Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29

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few minutes during the afternoon.
Governor Chester b. Jordan and Con-
gresham Frank d. Currier, who had
boarded the train at Concord, we're with the
presidents party.
After luncheon the president was escorted
TO the camp. where the speaking took place.
President Roosevelt was introduced to the
veterans and when he could make himself
heard ne delivered his address, speaking In
part as follows:
Any American who hGe proper sense Of
the relative proportion of things must real
lie that TO the men who Tough for the
there is owing a greater debt Of gratitude
h to any others. Great were the deeds
Many were the lessons taught the rest Of
US, both by what you accomplished In the
war and by the way In which, when the
war was over. you turned to the work of
peace with the same spirit which had led
you to triumph on the rented holds. To
E iS4IoS al0R Sslo Of T tSs S Snse9 crisis ia if IN which Tisf NOT not
merely the nations we'll being, but the
nations life was at stake.
solved One Great Problem.
1t was given to you to solve the one
problem which II not solved meant death
for our people All Of the work Of the men
for nothing had you not done your part
well. IL would have profited little to us or
TO mankind AT large IT the experiment. VI
free government by the people and for the
people had been founded upon this conti-
nent only to end in bloody wreck on the
question of slavery. You saved the Union
and you freed the slave and thereby freed
the slaves after one of the worst OF all
There was no money reward for what you
did. There was hardly one of you who did
not during those four years receive far
less than he could have earned In safety at
home. But you were driven to your work
by the lash of your own hearts. You were
spurred onward by the lift which only
comes to a people of. great, and generous
soul. You felt instinctively that there were
causes far greater than anything that had
to do merely with wealth or bodily well
the prize OF death In righteous war.
We are now In a time OF abundance and
peace and not In time of war. But woe to
US IL In peace we do not have ideals as
lofty as yours and L. we do not live up to
them as you lived UP to yours IN the dark
days o. defeat and in the golden hour Of
triumph.
COmradeshID with Gallant Opponents.
Among the greatest benefits of what you
did was the fact that you have also left us
the wight Of hearty and loyal comfadeship
with your gallant opponents who in fighting
tight wh Fought hey against the stars ars's in e their 4T
courses.
Besides what you actually did, besides the
reunited country, which we have received
at your hands, we have received also the
lesson OF the doing OF the deed. There Is
great need now, II not in degree, at least
In kind, of the spirit that you showed. We
need In order TO successfully face the diff
cult and complex problems OF our Industrial
S SllYiit tbe faitS an ana Tse S Iearasisb aed i sSpity ana AND
purpose which are at our command.
to apply the great lesson of brotherhood
which you taught and practiced In the four
years that began with Sumpter and ended
America pe Of our orefathe Sne S5o Am siTRse
which stnl for our good fortune exists in
country districts-there was comparative
country as a whole Is now necessarily ex-
The growth of great cities and Of in
dividual and cornorate sfortunes-the tend
ency hi great. cities to divide men into
the realization Of h a essential underlying
brotherhood which ought 10 be ueep in the
heart Of every American.
can solve those problems Alright only If
must Ae Work So for ali ana ali mif FOR t each. cam In
other wordsy we need to feel in our being
We have just brought to a conclusion a
war In the far east-a war which sprang
up as q sequel to our short struggle with
Spain. The army which has done its work
SO we'll in the Philippine islands has had a
task which was small, indeed, compared
sya5s yegrS h o SsrS whiGh, sb ney SifBcsIty %Ds was
liarly Its own. TIL men who. after three
years of painful, harassing. incredibly
AaOOllOAd III III NHG liOPACdl IulBkCc
against a treacherous and savage foe, have
finally brought peace and order and civil
government in the Philippines, are your
They claim your share in the glory by
inheritance and by their valor and by
ulster to that glory, they have been been
cruelty maligned, even by some who should
have known better. In an army I'm the
it's work under such well nigh intolerable
conditions as those which confronted our
troops In the Philippines, there are bound
10 be instances OF occasional wrong doing.
Temptation to RetaIIate.
The temptation to retaliate for the fear
and now and then 1t has been yielded to.
There. have been a few and only a few
ishment has been melted out with unhinch-
ing justice to the offenders. But the real
marvel ls that under such conditions
sense OF proportion iof things these in
stances will be forgotten. There will re-
main for all time pages on our honor roll
Of history, because Of what has been done
for the nation in the Philippines. Our Of
hcers and men on the. march and in battle
showed themselves not unworthy OF you
the men OF the great war. They have added
TO the memories OF which Americans are
proud and by their labor they have brought
the peaceful light of civilization into one
OF the worlds dark places. We feel thai
we have a right 10 demand the support OF
all good ~citizens for the army in the Phil.
ippineS because OF what Il has done, and W.
ask IL also for the civil officers of the gov.
ernment, who with faithful toll and wisdom
are building a structure OF orderly liberty
on the ground made ready for them by ths
Boidierly courage Of the troops wearing tn,
American uniform.
At the conclusion OF his address the pres.
dent returned to his train and started bach
10 Concord.
Preaches ~strsnpesity at Concord.
CONCORD. N. H.. Aug. 2s.-The presi
ient's special reached Concord at 3 o'clocl
and was greeted with a salute {. twenty
me guns. A large crowd had gathered a
he station and voiced its welcome in heart,
cheers. The party drove to the state fai
grounds, which the president entered to tn
sound Of a second presidential salute. !
stranger who attempted to shake hand
with the president was hustled away b
the secret service ~ohiclals. Arriving a
the stage from which he was to speak. tn
president received the greatest ovation O
the day. He said In part;
In this life. as a rule. the job that
easy 10 do 10 not very well worth doinJ
Who are the heroes OF this nation2 VIII
are the men whom you think of at once
washington and Lincoln. And why2 Di
either lead a life Of ease2 Because eac
self and worked for others; because on
faced death on a score OF stricken field
and one met IL al the hands OF an aSsas
sin for the country's sake They are n