New-York tribune., 1899-03-25

covrpSoE RoosEvELTs PLEA BEFORE
THE CITIZENS UNION CLUB
THE NEED OF LOOKING At ALI. SIDES 'f \
ot-Esr1oN-EX-JUDGE DAILY ALSO oNt
oT- THE SPEAKERS.


or TIE SPEAKERS.
Governor Roosevelt Was the Eues; of honor Las,
,,gh, a, 2 dinner o, the Citizens Union club OF
- WYNN and XXIX:h Assembly Districts
formerly known as Good Government club A. "n''m
Va held in Tuxedo Hail He did not reach me nan
vntn late owing TO his attendance AZ '"' -.
A;hls,i, Tournament il Madison sqIa'. %. -.
When he entered the room he was greeted VII" '''7
usual er'h husiastic cheering ,.,-o
Tu.o ~ The other speakers we're 'N-J"s"''
Joseph =. Daly ard the Rev. Thomas II. en-"
Fritz Won Briesen was toastmasteT. ana 10 ""''-
ton 70 the speakers there were az me s"'s- 60
Wheeler II Peckham Chsres II. suo"S' 80.
p Wheeler. Assemblyman Gherardi D"n''' .
man Joseph Oaiman ex-AssemoYH'an '""''''
French and others s - ..fe
rxJustice Daiy. who WAS INTRODUCED -
ra,,es, rndone,dcnt IN New-York.' spoke on t''''
mas duty 20 vote and 10 onghten ih'se "'"''
,o.ers who are not acquainted with ihe iss.e
- know tho familiar cry he said. 'tha' '"','
,s q donse mass Of voters whom you caih'' i
T, = false Somebody reaches ;hem ''t'' ~
-. ~. vouo There is no mass q voters 20"
cor,o. reach Tho great mass OF No'c'7 ""''' |
tru,h-to know the right aud wrong ih go 80
,ss, T. is the plain man who truly aplI"''''' -
value Of his vote and the privilege oi No''"t' GU"
he means 10 exercise his right as justly - 'i'
how The trouble * tina; Il = only no" "'''
the erort IS made TO reach him Nha- = '
In such An organization as yours -
sc,io, You have work to do in every elec4oh az"
Won mus, keep the public constantly aroused o.
you vii not succeed.
Governor Roosevelt came in a. me ehu ''
Justice Days speech. accompanied 10y TWO MN
bers Of his staff IN uniform. After the aPp0u''
had subsided he began speaking ana SAID IL P1',
Il am glad 70 be here because you are men Win
ubono 7 have worked FOR common ends ana pu'-
noses and with whose methods have generaIy
been IN svrpathy ! have been striving TOT Nhe
last three months 10 apply the principles ior VIM
YOU and have worked and ! mink y2uG G WI, rer yer
aid one thing and done another, ! canhoL a'T"
20 as far and fast a. would LKe l1 qa,ion nIi
vavs Try 10 move In the same general ore llo,. -
,evsr 90 back and sometimes 20 ahead. 1T d ~
under me in the government en- en'p,SSi ~ no rnatter
how, HE puii he has And then ,ry to pu' ,a IN q
better dIiy fHcsff' n getting good laws through when
there are legislators who DO not agItr Wig Tho
,a.saqe of had laws As YOU know. am I'D d I'-
cUliarIv happy position In that respect ,e hot,
NSs is d is my y ms To''T We must achdye practical
resnIts You yourselves must try for pracu.a' ,wo
suIts ma man ,bst he viii become base and COY.
rupi and the other that ne VIII DC 10 U,arn his
base and imprscticable do not naVS m .g mus,
audience against anything that Is ihine 9a real 1t
il better 10 do this than ,, to waste '''"' ~
about what ought 10 be done u,.o n Two men of
would Ike now TO ps${ ,,o uInT Enthusiastically in my
WORK You must know that wise admins ore a,'o
not he result Of the Governor luedS 20 H.,
is that Of the advice Of his frienor W3o DO we'll
r.o,t.;ore "a kroU The man who wohid 40 w
Pc not discriminate between creeds or classes.
He mus look at ali sides Of question. Ill, !. o'd
aatr,,t5 10 name the TWO men whom New olk coLr
a, trord 70 lose-if were asked 20 name the two
,nos, i,eef,l American citizens in this cN-l "oIu
luoN' .r -. ,vere Tacob 4 Riis and Arthur Won
Rressn The contemplated sweatshop .esis,aiIon ,h2
is onlv an example I was in great straits on thn'
ro,,er and had no way Of judging wisely mysei
50 Just wrote down 10 MI kiis ana as ne va va
able and experienced he investigated the Whoe
0IiestOn by personal interviews ana opseIFa'lo"''
and made his report 20 me -. . ,,
rhat report will be acted upon. We must nave
more factory inspec and We must nave cioSeI
non,rol Of the sweatshops- We cannot get az the
,nsrectors We want AZ this session. but VIII eet
them ali next time by George, We 60 halfway
his time instead Of trying 10 go all the way ana
,9j,i,r entirely Next tine will go all the way.