Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-07-10
DRAWS A LESSON FROM LINCOLN

a public address he always says some
thing that interests the people. He
gives voice to high ideals and lofty
purposes. His Fourth of July address
to his friends and neighlOrs at oyster
Bay was no exception to the rule. AS
a text for his remarks he quoted some
expressions from Abraham Lincoln.
uttered just after his re- ELECTION to the
presidency, when he said:
In any great trial hereafter, the
men of that day, as compared with
those of this, will be as weak and as
strong. as silly and as wise, as bad
and as good. Let us, therefore, study
the incidents of this philosophy from
which to learn wisdom, and not as
wrongs TO be avenged. SO long as /
have been here, | have not willingly
planted a thorn in any mans breast
In every crisis of the nation the
mar has been found to meet it. While
President Roosevelt is a different type
OF man than Lincoln. while the evils
that threaten he welfare of the coun-
try are of a different nature than those
that confronted Lincoln no II
will question but the former is &C
tuated by the highest motives in the
stand he has taken to correct the
system. Like Lincoln. without malice,
hatred or revenge. President Roose-
Welt is going forward in the high mis-
sion SO auspiciously and resolutely be
gun While he does not consider he
problems confronting the nation as
grave as those with which the martyr
ed president had to contend, he
nevertheless thinks the meeting OF
them calls for honesty ami courage.
Modestly he looks to the people for
strength and encouragement. regard
ing himself as an humble instrument
in their hands.
Our duty calls for the exercise of
more than n quality on our part.
First of all. it calls, of course. for the
qualities of honesty and courage. I
use honesty in the broadcast sense,
honesty in the sense of di%sinterested
devotion to what is right, in which is
disinterested devotion to the ideals
of our national life. If we have not
these qualities first. then all else shall
avail us little
lilo tnnn1, Drnrilnrt Dnncnrnlt
places duty above everything else. al
though in the performance of it not
everyone will be pleased. Some inter
ests will be hurt and opposition and
antagonism aroused. While Lincoln
was mathematical and abused as no
MAJ has been since Christ died on the
cross. yet he bore no malice toward
anyone but simply did his duty as God
gave him light to do it. with courage
and patience, knowing full well that
time would soften the hearts of men
and results prove the wisdom of his
course.
In the dry but intricate problems
before President Roosevelt and his
party for solution, there may be less
of the heroic than in the dark days
of the rebellion, but there is much
that calls for courage and ~steadfast-
ness of purpose as we'll as lofty patriot
ism.
In The great fight being waged to
correct industrial wrongs the president
has a united party behind him. and it
is the same party that upheld the
hands and strengthened the heart of
Lincoln in the hour of need. Opposi-
ton here and there must be expected
from selfish corporate interests, but
even hat will be mild, so hopeless and
indefensible is their cause.
The great masses of the party and
of the people are with Theodore Roose-
welt. and it can be safely predicted
that in the coming two years he will
have made such progress in institutinS
the reforms demanded that he will re-
tire from his high office. if he is so de-
termined, with a greater record for
high achievements than has been the
good fortune of any president before
him in times of peace.
Even should President Roosevelt ad-
here to his decision to not again stand
for denomination. the man named by
the Republican party to succeed him
will stand for all that he has stood for
during his term of office. The work
will be carried on by a man of the
people. with the full and cordial sup
port of the party that has solved the
great problems of the past with an
eye single to the glory and welfare of
the nation.
ibid NOT CARE FOR HOME"
Chicago Chronicle: 'He did not
care much for home life" This was