Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-02
The President said:

The President said:
Mon and Nrncl of~IoNa:
am Slad indeed TO see you and to
srca!: tosyou in this thriving city of
your great ana prosperous STATE. |
Believe with I'LL my heart in the people
OF Iowa. t0r think That You are goo :.
tyi,cial Americans, af1d that amon: y0l:
ti,-:,,. ha< l-ccn Developed 10 a very high
,;c"rcn t!.at body 81 characteristics
which W. iih, - i, .y,il ;;s dIStinct.vely
AMERICAN.
Nuyi'.~ Inc f3at f"W years VIC o. the
Tinted Sta5rs have been forced to con-
sitirr very ,cr:ni<!; certain economic
x.sobln,2r. We i,avt, MAJ" i beginning
in Che attempt 10 AeaI with the leia-
lions of the National GnTr":tilent-tilat
is. with the iatini!i Of .lc pCople of
the cour,r!'--tu t!,c' huge ana. wealt..H
cur,,ur;ilipne. contracted Ter the most
Part IN Il few y ~ r:ci men. which
so. ,.:2c.i:s'.l i'll ;nt"I 'ta;" business ri-
,....-iuN.- ili" great railway corporations,
inlL kI.py. my "; ~ $ on tliiS matter.
Iuu I:liar- t:.ut briicvC that the Ma
tioN;;l GoNc !lmcnt, in til" interests o1
tho u; pie, shn"i! Assam" much the
same supervision and control over, the
,Y.riiH cement cf the int rst;ile common
farri"r:; THAT il nov exercises over til"
liotinnal hlnf*. You know further
more tnat l believe that thit super
vision au,l co.itrolr SilYuid be exercised
in Il .pi-;t ~ rigs, fa;rnc.s tnWarI the
c, rl',!~a toms. tXactinS justice from
them on behalf Of the people but Civ
H.. T., IN,
Recently have been reading the
wcri. of the eminent Italian scholar
Fcfrero on the history Of the Roman
Republic. when the life Of ,the' Roman
stat. had become that Of a complex
and luxurious industrial. civilization
l am happy t. say that the differences
hotvcoif that civilization AMI oar own
are more striking than the rcscT-
blanccS; ana there is 10 war1~nt fpi
our beng drawn into any pcSsimiStb
comparison between the two civfll2a-
tiOnt Rut there is every reason Why
we should study carefully the past in
orGcr~to draw from it lessons for use
IN the present. one Of the mos Strik-
, ms: features Of Tho years which %aA
the downfall Of til" Roman Requisite
was the fact that tn" POLITICAL life ol
R"lnc beca.Gc split between tWo camps
IN" containing tho rich who Wished tc
exploit ~" poor and The other the noor
who Hi,hcd to plumber the rich
Naturally, under such circumstances
th" nl.l,lir ,nar Who was far tho mo-
mcnt surcos.fij ;crdcd to he either !;
violent rcHcticI-.ry or violent delfla-
goguc. Any such condition Of sVoliti-
cal life is rs kopI 'cs=iy unhealthy now
! is il VA: then. / 3elicve-so implicit
| Y in the future OF o,r people. because
| | believe that TIC average American
! ci,iZcn will no more tolerate Eovcrn-
ment hy Il mod than he will t0lerat t
government by n nlutocracy; that hf
, desires 20 see justice done to and jas
| tIcc cxactod from rich man and pool
mar alike. We are not trying t.
! favor any man at IL" expense Of his
| fellows. We ere. trying To snap;
| things 50 t'iat as far rs possible eaci
man shall have a fair chance in life
SO that he shall liIvo. 50 far as by iaU
| tits can ~ accomplished, the chanr'
| to show the stuff that there is in MIN
! We have no intention Of trying to WoIi
| for the Impossible and undesirable. en-
If giving Ia the lazy. the thrftlcSs. thf
weak. and the vicious. the reward t!la
| belongs to. and in the long run car
! only come to. tho hard working. -tllf
, thrifty, the rcsoiute, ana iii" honest
!;lIt ,vc 10 wish IA see that the ncccs-
| Sa-y struggle in life shalf he carried
on under g"nui3ly democratic r"nfi
| tons: that, so far rs human action car
! safely provide ii. there shall be III ap
pr"xima.ely fair start; that there sha!
| b" no oppression of the weak. and tina
| 10 man shall be permitted to acquir'
! ~ 10 ;.sn v":t fortune by methods .
: IN Ira.-s -. are t0rtuoI3 and disiion
es- 4 :
Therefore We nerd wise IaVs,t and ~