The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-04

ton. from a second lieutenant finally te
Captain He was shot and before his
wound was healed he Joined us at the
front. And now that mas has a commits
sion in the army of the United States
over in the Philippines. Now. why was
ne with me? Because you had expanded
over him, because you had treated him
with justice. because you had made one
law the same for all men Injustice and
Wrong-doing ruin the nation that does IL,
and another thing does II even quicker
coWardice, cringing and hinching from
the work of the world when the world s
work has got TO be done. We of the
Rough Riders are proud of our colonel.
the present Leonard A. Wood, proud of
MIN not only because we remember how
ne formed US. not only because We re-
member how he led US in the fight at
! Guasimas, when most of US had not any
ldea exactly how il felt 10 be in a fight
tout We found ouD, but We are proud Of
him because he has been an able and up
] right civic administrator in Cuba, be
cause we feel that our regiment has taken
/ the lead in furnishing the sort OF men
who must be sent to the tropic islands
] that have become ours, if we are going
TO. as we must, make our rule a blessing
indeed to those islands
And appeal TO the people OF the
great west; 1 appeal to the men who
/ fought in the civil war and to their sons
who came forward to gladly la ;tfwhee
who came forward so gladly to offer all
that they had when the nation called
again. Whatever their party-I care
nothing for their party-I appeal to them
to see to 1t that the nation does not
shrink from its work, that the flag which
has so far been borne to honor shall be
upheld forevermore as the flag Of the
greatest, mightiest nation of mankind,
nation that shrinks from no duty when
duty calls. 1 have, right TO appeal to
you, for l fought with a regiment from
the west, containing many men from the
east-men whose fathers once wore the
blue, others whose fathers wore the gray.
a regiment in which we kne whether
easterner nor westerner, nor northerner
nor southerner, no distinction of creed or
race or origin or occupation but in which
We treated each man on his worth as a
man. We could get good work out of that
regiment because every man in It knew
If he did his duty we would stand by
him, and if he did not do his duty all
the politicians in the land could not save
him
No nation, no matter how glorious its
record can exist unless it practices
practices, mind you, not merely breaches
civic honesty, civic decency, civic
Righteousness. No nation can perma-
nently prosper unless the decaIogue and
the Golden Rule are its guides in pub
lie as in private life. Don't get into that
most foolish Of attitudes of admiring
mere smartness unaccompanied by NORA
purposes If we are going to make this
republic what it ought to be, the lesson
of insisting that a public mans deeds
must square with his words, that his
performances must make good his prom
Uses, or he has no right to appeal TO
you for confidence or for support. and
when we have learned that lesson. when
we make it understood that no ability. no
capacity. nothing, shall atone for the lack
of elements decency in public life. then
We will put this nation wher it should
be. the greatest among the nations on
which throughout the ages the sun has |
ever shone."
At the conclusion of Colonel Roose-
velt's speech he was presented with a
sword and sea bbard, the gift !
of the citizens of Oklahoma City. Dur |
ing the afternoon the governor was en- |
tertained at the fair grounds by ex- |
hibits of different sports in true west |
ern fashion. including mule races, In |
dian dancing, steer roping and tying. He |
was the guest of honor at an informal /
dinner in the evening, an elaborate dis |
play Of fire works winding up the days !
festivities. The governors party left on |
the special train tonight. Governor
Roosevelt is expected to deliver some
some speeches tomorrow on the trip
through Kansas and Missouri