Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-27

OF the nAtlOnHl lie. we are all OF US APT
to get TO thinking Of the nation and state
as distractions. II we Will think Of our
selves and our neighbors. how we get along
and how they get along. we will have a
pretty fair idea OF what can be done, sim
ply on a larger scale In the state and the
cation. Look at your own history mere IN
Dover: go through the pioneer days and
from them down to the modern city the
product OF the great industrialism OF our
we are here now-you are here now-I
am addressing you all. because of the great
Industrial expansion symbolized by your
factories. by the railroad. the telegraph
and all Of their attendants. We would not
be here II 1t was not for them. but their
exercise has caused great Questions to rise
in our national life. II is a more compli-
Gated business. Mr.. Mayor, to run than II
was to run Dover when Dover consisted Of
wealth and prosperity has come an accen-
~tIation' of differences between man and
man which do harm IN two ways, which do
harm when they make one man arrogant,
which do equal harm when they make an
other man envious.
Road TO Salvation.
Our salvation now, as in the old days,
lies In the practical applying OF principles
that in theory we admit. to be the only
principle according 10 which 4 is possible
10 administer this republic. The principle
Of treating with man on his worth as a
man is the principle of recognizing facts
needs and therefore the absolute necessity
to the prosperity which must satisfy these
material needs, and of recognizing further
that nothing is to be hoped for from people
who are content only 10 satisfS their ma
terial needs. II We have not got IL In us
the lift toward righteousness. the lift to
something more than material needs, PROS
perity will be a curse instead OF a blessing.
/ don't care how honest a man lie II he Is
gmid ne is OF very little use In the world.
honesty. i don't care how brave and hon
est a man Is II he Is a natural born fool
you can do little with him. (Applause.)
President in Maine.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 26.-President
Roosevelt anne into Maine this afternoon
after having visited many places in the
other New England states and before his
departure tomorrow night he will have
visited every congressional district in the
state, the principal city in each district
and the home city OF each of Names
United States senator's. At every stopping
place along the line a great crowd had
gathered, and the president was accorded
a genuine Dow East greeting. At Old
Orchard, where the first stop was made
after crossing the state line, thousands of
people from York and lower Cumberland
counties had gathered. The halt was for
only twenty minutes. but the president,
after receiving a, tumultuous greeting,
spoke briefly before the Journey was con-
tinued. Ecr
The president addressed his opening re-
marks to several Grand Army veterans
who were present and spoke of Names
record in the civil war:
In those days Maine was a lesson to all
for the way her sons bore themselves In
war. Since then and now she is a lessor
to us because of the high average OF citi,
zenship that shows within her borders, and
| think 1t is the same reason In one case as
in. the other. The fact,is that here on the
whole you have remained true to the old
American theory of treating each man a:
to his worth as a man without regard &c
Now. you over there pointing). He wa,
in the great war, When you went to wal
interest in what the man on your righ'
hand and on, your left did, but you did no
ers or lumbermen or farmers or what i
I rigRt5, That & what you wanted lSries .
3 was in him, II he had you were, for hin
| You have got go9 TO hS ave- t SeFe same me- p TSf Gl%
e In citisepship.. You have got to apply tn
4 same principle in civil life that you mad
a success in the days when you fought be
i need.
When the train left for Portland Senator
= EWilliam P. Frye had Joined the party.
r Greeted by Naval Reserves.
5 1t was Just after 2 when the presidential
party reached here. As the train arrived
at Union station. a salute Of twenty on,
guns was fired by the Portland naval re
\ serves. President Roosevelt was met b.
5 Mayor Boothby and was introduced to
: delegation of citizens, including Thoma
= B.. Reed, Judge William l.. Putnam, Judg
Clarence Hale, Ex-Governor Henry b
Cleaves, General Joshua L.. Chamberlain
James H. Baxter and Ex-Governor Freder
e lex Robe.
n The president was escorted to a raise
{ platform just outside the train shed an
i spoke for fifteen minutes to a crowd tina
d filled the great square.
Compliment to Reed.
i Tho president said:
I wish to say a word to you In recognI
IS ton of the great services rendered, no
only. to all our country, but to the entir
people OF democratic government through
a out the World by one Of your citizens. IN
work; II you build the handsomest engin
and 1t would not go its usefulness
e gress had become about the time Thoma
" Bracket Reed was elected speaker. w
n had all the machinery, but II did not worl
le That was the trouble and you had to fin
} some powerful man who would disregar
,r the storm OF obliquy sure tos be raised b
man was found when Tom Reed was mad
speaker. Now we may differ among our
ID selves as to policy. We may differ anon
le ourselves as 70 what course the govern
ment should follow. but II we possess an
II intelligence we must, be q unit. II govern
n. ment cannot go on II ism government.
the legislature cannot enact laws, the
there is no use of mis- naming II a iegislf
CT tive body and II according to principle tn
majority Is to rule. some method by whic
II can rule must beyprovided. GovernmeT
at by the majority in congress had practical
NJ come to a stop when Mr.. Reed beoam
a speaker. Mr.. Reed, at the cost OF inhnit
Mt labor, at the cost OF the hereest attacl
ar succeeded in restoring that old Tprinclpl
and now through congress we can do WI
be or Ill, according as the people 6emand 'bi
IN at any rate We can do something. We wi
be that much ahead and we owe II moi
lg than to any other one man to your fellO
= citizen, Mr.. Reed. and II is a great thin
IN for the country. a great thing for any ma
to- be able to feel that In some one crts
~ he left his mark deeply scored for good
~ the history OF his country, and Tom Rec
oT has the right to that feeling. +
Kind Words for Veterans.
IN Now, a word or two more. / was greete
ca here not only by your mayor. not only
We other men standing high. but by you. gel
ns eral turning to General Joshua l.. Chan
nj b~eFlain), to whom II was. given at u
UT supreme reward of a soldier. All honor
u the man and may We keep ourselves fro
-. envytng, because to you came the supren
good fortune of winning the medal of hon
~ for mighty deeds done I'm the mightle
battle that the nineteenth century saw
We Gettysburg. l see everywhere 1. stop m,
~ who In the times that tried the nation
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