The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-31
OTHER SPEECHES OF THE DAY.
The Presidents Remarks Mt Towns En-
Route to burlington.

BURLINGTON, Vt, Aug. 30.-In his
speech at South Royalston the President
said, in part, that he was very glad 10
note the presence of the school children.
1T is a mighty good thing" said he, for
a State to have Other things. too. but the
children are the best. Laughter and ap-
plause.l And am glad TO see always the
veterans of the civil war. / like TO see
them at the same meetings where you see
the children, because they are the people
VINO nave actually put into practice what
you preach 10 the children that we want
10 have done, comrades"
The President said at Montpelier that he
was glad 10 come as the guest Of the So
ciety of the Sons of the Revolution. 1t is
a great thing" he added. ito have had
forebearers who did their work we'll in the
world, always provided that the fact OF
having had them drives Us onward to try
10 do our part in the world now, instead OF
being used as an excuse for not dolnG our
full share a text in the Bible contained
two rules Of conduct of which too many
people were apt to take only one. The
text said the President, lis that which
bids us be wise as serpents and harmless
as doves. To be only harmless is not really
to deserve much praise; nor, on the other
hand, TO possess all the wisdom and all
the power that can come to man shall avail
anything if with it does not go the lift
toward righteousness. the lift toward de-
ency. L want to illustrate what L mean.
he said, by what the two men Vermont con-
trlbuted to the navy of the United States
and to the glory of the entire nation in the
Spanish war"
Now, gentlemen, Admiral Dewey and
Clark had TO have in them the courage,
the desire to do decently, but ii would
not have done them any good If they had
not learned their trade as the chance came.
If Dewey or Clark had sat down during
the long years of peace, as | have known
pretty good men 10 sit down, and said,
oh. we'll, there is not anything to be done;
when they day comes | will be a hero
but just now i don't care to train the men
at the big guns OF whatever there was to
do'-if they had done that we would not
have the name of either Of them before us
at this moment. Take those men on horse
back over there-the regulars think we
have got past the stage in this country
when any OF our citizens feel any jealousy
or anything but the heartieSt admiration
for the regular army and navy. All honor
10 the men who spend their lives In train
ing themselves, to die at need, for the
honor and interest of all of us, should the
call be made. And in the army and navy
alike the way to make certain success is
to train in advance. There are people in
this country of whom, | regret TO say, it
must be said, not that they have bad
ideas, but that they have no ideas at all;
and among those L class every man who
is unable to see in this country anything
but material prosperity"
At Randolph, VT, the President said It
was a real pleasure to meet the people and
be introduced by the chief justice of the
State. Here in America said he, I'VE
pride ourselves on our liberty under the
lava very different thing from lawless-
ness. Anarchy in any shape or manner
and by anarchy l mean all types of mob
violence, the violence of one man or the
violence of many by action against the law
anarchy in any shape or way is the surest
handmaiden of tyranny" The orderly law
abiding liberty of the people, said the Pres
ident, is the secret of our success as a ma
ton. Don't look down on a man because
he is poor, and don't envy him or vilify
him because he is rich" and the man
who envies and hates another shows that
he is not quite satisfied that he is that
other mans equal" were remarks of the
President that were greeted with great
applause. In conclusion the President said
that the people of Vermont had come
measurably near the American ideal, the
ideal that all of us ought to hold-the ideal
or trying to arrive at the proper appre-
citation of a man by looking at what is
fundamental, not at what is accidental, in
hin-by looking at his character, at his
soul, at his heart, at the way in which he
does his duty to his neighbors and to the
nation"
[ White River, VT, the President saiG
that Vermont had always produced the
type of citizen who knew how to take care
OF himself in time of peace and who III
time OF war know how Ito take care of
himself and of the other fellow, too" You
here in Vermont" said he, showed that
you were not to be led off into believing
that mere ease was the end and aim of
a mans life. You have shown that you
appreciated the fact that to be a good
cltzen a man mas got TO handle himself, not
with a view TO striking difficulties, but to
meeting them and overcoming them"
I Burlington this evening the President
said: Il thank you most warmly for the
greeting that you have extended to me this
evening. 1 have enjoyed greatly my trip
to-day through your beautiful State. |
feel. and l say it with all sincerity. that
when ! come to Vermont | come not to
teach but TO learn. As a nation we shall
succeed very largely In proportion as we
show the spirit that this State has ever
shown in peace and war. The people of
Vermont work hard. For that | do not pity
them-I admire them. 1t is a good thing
for mankind to work. The people of Yer
mont work with honesty of purpose; the
people Of Vermont show by their life ac-
tions they are true to an ideal"