Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
THE PRESIDENT
DELIVERS ADDRESS
At the Meeting of the Society of
the Holy Name.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
''Decency of Speech and Conduct"
Constituted the Theme of His Dis
course Before an Audience of
Over Two Thousand Persons.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Aug. 17.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt delivered the principal
address at the quarterly meeting of the
Society of the Holy Name of Brook
lyn and Long Island. held here Sun
day. Decency of speech and conduct
constituted the theme of his, address,
which was enthusiastically applauded
by an audience of more than two thou
sand persons, chiefly men. During the
afternoon special trains brought hum
dreds of members of the society to
Oyster Bay from Brooklyn and western
Long Island. Threatening weather
kept many away.
AS President Roosevelt drove up to
the stand in closed carriage, accom-
panied by Capt w. H. Brownson. SUI
perintendent of the naval academy;
Secretary Barnes and representative
of the society, he was accorded an en-
thusiastic reception, band the while
playing Hail to the Chief.
After the audience had sung Amer
lea" Father Power, rector of st. Domi-
MICS, introduced the president in
felicitious speech in which he spoke OF
the esteem in which Mr.. Roosevelt Is
held by the Catholics of this country
When President Roosevelt rose to
speak he was greeted with cheers, and
it was quite minute before he was
able to proceed. His address follows:
Presidents Address.
VERY Reverend Deans and Clergy
and you of the Holy Name Society: L
count myself fortunate in having the
chance to say word to you to-day,
and at the outset let me, Father Power,
on behalf of my neighbors, your con-
gregation. welcome you here to Oys-
ter Bay. | have a partial right to join
in that welcome myself, for it was my
good fortune in the days of Father
Powers predecessor, Father Belford. to
be the first man to put down a small
contribution for the erection OF the
church here. / am particularly glad to
see such a socnety as this fiourishing
as your society has flourished, because
the future welfare of our nation de-
pends upon the way in which we can
combine in our men--in our young men
-decency and strength. Just this morn
ing when attending service on the
great battleship Kearsarge listened to
a sermon addressed to the officers and
enlisted men of the navy, in which the
central thought was that each Amer
lean must be a good man or he could
not be a good citizen. And one of the
things dwelt upon in that sermon was
the fact that a man must be clean OF
mouth as well as clean of life--must
show by his words as well as by his
actions his fealty to the piety and to
the Saviour if he was to be what we
have a right to expect from men wear
ing the national uniform.
Does Not Expect Perfection.
1--WE have good Scriptural authority
for the statement that it's not what
comes In a mans mouth, but what goes
out of it that counts. | am not ad-
dressing weaklings, or | should not
take the trouble to come here. | am
addressing strong, vigorous men who
are engaged in the active hard work OF
life. and life to be worth living must
be life of active and hard work. am
speaking to men engaged in the hard,
active work of life, and therefore men
who will count for good or evil, and 1T
is particularly incumbentu you who
have strength to set a right example
to others. l ask you to remember that
YOU can not retain your self respect il
you are loose and foul of tongue, that
a man who is to lead clean and hon
orable life must inevitably suffer If his
speech likewise is not clean and hon
orabIe.l Every man here knows the
temptations that beset all of us In this
world. At times any man may slip.
do not expect perfection, but | do ex-
pect genuine and sincere effort toward
being decent and cleaniy in thought, in
word and in deed.
Honesty Indispensable.
Now, friends, that is all ! have to
say. | have come here merely to greet
you and to say how | welcome the
work that is being done by this so
ciety. In the last analysis. the whole
future of the state depends upon the
average citizen having in his nature
the mixture Of strength and honesty
which make in their sum what we call
good citizenship, to the making up OF
which go many qualities, but three
above ali--honesty, potriotism and
courage We must have obsolute
honesty first, | am using 1t
in its bpoadest sense-hones-
ty including decency in private
life, cleanliness of words, of speech as
we'll as of life, decency toward the
state, including honesty, which, if 1t is
really possessed, stands at the basis of
patriotism itself; that is indispensa-
Bile +"
Pope Received Archbishop Harty.
Rome, Aug. 1.-THE pope, at five