Arizona republican., 1903-09-08
PHoEN1x. ARIZONA. SEPT. s. 1sC
President Roosevelt at Syracuse.

and laboring men at Syracuse yester- day was a wholly characteristic ad- dress. It was a preachment of the gospel of justice. common sense. hon. esty and work If he has few of the graces of the orator. and if his speeches seldom contain passages that thrill, Mir. Roosevelt has. nevertheless. q style which is never dull and which holds the interest of nearer and reader from beginning to end. If the address of yesterday has nothing of novelty in the ideas suggested or in manner of treat ment, it has the merit of wholesome sanity and the quality of impressing one with the presidents sincere con- cern for the welfare Of every citizen.
 MT. Roosevelt's enemies are fond of jeering at his emphatic assertion of the commonplace" But by the same token every precept for human guid- ance can be classed as commonplace, for there is nothing new in the moral law. Were the world to accept the dictum that we must refuse to listen  tell us nothing new, the churches would have no reason for further being. An instance is yet to be cited where any man has heard too often q recital of the Ten Commandments or has read tSo much for his own good the Sermon on the Mount. But We do not mean to imply that MT. Roosevelt fails to pre- sent in an interesting way propositions with which We are already more or less familiar He has distinctively a faculty for expressing in . pat and terse fash ion sentiments and convictions which already have place in the minds of his fellow citizens, and more than that. he has happy way of going straight to the mark while more fiowery orators are travelling around Robin Hoods barn.
 And as to the commonplace" feature of his speeches. it may be q common place to say that in this country there must be no favoritism for rich man or poor man-no trucking to this man be cause he has great quantities of money
  works for his daily bread-but assured ly it cannot be repeated too often. This evidently is MT. Roosevelt's view. Nc president has been brought by pass ing circumstances so closely in touch with the questions which divide em- ployer and laborer, and he has found abundant reason fer insisting that each should exhibit the quality Of justice and moderation which each demands from the other.
 In his speech at Syracuse yesterday the president dwelt strongly upon the reciprocal dependence of labor and capital, and certainly he could not have uttered words more timely. As the high tide of prosperity has risen. the agitator-d dema gogue has gone up and down in the land preaching dis content sowing the seeds of envy and calling strikes without number. all un- der the pretense that by creating dis cord between workingmen and their employers the condition of labor would be improved again and again Mir.
  that neither labor nor capital can be injured without hurting the other
 Tt cannot be too often repeated, - he says that in this country we all of us tend to go up or down together. It IS all-essential to the continuance of our healthy atiopal life that We should recognize this community of interest among our people. The welfare of each Of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us and therefore in public life that man is the best rep resentative of each of us who seeks to do good to each by doing good to all; in other words, whose endeavor is not to represent any special class and to promote merely that class's special in terest, put to represent all true and honest men of all sections and all class es, and to work for their interest by working for our common country"
 In this paragraph Mir. Roosevelt states not only the fact of mutual in terest which must have recognition from all men if the country is to con- tinue prosperous, but he states, We are sure, the conviction which profoundly animates him-the desire to be presl- dent of the whole country and ito rep resent all true and honest men of all sections and all classes. and to work for their interests by working for our common country"
 Aside from it's strong expressions on the .opics naturally suggested by Labor day. the presidents speech is notable for ju.,t one excursion into other fields. He toucEes very carefully upon the subject of currency legislation.
 "The treasury of the public is in eX- ceilent condition. Never before has the per capita of circulation been as large as 1t is this day; and this circulation, moreover, is of money every dollar of