The sun., 1903-05-15
ROOSEVELT PRAISES WOOD.
SAYS he DID WONDERFUL SER
VICE IN CUBA.


He Also Lauds tho Administration OF Gov
Taft In the philippines ana Declares
That Boti Men Are Typical Ex.
,mples OF High Administrative Ability.
SAN FRANCISCO, May ll.-The President
declared to tic students Of the University
~ California to-day that Gov. Taft and
oen. Leonard Wood together were typical
examples Of high American capacity for
administrative Office.
Ii has been known for some time among
the Presidents friends that he has been
dspleased-to use a mild worldly the
nointed comments made by the press OF
the United States on Gen. Wood, his friend
and comrsde in arms. fellow Harvard grad
nate and subordinate. The President said:
PRESIDENT WHEELER. FELLOW MEMBERS
or THE UNIVERSITY: Last night. in speaking
10 one Of my new friends in California. he
told me that he thought enough had been
said to me about the fruits and flowers: that
enough had been said to fne about California
being an Eden. and that he wished I would
pay some attention to Adam as well
Much though have been Interested in the
wonderful physical beauty Of this wonderful
state, | nave DeeQ UlluUtlS UloTt IHleTtolNi
in it's citizenship. and perhaps most in its
citizenship in the making.
When come to the University OF Cali
fornia and am greeted by its president am
greeted by an old and valued friend; friend
whom have not merely known socially. but
upon whom. while I was Governor of
New York. leaned often for ad-
vice and assistance in the problems
with which l had to deal. lApplause.l
And when no accepted your Offer l grudged
him to you. and II was not until came here.
not until have seen you. that have become
fully reconciled to the loss.
But now i am. for ] can conceive Of no
ha ppier life for any man to lead. to whom
life means what IL should mean. than the lie
of the president Of this great university.
Applause.
OF recent years have been thrown in
contact with number of college graduates
doing good service to the country. ana as
| wish to make it perfectly evident what l
mean by the kind Of service which should
hope to have from you and which 1t seems
to me worth while to render. ! want to say
Just q word about two college graou-
ates who have during the last
five years rendered and are now rendering
such services Gov. Taft in the Philippines
and Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood, late Governor
OF Cuba tApplause.l
Nnen We dCQNTeo VIC IulHpplicb GIN
took possession, for the time being. of Cuba.
TO train its people in citizenship, we assumed
heavy responsibilities. SO heavy that some
very excellent people thought we ought to
shrk them. Among the many debts OF graft
tude which this nation owes to President
Mckinley lapplausel no debt is greater than
the debt we owe him for the choice Of his
instruments, such as Taft such as Wood
IApplause.l
We sent Taft to the Philippines we sent
Wood to Cuba. both Of them, as tested by
the standard OF our commercial lie, poor
men. each man with only his salary and some
small private means to keep himself and his
family: each man TO handle millions upon
Of G.s e s2 have The sS
IL ssHs i" 6oS!iss
tions to them. sent them knowing that they
had The ,sss 9f ss % coll d
consider the chance Of . possible temptation
apRespps e. 70 sahs them hpPPsS1se TO .av
thsrs, not only torteitns thereby the GER
Or at The baT here he had stayed, but AZ
he feit that his duty as an American made
hip 60: that. as President Mckinley told me
OF TIE Country as n aad % he could mo not ' honeraby
In the same way Leonard Wood worked
N SuUd. hc WdS put Wv u IiielC W Wv al
absolutely new task; to take a people Of a
diterent race. a different speech. different
Ssd, Ssd xI psspe Just cruel spssns ssI sefood o vhs s
conceive: to take a people down in the depths
S RHyfrty from II the aselhs o' Rheh make
hSaddr sad % trkf IN asd
For three years he worked. He esta ablished
n school system as good as the best that We
Siis Shsh hsd say neve9 Got BEEN sa r
cnoe before. He secured absolute safety for
fs and d., PrGgpsrsEy tgs Eynd of Governmental work
which should be the undying honor OF our
neople forever, and he came home to what
re came home to be thanked atsdrnot by few;
reward @ the sense that though his work
Sa sensS the a Elm had
lad rillinsly and weIl done his duty ss an
s1ss. c1ss A1%y anSn laf sH.H]" o. '"s "s.
have chosen Taft and Wood simpiy, In IVA, as
other men by the hund red have done. Ameri-
cans who have graduated from no colleT,ee'
I'll those American. who have graduated
the eaW tIs 9f ams I@it
Taft and Wood and their fellows are spend
nk or have spent the best years OF thelr
prime in doing n work which means to them
pecuniary loss at the best, a bare liyelihoSd
while they are doing it, and are dong ~ gladly
privilege that cnn he given to any man is the
Americans lApriause,l .,oo ,r,,,
AS am speaking to an 4uaience WI Wl.Ia
proper ideals when I cay that TAFT ana WOOD
have done ali this service to Their peGuniary
loss. am holding them up not Tor pity Ior
envy.
The President dedicated monument
commemorative of the victory OF Manila
Bay this morning. He went to Berkeley
and spoke TO the students In the new am
phtheatre He also received once more
the degree OF Doctor OF Laws. The cheer
ing Of the students was beyond comparison
to that of Leland Stanford. Jr., even.
The President visited Oakland and spoke
10 5000 people. He went TO vallejo IN the
torpedo boat Paul Jones and inspected the
Mare Island Navy Yard and laid the steentn
Y. VI. c. A. cornefstone.
Tonight he spoke at the banquet OF tho
Union League Club
Very prominent in all tho receptions ana
bano,iets rendered to the President in san
Francisco and its suburbs have been Ad-
lniral Bickford Of the British ship Grafton
and his flag lieutenant. They have been al
every luncheon, every dinner. every re,
ception. Among the first OF the honored
guests they have heard Berkeley under
grr dua,es greet the President as Say,
Teddy" they have seen the Secret Service
men hght to keep hysterical women from
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