The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-08
ROOSEVELT OPENS STATE FAIR
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the land her place must be with those who
whether as law givers or as soiuleIs, whether
In public or in private life, ,,
This Is not a soft and easy creed TO preach.
It is a creed willingly learned only by men
and women who. together with the softer
virtues, possess also the stronger. Who gan
do. and dare, and die at need, but who whlle
life lasts will never finch from their allotted
task. ..
OURS GREAT IaHERTrANcE.
You farmers and wage workers and BUSH
ness men OF this great State. or this mighty
and wonderful nation. are gathered together
to-day, proud OF your State and still prouder
of yoir nation because your forefathers and
predecessors have lived up to just this creed :.
You have received from their hands great
inheritance, and you W Ill leave an even greater
Inheritance TO your children and your chill
dren's children. provided only that you pr4,c-
tise alike in your private and your publlc
lives the strong virtues that have gwen US,
as a people, greatness In the past, y Is nov nov
enough to be well-meaning and kindly. but
weak, neither is IL enough to be strong, nn,,
less morality and decency go hand 10 haha
which make us do our duty IA our homes ana
among our nelghbors, and In addition we
must possess the qualities which are ind,s ti
masterful nat on the qualities OF courage
and hardhood, of individual initiative ana
yet Of to e9 h or s SSmGn
to permit no man and no set OF men to sunder
us one from the other by lines of caste or
motto of all for each and each for all.
There must be ever present IN our ninn s
the Fundamental truth that in a republic sncn
as ours the only safety Is to stand neither
for nor against any man because he Is richi
or because he is poor. because he Is ehsassu
in one occupation or another because ne
with his hands. We must treat each man
on his worth and merits rs man. We must
see that each is given square deai necau ,,,
he Is entitled to no more and should receive
no less Finally. We must Keep ever Ill illuu
that republic such as ours can exist only I'D
virtue of the orderly liberty wMch comes ONES
through the equal domination of the law over
all men alike, and through its administration
in such resolute ana fearless fashion as shhil
below it.
Senator Depew. who spoke briefly AFTER
MIR. Roosevelt had concluded, also got
warm reception,
SENATOR DEpEw's SPEECH
Senator Depew said that OF all the occa-
sions on which he had heard the President
speak, -when he filed the audience and
filled the air" this slrpass ed any other.
ut was talk, he said, from the BRAN
and heart, from leallhv brain and n
healthy heart, healthy American brain
and healthy American heart.
Wluio III Europe, senator Depew said
he saw tie review OF large standing armies,
1.-THE next parade | saw, he said, was
that reviewed by the President in your city
to-day of the men who have American
products to enter every country Of the
world the men who produce our wealth
and who carry on our industry and WHO
surpass those Of all naticLs Of all time.
While the countries Of the Old World main,
tain peace by large standing artNias. tllere, |
I said, march the soldiers Of The United
States. WHO not by the arts OF war, tut by
those of peace, protect us in our SUPREMACY,
and IL the call come as Il did in 81 there
is the army and there are tie men who
march under the old flag for the defe, c.
of this country
He referred to the speech Of former
Gov. Hill at the Rockland County Fair.
Gov. Hill, he said, has made a great sue
cess in law and politics. but at the fair
he took long excursion into Theology.
He said to those farmers" said Senator
Depew, 4 do not believe that anything
is right for which ] do not find specific
authority in the Bible. As to trusts and
like things, If | did not find authority for
it in the Bible. know it is wrong
Now asked the Senator, what would
Abraham, Moses, Jacob and Isaac. what
would st. Matthew, st. Paul and st. Luke
have done on this platform llauRhterl,
when that PHOTOGRAPHIC tried to take
Jacob and Isaac, what would St. Matthew,
st. Paul and st. Luke have done just now
when that train went by with its roar, its
screeches. its fire and its smoke? They would
have thought that oil the fends Of hell had
broken loose and that nothing but divine
power could save their lives.
1T was n netaen centuries ago. Senator
Depew continued, "when Christ proclaimed
the doctrine of the equality Of all mankind,
and it was in the American wilderness
where men woke up and proclaimed and
maintained that doctrine in government.
Here men seek and give each other chance.
In the United States every man has his
obi ha oh ar,l
no less.
"The rulers of other nations" the Senator
said, have for their great state occasions
the review and display Of their enormous
standing armies and navies. We have
a President who speaks to us not Of war,
hood and wornanhood, which carried out
in citizenship make the United States the
grandest country for men and women to
live in and for children to be born in that
God ever created Prolonged applause.
LUNCHEON AT CLUBHOUSE,
After the exercises relating to the open
ing We're over, the President and his party
were entertained at an informal luncheon
in the clubhouse on the grounds. Among
those at the luncheon were State Senator
W. l.. Brown, Superintendent of Public
Works L. A. Boyd, State Senator Robert
Krum, ex-Assemblvman Otto Kelsey, State
Senator John Ranes. Assemblyman James
Lieut.. Gov. Timothy l.. Woodruff, At
torney- General John Cunneen, State En-
gineer E. A. Bond, State Senator +. c.
Stevens, Congressman Serene +. Payne,
State Senator W W Artnst rong, State
Senator Jot ham Aids and Senato or Depew.
After the luncheon the President spent
about an hour on the veranda of the club
house wat ching the hoiseraces. Timothy
Woodruff sat near him most of he time and
volunteered information which only man
with sporting propensities could furnish.
The President got back to the city again
at few minutes after 5 o'clock and was
driven again to the Hanover Square re-
viewing stand where he watched the 1000
delegates 10 the convention of the Letter
Carriers Associa ion file past They were
all dressed in regulation uniform, and the
President was most enthusiastic over their
appearance There were men in the parade
from almost every State in the Union.
New York city alone had 400 men. AT the
conclusion of the review, a large vase was
presented TO the President on behalf of
he branch of the Letter Carriers Associa-
ion in East Liverpool, Ohio
As soon as he could, Mr.. Roosevelt got
into his carriage again and was driven
with his party to ex Senator Frank Hiscock' =
house in West Onondaga street, where
MIR. Hiscock entertained Mr. Roosevelt
and his guests and several friends at
private dinner. The President and his
party left Syracuse at 1920 promptly The
special train, it is expected, will get TO
morning The President probably will
short speech at Richmond Hill, where
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