Evening star., 1905-05-09

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the men to which we owe it that we have
country to be proud of at all. Then let
me say a special word Of greeting to those
at the other end of the line, to the small
people. I have been particularly pleased
coming through Colorado to see the care
you are taking with your schools. In the
education of the children, who will control
the destiny of this state when we. who are
now in our prime, shall have passed from
the stage
II congratulate you upon your marvel
Gus material prosperity l congratuiate
you still more In the pains you are taking
to educate the citizenship of the future, TO
educate the boys and girls who Will be the
men and women twenty years hence who
will be controlling the destiny OF this
state. For, important though material
prosperity Is, there is a thing that Is far
more important and that is the charac-
ter of the individual citizen. That is what
counts most. That is what made you
men Of the civil war able to preserve the
Union. 1t was not chiefly the material
wealth of the country; 1t was the character
Of the average citizen who went into the
ranks
1T is so in private life, and in civil life:
The character of the average man ana
average woman Is what in the last resort
determine the greatness of the state, the
grea atness of the nation. l believe In this
people with all my heart and soul, because
/ believe in the average of character OF
the people. 49,
railway town of special greeting TO the
railway men. 1t has always seemed 10
me that the man engaged IN tne actuei
work of handling the railways OF the coun-
try possess, by virtue OF the1r Work, cel
tain qualities which are especially neces-
sary to good citizenship. They are ac-
customed to work hard. They are accus-
toned to take risks. They are accustomed
both to assume responsibility ana 10 opey
orders quickly, and both qualities are an
oil
if you cannot obey.
Second Address at Pueblo.
Yesterday President Roosevelt paid his
second visit and made his second speech 10
Pueblo citizens since he arrived in Colo
rado three weeks ago. The station pat
form was crowded and the President was
cheered heartily when he stepped to the
rear end of the train. He spoke as follows:
81 cannot say how much impressed l am
as j travel through your great state L
doubt If you yourselves fully reallze lts 1u-
ture as l have said to you before. Your
mines your manufactures, the commerce IN
which YOU are engaged, your stock farming,
your grain farming, your orchards, the oe-
velopment that will surely come OF your
water power; above all, the extraordinary
strides you are taking in irrigation; all OF
that impresses me immensely. But am
impressed by another thing, in addition 70
all of those industries. You have got one
industry in your landscape, your scenery.
This state is going to be one of the places
to which people from the east and west
are going to come, to see your country, TO
enjoy it, to make it one of the holiday
spots of the land. This morning We have
come over Tennessee Pass, right in the
midst of the snow, right down from the
high mountains, through the valleys,
through the great canyons, into your FER
tile valley; now out to other places. There
is such a marvellous diversification of nat
ural features in your landscape, you are
thrice fortunate in your material resources.
But as l have said everywhere, and as
cannot say too often, the thing that
counts, of course, is the character of the
average citizenship and that is what gives
me my supreme faith in the future, not
merely of Colorado but of all our nation; !;
my belief that are going steadily on,
generation by generation, to train up the
average citizen, man and woman, so that
he or she can do the full duty demanded
by the republic. That is one reason why l
congra tulate you of the west, because your
task is great, and because you have done
1t well. In life it is not the things that
count. 1t is the things that you are able
to do, and the greatest benefit that can be
given to any man is the chance to render
good service to those nearest to him, to his
neighbors, to the republic as a whole You
here and those who went just ahead of
you have conquered the wilderness and
made 4 blossom like rose
The President stayed in Colorado Springs
one minute. He greeted the large crowd,
saying:
Il have just had the honor of being made
an honorary member of the Pixies Peak
Press Club l want to thank all of you for
giving me the chance of seeing you here
and greeting you"