Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02
Daily kennsbse journal
THE PRESIDENT
. Continued from page u


After speaking Of the part Vernon, has
prayed IN the country's history thrones
AdinlraiS Dewey and Clark The PreSi
Gent continued: Shame 10 us II. we ~
sert the Monroe Doctrine and then if o,,r
assertion snail be called in ul,estio, sto,,.
that We have only made an iSie b sr,o~
that We are not prepared to back mn on,
words by deeds foud applause9 :"
All, .AlInSst me entire population of the
lunch with Senator Proctor and bis %,
Fletcher u. Proctor. speaker. IF M
state house of Representative '"'
Rutland was the next stop. The snecia,
ran VI q, reached mere az o IL He was greet
benalf q reception committee consistinp
OF o. Gen. ". T. w Ripley. Mayor David ",
IT. Temple fa an and d Carl e Hinsrnan. president
distinguished visitor to the civ. He wa
esforted TO the band stand in the snuar r.
near the railway station, from which he
delivered a brief address The cheering
began the minute the train came 10 .
standstill. AS the President amare.. I,
from his car it rose and then sIbsideJ
only to burst out with renewed forca
When ne stepped onto the stand. He
General and you my fellow citizens.
| am Slad 10 have the chance of saving
a word here to the citizens Of Vermont
On labor DAY. CApplause). And before
| address myself specifically to Won I
know you, will pardon me in expressing
in word my acknowledgement of The
erecting OF the veterans of the great
IiNiI war, ana my good wishes toward
the men VINO served in the Spanish War
and the National Guardsmen here cAn.
plauSe). zap
The veterans who served in the Civil
ar gave the supreme lesson to the peo-
pie OF our country both in the Wav Ina
When the need was they fought and in
the HVes Of labor and effort thai fhev
nave nav, led since. When the war was ended
tney came BACK to civil life to do their
part as every honest American WORTHY
OF the name must do his part by WORKING
IN private life for himself and his family
ana no less also by association with he
leIlows Tor the common good. (Applause).
There is no holiday which should ha
more typically American. no holiday
which should make our people think NOR
seriously of their privileges, their rights
and their duties. than this holiday of
Labor Day tcheers and applause). The
material side of our civilization is very
important put 1t is important because of
the men who stand behind it,
Exactly as in battle the important thing
is not the gun but the man behind the
gun; 50 in our civil life it is the man in
the shop, the man on the farm, the man
N the factory, upon whom for well or for
i'll our whole civilization ultimately de
ponds. 1t is not an easy task alway for
a man to remember his duties still lass
it is an easy task for him always to do
them; but he must keep them in mind.
them
or he becomes but poor citizen. Every
man in our country who fails to work
shows himself to be but a poor citizen.
No man in this country who does not at
least pull his own weight can amount to
The man who is only a pas
senger. who is not trying to do his share
has no place in our body polite tcheers
and applause), and it makes no difference
what the mans social position is, what
his wealth or poverty is.
IN, he n+h hnr l,n ~
faithfully, conscientiously, whatever the
line of his work is, if it is honorable
work, is a benefit to the whole country.
tCries of ''rightD. And the great test
to apply my friends and fellow citizens,
is not as to what work the man is en-
gagged in but as to the spirit in which
he does it. If he is a square and an hon
est man, if he tries to do his best by him
self and his family and yet remembers
his duty to his neiShbor, then whether
he he capitalist or wage Garner he is i
good citizen and entitled to the results OF
good citizenship tcheers and applause).
the law of work. Play when the chance
comes, and when you do play. play hard,
but do not make of the play business.
Our complex and industrial civilization
means that we cannot rely as we for
merly could upon such simple methods
as suffice while men are brought close
together with their relations ineXtricably
We must meet the new con-
ditions. when necessary meet them by
legislation If legislation cannot serve,
then meet them by common among our
selves as you here bearing the banners
in this procession have met them Gap
Much of great good can come by such
associa tons. something can be done
through wise legislation, but do not FOR
get gentlemen. in the last resort, you
cannot find a substitute for mans own
energy, resourcefulness, skill, courage
and honesty (applause). Work through
association in common with your fellows
but do not under any circumstances lei
any man lose his own capacity Tor sell
help (applause)- There on that banner Is
clasped hands. a good sign for any union
or association and a good sign for all OF
us throughout this nation (applause). The
lesson of brotherhood, the lesson of the
clasped hands is a lesson we must not
merely learn but apply not merely II
rame but in deed, through all our life
brotherhood fundamentally means treat
ing each man on his worth as man.
You over there, the men of the greal
war-that lesson of brotherhood was ont
IF the most important that you left us
the men who came after you, When you
fought IN the great Civil war, When yot
marched into battle. What you were
concerned with as to the man on your lef
was not whether he was a capitalist ol
wage Garner, a painter, ciSarmaker, 9
banker, a brick layer, what you were con
cernel with was WneIlcf ne WIS Il MAI
"a good man, a straight man. an Amer-
can worthy of the name. You dld no
care for his past position, you ana no
care for his antecedents. You cared e
know whether when the trial came ne
would stay put. That is what you want
ed to know.
And il is the same lesson we have tt
learn in civil life. We shall make oui
Government a success if we shall measure
each man by the standard of his WORT
as a man neither looking down upon mn
nor enyvine him because of the accident
of his Dosition. but valuing nm accord
ineIv as he shows the qualities Which en-
title him to our respect That Is IN
standard which we must set up and up L
what we must live if we are to make on
renIIhlic as we shall and will make it, al
mar the fathers deemed it should be; al
that men like you men of the civil Wa
NJ vonr deeds showed by your faith tina
II would be- and If we adopt any otne
standard the root of righteousness IS no
in us. 49,. ,I,,4 III, nae.
roo1 Iaxys that we need wise admlnlStfa
lion of the laws, that we need not on.
ear, 10 work for himself but each Il
ytnrlx for all: that we need to join IN as
so.ia tons with our fellows for the com
mon GOOD. but let us all never forget Una
the Fundamental truth in American citl
zenshin is that each man is entitled Il
the In st resort to he judged solely on nj
worth as n man CHEERS ana appiause).
The President reached Bellows rams a
. a. about 20 minutes behind his sched
Ms The President was met at the sta