The Washington times., 1907-10-03

CAIRO, H., Oct. 3.-President
Roosevelt, in his address delivered
here today said:
Men OF Illinois. and you men Of Ken
lucky and Missouri:
Il am glad to have the cnance 10
OF what may be called the Old West.
which we now call the MIDDLE West.
using the term 10 denote that great
group Of rich and powerful states
country II is region whose people
are distinctly American in all their
thoughts, in all their ways OF looking
at life; and IN its past end It's present
alike il Is typiCal OF our country. The
! eldest men present can stun remember
! the pioneer days, the days OF the white
tilted OK wagon, OF the Cmlerant, ana
OF the log cabin in which that emigrant
fIG lived when he settled to his task
as a pioneer farmer. They were rough
days. DAYS Of hard work. ana the peo-
/ pie who did that work seemed hem
selves uncouth and forbiddtns 10 visi-
: tors who could not look below the sur
/ face It is curious and amusing TO
| think that even as genuine lover OF
] rs kfnd. n man normally 50 free from
! national pretucices as Charles Dickens,
] should have selected the region where
/ we are now standing as the seat OF MS
/ fc-lorn Eden in Martin Chuzzlewit.
! The country he so bitterly assalled
I a. now one OF the most fertile and pro-
dUctive portions Of one OF the most Ter
tile and productive agricultural terri
/ tories ir all the world. and the dwellleIs
/ in this territory represent hlGhes
/ average OF comfort, intellgtnce, anu
! sturdy capacity FOR self-HoN eTnineht
/ than the people in any tract Of like eN-
tent in any other continent
I The land teens with beauty and. FER
Utility, and but a score OF years aIte 4
! Dickens wrote IL was shown 70 oe
. nursery and breeding ground OF heroes,
1 OF soldiers and statesmen OF the hlsnSst
! rank while the rugged worth OF the
/ rank and file OF the citizenship rendered
! POSSIBLE the deeds OF the mighty men
/ who led in council ana in battle. rms
I vas the region that brought IOrtn
/ mighty Abraham Lincoln lhs lnCs,I l.9-
l finI, n All that IS best IT. cemocratlc
| life. and from the loins 81 the SAME
| veopIe, living only little lsrtheI
! so,sh sprang anOthe- Of our grtattS'
| Io-cstdauts. Andrew JtcSsOn. Old Hick-
| or,.'--a man who made mistakes, Ike
! strong men. but nan or IRON VII anu
incorruptible integrity, fearless upIlEIl,'
/ devoted 70 the welfare OF ms Couil.I ;
non. bone OF our bone and hesh OF our
I Fesh a typical American n ever there
vas one
I Changes of Sixty five Years.
Il commend a careful reading OF
Martin Chuzzlevvit 70 the pessimists OF
today. 10 the me1 who. instead OF hsht-
ing hard to do away with abuses Wnlie
or tho same time losing no Jot OF their
buovant hopefulness for the couhu y,
insist that all our people soeiahy ahu
industrialIy. in their private hves no
less than s politicians, newspaper men
and business men, are at a lower eou
than ever before. II ever any one OF
Won feels a little downcast over the
n.ctliarlv gloomy view Of the preseh'
taken by some well-meaning pesslnhs'
Of TO-DAY. you will ind 1t a real com
fo1t 70 read Martin ChuZzlcWit' 70 Sc
,vnat a we'll meaning pesslnlSt Oh t"'
past thought of our people Sky nv :
,,..,rs ago. and then think OF the eN-
traordinary achievement the CT
d,,,a-, gain. morally no less then ma
ter.aIly. OF those siNty-hNe o., !,
DIcLens can be read by us now wiz
r-I1Jab Pngram. Hannibal Chol-
-, Jefferson Brick. and Scadder nave
- ,.a,rsonutatives today, plenty o.
49,. ana the wise thing Tor US 70 uC
49,. - ,-ero0nize that these are sun w.
- o,,,l IN nolfics, journalism Duslh 'ss.
ana private life, ana 70 Wal
then, with all our hearts. -. +,ass
| .sp,,+ n "a rank folly TO regard Ihest
80 only. or the chief. types IN ou'
notionaI Ufe II was not OF Hluvh 80, -
seouence whether Dickens maze So
an error or not, but II W0ulo NJ "a - !
. I [o,seou,ence II we ourselves ulu' lOt
! f1aiJsli ,assimism is an even greater io'
~ HEALTHY national growth than a 1901
ish optimism. -. 0io,ars invented
characters or scenes that hau no D 80
: in fact; on the contrary, What ne sei,
> vas true as far as II went; the trouoi'
, vas that out OF many such haI rulI
. he made a picture which as whoie wa
| absurd. for often half truth IL III
most dangerous falsenooo. ~ "o Ms-, q,
simply silly to be angry over MAR ai
Cyhuzzlsvvit: on the contrary, read II, o.
= amused by IT. profit by It; and don't o.
misled by II -, ,.,.~
Keep a lively watch against me prs
; ent-dav Pograms and Bricks; but allow
! eli distrust the man who would per
. suade YOU to feel downhearted about Tn
= country because OF these same Pogram
and Bricks. past or present
, 1T would be foolish to ignor
,l,ei~ existence or the existence o
I erx.tbine else that Is bad In or
national life. but 1t would be even NOR
foolish to ignore the vaster FORCES ina
0 tell for righteousness. Frienos, mere
e every reason why we should fight what
, ever Is evil in the present But there !
also every reason why we should Zee
a sturdy and confident hope for IN
future.
Many Wrongs to Right.
. "There are many wrongs TO right
there are many and powerful wroni
doors against whom 10 war; and
would be base to shrink from the con
test. or 70 fail TO wage II with q high
a resolute will. But ] am sure that w
shall win in the contest because know
: that the heart of our people is sound
! Our average men and women are goo
men and wonderland this Is true IN al
sections OF our country ana among a.
classes OF our countrymen
There IS no other nation on earth wit
such vast natural resources. or wit
such a high standard of living and O
Industrial efficiency among its work
ers. We have as a nation an era o
rnexampled prosperity ahead OF Us: "
shall enjoy Il. and our children will en-
: joy Il after rs The trend OF well-bein,