The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-14

las moro clearly demonstrated, by the
quality Of his administration, his right TO
be the successor OF Agaham Lincoln.
Applause and cheers
/ have no hesitation In asserting that
the policies naugurated by Abraham Lin
coin. and nurturcd and fostered by William
Mckinley. haSG reached their most perfect
development under the administration Of
Theodore Roosevelt.
In his first annual address as President,
Washington said TO be prepared for var
IL one Of the most efcctual means Of pre-
serving peace This doctrine is also tho
doctrine OF President Roosevelt; and II
ever that doctrine held good it certainly
does to-day and, carried out will make
secure the future prosperity Of this country.
Mr.. Stern proposed Il toast 20 the Presi-
dent which was drunk standing and amid
cheers. The galleries had naught 70 drink,
but they gave ChautauQua salute. Then
there werc three cheers for the President
and IN attcmpt to sing For He's Jolly
Good Fellow but tho song was il2zle.
Some one started -The Star Spanged
Banner" and this was not fzzle. The
women knew the song as well as the men
and sang IL better. Their soprano voices
weIr. heard above the barytones and basso',
Wien at las o fr Stern was dble to pre-
cent the. President. ancther demonstra-
ton came % With a thousand kerchiefs
in the air.und series Of disorganized
cheers. Ttie.p reHdent startling, smiled
ard waved his' hand fer silence.
pRfsirfS1's rRIpUTs TO THE CLUB.
Mr. oHDoscveh rreiaoed his prepared
erecch by saying,
Prior 70 receiving the invitation to
address the Republican Club on this day,
had accepted an invitation from one who
"a guest Of Us ;o-niF ht-den. Howard
who was 10 have given q dinner tonight
IN honor u tire birthday ~ Abraham Lin
coin !. On the last occasion VIXEN Gen.
Howard spoke with the great martyr Presi-
cent. Mr. Lincoln showed himself deeply
interested In the welfare OF the people OF
eastern Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.
Ne spoRp 90 earnestly Of their welfare
that Gen Howard then pledged himself
70 do all be could for nle welfare Of these
people. among whom lAncoln ~as born
In pursuance Of thai plan be and those
associated with Him have Established
grouped schools called the Lincoln Memo
rial UnYversity 81 CiHnltrland Cap for the
industrial and acddeniC Training Of these
peopiS Con Howard has fc+t that he was
in petriiar way CARRYING ON the purpose
OF Abraham Lincoln III dedicating himself
10 the work
Il should nct have felt at liberty to dis
regard Ina invitation for any other invita-
ton except that which | have accepted
this evArirt Whom Fold the General what
this club meant 70 mo, what it meant to
me to come az President Of the United States
among my fellow members here, the Cen
era at once released me from my promise
10 him.
HoMELY ADVICE ABOUT THE NEGRO.
The President did not adhere closely
to the text Of his prepared speech. and the
loudest laughter and the most enthusiastic
cheers were elected by two passages he
INTERCEPTED into ii. The laughter came
when the President in speaking of the duty
Of the white TO help the negro gave this adj
vice about him:
Help him if he stumbles. but II he lies
down let him stay
The applause came over n reference TO
Secretary Taft's work. in the Philippines
of which the President said that all the meet
incs that had ever been held by the Anti
Imperiasts had not accomplished one-haf
as much as Judge Taft had achieved In
single day'in the Philippine Islands.
Here, is the Presidents speech:
President Roosevelt on Negro Question.
In his second inaugural. in a speech
which will be read as long as the memory
Of this nation endures, Abraham Lincoln
closed by saving:
with malice toward none: with charity
for all: with firmness in the right, as God
gives us to see the right, let US strive on 10
finish the work We are in; to do
all which may achieve and cherish n just
and LASTING peace among ourselves, and
with all nations
Immediately after his reelection he had
already spoken TITUS:
The strife of tho election "a hut human
nature practically applied TO the facts OF
the case. What has occurred in this case
must ever reCur in similar cases Human
natures will not change In any future
great national trial, compared with the men
Of this, we shall have az weak and as strong.
MS silly. and "a wise. as bad and rs good.
Let us. therefore. study tie Incidents OF
this as philosophy to learn wi dom from.
and none of them as wrongs to be revenged.
May not oil having a common
interest reunite In common effort 70 (serve)
our common country Tor my own part.
/ hnve striven and shall strive to avoid
placing any obstacle In the way. So long
as | have been here I have not willingly
planted n thorn in any mans bosom. While
] am deeply sensible TO the nigh compliment
of a reelection and duly grateful. as ! trust
,ountryrfsfi - Il right con0i6=iion. AZ i
think for their own good. it adds nothing
20 my satisfaction that any other man may
be disappeinted or panied by the result.
May / ask those who have not differed
with me 10 JOIN with me in this same spirit
toward those who havey'
This ia the spirit 10 which mighty Lin
coin sought to bind up the nations wounds
when it's soul was yet seething with fierce
hatreds, with wrath. with rancor, with all
tho evil and dreadful passions provoked
by civil war Surely this Is the spirit which
all Americans should show now. when
there is 40 little excuse for malice OF rancor
or hatred. when there Is 80 little of vital
conseuhehcc 10 divide brother from brother.
Lincoln himself man Of Southern birth.
did not hesitate 10 appeal to the sword
when he became satisfied that in no other
way could the Union be saved. for high
though he put peace he put righteousness
still higher. He warred for the Union;
he warred to free the slave; and when he
warred he warred In earnest. for it IL n sign
ot weakness to be half-hearted when blows
rust be struck. Gut he felt only love, Il
love as deep as the tenderness OF his great
and sad heart for all his oountrymnn alike
in the North and in the South and he longed
above everything for tho day when they
should ones mora be knit together in the
,,rb-.,1yaNfa hon IA ~ afcrrot friavIElfD