The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-14

that we are not afraid Of war We
should deal in a spirit OF fairness and
Justice with all weaker nations, We
should show to the strongest that we
are able to maintain our rights. Such
showing can not be made by buster.
for buster merely invites contempt.
Let us speak cOurteouSly. deal fairly,
and keep ourselves armed and ready.
If we do these things we can count on
the peace that comes only to the just
man armed, to the just man who
neither fears nor lnf11ctS wrong. We
must keep on building and maintaining
thoroughly effective navy with plenty
of the best and most formidable ships.
with an ample supply of officers and OF
men,. and with these officers and men
trained in the most thorough way to the
best possible performance of their duty.
Only thus can we assure our position in
the world at large. and in particular our
position here on the Pacific
1T behOoves all men OF lofty soul who
are proud to belong to a mighty nation,
to see to it that We Mt ourselves to take
and keep great position in the world
Tor our proper place IS with the ex-
panding nations, and the nations that
dare to be great, that accept with con-
fldence a place of leadership in the
world. All our people should take this
position, but especially you of Cali
fornia for much of our expansion must
go through the Golden Gate and the
states of the Pacific slope must newt
ably be those which viii be most ben
ented by and take the lead in the
growth of American influence along the
coasts and islands of that mighty ocean
where east and west finally become one
MY eountrymen, / believe in you with
all my heart, and Il am proud that il
has been granted me to be a citizen in
nation of such glorious opportunities
and with the wisdom, the hardfhood ana
the courage to rise TO the levels of its
opportunity"
At the dedication of the MCKINLEY
monument site he said:
1T is not too much to say that no
man since Lincoln was as widely uni
versally loved in this country as was
President Mckinley. for it was given 10
him not only to rise to the most ex-
alted station but to typify in his char
acter and conduct those virtues which
every American citizen worthy of name
liked to regard his, typically American
to typify the virtues of cleanly and up
right living, in all relations. private
and public as in the most intimate
family relations, ir the relations of
business, in the relations with his
neighbOrs and finally in his conduct of
the great affairs of state And exactly
as it was given to him to do his part in
settling Alright the greatest problem
which it has ever befanen this nation
to settle since it became a nation, the
problem of the preservation of the un-
ion and the abolition of slavery. exactly
as it was his good fortune to do his
part as a man should in his youth in
settling that great problem, so it was
his good fortune. when he became in
fact and in name the nations chief TO
settle the problems springing out of the
Spanish war. problems less important
only than those which We're dealt with
by the man who, under the lead of
Washington founded our government
and the men who uphOlding the states
manship of Lincoln and following the
sword of Grant or Sherman or Thomas
or Sheridan, saved and peretuated the
When 1893 cara{ ana the war which
President Mckinley IN all honesty and
with all sincerity sought to avoid be-
/ him, he met it as he and you had met
the crisis of 1861. He did his best to
4 prevent the war coming Once it be
came evident it had to come, then he
quickly and as thoroughly as posi-
BILE.
TT is a good lesson for nations and
individuals to learn never to hit If 1t
can be helped, but never to hit soft
i daughter and applause). and l think
! that it is getting to be fairly well un-
+ derstood that is our foreign policy.
/ daughter and applause) We dom t
want to threaten certainly we do not
desire to wrong any man. We are go
! ing to keep out of trouble if we possi-
/ bly, can keep out but if it becomes nee
esSary for our honor and our interest
to assert a given position. we shall as
sert it with every intention OF making
+ the assertion good.
TN our country there is not any sol
der that is not a volunteer soldier
Every officer, every enlisted man in
the navy or the army is there because
he has volunteered to go in. and as I
looked at the faces of the officers and
the men under General Macarthur and
Admiral Glass. I felt proud as com
mander-in-c n-chief. that they formed our
/ American citizen to see such men wear
ing the uniform of Uncle Sam
on behalf of soldiers of the Spanish
war Mr. King. who was rough rider,
presented the president with a beauti-
fuI canteesl. and Mr.. Roosevelt made
happy response.