Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-10-05
ROOSEVELl,S Speech At ANIME.
APOLIS.

A comparison of the two addresses
made by Mckinley Mt Buffalo and
Roosevelt at Minneapolis will sug.
gest ut once the harmony Of opinions
on great public questions shared by
the President and Vice-Prcsident. their
similarity Of outlook In conception of
policies and mutual sympathy as to
the vital principles Of public duty
which show that their minds ran In the
same channel. II Mr.. Mckinley had
inspired Mr.. Roosevelt's address 1t
could not have reflected his views more
accurately.
Apart from the mournful clrcum.
stances with which these two speeches.
must ever be associated, the one lcliv-
cred In the shadow Of terrible fate.
the other upon the eve Of change Of
office as the outcome Of that fate. they
will always hold high place In the
history Of American craftsmanship,
and for their current Importance they
cannot be considered too thoughtfully
by the American people.
Mr.. Roosevelt's speech, like Mr.. Nc
Kinley's. Is an exposition Of stalwart
Americanism. only differing from It In
that It Is more strenuous and less calm
~ and convincingly philosophical in
statement. Always an advocate Of
work. Mr.. Roosevelt emphasizes the
Importance Of the law Of work. Of in.
dividual character. Of law, labor and
capital, as well as Of combination. SO
far as combinations Of capital are con.
cerned, his words are significant. lie
says:
"Yet more and more It Is evident that
the State, and. II necessary, the nation
has got to possess the right Of super
vision and control as regards the great
corporations, which are Its creatures
particularly as regards the great bust
ness combinations, which derive pOr
ton Of their importance from the ex
istence Of some monopolistic tendency.
Upon the duties Of this nation rs {
world power. upon the inevitable ne
cessity that these duties must be per
formed, upon the further necessity o.
| meeting courageously all the changing
opportunities which will present them
selves, Mr.. Roosevelt anticipated VIVA
! Mr.. Mckinley said In other words
Their views were In absolute harmony
As to our career of expansion ana thu
policy to be followed In the admlnistra
ton of our new insular possessions
their suggestions are OF the same tenor
As to the great question of reciprocity
Mr.. Roosevelt did not speak In the
same detail, and yet how these sen
fences recall Mr. McKinley's calm
concise, statesmanlike words:
I'VE must continue the policy tina,
has been so brilliantly successful II
the past, and so shape our econOmi,
system as to give every advantage t.
the skill, energy and intelligence OF
our farmers, merchants, manufactur
must also remember, In dealing will
other nations, that benefits must b.
given when benefits are sought.
Through treaty or by direct Legislation
1t may, at least In certain cases, be
come advantageous to supplement on
present policy by a system Of recipro
cal benefit and obligation"
The Tribune can do it's readers hard
ly a greater service than to reproduc
these two remarkable speeches by tn
late and present President Of the Unit
ed States, not only as showing the hal
mony Of their views, but as indicating
the policies likely to be carried out b.
President Roosevelt as they wOul'
have been by President Mckinley ha'
his life been spared. The statesman
dead, but his policy survives.-Chicag
Tribune.