The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-29

Life.
MILWAUKEE,, June 2S.-"He won
with our boys in blue and he will be-
our President, too
Thus ran one of the banner inscrip-
lions 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 pas
rade was to lead it in the undecorated
carriage of Captain Fred Pabst, accom-.
panied by President Hackett, Governor
Scofield and Lieutenant Ferguson. He
was driven to where the parade formed
and, preceded by mounted escort and
a band, started on a carriage journey
through the ranks of 25OO00 specta-
tors drawn up on both sides of Grand
and Prospect avenues.
Photographers by the score leveled
cameras at the Governor and he shout
ed to them, THE Spaniards did not do
anything as bad as that
Little girls and young women ran out
to the carriage and threw in clusters
of roses and punches of sweet peas until
it was bower of flowers.
In the hats of hundreds of men were
little white cards on which were printed
TEDDY, 1904" Time and time again
the shout went UP from the street corr
ners and crowded office Windows.
Roosevelt for President
The Governor was on his feet. nearly
all the time he was in his carriage. He
was kept constantly bowling. The, cheer
ing at every part of the line was tre-
mendous. Old Harvard graduates
seemed to be stationed at every corner
for the shout was continually going up
'Rah. rah, rah, Harvard" This es-
pecially delighted the Governor.
During the day the Governor visited
the Deutscher Club, the Press Club and
the Milwaukee Club and the Board o.
Trade. At the Board Of Trade he mada
speech
While at his hotel the Governor was
called upon by Henry C. Payne and
was in conference with him for a few
moments. Milwaukee ended the. Cow
ernors swing around the circle. II re-
turn to New York." he said. more con-
scious than ever of what the heart Of
the American people is"
MILWAUKEE, June Ex-Governor
Theodore Roosevelt of New York was
escorted to the Milwaukee Chamber Of
Commerce to-day just before the hour
OF closing and given most enthusiasts
tic reception. s4-In addressing the bulls
and bears the famous Colonei Of the
Rough Riders said:
AT the end of the nineteenth Gems
tury, as this country moves along the
road to greatness, she has many seri-
Gus problems to face, and when she
reeds torlcarry other purposes she can
call upon men of the best thought ana
wisdom, just such men as / am now adj
dressing. You of the great West hold
in your hands the future of this nation.
It 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 briliancy can atone for a
lack of element of fearlessRess. of de-
cency and horse sense, and no one or
two of these will avail unless the man
has all three. The ablest man alive, If
corrupt, is a danger to the country on
community to just the extent of his
brilliancy and ability and you ge1ltle-
men are in honor bound to allow him
to feel the weight of your disapproval.
i don't care how brave u man, is, if
he is a natural born fool, he is not
worth knocking on the head
If a man is lacking in common hons
esty he is not fit for public life, no mat
ter how brilliant he may be.
We have certain important foreign
problems which confront us. The Unit
ed States has evidently as great a desc
tiny on the Pacific as on the ATLANTIC
Ocean, and whether we live in the for
mer or the latter we must be equally
interested in the walfare Of the nation
on very foreign questions and we should
all see that the nation rises on the Pa
cific as on the Atlantic and we have a
right to demand of all good citizens to
stand by the President as he upIolds
the honor and glory and the greatness
of the flag, no matter what the individ-
ual's ideas may be regarding the Philip
pine question. We cannot fool with
anyone 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 tor our
rights We must treat these who are
against us as they deserve and when
we have proven the right and justice OF
our cause, then we must treat them
with humanity and liberality and be-
cause of their weakness we should bu
more than ordinarily generous and just
with them, and we want to make it
understood that while we fear no ma
ton and shirk no duty, We desire above
all things peace and we feel that there
are three great nations who have in-
terests together, these are America, En-
gland and Germany. These should work
hand in hand for the solution of ques-
cific.'