The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-04
SPIRIT OF LINCOLN
PRESIDENT'S MODEL
Nation Warned Against Vindic-
tiveness in Speech at Oys-
ter Bay.
WANTS ABUSES RIGHTED
BUT WITHOUT RANCOR
Cites Recent Session of Congress
to Illustrate His
Point.

Point.
Oyster Bay, l. l., July 4.-President
Roosevelt today delivered Fourth Of
July Grafton to his townspeople in
natural amphitheater in O. grove at Oy-
ster Bay. Addressing his auditors as
"my old friends and neighbors, you
among whom l was brought up and
among whom have lived for so many
years. the president said it was a
great pleasure to say few words Of
greeting and in sense to give an 40
count Of his stewardship. Mr.. Roose-
welt said that, while there were two or
three things about which he wanted to
talk, he would take for his text the
words Of Abraham Lincoln just after
his election;
sfIn any great national trial hereaf-
ter, the men Of that day, as compared
with, those of this. will be as weak and
rs strong, as base and as good. Let
us. therefore, study for the future. !"
And later: $50 long as I have been
here have not planted a thorn in any
Lincoln as Nation Model.
Speaking on the conditions at the
time when Lincoln spoke those words,
the president said it was possible for
LINCOLN to say with entire truth that
he bore no rancor and did his work
Lincoln did not treat anything that
was done against him as wrong call
ing for vengeance, but for remedy.
1t is IN just that spirit, the president
said, that the American people must
approach their problems Of today.
We have not as great problems as
Lincoln had,'' he said, "but we have
problems, and the way we face them
will give our children cause for pride
or for shame. If citizens Of Lincoln g
time had not done. their duty we could
not have held up our heads today
Hear, hear,' came from the assem-
bled crowd.
"Will you stop talking over there
calculated the president, pointing to a
distant carriage in which some persons
were talking.
h. 5sSf srnnsa one ezhsa as The
Honesty Greatest Need.
"Thank you," added the president as
the annoyance ceased. ~ -,@..s r.- 4.
Continuing, he said that our duty
calls for the exercise of more than one
quality on our part. First, honesty,
which meant disinterested devotion to
what is right, Without this all others
wo9id count s. fHF naHght In 1850 the
served" was the saving quality. 1t
was patriotism first and then the cour-
age to make that patriotism avail. The
old soldier he saw before him, knew
IT don't care how devoted the old
soldier was to the union,'' said the
president, elf when the crisis came he
ran away. We needed then first and
foremost moral courage, and back Of it
the physical courage.
"fhat was what we needed WASH u
Fore him.
"Exactly,' was the reply.
"You needed sanity and common
sense in addition to the qualities Of pa
triotism and courage, and that is just
what you need today. You must be
honest, clean living, right thinking
You will not be worth much without
these, and back Of these we must have
sanity and common sense. We mus
not blindly refuse to recognize wrongs
that exist.
eve have heard during the past year o:
frightful iniquities in business life ant
moral delinquencies in moral life.'
Do Not Be Vindicttve.
EDO not ever get into the frame 0:
mind to which under great provocatiol
Abraham Lincoln refused to yield. D.
not hesitate to visit punishment wher
it must be inflicted for good of others
but do not infict punishment vindict
Gut Cut? i out. ''' "
"Then, again, there is enough wron.
done by men of large means and enough
wrong done by men of small means. J.
g. man has twisted morality he will
show that twisted morality wherever h
may be-
At this point the rain ceased and tn
president congratulated those who hat
stayed. He then referred to the wor]
of this congress in the direction Of fed
eral control over business.
"We have accomplished a fai
amount because we have not tried to
much,' said he, "and because we ar
preached it without raneor.'
Will Curb Bad Corporations.
"In this task,' the president sale
"we have come in contact with som
people we ,didn't like, and il. protect
ing property we. have been forced t
protect some of the property of the fe
low we did not want to. When
comes to the control of corporations, tn
ones that need control / will curb with
out regard to others.' (Applause.) !.
The ram began to fall again at thi
point. but the president went on will
out his rubber cape. REWRITING agai
to good citizenship, the president sal
the way to be a good citizen Of the IT
public was to be a good citizen Q
Oyster Bay.
Home the Criterion.
"If a man goes to Fourth of Jul
celebration,' said he, "and then goe
home and conducts himself in such
way that his wife and children wishe
he had never come home, he is not
good citizen. The supreme test is
man IS own family ~.
The president then told a story {
the man in his regiment who wante
to fight for his country and not di
kitchen sinks. He told the man to g
on digging and dig well.
'@ t'We must do the duties Of humdru,
citizenship he concluded. The1
Is need for us to take this attitud
Then in time Of need we shall rise 4
our fathers rose to every emergency.
SHORT" HE KILLS SELF.
Los Angeles, July 4.-Rather than face t
Improved Order Of Red Men. in which order
Is alleged he was short as treasurer, sFrederi
Z Koch committed suicide at his home last mig
lodge is estimated at from $40 to SLIGO.
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