The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-21

tory here ON this Western continent We
of the two Americas must De left To- work
ont our own salvation along our own lines
and N We are wise We VIII make it un-
dcrstOOd as "a cardinal feature OF our Joint
foreign policy. that on the one hand we
viii not submit 90 territorial aggrandic-
ment on this continent by any Old World
power, and that on the other nand among
ourselves each nation must sCrupul0usly
regard the rights and the interests of the
others, so that instead Of any one OF us
committing the criminal folly OF trying
10 rise at the expense OF our neighbors
we shall all strive upward In honest and
manly brotherhood, shoulder 10 shoulder.
a word now especially to my own fell
low countrymen / think that we have an
of as reason 10 be satisfied with the show
ing made, In this exposition as In the 9TH
er great eXpositions OF the past, OF the
results Of the enterprise the shrewd dur-
ing, the business energy and capacity.
and the artistic and above all the wonder
ful mechanical, skill and inventiveness OF
our people, Ina all of this We have legti-
mate cause TO fell "a noble pride, and q
still nOhler pride IN the showing made OF
what we have done In such matters as our
system of widespread popular education
and in the field Of philanthropy especial
ly in that best kind of philanthropy
which teaches every man 90 help life both
himself and hts neighbor by joining with
that neighhOr and iu hano I'm "a common
effort for the common good
But we should err greatly. we should err
i'm the most fatal Of ways, by willfm
NIlNtllItNr 10 Whatever Us NOT NItNENnN. Ii
while justly proud OF our achievements we
failed To realize that We have plenty of
SHORTCOMINGS Co remedy. that there are
terrible problems before ms, which we
must work ont alright under the gravest
national penalties tf we fail lt cannot be
too often repeated that there is not pat-
Cut device Tor securing good government
that, after an is said ana DONE after we
have given fun credit TO every scheme
Tor increasing our material prosperity TO
every EFFORT OF the laWmaker 20 provide
q system under which each man shall be
best secured I'm his own rights. 10 yet
remains true that the great factor in
working out the success of this giant re-
rubli- of The Western continent must be
the possession ot those qualities OF essen
tlal virtue ana essential manliness which
have built mp every great and mighty pcl-
pie Of the past, ara the lack of which
always has brought and always will
down 90 ruin. Here An this exposition
on the stadium ana on the pylons OF the
bridge, you have written certain senten-
ccs 20 which we must an subscribe and
way or measure to DO our duty "WhO
shuns the dust and sweat of the contest
ON his brow talls not the cool shade of
the olive ana "a tree state existe only
in the virtue of the citizen" We an ar-
cCpt these statements lu theory, hut NJ we
DO not live up 90 them iu practice then
there is mo- health I'm us. Take the two
toEeiher always. lu our eager restless
Jife of EFFORT bat little can be done by that
cl0istcred virtue of which Milton spoke
with such nne contempt We need the
rough, strong qualities that make man
ht 90 play his part well among men Yet
We need 10 remember even more that uo
ability, no strength ANA force, no power
of intellect or power OF wealth, shan ipaii
us, if We have not the root of risht llyng
ln us' N we DO not Jay more thar a mere
lip royalty 20 the old, Old commonplace
virtues, WElch stand az the foundation OF
nli scclai ana political wei being
IL "a easy 60 say what we ought Go do
nut 10 iH hard 60 do it. and yet uu scheme
can oe devised which wld save us from
the need of doing just this hard work Not
merely must each OF MS strive 20 do his
duty, in addition it is impemtiVcly neces-
satN also 10 establish strong and intel !
lsent public opinion which Will require
each 90 do his duty. IL amy man here fails
osth lqhuo on AuM oWOa uT ana IlasmfU 10 |
poluuusu laaG Aluo luu pmoQs on lLous
20 De- made conscious of the condemnation
of his fellows, and this no muatcr what
form his shortcOmlug takes. Being our
dut4 is OF course Incumbent on every
ono ~ us alike yet the heaviest blaze tor
derelotlon should IAN ON the man to
whom much had been given, and from
whom therefore we have a right to expect
much in return We should hold 60 n
peculiarly rigid accountability those men
Who in public life or as editors of great
pupClH, or as owners Of vast fortunes. on
ns leaders and mOuders OF opinion in the
pulpit or ON the platform or at the bar
are guilty OF WroueQOiug no matter
WhAt form that wrong doing may take
ln addition however tn the problems
which under the lrotean shapes are yDt
Fundamentally tho same for an nations
ANA fpr am times, there are others which
especially need out attention becauac
they are che especial productions oI nu
present Industrial civilization Tho tra-
mendous industrial development nf tho
Ninetetnth century has not only conferred
sfeat benefits upon us of tfe Twentieth
nut lt Is also exposed us ~ grave dangers
This highiy complex movement hus agtl
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