The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-26

to him the underlying truth upon the
full knowledge of which depends
mainly each American being Of real
use in the body polite. The funda-
mental truth of testing yourself and
! all your neighbors by the essential
instead Of the non-essential qualities
in each.
In conclusion the president said:
And SO it is now. Our people went
forth in the Spanish war, went forth
to free Cuba, to give Porto Rico hap
piness it has never had and to bring
the light Of civilization into darkness
in the Philippines. We are proud of
the men who did that work.
I'VE intend that their work shall
be done beneficiently and for a good
purpose. Through the advice of and
the help of civilized and religious
teachers of civilization among our
people and in the islands, we are
going to get the best results for the
people of the islands.
"We are going to make them more
prosperous than they have ever
dreamed of being during their record
ed history and now we guarantee to
each man his life and his liberty and
his pursuit of happiness as he never
could have had it if he had been IN
der the domination of a cruel oligar-
thy working through the society of
Kotopaun.
II don't make any apology for u
soldiers on the score of good citizen
ship and do not make any apologies
for the Spanish warcor the war in the
Philippines. There have been occa-
sional deeds of wrong committed.
There we're 10000 men there and some
of them did not behave as they ought.
Have we always been immaculate at
home? (Applause and laughter.) II
a man does wrong punish him, Of
course. But don't make the mistake
of fixing the eye on the unimportant
and losing sight Of the great haze.
1--WE have no apologies to make for
what the country has done in the
past four years. We are proud Of it.
We are proud of the great work for
humanity and civilization that has
been done alike in the islands of the
tropic east and in the islands of the
tropic west. We are proud Of what
our troops have done; we are proud
| CT what our civil authorities are do
ing over there in the Philippines, and
we are proud of you, my comrades,
who did their duty when the country
called you to arms-who Initiated
those who from 81 to N'64 did their
duty, and are now initiating the men
who disbanded in '65 by coming back
into civil life, with the firm resolution
to do their duty as citizens just as
faithfully as they ever did it as sold
iers. I thank YOU"
AS the president finished and thank
ed the veterans a storm Of applause
broke forth that ended in three times
three cheers. While the president
was speaking Miss Clara Barton en-
tered the hall and took a seal upon
the platform.
General Urell, after calling for three
more cheers for President Roosevelt,
told the soldiers that their good angel
was present and then said: Il will
detail Comrade Roosevelt to. escort
Miss Barton to a seat on his left
hand" Amid thunderous cheers, the
president stepped across the stage
and CALAMITY escorted Miss Barton to
a chair on his left. Adjutant Gener-
al Dyer of Washington, d. c., re-
/ sponded to Mayor Maybury's address
of welcome on behalf of the veterans.
This was to have ended the first SEES
sion of the convention, but Governor
Bliss asked for a few moments in
diligence. Explaining that he was to
present service medals to the Mich
igan veterans of the Spanish war
when the convention adjourned, Gov
ernor Bliss said he wished first to
present Comrade Teddy Roosevelt
with one. He accordingly requested
Mrs. Lewis, of the ladies auxiliary,
to present the medal to the president.
The presentation was made amid
great enthusiasm. The convention
then adjourned.
COMPLAINT FROM BRAZIL.