Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-26
THE PRESIDENT. IN5ARKANsAs.
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| un must see that there shall never
come any antaConsms of the classes or
antagonisms between capital ana idoo,
! Treat zach man according to his worm
| as a man. Don't hold 1or OF asa,,ia.
him that he is either rich or poor. but
| if he is rich and crooked hoiu l. aSaii'H.
him. If NOT rich. but crooked, then hold
| il against him. But II ne Is squaie
| ,,,n stand bv him. Distrust all who
| would have any one class placeu before
any other. Other republics have fallen
because of the INSCRIPTIONS rich or the
| unscrupulous roor who gained ascend
ancy, who substituted LOYALTY to class
| for LOYALTY to the people as Il whole.
Abolish the insolence and arrogance of
the rich who look down upon the poor,
if they lost their wealth they would be
ready to plumber the rich and the I'M
scrupdlous poor man who becomes rich
would Cypress the poor.
1.-THE man who is true to YOU is uti-
mateiy righteous and the man who Will
steal for you will steal from you. The
mar who will seek to persuade you that
he will benefit you by WronginS anyone
else will wrong you when it will b@nc-
fit him. What we must do as nation
is to stand for the immutable princi-
pies of deccncy and virtue, regarding
vice with adherence. If we make any
artificial divisions we have done ire
parable injury to the people
Referring to the race problem, to
which Governor Davis had alluded, the
President said:
1.-THE worst enemy of the negro race
is the negro criminal and above all the
criminal of the hideous type so often
hiieously avenged. Every reputable
cOored man owes the duty to himself
and to his race to hunt down that
criminal.
Nov. to avenge one hidcous crime
by another is to reduce the avenger to
the hestial level. Another thing which
makes this lynch law so abhorrcnt is
that threc-fourths of the crimes for
which it is invoked are for others than
that against the women of the country.
Governor, you and | and all others in
authority owe ii to our people to drive
out the reproach and the menace Of
lynch law i'll the United States.
I'VE can afford to be divided on
paratively The differences Of tariff and
the currency are of no consequence.
After all the real question is that of
decency in the life of home and honesty
in public life. 1t makes little difference
in The long run whether a Democrat or
4 Republican is President, but it makes
every difference to have all our public
officials honest and clean. The candi-
date is the candidate of his party, but
the President, if he is worth his suit,
is the President of the whole people"
The President closed with a tribute
to the veterans of the Civil War
The exercises in the City park lasted
an hour. Then the Presidential party
passed through streets denscly packed
with cheering men, women and child
rem, to the Alberta Pike Consistory
where the luncheon was given at 2
O'Clock. One Of the representative men
of the state sat at the tables and sew
eraI hundred others occupied balcOn-
les overlooking the scene. At the Pres
ideIt's right sat Lieut.. Gov. John p.
Lee. United States Senators Berry and
Clarke and Gen. Powell SlaytOn. for
merry United States ambassador to
Mexico, were among those occupying
seats of honor.
Judge l.. NJ. Rose formerly president
Of the American Ear Association. pre-
scented by the toastmaStcr, President
Rogers, of the Board of Trade, deliV
cred the opening address. Judge Rose
said that President Roosevelt had prov
ed himself the President of no political
party, but the President of every man,
woman and child under the protection
of the American flag. The President
Joined in the applause which greeted
the remark.
The President was wildly chccrcd as
he rose to respond.
As the President sat down the cur
tain back of where he was seated, as
CenGcu and tableau was presented.
Tu enty-fivc boys each attiltd in Il
sailor suit, formed 2 group, which won
the Presidents applause. He rose and
saii ne believed his auditors knew
how he felt about the navy Of the
| navy of the United States. The navy
of our country, he said, was the Jhlited
! States 'Big stick" which would never
| be used against the weak unless the
weak put themselves in a position, like
| a bad child, wherein chastisement was
! necessary. He added that the Zig
stick would be kept in such condition
that the necessity for its use against
| the strong would never arise.
Lieut.. Gov. Lee responded to toast
| on "rhc State Of Arkansas" and the
| Presidential party went to the Rock Is
land station along a route which was
| lined with people. The special train
! left for Memphis at 4 o'clock.