The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-01
CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT.
mr. sPEIkS At little T1LLET TO
CIf.tgJARdUDTS CITIZENS.

Dw-lis on tho Need of Hunldrum Com n n
Sense In the CnnduC- OF Public Affairs
Says II would Re y Disgrace to Yicit
In tho fhilliLIn .s-A stop In Buffalo
LITTLE Val LEY, N. Y, Aus. 31.-Great crowd.
greeted Gov Roosevelt on his trip through
CattarauRus county to-day. Everywhcrs along
the line people gathered to SEQ him. Senator
Frank W. Higgins was the official guide
through the county Ho entertained the
Governor over night at Clean.
Tho start was made at 10 o'clock this morn
Ing. At Salamanca several Cattaraugus
county politicians came on board the private
car. Among them were L. T.. Dnrrow. Assem-
b'Ynnn A. 4. fancher. l.. Is Yreelnnd. Judge
Edward ". krusc. j. Spencer Whppe and
in igr Alfred Spr,ug. VIM II. IIGtchk:. tho
entertained tho Gov'rno In Buffalo this even
lax. also Joined the rarty at this place. Ehbo-
rate preparations nave been made In ;hc village
Of Little Valley for the reception OF tho
guest. Autographs OF the Governor were
IN nearly every window. Huge streumers OF
rod white and blue bunting were OH half the
houses Banners wore stretched across the
streets. Flags ncated in profusion every
where. The Inscriptions ON the banners were
varied. Welcome to n One Man Governor"
was painted In huge lettors on one. well
come to the Hero OF San Juan" read
another. Teddy for President in 1904"
was painted on q third. Welcome to
the bost Fair In the State" was hung over
fourth at tho entrance to tho fair grounds.
The train reached Little Valley at 1890
O'Clock. Two brass bands and company OF
Rough Riders were in waiting. After parade
about the town the marty was taken to the
hotol for dinner and at 80 o'clock the parade
formed for the fair grounds. The half mile
stretch between the hotol ard tho grounds ran
through lane OF humanity. Cheers kept the
Governor busy bowling his acknowledgements
The fair grounds themselves wero damned
with people. Conservative estimates place
the number at 1000.
platform placed near the racetrack was
used Tor the speechmakinG. Senator Higgins
introduced the Governor briefly "a one who
had demonstrated his courage 10 war and his
honesty in the pursuits OF peace. Hearty APP
plause greeted the Governor as he arose. His
speech was applaudcd frequently. He said:
Mr.. Chairman. fellow countrymen. wanted
to como here to see you. 1t needed no effort
TO bring me because | felt 1t was 10 you and
those like you that owe my election as Cover
nor. There wnsnnoth"r reason. 1have soughtto
represent your purposes and your policies. /
want the chance to meet you face to faco so |
can do 70. | wish you to remember that /
must take from your Representatives the views
you are supposed to hold. | shall do all that in
mo lies so that you shall feel that every prom
Use has been kOpt and more than kept (Choersl
1T has never seemed that in tho manage
ment OF state affairs we need brilliancy and
gcntus so much as we need humdrum honesty
common sense and ordinary courage. You
can't count much on tho virtue that is virtuous
because it fears future punishment. During !
my term darn say will make mistakes. but |
guarantee that there will be nothing have |
Il .
absolutely free and honest reason why"
Cheers.
The Governor urged his hearers to do will
ingly the small duties VI He, asserting that no
nation could arise TO hsroism IL its ordinary
eitizonS lid not do their ordinary duties day by
day. Citizens, lie said. should work steadily
and not hyserically, keeping watch over their
representatives and guarding against those
who wished to make money out Of the pu bile
services. lie sad:
You will not gain good government from
revolutions. Politicians are what you make
them. The politician must reapond TO what
the citizen demands. tCheers) We are your
hired men. II we don't represent you
right, turn us out No thrift or prosperity
will save our nation il we 60 wrong
The nation won't last whose people
are tricksters in private business and
corruptionists in public life. 1t Is your duty to
90 out and see that things are run right.
preach the duty OF bringing into political life
exactly tho same qualities as In private life
But remember. that now and then the Nation
must come to heroic times. Mere bulk won't
do You have got to have the spirit and pur-
pose to rise to the emergency.
We arenow face 20 face with an emergency
year ago our nation was called upon to do
the police duty Of the world. A foul chimney
had been burning right at our DOORS We put IL
out. lCheers.I Now we find it has led to
another. We cannot finch from performing
that other. LCheers.l We drove out tho
spanard because he was not competent to
rule. II We turn bnck we show our own
incompetence. People tell us the task will be
hard. guess you found the task hard In 1881
but you did it. IContnued applausel Too
hard ? that's an argument for weak llngs."
The Governor made spirited defence OF the
expansion policy and in this connection said
he hoped to see the day when the Filpinos
would DO qualified to form q government of
heir own. He concluded by earnestly urging
Ill to do their full duty and not to falter in the
work. The Governor left on an afternoon train
for Buffalo.
BUFFALO. Aug. 31.-Gov Roosevelt arrived
here at o'clock this evening and was the
guest at dinner OF William H. Hotcbkiss
Referee In bankruptcy. n Tho International
Law Association Ia in session here and some
81 the members paid their respects to the
Governor. He avoided all efforts to draw from
him an expression on tho judicial fight here.
He went East at IL 10. His next stop will be-
Watertown.