Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-20

y. Thomas. Admiral Farragut. sid.
noy lander and Thomas Nelson Page.
"As 90 the common herd. who send
these cattle TO Washington. an you
need win Thorn o. 10 talk platitudos
about civil righteousness. and the
sirennouancsa OF llfo.' What they
want 90 do is TO slt On the galleries
and witness the play Make yourself
the star performer according 90 your
opportunities
Remember especially that an
prosperity AMONGST the people a due
to government. that government ls
taking with tho hand of taxation
from one man ln order to house ths
prosperity of another has, in some
way Or other. benefited ana enriched
both no not stoD 90 explain how this
is possible Do would take too much
fiwO ~ miFht besides that to gm.
haImEsug 10 anybody iH Imnudent
enough to Insist upon knowing how
% could possibly come about. tcl him
That you are not teaching "a kinder.
rartou ana tol him. moreover. that
o. ls your duty to 'Jo things and not
Io % q bothered with any c1nsiiera.
tion of whether you are doing them
r.ght or wronE
Elm conclusion. sir pray f1r war
nobody can te'l what great things
war viii end in when once begun %
might result in making of your chief
the first Emperor and Lord Protect
or eff lhe Western Hemisphere You
would. of course. lu that event as
hclrapraroHt share DTS glory. Your
legal title might become Prince a.
Outro Mere I know you would run
some little r.sl, of having him deslg.
nate his secretary of war a. Doe sue.
ccssor but I believe Z would chance
d. Besides peace is "a tame aud un.
strenuous thina and 'smoihors ont
some of che finest Instincts off man.
hood Shakespeare said. I'm thy right
hand carry gentle peace 90 silence
onvious tongues our foralaihors.
even down through the times of lin.
colin and Grant. Thought This fnut.
mDnt sound morality and sound poll
Icy i0r nations. os well aE for IndIvi.
duals We know moss that tbo right
policy 's FOO tread soft'y and carry q
bIg Stick
"Wh0 was the fool who said. War
's HE'LL anyhow My word for Do. hp
never saw real war
Remember above an things chat
our chief duN ar citizens. hut especial
'Y as rulers Is not 10 hc 'wcahl.nas'
or towards AwoaklInF. SIR is a
STRANGELY iumoeucotol animal. who
lIst,ua before bee acts. and who weighs
evidence before ho decides, who mod
ostly vcuoratCs greatness Ca Others
| Who actually prefers piping times %.
peace io me pomp and cIrcumstnuc,
uf rIuuuus war WCallIura are men
who iear the strenuous mo-. tho ouiy
national llfo that is really worth ga,
living che Hie of crowns colony con
quest. Che I.fg militant. in q word Wa
are getting t0 bo as people your
committee .s glad to say. snIcndIdly
military a Glass; brass band and d
choice collection 0l epnul,is csgoftnf
% secretary of war to aud frpm th,
depot ln Washington wbouheaugustlJ
leaves or arrives, appeal to ldo higher
flights of our patriotic imagination. "a.
nothing else does 0r can.
"ii have to some degree. iu those
words speaking for the committee
boou your mentor. attribute % In par
[ 90 my shorter experience ON th,
worlds stage and my consequent ca
NrIor wisdom but stiil moro 90 On,
fact Of my close study nnl assImlla
/ tlou uf the wisdom oft republican
Statesmen. both In and out OF th,
White House I hold. after mature de
/ liberation. iu common with the great
est Of these and one OF tho youngest
that youth necessarily insures wisdom
because the older a man D. the more
ho has forgotten
"lt mas been pleasure 90 us &,
do our duty. 90 notify you OF your nom
/ nation This has been a pleasure not
| wIthstanding the fact that you had al
ready been ia a manner notified bl
] AANNH AaiNNN AA"HNNf WllNf W NNA' NN'N'AN
eddy notifying senator Fairbanks
could not get his mind offn YOU al
the darkios say and whose spoocl
consists principally in saying. Go "a
thou art an old man. and 90 bomoau
| ing the fact that you might possibly
dio before you got 90 ho president 81
might he for that matter
THAT would be- bad enough bu
not as bad "a ease as know of IA,
case OF q man who was once ciocto,
vice president and who. becoming
president later tlckoicd the ears %
/ thO rrugndl.ngs. but made the iudicI
Gus to griyo' Mr. Root forgot tina
democratic presidents are never kIlleO
and thai they never Die while holdlnl
office, although some of them DO al
forwards.
Elm further comment upon Hon
Eihu Roots notification uf your nom
/ nation . will hazard tho remark. q
reply 90 one of exceeding good tasu
ON his part, that 70 Is better 60 RAJ
| the risk Of mourning, as in due cours
. of the flesh We aIl must. physical
mobility, than to have boon bOr
with that peculiar mental inability
for any possible task ln lifo. whic
consists of taking ourselves too q,
r'ously and nobody elise with respec
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