The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30
MOODY EULOGIZES ROOSEVELT
SECRETARY or THE NAVY on THE
AUGMENTATION RECORD.
Praises the Foreign Policy and says That
Under Mr.. Hay II Equals the Recorsi
Of Any sf Its Predecessors Except
In the Civil Nar-The Postal Frauds.


In the Civil Waffle Postal Frauds.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. 20 Secretary
Of the Navy william H. Moody made a
speech tonight at a crowded Republican
rally In the Court Square Theatre. eulo-
giving the Administration OF President
Roosevelt, In one instance he digressed TO
speak of Admiral Francis b. Bowles. who
has just resigned as head Of the Construction
Department Of the Navy, and to pay him
a tribute for efficiency and honesty in his
work. He said it was with his own as well
az with the Presidents profound sorrow
that the resignation had been accepted.
Mr. Moody first took up the Presidents
foreign policy. Under no Administration,
except during the civil war, had such dip
lomatio achievements been attained, he
said, and they had made Secretary of state
Hay the great figure In international poll
cies. The calmness and peaceful outcome
Of foreign relations oontroverted the gen.
eral idea of the Presidents -mpulsiveness.
He spoke OF the freedom Of Cuba, OF sub
hitting to The Hague the only two cases
before that body, the restoration OF order
at Beirut and the Alaska boundary dispute.
which he said was diplomatic triumph
Secretary Moody argued for a large
navy on the ground that this country had
learned at last that the way to maintain
peace was to be prepared for war and spoke
of the length Of time 1t takes to build
ships and train officers and seamen. There
was TIC time. he said, in which this country
stood in a more precarious position than
in the recent Venezuela contest He was
glad that Great Britain and Germany had
acknowledged the justice Of the Mon
roe doctrine.
In the postal frauds Mr. Moody acknowl-
edged that the President had indeed been
-impulslve" In the roofing out Of the cor
ruption. He placed the responsibility for
the appointment Of Machen on Mr. Cleve-
at the very beginning Machen had begun
his system of graft and corruption. Mr.
Moody said that he felt perfectly safe in
saying that the reports OF Secretary Bris-
tow and Messrs Conrad and Bonaparte
in the postal scandal would be made public.
The speaker very warmly repealed
statement Of the Nation that two mem
bers Of the Cabinet simply considered that
the country should be made for the office
holders and the politicians. In the Cleve-
land administration, he said Secretary
Herbert had managed the Navy Depart
ment on a merit basis and had not APP
pointed a single man for political consid-
CREATIONS. Mr.. Moody SAID tnat ne mas nol
allowed political considerations to enter
into the management of the Department.
In his Southern policy. Mr. Moody said:
the President had consistently carried
out the principle that every one had
right to share in the benefits of the Gov
eminent whatever might be his creed or
color. He read from a Southern paper to
show that the policy OF the President was
a recognized benefit. He also cited the
Presidents treatment of the labor unions
and his forcing the railroad merger case
into court as instances of his courage and
strength Of purpose.