Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-26

who is my closest. staunchest and most
another fellow Harvard man today to
speak OF. and Il Is necessary to paraphrase
an old, old saying in order 70 state the bald
truth, that Il II indeed a liberal education
In high-minded statesmanship to sit at the
same council table with John Hay. (Cries
~pisusej.
Speaks Of Three Others.
Gentlemen. I want to speak Of three
other college graduates because Of the
service they have done the public. IL a
fitting a man to do better service than he
could. do without Il. II Il does not mean
mot mot get - m t6at 5 5Hth OF a he f IL q m Iess t dSes
a@rroeate to himself one particle Of SUI
cation. but he is bound, IL he is in truth a
man, to feel that the fact of hts having
a heavier burden of responsibility; that 1t
makes It doubly incumbent on him to do
lie. f / want aHt'y TO IN SPEAK pes Hie Of p three m Sen P Wbo
during the last three or four years have
met that requirement-of a graduate OF
"a Yale, Governor Taft. and OF a fellow
Harvard man, Leonard Wood-(applause)-
should do them, but did them themselves
men VIC have met that greatest OF our ma
cannot be bought. the need for the service
that can only be rendered by the man will
ing, to forego the material advantages, for
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material cost.
When in England they get a mar to do
man returns as Lord Kitchener will return
from South Africa, they give him a peer
age sna a great sun Of money1he receives
romer our men of that stamp, come
back. to the country, and II they are for
the privilege Of d taking 70 up pfI what the they w cam
find Of the strings left loose when they
are unfortunate they are accused of mall
adversion in observation-disclosures an ac-
c%usation that hurts them, but an accusa-
who makes 1t, and reflects but III on the
country In which It is made. loud APP
plause.)
Woods Work in Cuba.
Leonard Wood four years ago went to
cuba; he served there ever since; has rem
dered services. to that country of the kind
performed 5000 years ago would have made
him a hero, mixed up with the sun god in
whole life to these four years and who
thought Of nothing else. did nothing else
political and social life in that island; to
clean 1t physically and morally; to
a school system that should be akin to our
own TO teach the people after four CEN
t tbInss or m ayGrIn,a that there were such
merits as men: He did ali that He is a
pay as an army officer and as governor of
the island. Sixty millions OF dollars passed
through his hands and he came out having
TO draw on his slender capital in order
that he might come out even when he left
the island Credit to him?-yes, in a way.
IN another, no particular. credit, because
he was built so that he could do nothing
else. loud applause) He came out hav2
as disinterestedly to the good Of the Cuban
people in ali their relations as man could.
lacked forsootR BY "G peop aeu w mas P sre not Stt
merely, unworthy. of having their names
coupled up With his. but who are Incapable of
spurred him on to bring honor to this re-
public. (Applause.)
Word About Taft.
And, well, Taft, Judge Taft Governor
Tart. who has been the head of the Philip
pine commission and who has gone back
his year at Yale, the youngest Yale man
whom that institution ever conferred the
S %on SiE Of b&o.it,d d. g mar 7 who, having
served as solicitor general with all his
tastes impeliing him 70 a judicial career
bench, was asked to give up the position
In order to go to the other side Of the
world TO take up an infinitely difficult and
Infinitely dangerous problem and to do his
best to solve II. He has done his best. He
came back here the other day. The man
has always had the honorable ambition TO
get upon the supreme court, and he knew
that l had always hoped he would Se put
upon the supreme court, and when there
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to him: Governor, I think l ought 10 tell
you that a vacancy, comes in the supreme.
tunity to be put in the position pouhwouid.
tSst e + says' ! dnink ! s 9pngihtS it9 Ssl y6aH
not see how / could possibly give IT TO you.
He said to me-: Mr.. President, it has
preme court, but II You should ofre aHg me sG a
tusticeship now. and at the same time
congress should take off entirely my salary
1 Az ROVnFnnr should ua ofrnf0hA hail -
the Philippines nevertheless. for those pco-
pie need me and expect me back and be-
lieve | win not desert them" (Applause)
He has gone back, gone as a strong
friend among weaker friends to helm them
upward along the stony and difficult path
part, and a great part, in making the
American name a symbol Of honor and good
faith in the Philippine Islands, to govern
absence of weakness which is only another
side of justice. (Applause.b He has gone
as he sees It. We are to be congratulated,
we Americans, that we have a fellow
American like Taft. . go,
Kind Words for Root.
And now, Elihu Root, who unlike myself,
Mr.. President Eliot, but like most OF you
present comes Of the old New England
side Leonard Woods great grandfather at
Concord Bridge (applausel Eiihu Root, who
and unknown country boy in New York to
a position where in a year or two he had
the leadership of the bar for the great city
in his grasp, gave II up. made very great
pecuniary sacrifice implied in giving 1t up,
and accepted the position under President
Mckinley Of secretary of war, a position
which for the last three years and at pres
ent amounts to being not only the secre-
tary of war, but the secretary for the
islands. the secretary for the colonies at
the same time; who has done the most
e%xhausting, and most responsible work OF
any man In the administration more so
than the work of the president, because
circumstance have been such that with a
man Of Roots wonderful ability, industry
and conscientiousness the president could
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