The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-23
THE PRESIDENT (
in NEW ENGLAND
Delivers Address to 5000 Men and
Women in HartfOrd---A Argues
Cuban Reciprocity.


and men and wcruen crowded the Coli
scum mere tonight to hear the address of
president Roosevelt. At least two thirds
OF the audience were workingmen and
the enthusiasm manifested by them
when the President alluded to the rights
OF the toiler aroused the geenest inter-
est Again and again during his re-
marks, which were based on an incident
OF the afternoon, the presentation of a
floral horseshoe by the workingmen,
the President was interrupted by vocifer-
Gus applause. Such side remarks as the
following: II do not care how honest a
man may be, If he is timid, he is no
good" evoked prolonged laughter.
President Roosevelt was introduced to
the audience in the Coliseum by Col. ia
cob L. Green. Through Senator Platt
he rendered his thanks to the State for
the splendid reception accorded him and
to Mayor Sullivan he made his thanks
TO the people of Hartford Then. turn
ing to the audience, he said:
Given Floral Horseshoe.
Before beginning the speech that 1
had intended and still intend to make to
you tonight, I wish to allude to an Incl
dent that happened this afternoon which
struck me as more important than what
/ have to say to you. On being driven
around your beautiful city l was taken
platform where l was presented with a
great horseshoe of flowers. the gift of the
workingmen of Hartford Qoud applause)
to the President of the United States.
(Applsuse).
Il listened to an admirable little ad-
dress by Father Sullivan. Now, in his
speech. he was kind enough to allude to
me personally, but he laid primary stress,
as he ought to lay it. upon the fact that
a OF he
upon whom ultimately this Government
depends. and he coupled the words of
greeting with certain sentences In which
he expressed his belief that I would do
all that I could to show myself a good
representative of the wage workers.
Gentlemen. should be utterly unfit for
the position that l now occupy if l fail
ed to do all that in me lies to act, as
light Is given me-to act so as to repre-
sent the best thought and purpose of the
wage workers of the United States.
cloud and continuous applause).
Facing Difficult Problems.
Now, at the outset of the twentieth
century. we are facing difficult and com
pick problems-prohiem social and
economical, which will tax the best en-
ergies of all of us to solve right, and
which we can only solve at all II we
approach them in a spirit not merely OF
act each for all and all for each and
while there are occasions when through
LEGISLATION and administrative action the
Government which represents the people
can do special service to one set\of our
citizen; yet l think you will agree with
me that in the long run the best way in
which to serve any one of our citizens is
10 serve all alike we'll Qoud applause);
to try to act in a spirit of fairness ana
Justice to all; to give each man his rights;
to safeguard each man in his rights and
so far as in me lies. while l hold my
present position, l will he true to that
conception of my duty. (Applause). And
so I have finished that which l have TO
say that was suggested by the very
touching and pleasant incident of the
afternoons ride.
Now, l want to speak to you tonight.
not on our internal problems as ma
ton, but on some of the external prob
lens which we have had to face during
the last four years. The internal prob
lens are the most important Keeping
our household straight is our first duty,
but we have other duties. just exactly
as each man is worth his salt, must hrst
OF all be good husband ana gooo Ia
ther. a good bread winner. good man
of business, so as to deal with his own
home relations and yet must. in add
ton to that be a good citizens for the
State at last. so a nation must nrst take
care to do we'll its duties within its own
borders, must net make OF that tact an
excuse for failing to do those of its
duties the performance OF which lie
within its own borders
Roosevelt Speaks.
1.-THE evcats 81 the last few years have
forced the American republic to take
larger position in the world than ever
before and therefore more than ever be-
fore to concern herself with questions OF
nolicy which affect her interests beyond
her own borders. AS a people we now
have duties and opportunities in the trop-
&c seas and lands south of us as well as
in those of the farthest east And much
depends upon the way in wnlch we meet
these duties. the way in which we take
advantage of these opportunities.
From the days of Monroe. Clay and
the Younger Adams we people have
always looked with interest upon the
West Indies and the isthmus connecting
the two Americas. feeling that anything
happening to those regions must be OF
concern to our welfare. There is now
ampler reason than ever before TOT thls
feeling The outcome Of the Spanish war
nut us in possession of Porto Rico and
brought us into peculiar touch with Gu
ba: while the successful negotiations OF
the -Pauncefote treaty al last clear
ed the way for the construction of the
isthmian canal Porto Rico, it is pleas
ure to say may now serve as an exam
pie of the best methods of administering
our insular possessions.
Success in Porto Rico.
so excellent have been the effects OF
our administration and legislation con-
corning this island that their very eX-
calence has resulted in their being al
most forgotten by those at home. There
IS hardly ripple of failure on the stream
OF our success and so, as is apt to be our
,rav. we do not think of it at all. Yet it
Is yell worth while to think of it and 1t
IL pleasant to learn by an experience
which teaches us what to follow instead
Of what to avoid.
First and foremost in Porto Rico we
hove. consistently striven to get the very
hest men to administer the affairs of the
island. II IS the purpose throughout our
,,ui,1i,. service to secure a high standard |
az IN ianry and integrity But after all. |
here al home We always have in our own
bands tho remedy for any failure 10 pro- |
1r such qualities. In a far q fislan1 |
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