The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-08
Delivered by President Roose-
welt at Asbury Park
ROOT ALSO PRAISED
THEY SACRIFICED PERSONAL
ENDS TO SERVE THEIR
couNTRY-eREED FOR
RICHES NOT POS
sESsED BY
THEM.

dent Roosevelt paid an eloquent tri-
butte to the life and services of John
Hay in an extempcraneous address be-
fore the National Educational associa-
ton today, following a set speech to
the same body. He followed this tri-
butte with an estimate OF the personal
sacrifice Ellhu Root had made in be-
coming Secretary Hays usccessor in
office. The example of these two
men was not unique as the president
indicated in reference he made to 9th
er members of his cabinet.
The Presidents Speech.
The president said:
within this week this country had
| lost a great statesman who was also
q great man Of letters, man who oc-
lcupied a peculiar and unique position
in our country, man Of whose exist
ence we could each Of us say the Unit
| ed States as a whole was better be-
cause John Hay lived
John Hay entered public service as
young man just come of age, as the
| secretary of President Lincoln. He
1 served In the war and was a member
OF the Loyal Legion. He was trusted
/ by, and was intimate with Lincoln as
/ hardly any other man was He then
went on rendering service after SER
vice, and always able this was one OF
his great advantages and .gfeat' merits
at any moment to ge So private lifo,
1 unless he could EontisRs IA public life
on his own terms
Climax of Mis- Career.
"T4c went on rendering service af.
ter service to his country until as a
climax of his career he served as sec.
retary of state under two successive
| administrations; and by what he did
and by what he was contributed Id nc
| small degree to achieving for this re-
public the respect of all nations ol
. mankind. Such service as that could
not have been rendered save by q
man who had before him ideals as far
apart as the poles from those ideals
which have in them any taint Of what
Is base or sordid.
Praise for Root.
"Now wished to select as John
Hays successor a man whom | regard
ed as the one best fitted to be such q
successor. In asking him to accept
the position of secretary Of state
was asking him to submit to very
, great pecuniary sacrifice, and never
even thought Of that aspect Of tht
| question, for | knew he would not
! either. knew that whatever othel
' considerations he had to weigh foi
J and against taking the position, con
> sideration of how 1t would affect hi
personal fortune would not be takei
, into account by Elihu Root and h
has accepted.
Hay and Root Not Exceptions.
'I'm not speaking cfa Hay and Roo
as solitary exceptions, On the con
trary, I'm speaking Of them as typi
j cal of a large class of men in public
. life.
4 Even when we have SO much crit
} cism Of certain aspects. Of our publi
. life and Of certain Of our public sci
! wants. criticism whichaI regret u
!. state is in many casesrdeserved, it /
s well for us to remenithr also tn
/ other side of the pictufe, to remembe
n that here In America we now have an
4 always have had, at the command O
q the nation In any crisis, in any emeI
d gency, the very best ability to b
|, found in the nation. and that abilit
s has been given with the utmost fire,
t. dom, given lavishly and generously
O although at great pecuniary loss t
the man giving It.
There is not in my cabinet one ma
to whom II is not financial disat
!, vantage to stay in the cabinet. Their
ID not in my cabinet ono man who doe
q not have to give up something sui
t stantial often very much that Is sui
!. stantial sometimes what Is yer
g real hardship for him to give u
D. order that he may continue In the Sc
Q vice Of the nation and have the onl
Q reward for which he looks or whic
d he cares, the consciousness Of havin
done service that was worth rende
ing.
Hopes the Spirit viii Grow.
Il hope more and more thronghoI
1, this nation to see the spirit gro
J. which makes such service possible.
,f hope more and more to see the sent
n ment or the country as a whole b
III come such that each man shall fe
borne In on him, whether he is
public life or in private life, that y
chance to do good work Is the grea
eat chance that can come TO any ma
10 or any woman In our generation or
y. any othcr generation, and to feel th
lc II such work can be wen done Il Is
itaelf the amplcst reward