Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-03

cannot avoid comes OF course there will
be suffering. there will be misery. Those
Of us who are RE- free from It can an try, ~, ane J,s
cannot help the fact that there VIII be
much suffering. -.
we do what is wrong, IL we act foolishly In
matters Of legislation. we shall pay the
penalty. II the business world loses US
head Il has lost what no law can supply,
but In spite of that we shall go forward.
We shall keep in the run. not only OF
abiding but OF increasing prospeittity' II Iae as
keep the qualities which made us win
out in the civil war and which have brought
us In triumph through other crisis so far'
Administration of the Law.
Some think a good deal can be done by
law A good deal can be done by honest
and upright administration of the law. L
think you will do me the justice to say
that do not say what do not mean |
never said anything off the stump that /
say now you can take as sincere. We have
in the persons of Iowa's representatives
In both branches of the national congress,
I'm Iowa's representatives in the admins
trative branches of the national govern
ment, men to whom can turn, as illus
trating what l mean when say that we
are helped greatly by good laws and by
intelligent, fearless and honest admins
tration of those laws. ..
We need the ability that you In Iowa
have furnished in your public servants. We
need the standard OF integrity that you
have set in public life. We need that up
rightness and fearlessness in public serv-
ant which makes him do his duty, disre-
garding either the clamor of the many or
the snarling of the. few, which Is directed e
against a course of conduct demanded by
regard for the immutable law of righteous
ness.
CEDAR FALLS, Ia, June 2-Five thou
sand people greeted President Roosevelt
and party on their arrival at this city.
He spoke from his car, the address being
mainly to normal school students. The
normal battalion turned out in force The
party stopped ten minutes. leaving at S:O5
for Waterloo. Five-minute stops were
made at Webster City and Iowa Fails.
DUBUQUE, Ia, June AIT Independence,
where a moments stop was made, Presi-
dent Roosevelt paid tribute to Iowa's sons
and daughters and said he believed IN the
future Of this country, because he believed
in the quality of the men and women com
posing it.
A few minutes stop was made at Man
chester where the president was intro
duced to a big crowd by Captain ]. r.
Merry, assistant general passenger agent
of the Illinois Central railroad ana for
many years a resident of Manchester.
Spends Night mt Dubuque.
President Roosevelt arrived here at 6
o'clock. He will spend the night here. To-
morrow morning he will leave for the east.
When the president arrived here he was
greeted with the presidential salute and the
cheers of at least 10000 people as he stepped
from his train. The president addressed a
few words to 5000 school children, assem-
bled in the city park, who sang America"
as the party approached. The drive ended,
after a tour of the hills overlooking the
Mississippi river at the Dubuque club,
where the president spoke to 5000 people.
At the close Of the address the president
and party were banqueted by the Dubuque
club. An incident following the address
was the presentation to the president by a
delegation from the United Swiss societies
of a handsome souvenir album containing
pen pictures of Roosevelt Allison and
Henderson. The president, in thanking the
delegates, eulogized Swiss-Americans as
soldiers and citizens.
He first outlined his well known Views on
good citizenship, and said; "a great nation
cannot play a small part. little nation
cannot play It with self-respect. A big
nation cannot We have got to play a
big part All we can decide is whether we
will play It well or i'll, and 1 know you too
well to hesitate as to what you will de-
eide" |t..--ts, ~ ~, .
to it that there is no let up in the building
and maintaining OF a flrst-class navy by the
United States"