Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-17
GOV. ROOSEVELT IN CHICAGO.

The following IS an extract from d
speech made by Governor Roosevelt
of New York in Chicago last week:
s9The guns that thundered off Ma
Mia and Santiago left us echoes of
glory, but they also left us legacy OF
duty. If we drove out medieval
tyranny only to make room for saw
age anarchy, we had better not have
begun the task at all. 1t is worse
than idle to say that we have no duty
to perform and can leave to their fates
the islands we have conquered. Such
a course would. be the course of in
fanny. 1t would be followed at once
bv utter chaos in the wretched islands
themselves. Some stronger, man1ier
power would have to step in and do
the work, and we would have shown
ourselves weaklings, unable to carry
to successful completion the labors
that great and high spirited nations
are eager to undertake.
seThe work must be done. We can
not escape our responsibility, and II
we are worth our salt, we shall be
glad of the chance to do the work
glad of the chance to show ourselves
equal to one of the great tasks set for
modern civilization. But let us not
deceive ourselves as to the import
ance of the task. Let US not be led by
vainglory into Understanding the
strain it will put on our powers.
Above all, let us, as we value our own
self-respect, face the responsibilities
with proper seriousness, courage and
high resolve. We must demand the
highest order of integrity and ability
in our public men who are to grapple
with these new problems. We must
hold to a rigid accountability those
public servants who show unfaithful-
ness to the interests of the nation or
it's ability to rise to the high level of
the new demands upon our strength
and our resources.
"Be just to those who build up the
navy, and for the sake Of the future
of the country, keep in mind those
who opposed it's building up. Read
the Congressional Record. Find out
the Senators and congressman who
opposed the grants for building the
new ships, who opposed the purchase
of armor-without which the ships
were worthless; who opposed any ad-
equate maintenance for the Navy De-
Department, and strove to cut down
the number of men necessary to man
our fleets. The men who did these
things wereTone and all working to
bring disaster on the country. They
have no share'in the glory of Manila,
III the honor of Santiago. They have
no cause to feel proud of the valor of
our sea captains, of the renown of our
flag. Their motives may or may not
have been good, but their acts were
heavily fraught with evil. They did
i'll for the national honor, and we won
in spite of their sinister opposition.
"Our army needs complete re-or-
ganizatiop-not merely charging
and the reorganization can only
come as the result of legislation. A
proper general staff should be estab-
lished and the positions of ordnance,
commissary and quartermaster Of
ficers should be filed by detail from
the line. Above all, the army must
be given the chance to exercise in
large bodies. Never again should we
see, as we saw in the Spanish war,
jor Generals in commond of divis-
ions who had never before command
ed three companies together in the
field. Yet, incredible to relate, the
recent congress has shown a queer
inability to learn some of the lessons
of the war. There were large bodies
of men in both branches who opposed
the declaration of war, who opposed
the ratifica ton of peace, who opposed
the upbuilding of the army and who
even opposed the purchase OF armor
at reasonable price for the battle