The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-05
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF TO-DAY
FURNISH ANOTHER GREAT TASK
FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DO.
Warm Tribute to Attorney General
Celebration I'm the City's History.

PITTsBURG. July 5.-After day Of
eventfuI experiences, President Roosevelt,
who arrived in Pittsburg yesterday morn
ing as the guest of the city. departed at
o'clock this morning. well pleased with his
sojourn in the Smoky City.
From s:45 yesterday morning until Has
last night the chief magistrate was busy
man, the only cessation being short time
during the afternoon when he enjoyed a re-
freshing nap at the home of II. c. Frick,
where he had partaken of luncheon and
held an informal reception for business men
afterward. From the Frick mansion the
President was driven to the Hotel schenley.
where soon after s o'clock ne was central
figure at the dinner rendered by Attorney
General p G.. Knox 10 200 of Pittsburgs
prominent business men. The dinner was
entirely informal and the only toast was
at the conclusion of the menu. when Mr..
Knox arose and said:
Il propose the toast. the one and the only
tcast Of the evening: Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States. "
Mr.. Roosevelt responded as follows: Mr..
Knox and gentlemen-I am glad to have
the chance of thanking you this evening
for the courtesy with which you have
greeted me to-day. 1 can imagine nothing
that would be more inspiring to a public
officer, that would give him better heart
10 try 10 do his duty il is given him 10
see his duty; nothing that would make
him try TO carry out his work than the ex-
perience / have had to-day in addressing
the great audience that met me this morn
irg. CCries of good boy, and cheers
But one thing in particular pleases me
about IT, gentlemen, that is the fact that
the audience whom / meet tonight, that
you. my host and fellow-guest, with whom
dine now, represent all shades of polit-
icaI belief. as you represent all shades OF
religious beliefs. that you represent every
occupation and every industry, and that
you come together this Fourth Of July
as American citizens and nothing else
cloud applause and cheers.
DIFFERENCES CEASE.
''It has been said. and we'll said, that
cur political differences cease at the water
line. That is true. but much more than
that is true In great crises, whenever
the great fundamental issues of our gov
ernment are at stake, all party differences
cease. ICries of ''GoodT' and cheers.l And
so II is eminently proper that on the great
national holidays, and, above all, on the
Fourth of July. the day that commem-
crates the birth of the Nation. should
come together, not as representatives Of
any one party but as Americans-as men
TO whom in the last analysis all that makes
Americans nobler and greater is dear. as
men who are a unit in the principles that
must underlie our system or government
Loud applause.l
There is an immense amount in public
life that has not got anything 10 do with
party at all. There is an immense amount
OF work TO be done in public life in which
we are interested purely from the stand
ards Of citizenship, and, of course. the
greater. the more fundamental. the matters
are the nearer they come TO being matters
upon which there can be no real party
difference.
Il think. gentlemen. that the average
American is a pretty good fellow. Laugh
ter and loud applause.l All that is neces-
sary 10 find that out is 10 know you, and
the differences that come up among US
mainly spring from failure 10 know one
another. Sometimes that causes differences
among localities; sometimes IL causes diff
ferences between two groups OF men in
the same locality. between employer and
employed. between the men Of the town and
OF the country. between the men of one oc-
cupation and the men OF another occupation,
and l most earnestly and fervently believe
that the best solvent for all such condi-
tions is bringing the people together. so
that one side shall get 10 understand the
viewpoint of the other [Cries of "Good!'
II don't say that that will prevent all
differences, but am confident that IL will
minimize the causes of differences, and
I don't believe that any considerable
body OF our people really wishes i'll Of any
considerable body OF our people Applause. I.
and when there is an appearance of such
wishing III | am sure that IL springs from
some fundamental apprehension be-
tween the two sides, and that the best way
OF removing the difference. be il real or
assumed. is 70 try 10 get the two sides to-
gether and 10 try 10 make each approach
the meeting with the honest purpose OF
looking at the matter that is the cause of
the difference from the viewpoints of both
And so. gentlemen. / feel that meetings
such this tonight. such great assem-
blage which had the honor OF addressing
this morning, served purpose pur-
pose the most important of all, the pur-
pose or getting our people together. the
bringing them in contact. one with the
other. that they may realize that the
differences that divide one from the other
are trivial and that the unity among us all
Is fundamental. lCries OF Good, good -
and applause.l
CIVIL-WAR LESSONS.
Perhaps the most valuable lesson taught
by the civil war as regards our civil lie.
apart from the lessons taught in military
life was that OF brotherhood, OF unity.
Wherever l speak OF men who have been
IN the great war, who have been in the
civil war. such that body that we passed
I'm the course OF the procession this morn
ing. / speak OF men who have practically
applied. FOR a number OF years. the princi-
pie OF brotherhood and who could not
apply any other principle. j mean all that
ne principle OF treating man on his word
as a man. with all proper charity FOR hgs
faillngs. but with regard. primarily. with
what Is real distinguished from what
we're There are In this audience. there are
IN every audience one speaks to- men who
eave fought In the great wA. men who