New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-11

me vans @c tbe sincere hope that his days may
be long his joys many and his soTrowS f feT thai
! Voice the uns5imous nense Of all citizens as l
know voice the unanimous ieelhis u ~
BEES OF the lroquois Stuo
Governor Deneen spoke 20 the toast Illinois
Re said:
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that there s 50 mgG s to sa upon statistics 70
Impress the stranger within our st a mining
ssd trsnsportafioa enterprises What we 90 e,oI Is
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from, the clay they read the legend Ni1''
But This IS 70 you familiar story more Ih9 IN
tvioe told tale. Therefore 9o you sSnire the
Common virtues and the who practice them e,
ney ad more Virtues they cherish most: Courage
honesty patriotism, morality and falth IN men anu
Nav say for them that they wish you oI,l hsslth
s5d strsngf6n s 70 Snr on land and sea May
you I've their completion
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
when Mr.. Lewis rose to introduce President
Roosevelt the entire assemblage was on It's feet'
waving handkerchiefs and napkins and cheer
ing with vigor When his voice could be heard
Mr.. Lewis introduced the President who spoke
follows:
M President Mr.. Toastmaster and you, my
hosts: I very deeply appreciate the honor OF
being your guest and guest Of the city OF chi
cago this evening and in looking at the posi-
bilities Of the future let me add that nave
not the least anticipation of Chicago's ever re-
Versing that most complimentary vote when
! so deeply appreciated last year, because II
viii never have the chance daughter and APP
plsuseD
our country IS governed and, under existing
circumstances, can only be governed, under the
party system, and that should mean, ana that
III mean. when we have e sufficient number OF
people who take the point of view that Judge
Dickinson takes-that viii meaa that there VIII
a frank and manly ODDOSltiOQ OF party TO
party, OF party to party man. combined
with an equally frank refusal to conduct party
contest in any such way as TO give good ATnerl-
cans cause for regret because OF what is SAID
before election when compared with what is said
after election. (Applause)
The frankest opposition to a given man or a
given party questions OF public policy not
only can be, but almost always should be. COM
bined with the frankest recognition Of the in
fnitely greater number of points of agreement
than Of the points of difference. And I have
cepted your kind and generous invitation to
come before you this evening because the
longer / am ia political life the more firmly 1
am convinced that the great bulk Of the ques
tons Of most Importance before US as people
are questions which We can hest decide, not
from the standpoint Of P5publcanism
Democracy. but from the standpoint Of the in
terests OF the average American citizen. whether
Republican or Democrat.
GREAT NoN-PARTIsAN QUESTIONS.
Our politics should. and in the great ma
3ority OF cases do, disappear at the waters
edge. Most questions that come up IN Wash
ington are questions that 80 much deeper than
party; are questions that affect the whole coun-
try. and the man would indeed be unfit for the
position of President who did not feel that when
he held that Office he held it in the most
phatlc sense as the representative of all the
people.
one of the works Uncle Sam has on hand just
at present is digging the Panama Canal and il
rs going 10 be dug. 1t is going 20 be dug hon
estly and as cheaply as is compatible with eff
nciency. but with efficiency first I wanted Con-
gress TO give me power 10 remodel the commits
sion. It did not do #. I remodelled II, any
how, purely I'm the exercise Of my executive
functions, and I made I'D nv mind this time
that WIGS not going TO make the slightest effort
TO represent different sections Of the country on
that canal; was going to try to have the whole
country represented, and put the best man I
could IN any given position without the slight
est regard TO where he came from
! believe that sooner or later it will be found
that the great bulk Of our people agree with
what 1 am about to say.
CAPITAL AND LABOR MUST OBEY LAW.
Among the most vital questions that have
come up for pollution because of the extraordi-
nary industrial development Of this country as
or All the modern world, the questions OF
capital and labor. and the questions resulting
from the effect upon the public Of the organfza-
ZION INTO great masses of both capital and la
Dor I believe thoroughly I'm each kind of or
eahlzauon, but l recognize that IL either kind
OF organization does what is wrong the Increase
IN its power for efficiency that has resulted from
the combination means the increase in its mower
10 90 harm; and that. therefore, corporation
that is, organized capital and 11nfon +Tat &c
organized labor-must alike be held TO a peculiar
responsibility to the public at large: and that
nom each alike We have the right 10 demand
not only obedience to the law, but service to
Now observe, there are two sides to what
nave said, and we are very apt to hear only in
slstehce upon one side; sometimes the insistence
upon this side, sometimes the insistence upon
mat put not as often as we should insistence
upon both sides Of the question
l VIII take up. first the question Of oroan,zad
capital When this nation was created such a
ol, ,e as modern corporation not only did not
e 'S put could not be imagined That is espe-
claly true OF the great modern corporations en-
gsded In interstate commerce. A century ago
the highways Of commerce were exactly such a
tHFy NAG Deen from the days of the dawn Of
civilization on the banks of the Nile and I'm
Mesopotainla We now have the great highways
o. o. commerce OF an entirely different kind For
the hrSt time in history we have highway for
me commerce of all the people under the control
OF private individual a private corporation
THE RAILROAD RATE PROBLEM.
Now, gentlemen let me in the first place insist
upon this fact-that the men who have built nm
.le gfeat railway systems Of this country. Ike
dustries OF this country, have as ruIe rnada
thelr fortunes as incidents TO benefting and nor
10 harfnlng, the country As a rule, benefit and
not harm has come from their efforts and in
making fortunes for themselves they have done
sooo TO all OF us. We have all benefited by the
talents OF the great captains of industry
All Of this that have said 1 wish kept in mind
steadily IN approaching what am about to saw
Tor while acknowledging in the frankest manner
inc Dement'S that have come from the develop
ment Of these great industrial enterprises also
1eei mat We must recognize that the time has
now come when il is essential in the interests
OF ule Pubic that there should be and can be
exercised power Of supervision and regulation
over them in the interests of the public.
personally believe that the federal govern
neht must take an increasing control over cor
poratons. trust there viii be no halt In the
STEADY process OF assuming such national con-
roi' and the first step toward II should be the