Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-01
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dr"5S t,." nclhh,rs OF lhr legislature.
lie spoke there about ten minutes. lie
>'Iia that tho railroad I.rpl!cn III this
c".ntir must ~ dealt with un:linch-
;n.i". hut uith sanity and with rr;tson.
Their. rtu.t r., H. s;til ,j":tdy Progress
;,i"n3- IN" lines That have already been
lall duWn.
After NE second address the Prcsi-
dent ana his larty entered automobiles
ana. we're driven To thr residence Of
President J. l.. Snyder Of the Agricul-
| tui:.! Coii"ge where luncheon was scrV-
ca
President Roosevelt in his address to
the Legislature discussed some Of the
| great questions, especially control Of
great corporations. saying that we
We're still long way from III" mill
lenium and pointing out the danger of
| Committing yourselves t. a program
| that promises too nuch." lie spoke of
| the "Foolish Conservatives" who fail to
| sec that we are the real conserva-
tivcs the real friends Of property when
| we try to DO away with the abuse of
| The property"
! Continuing, he said:
I'll. the war against the abuses of
| great individuals ami especially Of
great corporation wealth, We need to
show absolute untinching resolution
and vet To combine that with sanity
| as well as with courage.
! We need to show too, the very re-
verse Of any vindictive spirit. The
| minute YOU hcSin to display any spirit
| OF revenge or to administer the laws
| in 4 spirit Of revenge You are starting
| to invoke trouble and ultimately react
| ion. We need to show the spirit of
! Abraham lincoln, his sanity and his
| broad ana kindly charity and vet his
] resolutc determination that the evil
| sh;tlI be done away with. (Applause)
! eve have taken certain STEPS, some
| good long steps in the line of securing
4 be tier administration Of justice as be-
tween man and man. without regard
to whether the man is rich or poor and
we have taken certain steps, some of
them long steps toward seeking better
laws for the supervision and control Of
the great fortunes, especially of great
corporation fortunes used in business.
We are going steadily forward along
these lines. (ApplauscD
"And the only party allusiOn I shall
make today is to say that the Renub-
lean rarity in 80 Per cent. Of its make
up and in all its highest thought is es-
sentially the party of Abraham Lin
coins plain people and shall continue
to he such. There Will be not one
backward step along the course which
we have marked out to follow. Cloud
ana prolonged aprlausc)
!
ises Nv past performances and to re-
quest from your representatives, from
your public men not promises Of the
impossible. but promises Of certain
things that can be done which will not
bring about complete solution of the
difficulties that confront US. but which
will be another long stride toward that
complete solution and finally above all
things to approach the problem in a
tlroncr spirit in Tho Lincoln spirit not
to j" miSlod hy the d"mag"Guc on one
side or reaction on the other. Let us
set our faces like flint against Il prcda-
tory wealth, bat also against Il rreda-
tory poverty with the emphasis on the
predatory.
At O'clock the President made his
formal address from platform erected
at tn" head Of tie campus.
\ brief stop will he made by the
Presidential PARTY at Spring Port.
Mich. an his way home tonight. This
is i'll response to an invitation by tho
village council ana people Of the plar"
handed to Secretary Loeb today. The
invitation sct forth that a citizen Of
| Spring Port, Robert Mcclellan. had
shared his bunk" with the President
in years gone BY while the latter was
on huntin" trip in the West and Ne
lCl"llan was z section foreman.
| President Roosevelt left at APO o'clock
this afternoon for Washington.
He will make brief addresses from
the platform of his car at several small
places in southern Michigan. M I'M
toward incident happened during the
Presidents visit and nothing occurred
which in any way excited the suspicion
If the scores Of the police officers in the
city.
At 4 few minutes before o'clock
President Roosevelt entered an auto
mobile and rode to the station. A dele
cation from the convention of the As
sociation Of Harvard Clubs was wait
ing in his car to extend the greetings
at Detroit There were few minutes
Of handshaking and with President
Roosevelt bowling q N the rear plat
form, the train sla:.od for Fort
Wayne.
President Roosevelt. i'll speaking to
the Harvard men. is reported, by one
Of the latter, to have said:
I'm one year and II months l expect
to be an active member Of the organ
ization."