Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
ROOSEVELT'S ORATION
He Paid Compliments to the
 Great Men of Illinois.

The Coming Men of the Country, He
 Says, Should be Built on the Lines
 of Lincoln-The Nation is Doomed,
 He Says, if We Allow Our Leading
 Men to Become Base
 Springfield, III, Aug 31.--Vice Presi- dent Roosevelt in his speech at camp headquarters here last night said that everybody who did his work we'll, did his duty by his country as we'll. "One of the most important branches of work" he said, ''is that done by the national guard. The Spanish war showed the willingness of American soldiers to do their duty. Material prosperity counts for much, but under it and through it there must be moral purpose or else material prosperity will amount to but little.
 I've must have ideals upon which to live if we are to make this nation what it shall and what it must be"
 MT Roosevelt spoke in eulogistic terms of Illinois great sons-Lincoln, Grant and the first governor Yates, and continued: "Never be misled into feeling that men who have built up the wealth of the commonwealth are it's enemies and not it's friends. The men who bring business prosperity, the men who lift up, who give the means to. achieve civilization, they are the commonwealth's friends. They H. Ia, nI,.nxv n do incidentally more good by using their talents in building up great busi- ness enterprises, which benefit all, than they could do with their talent in other ways. But we must remem- Der that the greatest debt we can owe is to those who can do no material, but rather moral seryice-to the teach CTS, the soldiers, the statesmen, the public servants, provided only that 1 they work not only with disinterested-
 ness, but with sanity and common sense. We need reformers- have got to have them. But we want them built on the lines of Lincoln. We want men who will fix their eyes on l the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground. | We want men who will strive for a high ideal, but who will remember | that we must achieve the highest | ideals by practical methods. Woe to
 us as nation if we ever permit our | leading men to be base. Woe to us | if we tolerate baseneSS, if we tolerate that which deviates from the path of
 rectitude, of decency and of honesty. We also, if we do not insist upon
 material prosperity will amount to but l little.
 ssWe must have ideals upon which to live if we are to make this nation what
 it shall and what it must be"
 MT Roosevlt spoke in eulogistic terms of Illinois great sons-Lincoln, Grant and the first governor, Yates, and con tinued: Never be misled into feeling that men who have built up the wealth | of the commonwealth are its enemies | and not it's friends. The men who
 bring business prosperity, the men | who lift up. who give the means to
 achieve civilization, they are the com monwea1ths friends. They do good and never harm. They can do incidentally more good by nsing their talents in building up great business enterprises, which benefit all than they could do 1 with their talent in other ways. But VIC ACAAGA41DCA l11uI ldG SACalCSI debt we can owe is to those who can | do no material. but rather moral ser yice-to the teachers, the soldiers, the statesmen, the public servants, pro-
 vided only that they work not only
 with disinterestedness. but with sanity
 and common sense We need reform
 ers-we have got to have them But
 we want them built on the lines of
 Lincoln. We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will | not forget that their feet must walk
 on the ground. We want men who will strive for high ideal, but who will
 remember that we must achieve the l'highest ideals by practical methods. Woe to us as nation if we ever per
 init our leading men to be base. Woe
 to us if we tolerate baseness. if we | tolerate that which deviates from the path of recitude, of decency and of honesty. Woe also if we do not in- sist upon having common sense. Sanity | and common sense go hand in hand
 with a pure and lofty ideal. But that is not enough. do not care how hon.
 est man is, if he is timid there is
 but little that can be done with him. I do not care how patriotic they are, if
 in crisis he is afraid. his patriotism
 will not do much good"