Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-11
HEAR NATIONS HEAD
Miners at Wilkesbarre Listen
 to Roosevelt.
HIS THEME, FAIR PLAY Oy BOTH SIDES

sLet Me UrEe,'' Said President, "That
 selves Willing to Treat Each
 Other Fairly"
 WILKESBARRE, Pa., Aug. 11.-l From every section of the anthracite | region miners and temperance work | CTS by the thousands came here to hear | President Roosevelt speak. Before daylight they had camped in advanta geous spots. Mayor Kirkendall esti mated that there were 250.000 visitors. All the mines were closed, many of the mills and stores suspended business for the day, and most of the trades union men quit work at noon.
 John Mitchell, president of the mine workers, chairman of the day, arrived early and received many delegations of mine workers.
 The Catholic Total Abstinence union ! delegates transacted little business, and 10000 uniformed cadets and sol diers of two regiments of the order pa raded This parade ended in time for 1 the regiments to line the streets and keep back the great crowds.
 1 The speech of President Roosevelt i was the great event of the day. He said:
 T am particularly glad to speak to 1 this audience of miners and their wives and children and especially to speak under the auspices of this great temperance society. The happiness of ! our people depends most of all upon 1 the welfare of the wageworker and the welfare of the farmer. If we can secure the welfare of these two classes we can be reasonably certain that the community as whole will prosper.
 Something can be done by combina- tion and organization among ourselves so long as this organization is managed with wisdom and integrity, with insist ence upon the rights of those benefited and yet with just regard for the rights of others But in the last analysis the factor most influential in determining any mans success must ever be the sum of that mans own qualities, of his
 knowledge, foresight, thrift and cour- age.
 No one society can do more to help
 the wagewOrker than such temper
 ance society as this. It is of incalcula
 ble consequence to the man himself
 that he should be temperate, and it is , of even more consequence to his wife
 and his children. For the drunkard who
 loses his job because he cannot or will
 not control his desire for liquor we
 have feeling of anger and contempt mixed with our pity, but for his unfor-
 tunate wife and little ones we feel only : pity of the deepest and tenderest kind. Let me urge that in the event of any difficulty. especially labor trou- } ble, both sides show themselves willing . to consult and anxious each 10 treat the other reasonably and fairly. If
 only this course could be generally fol. lowed the chance of industrial disaster , would be minimized.
 . No man can be d good citizen. can deserve the respect of his fellows. un. F less first of all he is good man in his 2 own family, unless he does his duty faithfully by his wife and children. |. strongly believe in trades unions wise . ly and justly handled. l believe in the . duty of capitalist and wageworker to a try and seek one another out. to under
 stand each others point of view and tc Il endeavor to show broad and kindly human sympathy one with the other ' believe in the work of these great . temperance organizations and of al Ii kindred nov ements. But most of all
 believe in the efficiency of the mar himself striving continually to in crease his own self respect by the wa, in which he does his duty to himself
 and to his neighbors."
 Cardinal Gibbons, following the pres ident. said:
 .Mr. President. Friends and Fellow Citizens-I am sure that you are pro foundly grateful to the president O
 the United States for his presence il
 Wilkesbarre on this solemn and au
 spicious occasion. anda your gratitud
 is emphasized by the consideration tha his visit to you is made al a time whel
 he is engrossed by the cares of stat
 and has grave foreign relations to en
 gage his attention.
 T He has held out the olive branch L :. two great nations of the earth. he n discharging the blessed office of peace ts maker and he brings the olive brancl y of peace and good will to you. l hay
 no doubt that his visit will he poten r. factor in cementing the good relation ,, between you and your employers" u Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia. wh
 followed Cardinal Gibbons. in his ad
 dress spoke of the necessity of nun cipal reform. which, he said. stand almost first in the neefs of the hour.''