Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-08-24
THE TOILER'S FRIEND
Floral Gin TO the President ELECTS
His Warm support.
A NOTABLE ADDRESS
The President Received loclferous Ap.
planse When lie Stated What lie
Believed TO Dc the Rights
Of the WOrklngmen.

Hartford. Aug. 23.-Flve thousand
men and women crowded the coliseum
here Friday night TO hear the address
OF President Roosevelt. At least two
thirds OF the audience were working
men and the enthusiasm manifested
by them when the president alluded q
the rights OF the toller aroused mucl
interest Again and again during hi
PREDATORY remarks. which were base'
on an incident OF the afternoon, th'
presentation OF a floral horseshoe by
the worklnrmen. the president was In
terrupted by voclterous applause. Sucl
side remarks as the foll0wing Il do
not care how honest a man may be
II he Is timid ne is no good" evoke,
prolonged laughter.
President Roosevelt was Introduce,
10 the audience hy Col Jacob L. Green
Through Senator Plat be rendered hi.
thanks 20 the state for the splendi.
reception accorded him and TO Mayor
Sullivan ne made his thanks TO th'
people OF Hartford. Then turning e
the audience. he said:
Before beginning the speech that
had intended and stIll intend to make
10 you tonight. wish 20 allude 20 an
Incident that happened This afternoon
which struck me us more Important
than what / have 90 say % yol Ga
being driven around your beautiful a.ty
/ was taken through Pope park and
stopped az a platform where ! was pre-
scented with a great horseshoe 1f flow
ers. the gift Of the workingmen Of
Hartford cloud applausel 20 the pres
ldent OF the United States
Il list ned 20 an admirable little aI-
dress by Father Sullivan. Now In his
speech he was kind enough 20 allude
to me personally. but he laid special
stress upon the fact that 90 was a gIft
from the wageworkers. upon whom ul-
tlmately this government depends. and
he coupled the words OF greeting with
certain sentence I'm which he ex-
pressed bis belief that I would DO an
| could % show myself q good repre-
sentative OF the wageworkers.
Gentlemen, ! should be utterly unfit
FOR the position that now occupy II
I failed to DO an that Ga me lies. 10
act rs light Is given me. to act so as
to represent the best thought and pur-
pose Of the wageworkors OF the United
States. loud and continuous ap-
plluseD
Now at The outset Of the twsut eth
century, we are facing difficult and
complex problems problems social
and economic which win tax the best
energies of an OF us 10 solve right and
which we can only solve at an II we
approach them On a spirit OF not mere
" Of common sense. but of generous
desire 90 act each for aIl and aIl flr
each, and while there are occasions
when, through legislation and admin.
lstrat.ye action. the government which
represents the people can DO special
service % one set OF our citizens. set I
think you viii agree with me that In
the long run the best way 90 which 10
serve any one OF our citizens is 20
serve an alike well cloud appIausal. TO
try to act In a spirit OF fairness and
tstness 20 an. 20 give each man his
rights to safeguard each man In his
rights. and so far as .u me lies. while
] hold my present position I win be
true 20 that conception of my duty
tapplausCl, and so / have finished that
which ! have 20 say that was suggested
by the very touching and pleasant in
cident OF the afternoons ride.
Now ! want 20 speak tl YOU TO-
night not on our information prob-
lens as a nation. but on some OF the
external problems which wo have had
to.face during the last four years. The
problems are the most lmpor-
tant Keeping our households straight
Is our FIRST duty but we have other du-
ties. Just eyactly as each man D. worth
his salt must, first OF an. be- a good
husband and good father. a good bread
winner. a good man OF business 30 as
TO deal with his own home relations
and yet must. IN addition 10 that be
n good citizen for the slate al large
so a nation must FIRST take care 10 do
well It's duties within les own borders
but must not make Of that fact an ex-
cuse for falling 10 do those OF lts du-
ties the performance OF which lie
without us own borders"
Then the president touched upon
the Spanish-American war and dwelt
At length upon the situation In the
Philippines. closing his address with
an outline OF our trade with the orr
emit.
After his address at the coliseum.
the president was the guest OF Execu.
tive Secretary LOhn r. Robinson. on
Asylum avenue. The president lnyit
ed Mayor Sullivan 10 meet him AT Mr..
home. The mayor Is an
eX-clerk, who was elected by the Ia.
boring men. a fact that the president
was familiar with and he expressed
a desire to have a personal talk with
Mr.. Sullivan.
President Roosevelt expressed his
nj tho aubefiiutIop ~