New-York tribune., 1907-10-06

have been President during these last Few years
I have gone from one end of the country 10 the
other. from the Gulf to the lakes and ioIh tue
Atlantic 10 the Pacific. have addressed couii'
less gatherings OF my fellow citizens ana lne
thing that has impressed me most Is Ihe ioO'
that there is very little difference between 'iie
people of the various sections Of the country a
good man is a good wherever you hhu
him"
He added that he believed there were i'-'
such men in the country.
THE best product of any country is good cln-
zenship" he continued. THE mother and the
father must do their work at home and, above
ali. the father must shoulder his part ne 10
not 10 leave II all to the mother TO do IN prlhs-
ing up the children. / think that the most Oh
your crop is babies 1t is a good crop ana
am very glad that it does not show any signs
Of dying out"
Comparing the family and the government of
tba nation. the President drew a parallel be-
+ureen the head Of a great country and the head
~ a family He declared that it was just as
important a duty for man to be good head
Of a family as for him TO succeed in governing
a nation. If the heads of families are good men
the government will be good. IF man Is a
good father he viii make good pubic oncer'
but merely because a man is thrifty and clever
does not necessarily make him trustworthy in
public life"
Il want TO tell you a little anecdote of the
old davs when lived out West in the COW coun-
trv" he said There were no fences, and every
calf was branded with the same brand that Its
mother had so that the increase of the calves
could be totalled There used TO be ranch
law known as the maverick law, according to
which any calf overlooked in the branding would
be branded with the brand Of the ranch on which
Il was found. I was once riding across the
country with one of my cowpunchers when we
found a stray calf on another mans ranch. The
covpuncher wanted to brand 1t with the Roose-
Welt brand, but told him I would not stand for
g. The cowpuncher said:
Hold on, old man. I know my business. 1
always put on the boss's brand
.s.Au right said: you go back to the camp
and get your time
what are you doing that for?' the cow
puncher asked.
well I answered If you VIII steal for me
you will steal from me- and that is a good rule
in public as well as in private life.
IF a man does something wrong in your be-
half he is only going to wait for opportunity
10 do something unjust toward you. You want
70 stand by the honest man. If a man wants
only justice and wants TO do the just thing by
you and wants you do the just thing by him.
stick by him.
"I want TO thank you for this opportunity you
have given me to come and see you, and want
10 thank you because understand you have said
you are going to let me have my holiday all TO
myself The Presidency is a very busy position
and this is one of the few chances have had 10
get away from it, and do want 10 have these
few weeks just free as can. I hope 10
meet bear, but even II 1 do not shall be sat
isfed with getting good rest. Good luck and
goodby 70 all of you, and good fortune"
When last seen at Lake Providence the Presl-
dent was standing on the rear platform of his
car, waving a large white handkerchief to the
crowd, which was still standing in the rain at
the railroad station