Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-20
MANLlNESS IS ESSENTIAL
Re-. s3velt Addresses Y. NJ, O. A. Jubilee
Banquet at Was ington.
PRAISES WORK DONE BY ORGANIZATION
Says Onc-Sided Men Are as Useless as
r.''ieFa who Can Neither shoot
Or March, Although Inn
bued with Ideals.
PRAISES WORK DONE BY ORGANIZATION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.--President Roose-
welt was the guest of honor tonight at the
banquet commemorative of the fftieth an
niversary Of the Washington Young Mems
Christian association and the International
Committee Of North America.
over 900 guests were invited. Among
those present were Justices Harlan and
Brewer, Secretary Root, George Foster Pea
body Baron Forsen, Secretary Shaw, Ad-
miral Dewey, Generals Corbin and Young,
Secretary Cortelyou, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Darling, Major Vignal, Lieuten-
ant Commander Lafajole, Count Hrokicy
Matsu General o. o. Howard and Repre-
sentative Cannon, Helen Gould and Mrs.
McAlpin OF the woman's auxiliary OF the
Young Mems Christian association.
H. B. Mcfarland presided. President
Roosevelt was greeted with loud applaus
as he arose to address those at the ban
quet
World Forging Ahead.
He said
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen: 1t is nc
| accident that We should meet to celebrate
| the ending of fifty years. That period has
| seen gigantic change in the world, such
| as was hardly seen within any preceding
tGry M has been cen carried on at a higher pres.
\ sure than ever before. That means, OF
| course that all the forces have been raised
evil and the forces Of good as well.
II IL had not been for such organiZa-
| tion as this the material progress of the
! world would have been progress thai
would have shown for i'll to the nations in
| stead of good. ''
We can say we are better of than we
| say, "Oh, well, we will come out all right
| So we shall, but because of the presence o
a sufficient number OF men with the roo
! righteousness them DOunC
| to see us come out right.
| A hundred years ago there was no sucf
| need for the Young Men y Christian asso
citation and other movements of this kind
Life was smaller. Temptation would come
surely to every man, but it would not come
| so frequently and in so intense form
AS the forces of evil manifested themselve!
| in stronger and stronger form they had e
| be met. If they were to be successfully
! grappled with, by organized effort.
| There are many movements supported b!
| excellent people which have produced re
| suits incOmprehensible with the efforts
] spent, because they failed to combine, al
| this movement has combined, a recogn!
| ton of the need of human nature with
resolute effort to make human nature bet
! ter.
| l have been acquainted especially will
three branches of your work, amorg rail
| road men, business men and colleges Nov
| these three classes are not going to b
| effectively represented as classes by an
effort which fails to take account of tn
| fact that they demand manliness as wei
as virtue, and you can make them straigh
| only on condition that you keep In min
| that II is necessary for them to be strong
| An old ana favorite quotation of mine ha
been Wesley's remark when someone crit
| icised him because his hymn tunes wer
so good. The answer was that he was no
going to leave all the good tunes to tn
devil. and we want to be exceedingly care
full that the impression shall not go ou
that good men intend TO leave all tn
strength TO those who serve the devil
Likes Railroad Nerve.
In the long run the man who Is decen
is apt 10 be the man who Is the bes
soldier The work among the railroad me