New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

/ mean the reobIe's wrongs: not for instance
when they are INVOKED to prevent the abonuoh
of child labor or TO break the force of the laws
which prohibit the importation Of contract labor
TO this country; in short not when they stand
for wrong or oppression OF any Nlhu OF 10y 2a5 .
uoual weakness or impotence at home or abroao
It is to the men who work i'm practlcal faShioH
with their fellows, and not 10 those who, Whelher
because they are impractical or incapable, can
not thus work that we owe what success We
have had IN dealing with every problem .il WR'cs a6
have either solved or started on the path OF
/ solution during the last decade.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NATION
The last ten years have been years Of great
. achievement for this nation. During that peIl"o
we have dealt and dealing with many diner
I eut matters OF great moment. We have acquired
the right to build, and are now building uHe
Panama Canal We have given wise govern
ment to the Philippines. we have dealt win
exceedingly complex difficult and important
/ questions In cuba and Sauto Domingo. We
have built up the navy; our surest Sateguar" OF
peace and Of national honor We are lA@h'hS
great progress IN dealing with the QuesIphs 81
( irngauon and forestry, OF preserving 10 5 wa
public the rIghtfu use of the public lands anu
Of the mineral wealth underlying mem, |
with that group of vital questions WllltH Co, @
cen the proper supervision Of the immense cor
porations doing an interstate business the p'oPsi
control of the great highways OF Interstate Cou-
merce, the proper regulation OF industries
which, If left uuregulated, threaten disaster 10
The BODY poIitIc We have done many other
things such rs securing the settlement OF the
( Alaska boundary. We have made progress ~
securing better relations between Caplta ana
the general public: and adequate protection TOT
wage workers. We have done much i'm cniorC-
ing the law alike against great ana shlstu'
against crimes of greed ana cunning no it97
than against crimes of violence ana bru''htl.
We have wrought nightly for the peace oI
righteousness. both among the nhlioh7 anu ia
social and Industrial life here al home. Aluci
has been done and we are girding UP our IONS
TO do more
In all these matters there have been some men
in public life and some men In private lie
whose action has been at every point one OF
a Fptfff Z. llrH o.
men have had no part or lot I'm the great record
OF achievement and success. the record OF good
work wovthiy done. Some of these men nave
been college graduates; but all OF ihelh u'tlf
been poor servants of the people. useless Whtfe
they not harmful. All the credit Tor the
good thus accomplished in the public life or TINS
decade belongs TO those who have done ailI1na-
tive work in such matters as those l have emu
merated above and not to those VINO. with more
less futility. have sought to hamper and Oh
struct the work that has thus been done.
BE DOERs RATHER THAN CRITICS.
In short. you college men. be docrs rather than
critics OF the deeds that others do stand stout
ly for your ideals; but keep in mind that they
can only be realized, even partially, by practical
methods Of achievement Remember always that
this republic Of ours is very real democracy,
and that you can only win success by showing
that you have the right stuff in you. The col
!eSe man. the man Of intellect and training,
should take the lead In every night for civic and
II in a spirit Of thoroushGong democracy he
takes his place among his fellows not standing
alOOT from them, but mixing win tl"fn so lildL
he may know may feel, may sympathize with
Jheir hopes their ambitions. their principles
and even their prejudices-as an American
among Americans, as a man among men.
PRESIDENTS BUSY DAY.
The party arrived from Washington shortly
after a. m X included besides the president.
Mrs Roosevelt. Congressman ana Mrs Nicholas
Longworth and Miss Ethel Roosevelt Nrs.
Roosevelt. cIrs Lougworth and Miss Ethel went
n, -f Frf, 7a
The President who had been greeted by many
friends including Harvard men, went immedl-
stely to the home OF DIT w S. Bige!ow. Here
he took breakfast with few personal friends.
Bat the days activities soon began. and not the
least OF them was taking part in a christening.
Half an hour after breakfast Mr. Roosevelt had
become a godfather OF the child OF hts Rough
Rider and Harvard friend, Guy Mu-cHIe. Tho
ceremony took place az the Murche home. uor
far from Or. Bic lows house. Bishop william
Lawrence, a warm friend OF the President, was
the officiating clergyman. After chat thero vas
a visit to tho Offices OF Houghtou. NTln Sc
Co. where MI Roosevelt was absorbed 'u OK
amIning some rare volumes. and an automobile
drive with DR. Bgelow so Chestnut i'm, where
Mr.. Roosevelt met HIS wife and daughters before
their departure for Groton. to see the Presidents
son. Kermit \ motor car journey across the
Charles River 10 Cambridge followed
In the university city Mr.. Roosevelt stopped
first at the University Press 10 look ut
more valuable volumes. and incidentally 20
transact some personal business I'm connection
with his work author Then he went to
the Sphinx Club. private organization Of Har-
ward students, Of which his sen ls a member,
ana there he took luncheon. Among those pres
ent were Congressman LOngWorth ana As
sistant Secretary Bacon
In the mean time the students had been as