The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-17
Power Of n Good Example Urged ~
the President. Especially I'm Its
Effect on the Young.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS
EVERY MAN IN A SENSE Is HIS
BROTHERS. KEEPER.
Future of the State Dependent on the
Worth of Its Cftizens-Speaker
Receives Warm welcome.

OYSTER BAY. n. Y, Aug 1s.-President
Roosevelt delivered the principal address st
the quarterly meeting of the Society OF
the Holy Name of Brooklyn and Long
Island, held here to-day. Decency OF speech
and conduct constituted the theme OF his
address, which was enthusiastically ap-
plauded by an audience of more than 1000
persons, chiefly men.
During the afternoon special trains
brought hundreds of members of the
ciety to Oyster Bay, from Brooklyn and
western Long island. Threatening weather
kept many away. but, although a light
rain fell during the exercises, the crowd
remained banked about the fiag-decked
stand on a beautiful hill opposite ST. Domi-
MICS Catholic Church.
AS President Roosevelt drove up to the
stand in a closed carriage. accompanied by
Capt w. II. Brownson. superintendent OF
the Naval Academy. Secretary Barnes and
a representative of the society, he was ac-
corded an enthusiastic reception, a band the
while playing "IIail TO the Chief
After the audience had sung America
Father Powers, rector of st. Dominics. In
troduced the President i'm a felcitious
speech. in which he spoke of the esteem I'm
which Mr.. Roosevelt is held by the Cath
olcs of this country. When President
Roosevelt rose to speak he was greeted
with cheers. and it was fully a minute be
fore he was able to proceed. His address
follows:
Very Reverend Dean, Reverend Clergy
and you of the Holy Name Society: count
myself fortunate in having the chance 10
say word TO you to-day, and at the out
set let me, Father Powers. on behalf of my.
neighbors, your congregation. welcome you
here to Oyster Bay. I have a partial right
TO join i'm that welcome myself, for II was
my good foItune i'm the days of Father
Powers's predecessor Father Belford, TO
be the first TO put down a small con-
tribution for the erection OF the church
here. I am particular glad TO see such
n society this -four shing as your So
ciety has f'ourished. because the future
welfare of cur nation depends upon the
way i'm which we combine in our men--in
our young men. decency and strength. Just
this morning, when attending service on the
great battleship Kearsarge, listened TO a
sermon addressed to the officers and en-
listed men of the navy, i'm which the CEN
tral thought was that each American must
be good man or he could not be a good
citizen And 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 action his fealty to the deity and
TO the Savior IL he was 10 be what we have
a right TO expect from men wearing the
national uniform.
THE THING THAT COUNTS
I'VE have good scriptural authority for
the statement that II is not what comes into
a mans mouth, but what comes out, that
counts. / am not addressing weaklings, or
1 should not take the trouble 60 come here
1 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 90
men engaged in the hard, active work OF
life, and. therefore. men who will count
for good or for evil
And il is peculiarly Incumbent upon YOU
who have strength 20 set right example
10 others. / ask ycu TO remember that you
cannot retain your self-respect IL you are
loose and foul Of tongue: man who 10 TO
lead clean and honorable life must fnevi-
tably suffer IL his speech likewise is not
clean and honorable. Every man here
knows the temptations that beset all OF ms
in this world. At times any man will slip.
j do not expect perfection, but / do expect
genuine and sincere effort toward being de-
cent and cleanly In thought I'm word aud In
deed. AS l said at the outset. / haii the
work Of this society typifying of
those forces which tend to the betterment
lar1
whole effort should be toward securing n
combination of the strong qualities with
those qualities which term virtues IN
/ the breast of every good citizen L expect
| you to be strong. 1 would not respect you
/ IL you were not. / do not want TO see Chris
/ tianity professed only by weaklings; i want
/ to see il moving spirit among men OF
| strength. do rot expect you 10 lose one
| particle Of your strength or courage by be-
ing decent; on the contrary. L should hope
| TO each man who is A member of this
| society from his membership In IL become
] all the filter to do the rough work OF
the world; all the filter TO work in
time of peace and & u %hlcn may
! the filter 20 fight I'm time OF war. I desire
| TO see I'm this country the decent men strong
1 and the strong men decent. and until we
get that combiuatio in pretty good shape
1 we are not going 10 be by any means az
successful we should be.
There l. always "A tendency among very
strong men and among boys who are not
quite young men. vet 20 think that 20 be
wicked is rather smart: II shows that they
! are Often. on. how often. you see some
| young fellow who boasts that he Is going To
see life. meaning by that that he II going
| TO that part of life which IL Is thou
| sand-fold better should remain unseen
ask that every man here constitute himself
| his brothers keeper by setting an example
/ To that younger brother which VIII prevent
him from getting such false estimation
/ OF life as that
POWER OF EXAMPLE.
Example is the most potent OF all things
! III any one OF you. I'm the presence OF young
/ er boys, and especially the younger people
OF your own family, misbehave yourself. II
YOU use coarse and blasphemous language
,efore them. you can be sure that these
| younger people will follow Your example
ard not your preoeDt IL Is no use TO
preach To them II you do not act decentis
yourself. You have got to feel that -
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