The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-15
TRIBUTE TO
PRESIDENT
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT OF THE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.
AMERICANS REVERENCE LAW
Speaker Refers to President as "a
White.Winged Messenger OF
Peace"-Justiee is Recos-
nixed In America.

Ardmoreite Special.
Buffalo. y. Y, Sept IA glow.
ing tribute to President Roosevelt,
In which he was referred to as
"a white-winged angel of peace
| was feature of the address of
| DR.. Isaac Franklin Russell of New
York university, before the Ameri-
can Social Science association to-
day. DIR. Russell's subject was
American Reverence for Law lie
spoke in part as follows:
"Behold our president Aye, there's
a man. What eulogy can overstate
his virtues? The very defects of
| his temperament. which his critics
are quick to point out. his intense
passion for truth and justice and
liberty and right, his resplendent
patriotism and glowing enthusiasm
for hurnanity-it Is these that made
him hope two years ago when all
the world despaired. and enabled him
| to bring out of the darkness and
gloom that had fallen on Manchuria
the glorious light OF the peace of
| Portsmouth.
| 81 love to see his picture every
where. They say he shot man
al Santiago: and when the orders
came to him TO take a hill some
where in the whole field of San
Juan, he did not stop to ask It's
name, but promptly drew his sword
rallied the rough riders at his COM
mand. stormed the citadel ana
swept the Spaniards from the
heights. How heroic was the gai'
liant colonel then, a belted knight
indeed. with spurs and epaulettes' III
army boots and blazing uniform. But
I love to think of Roosevelt not
az demon OF war in Cuba, but as
the white.winged angel of peace III
Manchuria. walking in quiet majesty
between two angry armies vi
million each, lined up for murderous
duel. disputing to the death the em'
nire Of the East. Roosevelt In the MS
tory of Japan is the most ma1esuo
fipure of the century, and heralds 10
n war-weary race the dawning OF the
morning
In direct relation TO his subject
American Reverence for Law pr'
Russell said:
"Not all socialistic legislation Is
futile. Many existing laws when Gre
ate and sustain monopolies should
be repealed; franchises, belonging 10
the people and intrusted to faithless
and defaulting corporations should De
returned TO the people; vast estates
should contribute to the public purse
through progressive taxation OF in
come and inheritance; eminent DO
main should be invoked when neces-
sary to extinguish monopolies; the
life and health OF the people should
be protected through the police pow
er and great municipalities that are
large consumers might well own their
plants for ice, water, gas and cleo
tricity.
1--WE Americans are like the Puri
tans of New England and prophets
of old Isarel: we feel that we are
the chosen people of God-chosen tc
teach liberty and self-goyernment to
, all the nations of the earth. Chiei
among the rights of man recognized
by Americans is justice. Without jus
, tice we live under degrading des
potism. If we only grant justice tt
the ignorant and the laboring poor
we can reduce our charitable contrl
j.. buttons one half without justice
!. arms are a mockery. Bread and fuel
;. doled out by the millionaire In os
!. tentatious philanthropy from hi
store accumulated by defrauding 9th
ers, only embitters the life of th'
poor. Decisions of courts cannot b.
bought and sold rs merchandise,
L contract not to sue is void and
s mans right to justice Is priceless an
r. inalienable.
!, There are battles OF liberty yet Z
Y be fought, let us hope, not on field
IL of blood but in the arena Of reason
y The constitutional safeguards of III
5. erty must be re-established an
e strengthened, the accumulations
" honest industry must be sheltere
IS from rapacious raids, and the humbl
h. hoard OF the poor and the funds hel
r. in holy trust for the widow and o
phan must be released from the gri
r OF the CRATER. America has in III
past taught mankind many trutf
about the moral order OF the worlt