The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
Declares Lessons Taught by Ma
sonry Will Solve Our Social
and Labor Problems.
Men AT BOTTOM ARE THE SAME.
Eulogizes Washington and Lincoln
in an Address at Pennsylva-
MIA Masons' Sequicenten-
nial Celebration.

Philadelphia. Pa. Nov. 5.-President
Roosevelt was the principal guest to-day at
the sesquicentennial anniversary celebra-
ton Of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient
and Honorable Fraternity Of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of Pennsylvania, and George
Washington's Apprenticeship into the Ma
sonic Fraternity. The President was also
orator of the occasion.
The celebration was exclusive being linn
fted to one representative from each sub
ordinate lodge in this State, together with
the members of the Grand Lodge and its
committees. Grand Master Tennis delivered
the address of welcome, Charles A. Gal
iaSher. NJ. w, grand master Of Massachu-
sets, responding. President Roosevelt was
then introduced
PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke in part as follows:
NO man can be insensble q. the honor of ad-
Crossing body like tfss on an occasion like
IN ,his; should think that every man who would
assd @ ioF having given me the chance OF beng
LESSON Or BROTHERHOOD.
man ns snTed daaHe ana mus, , make eaGn
takes up mis- obligations the best type OF Ame.i-
can cltiHenshlp because Masonry teaches him his
il is good thing , to read the 1s Deeiarauon OF
independence every Fourth OF July: it is good
lows did for us. But what counts most Is how
We live up TO the lesson that read tnat
We spoke of-the lessen Of bro;herhood.
First ana foremost is to learn that lesson with
Iuu heart on the one hand and without a weak
head on the other.
The lesson OF brotherhood-that il the lesson
and applied to a peop.e il to solve
the great Industrial and social problems OF to-
II we could get wage workers and employers
In any given occupltaion in any given dis
I1,, triet In ledge togetheI | guarantee the re.
true? DO you not think SO? (Cr.es OF YES yes.')
AMETtlLA'S GREAT hiE.N.
, II was not Washinston's genius alone that made
grand master. here to-day spoke OF the great.
colossal world figures OF Al.NAndel or th, ca
ages: OF Caesar and of Napoi-on. of whom
combined in wonderful degree the capacities
OF Emperor. ruler ard law giver. Great men,
but twice fortunate the nations that number nc
one Of them among its men. Great men. who
loom ever larger through the ages: but well 1t
Is for US that we see tneir Hguies through the
mis;s across the seas.
Great men, but greater far Washington:
greater far was that man who should have been
great than our heroes. because our he oes really
did have 1t in them TO prefer their fellow-men to
themselves; to prefer the state to their amb.-
tion: to their own fancied or real well being.
because our heroes were for primarily and not
for themselves.
We are not here to have a chance any Of US,
work done by them. But each OF has his
work. and accordingly. as in the aggregate all OF
spirit in which washington and Lincoln did theirs
will We be Judged. Accordingly. this is done
or not will this nation succeed or fall in the
Stewart L. Woodford. former Minister to
Spain, delivered the concluding address. The
President was escorted to the railroad sta
ton and left for Washington at 3:49 o'clock
this afternoon.