The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-11
BACK OF The STATE
STANDS The NATION"
We're the Significant Words Of
President Roosevelt.
rendered Magnificent Banquet
by the Iroquois Club at
Chicago.
WARMLY WELCOMED BY ALL

| tnlcaBO, May ll.-lfOnOrinR ana
honored by his political foes, but per
sonal friends, President Roosevelt
was last night chief guest at a mag.
nificent banquet, rendered to him by
The lroquols club, the leading Demo
cratic organization of Illinois.
Surrounded by men who fought
against him in two national cam.
paigns, who deprecate many of his
ayowed policies, and who have
frowned upon some of his political
actions, the president was cheered to
the echo as he entered and left and
was given to understand that in his
case political differences were not
6 personal issue.
At 8 o'clock President Gunther
called the guests to order and deliv-
cred a brief address of welcome.
Following this came several brief
addresses, followed by Mayor Dunno.
whose topic was "The city of Chi.
cago."
When at the conclusion Toastmas-
ter Lewis introduced President
Roosevelt, the entire assembly wax
on its feet waving handkerchiefs and
napkins and cheering with vigor.
When he could be heard Mr.. Lewis
introduced the president, who spoke
The opening portion of the presl
s.nffc enaaol .ua. a. -
fact that under existing circumstan-
ces our country can be governed only
under the party system. lie urged
non partsanship in matters of great
public importance and cited instanc
ces where this policy had been sue
cessfully carried out.
Among the most vital questions
that have come up for solution be-
cause of extraordinary industrial de
velopment of this country, as of al,
the modern world he said, "are
questions of capital and labor and
questions resulting from the effect
on the public of the organization into
great masses of both capital and la
Dor. believe thoroughly in each
kind of organization but | recognize
that il either kind of organization
does what is wrong the increase in
its powers of efficiency that has re
suited from the combination means
increase in its power to do harm, and
that therefore a corporation-tEat
Is organized capital-and union
that is organized labor-must alike
be held to a peculiar responsibility
10 the public at large, and that from
each alike we have right to demand
not only obedience of law, but ser.
vice to the public"
The president in taking up the la
Dor side of the question which, he
declared, was the greatest and most
dangerous rock In the course of any
republic, the rock of class hatred
Sometimes the republic becomes
public in which one grows TO doml-
nate over another class, and for 10y
atty to the republic Is substituted
loyalty to class, The result was in
every case the same. II means disas'
ter, and ultimately the downfall OF
the republic, aud II matters not one
whit which class II is that becomes
dominant; II matters not one whit
whether the poor plumbers the rich
or the rich exploits the poor.
"No true patriot will fall to do ev
orything in his power to prevent the
growth of any such spirit In this
country. This government Is not and
never shall be a government OF plu-
tocracy. This government Is not and
never shall be a government of mob
I believe in corporations; they are in
Indispensable instruments of our mod
crn industriaism, but | believe that
they should act for the interest OF
the community as whole so, | be-
iieye in union. | am proud OF the
fact that am an honorary member
OF one union, but | believe that the
union, like the individual, must be
Kept to a strict accountability to the
power of the law,
Mayor Dunno, as president of the
United States, and therefore as a
representative of the people of the
country, ! give YOU as a matter OF
course, my hearty support In up
holding the law, in keeping order, In
putting down violence, whether by
mob or by an individual, Aud there
need not be the slightest apprehen
sion In the hearts of the most tim
i'd that ever the mob spirit Will tri-