The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-11
Nh. Roosevelt Addresses an
Audience at Syracuse,
N. T., Today.
THE BEST CITIZENSHIP
It Is Defined as That Which Recos'
niEes No Glass or Caste, but Re-
wards Each Man as His Own
Worth Deserves.

Was SS1ollcu ny llc i ~ lllltIlls "
separate company, and a reception
committee, to Hanover Square, where
he reviewed the labor parade.
The address OF the day was made by
Mr.. Roosevelt, who was greeted by a
great audience, II with much enthus-
iasm.
The president began by suggesting that
there can be no real prosperity OF the na-
ton which is based on the prosperity Of
any class or classes. Real prosperity will
be had when all classes are getting its
benefits. This condition., on the whole,
has prevailed from the beginning Of the
! merican nation. He continued, saying
. \ part:
A Measure of Merit.
We can keep our government on a sane
md healthy basis, our social system what
It should be, only on condition of Judging
each man on his worth as a man. 1t Is
infamous to apply any test save that OF
personal worth, or to draw between two
sets OF men any save the distinction OF
conduct that marks off those who do we'll
from those who do i'll. The failure In pub
lie and in private life to treat each man on
his own merits, the recognition of this
government as being either for the poor
or for the rich, would prove fatal to our
republic. A republican government must
rest upon individuals. not upon classes.
AS soon as 1t becomes government by
1t Is merest truism that free institutions
are OF avail only to people who possess
the high characteristics needed to take
advantage of such institutions. The CEN
fury that has just closed has witnessed
many instances in which people nave
seized a government free in form, or have
permitted 1t under the forms of liberty to
become despotism or anarchy. Under such
circumstances the seeming liberty may be
supplanted by tyranny or despotism. Peo-
pie show themselves unfit for liberty,
whether they submit to anarchy or to
tyranny.
M.nv onolit;es wooded ~ ,
which would preserve the power of self
government In fact as we'll as in name.
Among these qualities are forethought,
hrewdness, self-restraint, the courage |
which refuses to abandon ones own
rights, and the disinterested and kindly
good sense which enables one to do jus
uce to the right of others.
The line of cleavage between good and
bad citizenship separates the rich man
who does well from the rich man who does
Ill, the poor MAJ: CT sood conduct from the /,
poor man Of bad conduct. This line of
cleavage lies at right angles to any such
arbitrary line of division as that separat-
ing one class from another, one locality
from anothar. or men with a certain de-
gree of property from those of a less de-
gree of property.
The Good Citizen.
The good citizen is the man who. what
ever his wealth or his poverty, strives
manfully to do his duty to himself, to his |
family, 10 his neighbor. to the state: who
is incapable of the baseness which ma nj
tests itself either in arrogance or In envy. |
but who while demanding justice for him
sell Is no less scrupuious to do justice to
can citizen, rich or poor, is of Just this
type that We have cause for our profound
faith in the future of the republic.
Let the w~atchwords of al our people
be the old familiar watchwol ds of honesty,
decency. far-dealing and common sense.
The qualities denoted by these words are
complex Industrial problems of today, the
prooie1ns AFFECTING not merely the accumu-
iation put even more the wise distribution
when We require him to obey the law;
neither the permission of the poor man
nor yet OF the rich man. Least of all can
the man of great wealth afford 10 break
the law, even for his own financial adj
vantage; for the law is his prop and sup
port, and 1t Is both foolish and profoundly
nnpatrlotic tor him to fail in giving hearty
support 10 those who show that there is
IN very fact one law. and zone law only,
alike for the rich and the poor. for the
great and the small.
Men sincerely interested in the due nro-
tectlon or property, and men sincerely
interested in seeing that the Just rights Of
labor ar guaranteed. should alike remem-
Der not only that in the long run neither
me capitalist nor the ,wnge-worker can be
helped in healthy fashion save By hfi Ming
the other; but also that 10 REQUIRE eithar
side to obey the law and do its fun DUTY
toward the community is e~mphaticallv to
mat SIDES real interest /
Friends of the Mob.
There is no worse enemy or the v,,.
Worker than the man who condones uSob
violence III any shape or who breaches /
class hatred; and surely the slightest ac-
QUainIance with our industrial history
should teach even The most Short-stghteI
thar the times OF most suffering for our
peopie as q whole, the times when bust
ness Is stasnant. and capital suffers from
shrlnkage and gets no return from IT'S in
Eestnents, are exactly the times OF hard
the poor. If all the existing instrI,n,sns
t~alitles OF wealth could be abolished the
hrSl and seTersst suffering would come
among those OF us Who are least Wen off
at present The Is wsii ~
only when the res; OF the country is veii
OF; and he can best contribute 10 this gen
firm purpose 10 do justice 10 others
Among ourselves We differ in many cus,
tties, OF body, head and heart; We are IN
equally developed, mentally as vel, 81
physically. But each of US has ths r;.S
to ask that he shall be protected from
SssnseepS IS ne does his work and car
needs sympathy because he has TO n.orlt
because he has 8 burden 10 carry. Enr
z s5s S ISsx me fa 9 so-t pre- thai life offers is
DIN and this IS a prize open to every
man, tor tnets car! be no work better
health and comfort and with reason, bfa
advantages those Immediately depenJent
upon me husband. the father, or the SON,
No ldlers Wanted.
-hs-s Is no room IN our healthy Anaeri- |
the woman whose object i, is rhron"hn "
lie 10 shirk the au1ies which life oushr 70
BRING Lie can mean nothing WORTH
meaning, unless Its prime aim is tha 40
ing OF duty, the achievement of res, its
worth achieving 4 recent writer has
may said. After all. the suddest thinS
tina. can happen 10 g man is to carry nS6
burdens To he bent under too rres, !" q
load Is bad: 70 be crushed by it is lament
abe: put even II that there are posslbili-
I5ss that aCe glorious. But To "a - ~
lead at sI-ihere is nothing in that, M !
one seems 10 arrive at any goal really |
not come 10 II heavy laden ~
surrey from oNr own experience each
one o. Us KNOWS Ihst this is true, Fron,
the greatest 10 the smallest, happinsss
and usefulness are largely found In the
same SOU. and the JOY OF life is won in its |
deepest and irCeSt sense only by those
WHO have not shirksd life's burdens. The
men whom We most delight TO honor in ali
SAis !aao are those who. In the iron years
troHs .! 10 8. bore on their shoulders