The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-19
FOR SQUARE DEAL
ABROAD and HOME
Presidents Speech at Rich.
mond Indicates Purpose to
Keep Tab on West Indies.
WILL PRESERVE ORDER
He Also Declares the Rich and. Poor
at Home Must Be Brought 10
Understand They Must Be
Mutually Fair.

Washington. oct. 2o.-In redemption
OF n promise given more than n year
ago. President Roosevelt started at
$3.50 o'clock this morning on n special
train over the Southern railroad on an
extended trip through the states OF the
south.
on completion OF the trip he VIII have
visited. during his administration.
every state OF the union.
In the presidents party were Mrs.
Roosevelt. Secretary Loeb. tr.. DIR. II.
NJ. Rixey. John A. McIlhcnny OF Louis
lana. John G. Grcenway OF Michigan.
John =. Elliott. commissioner OF the
interior for Porto Rico; NJ. G. Latta
and John l.. McGrew. stenographers.
and Henry A. Strohmcyer. photogra-
pher.
Speaks at Richmond.
Richmond. Va. oct. Is.-President
Roosevelt reached this city ut noon.
He delivered n lengthy speech. In the
course OF which he commented upon
the common bond OF sympathy that
once more united the north n south.
He further said:
An Aggressive Foreign Policy.
minds ,ha, whether we wish e or not. we
are n great people and must play a great
part In the world. IL IN not open 10 us
TO choose whether we Will ploy hat great
part or not. We have TO play a.: all We
can decide Is whether W. shall play IL well
or III. And i have too much confidence IN
my countrymcn to doubt what the decision
Will be. Our mission In the world should
be one OF peace. but not tho peace OF crav-
rms. the peace granted c~ontemptuousiy TO
those who purchase Il by surrcnderinE the
right. No. Our voice must be effective
for peace because Il is raised for righteous
ness first and for peace only az the hand
maiden OF righteousness, We must be
rcrupulous I'm respecting the rights OF tho
~euE aud m less careful tn make II evil
dent that We do not act through fear or
the strong. We must be ~scrupulous In do
Ing Justice 70 Others and ~scrupglons In
beware equally OF that sinister and cynical
teaching which would persuade us TO dis.
regard ethical standards In international
relations. and OF the no less hurtfui folly
which would stop the whole work OF civ
nlEation By n well-mcant but silly persist
ency In trying TO apply TO peoples untitled
OF rational action which are only suited
for the most advanced races.
Must Keep Order in West Indies.
In particular we must remember that In
Undertaking TO build the n n canal We
have necessarily undertaken TO police the
seas at either end OF u: and this means
that We have n peculiar interest In the pre-
servation Of order IN the coasts and islands
\ little wise and generous aid we can help
even the most OF the peoples In
these coasts and Islands forward along tho
path OF orderly liberty 80 that they can
stand alone. IL We decline TO give them
such help the result will be bad both for
hem and for US: and will In the end In all
probability cause us TO face humiliation or
ploodshcd. :
Must Curb Monopolists.
The problems that face us abroad are
important. but the problems that face US
at home are even more important. The
extraordinary growth or tndustrialism
during the last half century brings every
civilized people face TO face with the grav-
est social and economic questions. This
Is an age OF combination among capital
ers. IL Is idle to try 10 prevent such COM
binations. our EFFORTS should be To SEQ
that they work for the good and not for
The harm Of the body polite New devices
order TO meet the changed and changing
Many republics have risen In the past.
and some OF them nourtshed long. but
sooner or later they fell: and the cause
most potent In bringing about their fall
was In almost all cases the fact that they
grew TO be governments In the Interest OF
a class instead OF governments In the In
tcrcst OF all. II mFde no difference as 10
which class II was hat thus wrestcd TO
Its own advantage the govrnmental ma
chincry. Ii was ultimately as fatal 10 tho
cause OF freedom whether II was the rich
who oppressed tho poor or the poor who
Numbered the rich.
Each Must Give Square Deal.
The crime OF brutal disregard OF the
rights OF othcrs In as much a crime when 70
manIfests Itself In the shape OF greed and
brutal arrogance on the ont side. as when
IL manifesta itself In the shape OF envy
and lawless violence on the other. Our
am must be 10 deal justice TO each man.
no more and no less.
II We as citizens OF this nation are true
20 ourselves and TO the traditions OF our
f%orcfathcrs such fair measure OF Justic"
shall always be dealt TO each man: so hat
as far as we can bring Il about each shall
receive has dues. each shall be given the
chance TO show the stun there IL In him.
shall he secured against wrong. and In
turn prevented from wronging others.
More than this no man Is entitled TO. and