The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-08

he said, but they VIII come 20 u. .
The Presidents speech was as follows
Seven years ago when | came here
was here strictly on btlaineaa. When No
got back that year from Santiago / said to
tho ofhosrs Of the regiment: NOW We nave
got to have q reunion Of the regiment IN
San Antonio
All kinds Of things happened in between.
Laughter aud applause ] have led q
middling busy life myself since; and now
Al last the chance has come 70 make good
the promise to have those Of the regiment
who are able 70 come together here In the
city where the regiment was raised 70 greet
one another and talk over the past In
sense we can claim that regiment was q
typical Aperican body.
. We had men who had been born abroad
Fnd men who were born here. whoee an
cestOTs came to What Is now the United
states at the time Of the landing OF the
first colonists 1t TIE mouth OF the James:
R At Plymouth. We bad men Of inherited
wealth and men who all their lives long had
earned each days bread by that days
toll. We had men Of every grade socially,
men who worked with their heads, men
who worked with their bands, men At all
the types that our country produces, but
each Of them glad to get IN 90 bis worth
a. a man only and 10 be Judged purely by
what be could show himself 70 be. Jap
Tlause.l
RICH MAN CAN BIZ SQUARE.
ITO Judge from some Of the talk you
occasionally hear. lnan annot be square
man II he Is rich. Remember always that
YOU listen at your peril 10 any man who
would seek to infame you against your
fellow citizen because he Ia better on.
I'm tn, war you did not care
whether your comrade was banker or
bricklayer. II he was a banker he was
an right II he vas a good fellow, II he did
his duty in camp. II he did not struggle on
the march, II he did not drop his share OF
thu joint plumber on the march and then
expect you to share yours with him at the
end Of the day. Yol wanted him 10 carry
his part Of IL, and II he did il you were for
Now apply that in civil life. II the rich
man does not do his duty cinch him, and
win help you Just as far as | can an OUT
II you do you are a mighty mean creature
yourself-you are not good American
yourself. Give him a perfectly fair show
@If he is a poor man and does his DUTY
and says that he ought TO be carried you
may just as we'll make up your mind to
drop him then and there.
SPIRIT OF The SOLDIER COUNTS.
Let me again take an example from
the war. We need arms and equipmf Mt,
hut the best rife ever made does not make
q soldier, II It has not got the right man
behind IT, You may take the finest modern
weapon, put II in the hands OF weakling,
or a coward, and a good man will beat him
with a club. II the other man Is good
man. too you want mighty good weapon,
and IL you come In contact with one another
each will want all the good weapons he can
get. but the weapon does not in any shape
d or way serve az a substitute for the spin II
Of the soldier. That Is what counts in the
change, but the soul that drives a man
forward 10 victory does not change as the
ages 20 by. Applause
The men Of the civil war The men who
blns alike, made a record which remains
forever q heritage Of honor and Of glory
for all this people. They did that because
they had IN them the spirit which from time
immemorial has made the soldiers Of whom
the world is proud; the spirit for the lack Of
which no other quality in man or In nation
will atone,
OUR FIoHTNG SPIRIT WILL WIN.
We OF to-day, We, who II a war should
come, will have to fight under new condi-
] believe We shall win only because our
men still have in them the spirit that made
their forefathers do we'll IN battle. Jap
plause
TEACH CHILDREN THAT LTE Is HARD,
ITO provide for the industrial welfare OF
the Common weelth the thing that IL most
important Ia to take care Of the really most
vital crop, the crop Of citizens. The thing
which the State most needs to care for Is
the welfare not merely material, but moral
who are going to make UP the State fifteen,
twenty OF twenty-five years hence; and
that 10 why | am so glad to see the care
which you Of Texas are taking in the train
ing Of the generation that is coming up.
of course. you want 10 give your children
all the love possible. but II Ia not right 10
mistake folly for affection. When you
spare the child that which alone will enable
Il TO conquer in after life YOU are not doing
u blessing: you are doing il the gre Attest
IN mn 4 in hl1W
and girl alike with the understanding that
life isn't generally soft is not generally
easy; that there will be plenty Of rough
times and that what they have TO show
s not a spirit that avoids difficulties and
hinches from them, but a spirit which
overcomes them.
NO WEAK NATION MUST PEAR U.s.
I feel that this nation, whether il wishes
70 or not, cannot help being a great nation.
You Of Texas, by. what your forefsthers
did and you did, have done your part in
making this nation 40 that II Is impossible
not to be great. We cannot decide whether
We will be great or not. The only thing
We can decide is, whether being great, We
win do well or do Ill. We have got our
duty In the world, We must do our duty to
others, and We must do our duty 10 our
selves We must handle ourselves 90
that no weak Power behaving itself shall
have cause TO fear us and no strong Power
Of any kind shall be able TO oppress us OF
wrong US. lApplause.l
MT INTERPRETATION OF THE MONROE
DOCTRINE HAS COMB TO STAY"
We ell believe in the Monroe Doctrine.
! have a little difioulty in getting some OF
my friends 20 accept my Interpretation Of
II, but they will in time, because that inter-
probation has come to stay. Applause.l
We are building the Panama Canal
While that will be benefit to all the country
II will be Of most benefit TO the Gulf States
tApplausel. We have duties in connection
with the great position we have taken.
We cannot shirk those duties. We can do
them well OF do them i'll, but do them We
must. That is one reason why want to |
see q good navy, and We have got a good |
navy.
NEED OF NAVY.
Il am going 10 use a simile that used a /
couple in nights ago at Dallss. In the old |
days Of Texas | understand that there /
used 10 be a proverb that while you would |
not generally want q gun at ALL II you did |
want Il you wanted Il quick and you wanted |
Il awfully bad. That Il just the way / !
feel about the navy, l feel that II we have /
a good navy the chances are that We will |
not need Il, but that II we do not have Il, |
We might need II awfully bad
'Let me thank you again for the recep- |
ton you have given me, but cannot begin |