Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-11
AT LUNCHEON.
President Alludes to Strike-Rai!way
Rates His Chief Subject.

nlfISb, AllN III No business com
munity can succeed unless it be based on
high ideals. Permanent success comes
only when the average MAN De trusted in
dealing with his fellow men. So it is in
fact with the success Of the nation.
With the words applied by many who
heard them to the critical industrial stu
alton in Chicago. President Roosevelt ad-
dressed the Merchants club It the lunch
con given him by merchants organiZ;t
ton at the Auditorium. IL was the only
point in his speech which construed ut all
as referring to the strike and with these
words the President I'D up 10 the theme
OF his talk. the up-building of great
navy for the sake of the nations cam
mcrcc and the nations honor. He appeal
cd to the Merchants Club and the ether
commercial organizations of the city to
propagate the idea of I big navy.
ON this topic President Roosevelt
said in part:
Il need not say to those Of you who
know anything Of me at all that | be-
iicvcd in Il big navy: and I hope l
need not say that | believe il not as a
prnvncation of war. but as 4 guar;'n-
TED Of peace. Ard | want to say that
every section of this; country realizes
that The navy stands for the whole
country and that the ioopi" Of the
:-caCoast arr not Il particle more inter-
;St"d in it than the people of the Miss
issirpi Wiley.
"We are 50 fortunate that in this
country We can get along with II very
Sn.nll army. an army which relItivc
Ia the population to in" country is
smaller than the rolicc force OF one Of
our great cities. We have not The
chnir" gentlemen. as 70 vheth"" this
country viii play great Part IL th"
world: we cannot help playing = great
nart Nj VIC can t'nride is whether y"
will ply il vel! W i'll.
eve cannot abandon our position on
the cinnron doctrine; we cannot 3ban-
don thc Panama canal; We cannot
abandon the duties that have come -
us from the mere fact of our growth
rs {! nation from; the growth of our
commercial interests in the Fast and
in the West. on tn" Atlantic AMI on the
Pacific. Now earnestly hope that with
the added responsibility will come not
merely ~ growth i'm power to meet that
responsibility. but = growth in sobri-
ETY. Of mental attitude on our part to-
ward these now duties.
After the Merchant Club luncheon.
President Roosevelt was escorted from
tho Auditorium Hotel to the Hamilton
club. Tho streets were lined with p"o-
pl". this route having been announced
several days ago. The President was
greeted with loud cheering.
at yJ
Club. received the foreign consuls at
Chicago. AS he greeted the last III the
consus. those invited to the general
| reception entered. President John y.
| t;rrg"r of the Hamilton Club m1de -
brief speech of welcome. In reply Pres
| idcnt Roosevelt spoke i'll part as fol-
| lows:
| Il doubt if any member of the Ham
| iIton Chm has longer and pleasanter
| associations with it than | have. nave
| been your guests again and again
| have spoken before you again and
| again ana long before I had risen tf
| what we will call Il position of not"rI-
! cty. it wa$ before the Hamilton cur
! that I made speech with Il title which
| hal no idea would attract attention
| Dut WHICH 'llt iHc h''i''i''"'
| and I mention it now because iron
| that day to this I have never dared u
| use the phrase 'rhe strenuous Life a
| all. II was a delegation from this clui
| that came down to meet me AT Mon
tauk Point when I came back from
| Santiago. I remember that that dele
! CATION then with an enthusiasm which
| no human being outside of the clut
| could have foreseen to be warranted
by after events, nominated me fol
| President in 1904; which, as it was sly
| wears in advance. I did not at thai
time look upon it as very serious"
| At the conclusion of the speech the
rarlnrs were cleared and turned over
| 70 the Harvard Club of Chicago
! Tho Harvard Clubs president. kel'
| log- Fairbanks. stood at the Presi-
| dents left and made the introductions
| resident Fairbanks introduced sam
uel s. Greedy. who read a short adj
dress to the President.
| In reply the President spoke OF the
! need of Harvard of western Blood.
| The reception committee Of the 1ro-
| oucis tyub then took the President il
| ,1 ,rd hurried him to the AuditO-