New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-17

Of the Republic button worn by one Andrew A.
Kane. Of Brooklyn. who CHARGED TO be standing
near the front Of the throng. The speech was
emphatic throughout and marked by frequent
forcible gssttculations. When the President re-
ferred TO Mr.. Kane's G. A. r. button soma one
called out, where's your badger Fhe Fresi-
dent retorted: THAT in big and long war
while the was in was a little one
MR.. RoosEvELTs ADDRESS
The President spoke as follows:
Very Reverend Dean, Reverend Clergy ana
you of the Holy Name Society:
count myself fortunate in having t n fiist .s
to say a word to you to-day, and at Inc outsse
let me, Father Power. on behalS or roy helst n
bors, your congregation, welcome you h per. - -
oyster Bay / have partial Tlgnt 10 JON AZ
that welcome myself. for il was my coca LoI-
tune IL the days Of Father Powers preoec s s
Father Bedford TO be the first man to put 'O tha
a small contribution fo~ the erection Oh tne
church here. am particularly glad 10 see So, I
society this hourishing as your society L 1
nourished, because the future welIaIe oL o..
nation depends upon the way in which we can
combine in our men-in our young men-oeceAGT
and strength. Just this morning. when atleho-
ing service on the great battleship hearsaIse.
listened to a sermon addressed TO the once -
and enlisted men OF the navy, IN wnlcn Inc me
be a good man OF he could not be a good Gnu
zen. And one OF the things dweIt upon III Lnat
sermon was the fact that man must De clean
OF mouth as well as clean of life-Inust snow py
his words as well by his actions his IealtS
10 the Deity and to the Saviour-if he was 70 ne
what we have q right TO expect from men wear
ing the national uniform. We have good scrip
tural authority for the statement that II is not
what comes into a mans mouth but what goes
out Of it that counts
I am not addressing weaklings, or should
not take the trouble to come here. L am al
dressing strong, vigorous men, who are engaged
In the active, hard work of life; and lie 10 De
worth living, must be a life of active and hard
work. am speaking to men engaged IN the
hard, active work of life, and therefore men VINO
viii count for good or for evil, ana II is pc
culaTiy incumbent upon you who have strength
10 set a right example to others. I ask you TO
remember that YOU cannot retain your self-re-
spect if you are loose and foul Of tongue that
a man who is to lead a clean and honorable life
must inevitably suffer if his speech likewise is
not clean and honorable. Every man here
knows the temptations that beset all of US in
not expect perfection but 1 do expect genuine
and sincere effort toward being decent ana
sajd at the outset, I hail the work of this So
ciety typifying one of these forces which
tend to the betterment and uplifting OF our
social system. Our whole enort should be low
ard securing a combination of the strong quail
ties with those qualities which we term virtues
in The breast OF every good citizen expect
you 10 be strong 1 would not respect you If
YOU We're not ] 60 not want TO see Christianity
professed only by weaklings; ] want TO see it a
moving spirit among men OF strength. do not
expect you TO lose one particle OF your strength
or courage by being decent. On the contrary.
of this society, from his membership in it. be-
come all the filter 70 do the rough work Of the
world, all the hitter to work IN time or peace, and
st. which may Heaven forfend, war should come,
sil the filter 10 fight tn time of war desire 20
see in this country the decent men strong and
The strong men decent. and until we get That
combination in pretty good shape we are not
going 10 be by any means as successful as
wa should be. There is always a tendency
among very strong men and among boys who
are not quite young men yet 10 think that
20 be wicked is rather smart; it shows that they
are men Oh, how often you see some young
fellow who boasts that he is going to see life,
meaning by that that he is going to see that
part OF life which it is thousandfold better if it
remain unseen ASK tnat every man mere
constitute himself his brothers keeper by setting
IN example TO that younger brother which will
prevent him from getting such false estimate
of life as that Example is the most potent of
ali things II any one of you. in the presence Of
younger boys, and especially the younger people
OF your family, Inisbehaye yourself: If you
use coarse and blasnhenous language before
them, yeu can be sure that these younger PEG
pie win follow your example and not your pre-
cept. It is no use 10 preach to them II you
do not act decently yourself. You have got to
feel that the most effective way in which you
can preach is by your practice
Just as I was driving up here 3 friend who
was with US said that in his experience the boy
who went cut into life with foul tongue was
apt so 70 SO because his kinsfol at least his in
nnate associates, themselves had foul tongues.
But while the life in the family cannot do
ship cannot do everything still the friends the
father. the elder brothers can do most toward
come clean and honorable men.
have told you that I wanted you not only
70 be decent but to be strong. These boys are
rot going to admire virtue that is OF a purely
anse1nie type. They believe in courage in
n1anliness. They admire those who have the
guaHty OF being brave. the quality of fac
quality that must stand the root of good
eitlzsEshlP in peace OF in If you are 70 be
elleetlYe as good Christians you have got 10
possess strength and courage, or your example
VIII count for little with the young, who admire
strength and courage. / want 10 see you, the
nlsp OF the Holy Name Society, you who embody
me qu2lities which the younger people admir-
by your example give those young people the
tendency. the trend. in the right direction: and
ra-aeERbeT that these examples count in their
cases as wei as cleanliness Of speech. I want
10 see every man able to hold his own with the
strong, and also ashamed TO Cypress the weak
want 20 see the young fellow able TO do a
mans NFoTk IN the world, and of a type which
VII 7ot permit imposition 10 be practised upon
Dali. Want 10 see him too strong spirit 70
spbrlt 10 wrong, and, on the other hand,
ashamed TO 90 wrong to others. 1 want to see
eacn n-sn able 10 hold his own in the rough
work the actual work. outside, and also when
ne IS al home, good man. unselfish in dealing
with VIE, or mother, or children Remember
mat the preaching does not count If it is not
backed I'D by practice. There is no good of
your preaching 10 your boys to be brave il Won
70 them 10 tell the truth if YOU do not rrhere
Is no good OF your preaching to them to be un-
sssilsh II shey see you selfish TO your Wife dis
lsssfQtul o. others yourself We have the right
70 expect not only that you will come together
IN meetings like this: that ou win march In
Rroeessionsi that you will join in building IN
SUCH great and useful association as this: bIt
we nave the right, also. TO expect that in your
~. noI1es sno among your own associates you
ilp loyalty merely; that you will show in sctraI
Practice the faith that is in you.
NeE. friends, that is all have to say. have
come mere merely to greet you and to saw how r
Welcome the work that is being done by This So
eieeY gn the last analysis, the whole future Of
the State depends upon the average eitizen
having in his nature the mixture of strensfb
and honesty which make in their sum what yve
cali good citizenship 10 the making nm az xvhic
eE.rha fhFo0 1fo