The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29
HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS
Future of the Nation Rests With
the West.
MUST HAVE HORSE SENSE
A Man Lacking in Common Honesty Is
Unfit for Public Life-The Great
Destiny of This Country
in the Pacific.

Milwaukee, June 2S.-"He won with
our boys in blue and he will be our
president, too" Thus ran one of the
banner inscriptions displayed to-day in
the Milwaukee flower parade, of which
Governor Roosevelt was the center of
attraction. But this apparently did not
interest the governor half as much as
did that other, displayed everywhere
and on every lip, Our Teddy"
The governors part in the flower pa
rade was to lead it in the undecorated
carriage of Captain Fred Pabst, ac-
companied by President Hackett, Gov
ernor Schofield and Lieutenant Fergu-
son. He was driven to where the pa
rade formed and, preceded by a mount
ed escort and band, started on car
rage journey through the ranks of
100000 spectators drawn up. on both
SIDES Of Grand and Prospect avenues.
Photographers by the score leveled
cameras at the governor and he shouted
to them: THE Spaniards did not co
anything as bad as that"
Little girls and young women ran
out to the carriage and threw in clus-
tiers OF roses and punches of sweet peas
until 1t was bower of flowers.
In the hats of hundreds of men were
white cards on which We're printed:
Teddy, 1904
Time and time again the shout went
up from the street corners and crowded
office windows, Roosevelt for pres-
dent. The governor was on his feet
nearly all the time he was in his car
rage. he was Kept constantly bowling.
The cheering at every part of the line
was tremendous. Old Harvard gradu-
ates seemed to be stationed at every
corner, for the shout was continually
going up: "Rah, rah, rah, Har-
ward"
This especially delighted the COVER
nor
During the day the governor visited
the Deutscher club, the Press club and
the Milwaukee club and the board of
trade. At the board of trade he made
speech. .4
In addressing the bulls and bears the
famous colonel of the rough riders
said:
AT the end of the nineteenth CEN
fury, as this country moves along the
road to greatness, she has many seri-
Gus problems to face, and when she
needs men to carry out her purposes
she can call upon men of the best
thought and wisdom, just such men as
l am now addressing. You of the great
West hold in your hands the future of
this great nation. 1t rests with you
and you will, know, show yourselves
equal to the task We always have
with us our home problems and we
should aim always to get into public
life men OF courage, of common sense
and OF honesty. No amount of genius
or br1lllancy can atone for a lack of
the element of feariessness, of decency
and horse sense, and no one or two of
these will avail unless the man has all
three. The ablest man alive. if cor
rupt, is danger to the country or
community, to just the extent of his
brilliancy and ability and you gentle
men are in honor bound to allow
him to feel the weight of your disap-
prevail
Il don't care how brave a man is, if
he is natural born fool. he is not
worth knocking on the head
IF man is lacking in common hon
esty, he is not fit for public life, no
matter how brilliant he may be.
We have certain important foreign
problems which confront us. The
United States has evidently as great a
destiny on the Pacific as on the ATTAIN
tic ocean, and whether we live in the
former or latter, we must be equally
interested in the welfare of the ma
ton on every foreign question and we
should all see that the nation rises on
the Pacific as on the Atlantic and we
have right to demand of all good
citizens to stand by the president, as
he upholds the honor and glory and
the greatness of the flag, no matter
what the individual ideas may be re-
garding the Philippine question. We
cannot fool with any one who bears
arms against our aims and destiny.
The people of the world must be made
to realize that we fear none and that
we must be obeyed whenever we are
contending for our rights. We must
treat those who are against us as they
right and justice of our cause, then
and liberality, and because of their
dinarily generous and just with them
and we want to make 1t understood
that while we fear no nation and shirk
no duty, we desire above all things
peace, and we feel that there are three
great nations who have interests to-
gether. These are America, England
and Germany. These should work
hand In hand for the solution of ques-
lions that now confront us in the Pa
cific'
While at his hotel the governor was
called upon by Henry c. Payne and
was in conference with him for few
moments.
Milwaukee ended the governors
swing around the circle. II return to
New York. he said, more conscious
than ever of what the heart of the
American people is"