The Glenwood post., 1906-07-07
OYSTER BAY TALK
PRESIDENT ROO sEvELT'S AID.
DRESS TO HIS NElGHeoRS.
TAKES TEXT FROM LINCOLN
Large Audience Listens in a Drench-
ing Rsinstorm.-Gives an Account
of His Stewardship
Curb the Trusts.


of His tewardship.-Would
Curb the Trusts.
was pleased to justify his steward
ship in review of the year for the
benefit of his neighbors July 4th. He
spoke in the open air and nearly all
OF his important utterances were de-
livered during a heavy downpour of
rain. When he had finished both him
self and his thousand or more audit
ors were drenched
No one deserted. The rain came sud
denly and there was no shelter in
sight and when the President paused
while umbrellas We're raised he re.
marked good-naturedly. Il am sorry
for you ladies, but ashamed of you
men because you are afraid you will
melt"
There was no doubt that the Presi-
dent enjoyed the downpour. When the
first shower came he allowed himself
to be covered with rubber cape, but
Just as he had thrown 1t off it poured
again and this time he took the wet
ting.
To emphasize that his acts as Presi-
dent had been free from malice he
begged pardon of the dominies and
took a text" illustrating his point
from Lincoln.
The sentiment OF this text ran
through his entire speech and when
he said he would curb the trusts" he
emphasized that in doing this duty he
would act without fear, favor or NAL
Ice. He spoke for nearly an hour. He
was cheered on by the waving of wet
flags and cries of approval.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children
were present at the ceremonies. The
President spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and you. nv old
friends and neighbors. you among
whom | was brought up and with
whom have lived for so many wears.
1t Is real and great pleasure to have
the chance of being with Won to-day
to say few words of greeting to Won
and in sense to give an account of
my stewardship.
Il shall take as my text the words
OF Abraham Lincoln. which he smoke
in a remarkable little address deliy.
cred to band of people who We're
serenading him at the White House
Just after his reelection to the Presi.
dency. He said, Il quote from mem.
ory only, In any great national trial
hereafter the men of that day as com.
pared with those of this will be as
weak and as strong. as silly and as
wise. as bad and as good
I'VE have not got the same prob.
lens, not as great problems as those
with which the men of Lincoln's gen.
GRAFTON were brought face to face. and
yet our problems are real and great
and upon the way in which we solve
them will depend whether or not our
children have cause to feel pride or
shame as American citizens.
so If we of this generation do our
duty when face to face with our spe.
cial industrial, social and political
problems, our children and children S
children shall be the better for it.
This year, in Congress. our chief
task has been to carry the government
forward along the course | think it
must follow consistently for number
of years to come-that is. in the direc.
ton of seeking on behalf of the people
as whole, through the national gov.
eminent, which represents the people
as a whole. to exercise a measure of
supervision, control and restraint over
the individuals, and especially over the
corporations, of great wealth, in so far
as the business use of that wealth
brings it within the reach of the fed
eral government.
When it becomes necessary to curb
a great corporation, curb it, | will do
my best to help you do it, But | will
do it in no spirit of anger or hatred to
the men who own or control that cor
poration, and If any seek in their turn
to do wrong to the men of means, to
do wrong to the men who own those
corporations, | will turn and fight for
them in defense of their rights just as
hard as | fight against them when |
think they are doing wrong"