Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-09
The Presidenf's Address



whose aim Is to skin the soil, TO ski
everything for two or three years an,
then 20 away. What we want is tb,
man who jas come to build up n per
manent prosperity that will benefit tn,
children and the children's children oI
AL OF us, and that should be our aim In
shaping every portion OF our govern
ment policy The policy OF utilizing tho
water. the policy of utilizing the for
ests. the policy OF utilizing the pas
lures, the policy of utilizing every re.
source that the state and nation have
II should all be in the direction of
building up the home or helping the ac.
tual settler who has come TO live on
the land, TO cast in his future with the
country. TO have his children grow nm
as part of the people OF the country.
tie Is th, man whom we want TO help
because he Is the man who builds up
the stete ana the nation.
believe In You. believe In You be.
cause | think YOU have two sets of qua.
lities; the quality of decency. honesty.
OF fair and square dealing. as of man
to man; that YOU possess what we call
virtue, morality, dcconcy. and also be.
cause you possess the rigid virtues. the
rigid qualities which must 10 TO the
makeup Of any mastorrul people. The
virtue that stays at home In its own
parlor does not count, not bit more
than the patriotism that will let some
one else fight the battle of the day
lou want man to be patriotic. bur
you want him to have the fighting
edge, and so in citizenship we need alb.
solutely as the base. as the foundation.
that the man shall deal squarely and
iairly with his fellow. IT he does not
he is not merely useless, he is a curse
ana there Is not quality more to be
reprobated than that defined by mere
"smartness,' unaccompanied by moral
Every one OF us knows tnat smart
man whom fools praise. and | want TO
say that to the fool object almost as
much as to the knave. and incidental.
~ you canrot reform him-the man
whom fools praise on the ground that
he Is smart. You say, Eyes. he is a
crook; yes, he is crooked in business
as In politics. but he is deadfully
You have all heard that said !
In praise of some Ilen. The man prais. |
ed and the man who praises him are |
both worthless citizens and a curse TO |
he community, and no community can |
get on really well until 1t hunts down |
successfully rascality as earnestly as |
I hunts down unsuccessful rascality.
We need honesty FIRST, decency first. !
and II is not enough when you have |
got It; you have only begun. In add.
ion to that you must have those quail
les 70 which va allude when we sneak
II man as not merely good man. but
Is emphatlcally n man. We need the
'ugged virtues, courage. hardlhood. the
lower to dare, the power To endure.
he viii which declines to be daunted
~ one failure, which makes tine defeat
stepping stone to ultimate triumph,
md the west could never have been
ettled. could never have been brought
Up to what II Is If It had not been for
he adventurous temper and the iron
esolutions of those who first tempted
he shaggy wilderness and turned it In.
o habitations for man
You must have these qualities and I'm
edition to them, the saving grace Of
ommon sense, and when you have all
hree you have got what courts for
more than. a strong body although we
eed that You have got what counts
or more than strength of mind al
hough we need that, even more than
trength of body. You have got char.
cter, and IL is character that deter.
mines the destiny OF any nation. and
believe in you, my friends and fellow
itizens
! believe in your future and what
on will accomplish because I believe
nat you have, and that the people of
his great nation have. character. and
o say 10 you today, greet you. |
'ish you well and | believe that your /,
lture viii In an abundant prosperity
wen surpass the prosperity that you =,
OW enjoy Good luck