La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03

MIR. Chairman and You. My Fellow
Citizens Men aud Women OF Colo
rado-l am more glad than | emu say
to have moment TO speak To You.
having come through your wonderful
and beautiful state and having come Ia
this marvellous city here In the Rockies.
| am particularly glad To b. introduced
by "I'nrson" UzzeIl. IL is n year ago
that ] met the parson-I am tempted
to call him Tom" Uzzell--daughtcr
and npplauscl I met him rs he has
described but he has not described and
would not describe To you what ! can.
the sermon he preached TO my men TO
our regiment down at Las Vegas. Ar
ter hearing that feel what the parson
meant and what ! cannot always feel
with regard to some sermons -that we
20 away from hearing them prepared
TO carry ont the words Of the Holy
Writ to do Righteousness: not merely
to speak righteousness but To do IL. II
was the kind OF n sermon that was
good for any man TO hear. ] did not
know that "Parson" Uzzcli was going
to Introduce me to night and he has up
set my speech little. because l am
going to make 1t on little different
line than what 1 intended to-.
The parson was good enough 10 speak
OF my striving according to the light
that WIS in me for civic decency. His
sermon, too. was II sermon OF indiyid-
uni deccncy practically applid. Not
making merely phylactcrics. but doing
squarcly by everybody and everyone.
He preached what I have always
thought and have attempted 10 Insist
on more or less. and that Is the need
of applying In our government precise
Iy ana exactly the principles that apply
In private life. In the first place as a
matter Of course to learn so as to ap-
ply not merely talk about applying the.
principles upon which our government
rests-that IL. OF trying II man on his
worth as II man, is what believe in.
Public Pledges sacred s- Are Private Ones
see In the audience men whose col
or shows that they are blood kin or
perhaps the very same men as the men
OF the Ninth and Tenth cavalry who
fought at Santiago with us And. par
sou, when yuu preached To us that day
YOU preached to one Of my captains
who " born In Gel many; you pr, acli-
ed to one of my lieutcnnnts who was
born In Ireland. and to a first sergeant
! had who was u Dane. you preached
To Protestant, Catholic and Jew. You
preached to men OF different races, orI-
gins and creeds to men who had stood
shoulder tu shoulder with men OF an
other color. both lighting for ana Will
ing to Iii. for the same flag. applause,
And your doctrine applied 10 one eS'
actly as II applied to another. u was
the doctrine OF brotletly love. the doe
trine OF doing the work that the Lord
sent us to do. ms the Lord wished II to
a Il t.H.n n. ~ -
preached to any one;
You, my friends here tonight. I ask
you, can we do better than 10 apply in
public life the principles which II We
nrc men we would apply in private iifei
That Is the doierine OF brotherhood
the doctrine Of an essential comnun
fty of interests: the doctrine OF stand
ing by one another because the fall Of
one hurts not only him, but hurts all
around him.
Now. gentlemen. ! want TO put just
two pri~ciplcs before you before I gel
TO the point upon which wish to lay
a spccIat-strcss. In the first place. re
member always that II promise is of nt
good unless II Is backed by perfom
ancc. That IL true In private life. and
IL Is no less truc In public life. 1t Il
true Of any public man, myself or any
one else addressing yuu. and his words
are worth no more than aii.l ouly ex-
actly as much us his deeds make good
afterwards. There Is no more excus,
for breaking PROMISE made on the
stump than there Is for breaking Il
PROMISE made IN private life. TAP
plause.) That Is one side of 1t; that II
my side. Now for your side zap
plause.) Ii people demand the promise
.s,I- a..
man before he shall receive your sup
port that i,e shall promise what cannot
be done, You make Ii impossible FOL
any hut fool or n knave To make sucl
promises and therefore you roll thoss
who co,Id serve you best out OF publ,
life. That IL the other side, and II Il
quite MS Important as the first. Yor
won't applaud II as much. daughter
aud cheers.) But 1t is well to recollect
Emerson's statement that In the long
run the most disagrccabie truth Is q
safer companion than the plcasantes'
falsehool. I have spoken OF the tw,
things necessnry-a belief In brother
hood and belief In doing the best one
can for ones fellow men and keeping
the promises made and making nc
promises that cannot be kept.
who the Foes of tho Nation Are,
Then as a corollary It follows. my fel
low citizens. that You should beware
above all others OF n man who seeks tc
persuade you that you can be bene-
lIted by the hatred OF your fellows; by
q desire TO rise mt the expense OF 9th.
err. He Ii the worst foe to Americn.
The man who, when we have need OF
an cur love and charity, breaches the
aoe<xine OF feeding Q grudse ngainst
on0ss neighbor and who promises II
- will support bim he win hang you
81 IL millennium quick daughter and
stpanase1, b not the man to be trusted.
Noe. ~ me call your attention to
AyenEB II my past experience which
IN GhoW you what I mean By our sol
fneof1 u 1nts9cstA. In 1602 when the
11I1n 6om1A = e1ection was up, I do NOT