the vice, perhaps the
virtue, perhaps the indifference OF the
people. This does not la The least ex-
cnsc politicians that are bad and we
must keep Ia mind the fact that every
vicious politician, above al every sue
eesstul politicians tends To dehauch
public conscience, 10 render bad men
holder aud deeent men who are not
lar sighted more cNnically indinerc ut
than ever.
Hut in blaming the politicians. do
not forget that we ourselves are IL
blame for permitting his existence.
Again dn not fall into the mistake of
thinking That We shall ever make poll.
ties better by obstetrics Ia any shape
or form. II Is 4 shame To ,is ms Il ma.
tion. that we should have tolerated
IN n city like New York an adminlstra.
ttou against which IL IL necessary IL
war, not on grounds uf political ex.
Pe,iIsncN, but on grounds OF eiemen-
tarN morality.
lust NJ the moment the nation Is
face ~ faee Nth duty that calls for
| iicioisutl mean our attitude In the
Philippines We pu, our pick int
/ the solid foundations Of the Spanish
| government, both IN the West and
East Indies We tumhled the build.
1 lng down In n righteous u war as was
ever undertaken. Now. II we are Ia
r,v,eh oatr place among the great m.
lions ot the earth we must see that
| the ruins are cleared away and tne
temples al Justice and honesty reared
I TIL their place. w shall hc guilty III
a terrible wrong tn humanity II in the
( Philippines We retreat hfarp armed
s,NaevrN instead nj organizing a suit.
ahle government which shall guar.
antee Justice to eseryeHc md an ever
/ increasing measure at liberty Ia thus.
who show themselves worth, Vt IL.
The whole history Of The world
shows that the Mrulg done hs thu
mrrs sentinenialtsts Is often at large,
+ proportions AMI inorc elastic than an,
other Kind ot wrong, and uf his " runp
wv shall h, guilt, II Ne fail Ia do on,
tsssk thoroughly anal we'll. |, will cal
I tor hu, the mpr,S, trartion of au,
strength. Il the people lei their CON
grcssnlen halnpst progress like they
It'd last winter When tho, refused L.
put the army on a nvoper foating thet
tise people hasr themselves la thanh
" the war hngtr>, With ,ill,ienltl.,
alh dangers Increased. " la, the nee
pie have Ia do j. Ia rt~>.ll,s Ia hack m
the president the fullest extent il
s''citsg that the aitt,nrSi uf sasarer,
N fsPr.~~s'd anrv tnr ALL and what /,
even msltc lmparttut. Ia see that
ihrssa nTN trapsv lSlahts IN the cas-,
a'd west alike ane tt left Ia IL, In,
prey of n,ftlS,rs and stoilsmen, hui
arr governed primarily in the interest
~ their inhabitants. and therefor.
ultimately tor the honnr and renom,
OF America. =
,'ntcrnor Roosevelt spent the nigh,
~ Vice President lloiarts snnme,
h"me In N"iw,ssi,