Evening star., 1905-10-27

favor 1t. but 1 don't want him to vote
against II just because / favor IT. Anu
there we're certain very worthy men In poth
Houses of Congress who insistenly went
against the realization of their most cheI-
ished objects in the past as soon as TOOK
them up. Now, from the representative OF
Louisiana l was sure of support whetnef
1t was a question Of building up and keep.
Ing at a high point of efficiency the UnI.eo
States navy or whether 1t was ques.iol., .
of building the Panama canal Ana, mlho
you gentlemen, the two questions go TO-
gether. -,
zone thing that, President OF this
country, / won't do, is to make piuil
that l can't make good. l don't 1ntend on
behalf of the nation to take any Posltion
until / have carefully thought out whetner
that position will be advantageous TO tne
nation, but IL 1 take 1t. / am going to keep
it, and I am going to keep II no 1a''e'
what outsider goes the other way.
"Peace Of the Just Man Armed
"And / am sure that you, gentlemen
know 1t has been an utter mistake to think
of me as man desirous of seeing this ma
ton uuarrelsome, this nation eager TO ge'
into trouble. l have no respect either TOT
the nation or for the Individual that prawis'
that invites trouble, and l want to see thls
nation do as the individual men IN the ha.
ton who would respect themselves, shouiu
do scrupulously regardful of the rights Oh
others and honestly endeavoring to aFoio
all cause Of difficulty. But want, on pe.
half of this nation, the peace that COME.
not to the coward, who cringeS lot II, Due
the peace of the just man armed, VINO
asked it as a right.
"And now, listening to the greetlne VI
the governor and the mayor. this aIteI nooh
l felt at once very proud ana very nuiio. tin,c
1 have been greeted with words far apose
nv worth far above what is merlteu u!
what / have done (Cries of NO! NO! l
d!dn't say that for the purpose OF ashin5 ii,,t,
your dissent from 1t. L don sdy any 'e
unless mean It,
ttfs afternoon with a heart full OF graz
tude to them for having displayed, tl. aI,
the trials of the hard summer, that has
nsst those qualities of heroism whlcn We
i;La to think of as distinctly American.
Ard gentlemen in coming among you IN"
afternoon l have the feeling or a man = Nv, ~
having been at headquarters, out NJ 80
action. goes to see a regiment that ha'
been in action. '.f
Fever Fighters Praised.
81 know that you gentlemen, governor
and mayor, at any time during the pae.
summer had but to request my presence ana
7 would have come down here at once, at
any time when 1 could have been OF the
slightest assistance to you in the magnin-
cent struggle you were waging AND wish
to express the profound appreciatMion M a,u 'r
fellow Americans, who have borne the neat
and burden of the contest during the long
day that has been passing Ana Wahl "
say that in actual war there can oe ~
greater and more effective heroism than
was shown by those who STAYED mere al
their posts, and by those who, being away
came back to aid in the fight or their 1el-
lows in distress. You have hao your mar
tyrs among them my dear, lamenteo
friend Archbishop Chapelle, but you nave
your proud memories of service rendered,
and the thrill that comes with the victory
you have already won, and l have peeh poth
amused and irritated at the comments
sometimes made by people who live in
other communities that were not in danger
LAS to your shortcomings: Among the
younger men here some who, when younger
still. have played foot oali, ana Ihey wiz
remember how very much easier 1t was to
play the game from the side lines than on
the field. Now Louisiana and New Orleans
this summer did what, so far as l remem-
ber has never been done before in the
case of similar epidemic of yellow fever in
the United States.
Conquered Yellow Jack.
'"They took hold of it after it had started,
and when it had got well under way,
they controlled and conquered 1t without
waiting for frost to come. The highest
gratitude is due to the officials of the state.
to the officials of the city and to the private
ness men who spent their time and money
and risked their lives freely in that work
and who achieved much success in that
work. 1t was the greatest privilege to me
to contribute what l was able to the work.
Mr.. Mayor, Governor, you can hardly
realize the pleasure l felt when a request
was made upon me that gave the chance to
do something for you, and am glad to find
how well you think of the work that was
done by the United States public health and
marine hospital service under DR. White.
Now, just word; it is getting late" "a
voice: Keep it up. keep it up; there's
plenty wa-er in the jetties.')
Il m making this speech. Just a word on
couple of subjects. The governor spoke
of the Panama canal. It's a very big work,
ana It's very big nation that do tina.
klno of work L expect soon to have re-
port from the engineers as to the exact
shape the work will take. l will then be
able TO make more definite forecasts as TO
time, but of this l can assure YOU the work
will be done well; it will be done as speedily
as possible and will absolutely and surely
be done.
Government and Levees.
"One more point. New Orleans and
Louisiana are vitally interested in the levee
system. The Mississippi, which flows
through this state, drains portions of twen-
tyodd other states, and the control of that
river must. in my opinion. be in coed part
now does something toward the erection and
care OF the levees. In my judgm ant Il
should do not only more, but very much
mere.
And. finally, my friends. let me say a
s5ord of special duty to some Of those who
have greeted me today, because of what
their greeting symbolized. | was greeted
by your school children VINO stood around
the monument erected to that pure and up
right man and that mighty general Robert
f. Lee. And we drove away from the
square in which that statue stands, we
passed by house in this old confederate
city in which there was prominently dis
played picture of Abraham Lincoln and
underneath 1t the words, With Malice To-
ward None, with Charity Towar All
Il was GREETED by special guard of honor
composed of men who in the great war had
worn the confederate uniform. l was also
greeted by men who in that had worn
the blue | saw among them many CT my
comrades Of the lesser war, and had in my
own regiment as well as from many other
states, men whose fathers had worn the
blue. all united forever in loyalty TO one
indissoluble union, and separated only by
the rivalry of trying to see which could do
the most for the flag of our common coun-
try.
"Oh. my fellow countrymen, think what a
fortune Is ours. that we belong to this ma
ton, which, having fought one of the