The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-11-16
Roosevelt and His BOer Ktnsmcn.

Roosevelt and His B0cr Ktnsmcn.
President Roosevelt is distinguished
as Il champion "f the strenuous life.
In season and out OF season. he insists
upon the stern law of "rrsolItr Gu
,lmv"r. There is no .lullht he is sin
crrr in his admiration of ''thr nr,luuuS
greatness of THINGS dome" for he has
atirStcd his faith 10y his works. lie
has demonstrated that he prefers the
hardness of the frontier tu the SultnrSS
"I the metropolis: that he prefers The
| rullGhnrSS of the camp and the chase
and even of he battlefield to- the
'ignnbIr ease" of atllurmrr His rug
zoo, tliS,lnin of the luxury in which he
WIS rr;l,lIrh and lives. is highly credit
nhl" I" him. says T.. \. Gilbert in the
onrln W"rll-IIrralh
At Minneapolis. he rNprrSSr; his
we'll known Views along Ibis line MS
follows: I'm his admirable series of
studies of twentieth century Problems.
llr. Lyman Abbott has polluted out
that w" are Il nation of pioneers: that
tn" first r"l"niStS t" olll" shores wrr"
pioneers. and that pioneers selected
out from among The descendants Of
! these rarly pioneers. mingled with
others selected HfrrSh FROM the old
world. pushed westward into the will
I drrnrSS. and laid the fulln,l;l ions for
new commemorative. They were men
of hope and expectation, of enter
prise and energy. more enterprise,
NOR" expansive power, than any
other in the wide world. You. whom
am now a'I,IrcsSimg stand for
the most part hut one generation re-
moved from these pioneers. You are
| typical Americans, for You have done
Tia" great. iii" characteristic, the typi-
cal work of our American life. In
making homes AMI carving out careers
for yourselves and your children, you
have built UP this state: throughout
our history the success of the home
maker has been but nllnth her name for
he upblIiI'ling of the nation. The
men who With aX in the forest, ANA
pick in the mountains, and pillow ON
the prnirirs. pushed to completion The
dominion of our people over the Amer
lean wilderness, have given the def.
mite shape to our nation. They have
shown the qualities of daring. cm,lln-
nnc" ana far-Siglltrdmrss, of eager de
sire for victory and stubborn refusal
to accept defeat, which go To make M
the essential nlnnIincsS of tile Anlcri-
can character"
Further along he says: so much
for our duties, each to himself and
each to his nrigllbOr. within the limits
OF our own country. But our country,
as IT. strides forward with rvcrin-
rr'hSin" rnptlity to II foremost place
among the world powers, must nrcrS-
Sarily find, more and more. that il has
world duties, also"
Now ihnt the man VINO rntrrthilIS
these views has reached the highest
place of power and influence in the
world. his words have great weight.
Following the example of Dr Alb
bolt. want to point out nllat which
is scarcely necessary to Il man of
President tOoSrvrItS acute Obscrv:l.
tom another ''nntion of pionrrrs,' Il
people whose FIRST cOlOniSts were
pioneers" who "pishrd into the will
d"rn"SS and laid the foundations for
new commemorative" They were
men OF nope and expectation, Of enter
prise and energy for the men of duh
content or more duh despair had no
part IN the great movement. "rhry
hay" shown the qualities of during,
endurance ana fHr-SiyhtrdncSs. of
eager desire for victory and stubborn
refusal to accept defeat" The people
of whom | speak are the sturiirsi.
r'Iggr'IcSt. most Sclf-Sncriiicin-, God.
fearing. IncUlluucrHbIc pioneers the
world has ever produced. not except
Ing iii" heroic American state build
| rrS.
IT has been said of them: "Bark
over the mountains, through the pass
rS of the black DrHkclbrrg went the
vOortrrkkrrs. Men. women and chill
'lrcn went into the Wilderness in order
to retain their flag. In poverty, in
suffering. in sorrow, they looked back
on the lost land in which their loved