The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-03
THE STRENUOUS LIFE
THEME OF ROOsEvELT's LABOR
DAY ADDRESS AT MINNEAPOLIS.
THE LAW OF WORTHY WORK.
THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF sue
CESS IN AMERICAN LIFE.


eve Shall Find 1T Necessary I'm the
Future to ShacIzle Cunning, as in
the Past We Have ShackIed Force.'
The Echoes OF the Applause That
Greeted the Vice President Re-
sounded Around the Countrywide
Tread of Marching Feet, the BIare
of Trumpets and FIaring Banners
ExaIt the Dignity of LabOr-In Ev-
cry City in the Land Thousands
Celebrate the Day.
Minneapolis, Sept. 2-The vice presi-
tent has had a strenuous day. Arriv
ing this morning, he was the orator of
the day at the formal opening of the
Minnesota state fair, by invitation of
the Minnesota Agricultural Society.
He shook a thousand hands at a
reception following the exercises and
reviewed the Third Infantry and First
Artillery, Minnesota National Guard.
Col. Roosevelt occupied the judges
stand at the race track with Gen.
Miles, Archbishop Ireland and Gov.
VanSant of Minnesota. The grand
stand was literally packed and when
Gov. VanSant introduced the honored
guest the welcome was one which the
Vice President will long remember.
The Vice President, in beginning his
address. paid a high tribute to the
character and energy of his hearers,
descended, he said. from a race of
pioneers which had pushed westward
into the wilderness, and laid the found
ations for new commonwealths. The
men. with AK and pick and plow, who
had pushed to completion the dominion
of our people over the American will
derness, had shown by their qualities
of daring, endurance and far-sighted-
ness that they recognized in practical
form the fundamental law of success
in American life-the law of worthy
work; the law of resolute, high en-
deavor Continuing, he said: 1T
seems to me that the simple accept
ance of this fundamental fact of
American life, will help us to start
Alright in facing not few of the prob
lens that confront us from without
and from within.
Must Act in Combination.
I'VE cannot possibly do our best
work as a nation unless all of us know
how to act in combination as we'll as
to act each individually for himself.
This acting in combination can take
many forms, but of course it's most
effective form must be when it comes
in shape of law; that is, of action by
the community as a whole through the
lawmaking body. No hard and fast
rule can be laid down as to where
our legislation shall stop in interrer
ing between man and man, between
interest and interests All that can
be said is that it is highly undesira-
BILE, on the one hand, to weaken in
dividual initiative, and, on the other
hand, that in a constantly increasing
number of cases we shall find it nee
essary in the future to shackle cunning
as in the past we have shackled force 1t
is not only highly desirable,
but necessary that there should
be legislation which shall
carefully shield the interests of
workers, and which shall dis
criminate in favor of the honest and
humane employer by removing the dis
advantage under which he stands when
compared with unscrupulous compet1-
tors who have no conscience, and will
do right only under fear of punish
ment."
He counseled courtesy and respect in
all dealings with any foreign power
with whom the government might come
in contact. On this point he added:
Let us make it evident that we intend
to do Justice. Then let us make it
equally evident that we will not toll
crate injustice being done to us in re-
turn. Let us further make it evident
that we use no words which we are
not prepared to back up with deeds,
and that while our speech is always
moderate, we are ready and willing to
make it good. Such an attitude will
be the surest possible guarantee of that
self-respecting peace, the attainment of
which is and must ever be the prime
aim of a self-governing public. This
is the attitude we must take as re-
CARDS the Monroe Doctrine.
A Fair Field and No Favor.
I'VE do not by this doctrine intend
to sanction any policy of aggression by
one American commonwealth at the
expense of any other. nor any policy of
commercial discrimination against any
foreign power whatsoever. CONNER
cially, as far as this doctrine is con-
cerned. all we wish is fair field and
no favor, but If we are wise we shall
strenuously insist that under no pre-
text whatsoever shall there be any ter
ritorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on American
soil by any European power, and this,
no matter what form the territorial
ACKNOWLEDGMENT may take"
The Vice President concluded with
discussion of the subject of eXpan-
sion and a review of what had been
accomplished in Cuba and Philippines
toward establishing a free and inde-
pendent commonwealth of the former
and ultimately a self-governing peo-
pie" of the latter.
The Vice President was followed