Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-27

hoghA SUNS u Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Mass. Aug. 26.-Presldent
Roosevelt and his party, amid the booming
Of a salute, we're received here by Mayor
Leonard and member Of the city govern
ment today. The president was escorted to
q temporary stand erected at the station,
where he addressed one OF the largest
crowds that ever gathered in this city.
Splendid weather conditions favored the
event. The president was greeted with en-
thusiastic cheers when he arose to make
his address. He said:
This IL the section OF the country I'm
which the first blood was shed In the revo,
lutlonary war that made us a nation, ana
Lowell and Lawrence gave their sons TO
pour out their life blood, the FIRST OF the
ocean Of life blood poured out from 81 70
'S to keep this nation one and great and
free. And so Il was characteristic OF your
city which sent these men here to me
great war when a lesser war came up ny
Comrades. men Of the Ninth regiment, with
whom l served before Santiago. In your
turn sprang to the countrys call When
once again there was war in the land.
(Cheers and applause) and other ~conraaes
OF yours, men whom we knew, men OF the
PhiliDplnes. have. after three years OF un-
speakable toll and hardship, against a
cruel reckless and elusive foe. finally won
victory for the American flag.
our people owe the greatest debt posi-
BILE to you who fought in the great crisis
in the great war, but there Is a debt owing
also to the men who so. CALAMITY Old thelr
duty during the past three years 70 save
the honor Of the nag which you handed to
them unstalned. should be kept undimmed
(applause), and now they have fought and
their success has meant. what me success
Of the American soldier has always meant
Men Go Back to the PIOw.
You t~riumphed. and your foes and de-
tractors said that as mighty an army as
yours was meant the establishment OF a
despotism in this country, and the minute
the pillow, TO the factory and the farm and
the office and became citizens again. NAp-
plausel. And now IN dhe PhITE a pdo ,yhet -
Tc leave the country and establish the RUE
Of civil authority under the American nag.
Isisnds' Thev are better OF than ever be-
fore. Never in their history mas each man
had. as he has now such a good In annI
ness. You have brought self-governing In
dividual freedom TO the Filipinos Of a kin
that they could have never known under
an anarchic tyranny of their own. -
Now we will govern the islands well. We
will govern them primarily IN tneit inter-
will or not, we, as a nation, CONFRONT a
great destiny. We can decide, whether we
cwannot beip doing II. we have got to do
IL somehow and / ask that all men stand
shoulder to shoulder as Americans 10 see
that they do 1t well. ..t o..
After speaking the president stepped back
to the train As 1t began to move, whistles
from a dozen engines we're blown and the
battery guns doomed again. The train left
At 10 80 on schedule time for Haverhill.,
Preaident Talks of the Navy.
HAVERHILL, Mass, Aug. 26.-President
Roosevelt's special train arrived in this
city at 1O:45 a. m. In a brief address the
president said:
Naturally. at the home of Secretary
Moody, 1 should like to say a word or wv
about the navy. You see tnat Wtbnneh Nan,
department l had to find another Massa
chusetts man to take his place, - nov,
we are sure of a hearty response from az!
American audience. We are just as sur,
81 such q response out of the mountain
and great plains of the west as upon IN
Atlantic or Pacific seaboaruS.
in the navy. because an %efficient navy 0
an adequate size is not only the best guar
anty Of peace but hit IT II y S wsp d d6e Se eGm
the result shall be honorable to our goo.
name and favorable to our national inter
pecuiiarly sensitive to two things: Stall
on the national honor at home and dis
Ronor at home, Dur honor in domestic an
internal AFFAIRS, is at all times In our ow
tionai possession of an awakened publ
conscience. But the only way to make GU
honor as affected not by our own dee1'
In three great crises in our history dur
ing the nineteenth century-in the war o
1872, in the civil war and again In the Span
ish Wharf.-The navy rendered 70 the natio
sci vices of literally incalculable worth. l
the civil war we had to meet antagonist
even more prepared at sea than we were
on both the other occasions we encounters
tirely by ships built long in advance an
by officers and crews who had been traine
dsTiR We're yea pnt to 10 ne iee S Mnfn te stameh guar
1t was this preparedness which was tn
true secret of the enormous difference |
efficiency between our navy and that OF tn
Spanish nation. There was no lack of coul
age and devotion among the Spaniards, bU
on our side, IN addition to the courage an
devotion, there was also that trainin
which comes only as the result of years {
thorough and painstaking practice. Anr
sister academy at West Point, the moi
typlcally democratic and American scho'
Of learning and preparation that there
in the entire country.
There each man enters on his merit
stands on his merits and graduates into
service where only his merit will enab
The enlisted men are OF fine type, as the
needs must be TO do their work well, ar
out of the fine material thus provided Il
finished man-of-war-man Is evolved /
years Of sea service. 1t is impossible aft,
the outbreak OF war to improvise either u
ships or the men Of a navy. The shil
builders and gunmakers must keep evl
on the alert so that no rivals pass them b
and the officers and enlisted men on boar
the ships must in their turn, by the exc
else OF unfiagging and intelligent zeal, Ike,
themselves fit TO get the best use out of Il
weapons OF war intrusted to their car
The instrument Is always important, b
the man who uses 1t is more important stl
shots That Count Those That Hit.
We must constantly .endeavor to perfe
our navy In all its duties in time Of peac
ana, above all, in maneuVering in a Sc
way and Workmanship with the gre
guns. In battle the only shots that cou
are those that hit and craftsmanship is
matter OF long practice and OF inteIlige
reasoning. A naVy's efficiency in a W
depends mainly upon Its preparedness
the outset OF that war. We are not TO
excused as a nation IL there is not SUI
preparedness OF our navy.
No nation has a right TO undertake a b
TASK unless II is prepares TO do IL In mastt
ful and effective style, II would Re
intolefable humiliation for us to embark
such a course OF action as followed fro
our declaration Of war with Spain and n
make good our words by deeds-not
ready 70 prove our truth by our endeav
whenever the need calls.
The good work OF building up the ma
must go on without ceasing. The mode
war ship cannot with advantage be allow
10 rust In disuse. II must be used I'm acti
service even In time of peace. This mea
that there must be a constant reDlaceme
OF the ineffective by the effective. T
work OF building up and Keeping up 0
navy Is therefore one which needs Q
constant and uniagging vigilance.
Our navy Is now efficient, but we mi
be content with no ordinary degree
eficiency. Every EFFORT must be made
bring Il nearer TO perfection. In maxi
such effort the prime factor Is to ha
at the head of the navy such am oficisl