Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-10
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 CHICAGO, May 10.-with only four stops for speeches the trip of the presi- dential special from Denver to this city was uneventful. United States Senator Burkett and Edward Rosewa- ter, publisher of the Omaha Bee. were taken on board as the presidents guests as far as Omaha. The speeches were all brief and were devoted almost entirely to the discussion of the coun- try through which the president passed.
 Troops to safeguard President Roose- welt during his stay in Chicago were In evidence as one of the features of Chicaso's reception of the chief execu- tive when he arrived here. By a secret route to avoid the street crowds the president was escorted from the Northwestern station to the Auditori- nm hotel. During his stay in the city he will be guarded by triple line of secret service men, city policemen and cavalry.
 The president spoke at North Platte, Neb, where he said:
 This is the third time in recent years I have been in North Platte. and 1t is q peculiar pleasure to be with you once again. This neighborhood is one of the pioneer spots of the west in irri- gation. It was your good fortune to Lead in showing just what could be done by means of irrigation for the prosperity of this country. Nothing will count more in the next half cen tury in building up the United States than what is done in irrigation. am particularly glad to see all of you here, but especially the children. heartily believe in you people, and am glad that the stock is kept up. Although congratulate Nebraska on many crops, the best crop of all Is the crop of citi- sens. What counts in any nation more than anything in the end is the aver age of the citizenship. Here. as every where else in the west, see men who wear the button that shows that they fought in the great civil war. In the civil war the winning or the losing of that light depended upon the average quality of the average soldier. We saved the nation because the average man was of the right stamp. So 1t is In dvil life"
 President Roosevelt, speaking at Denver, made some comments on the Panama canal project, saying:
 "It was perhaps unnecessary for me to say that I am perfectly aware that many most admirable gentlemen dis agreed with me in my action toward the Panama canal. but I am in an un- repentent frame of mind. The ethical conception upon which I acted was that did not Intend that Uncle Sam should be held up. But without regard b that when the canal comes into op-
 tatfoh I fhfnE 1t will have . very im- portant regulatory effect in connection with the transcontinental commerce of the republic. I think when such is the case these great railroads will have to revise their way of looking at the in- terests of certain inland cities.
 As I say. gentlemen, don't misun- 1erstand me. l understand thorough iy the argument from their standpoint and zee that they can in all sincerity bold the position. and while I do not think that anything I can say could have any effect in making them alter that position 1 have considerable hopes for the effect upon the Panama canal. Let me repeat. I have told you my views as to what I regard to be the most important matter of international legislation that in the immediate fu- ture will be before this people.
 T wish to say again that important though that legislation is it Is nothing like as important as the spirit in which we approach it. If we approach 1t In the spirit of demagoguery. if we per init ourselves as people to be deluded into the belief that permanent good will come to us as a mass. if we at- tack unjustly the proper rights of oth- CTS because they are wealthy. we shall do ourselves just as much damage as If we permitted an attack upon those who are poor because they gre poor. In times past republic after republic has existed in this world and has gone flown to destruction. sometimes be cause the public WAS turned into a gov ernment of the poor who plundered the rich. sometimes because it was turned into a government of the rich who ex- plotted the poor. It made no differ ence whatever to the fate of the repub- lie which form ifs fall took. That fall was just as certain in one case as In the other-
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