Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-11
FAIRBANKS FOE
TOPONP AND
PAGEANTRY
SEES LITTLE NEED FOR
GREAT ARMY AND NAVY

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Chicago Aay TO Vice President
Charles Fairbanks was the guest Of
honor today at the dedication of ST.
Snnisaus Polish Roman Catholic
paraChlal school the largest mstitu-
tiun of It's Kind IN the United States
Tho vice president arrived from
Washington In the morning attended
the dedication exercises la tho aCtcr-
noon and IN the evening was the prln-
ripai speaker at the banquet COM
mcmuratinE the dedication
The vice president IN his address
said that he would rather see tac poo
pie spend their money IN building up
great schools aud churches than to
soc them spend II IN unduly expand
iug arnncs and uaves In referring
70 socialism lac said that II Is sort
ol pt"rrustpan principle Qf society
ana puts a handicap upon genius abl
it aud thrift
In the new narochul school $500
pupils Win receive instruction from a
stan of more than roo teachers.
Ntec President Fairbanks said in
put
"Nc hear much OF The need or d
large navy and largo army we an
agree that we should provide ado-
uuatcy lor the national defense The
money necessary to this end should be
freely expended, but beyond our rea-
9ouahle needs we should not go our
national tranquility Is not meuaccd
from without nor is cur domestic
peace threatened from within. | would
rather see the people spend Ihclr
money ia building up great schools
colleges and universities, churches and
cathedrals, than to SEQ them spend Il
In uuuulN expanding armies aud
ulvips The armies OF young men and
Young women who are trained In
schools. colleges and universities Rre
the armies which shah most dignity
and glorley American achievements.
They are the armies of peace, and IN
the Hual analysts the armies OF our
enduring national security | have
| faith to believe that Christian clvili-
2ltiuu Is laying securely the foundn-
tious ui domestic ana international
tranquility and That an appeal to the
raason among men viii more ana
more nccCsstate an appeal TO the
sword we must not Introduce into
our American civilization the pOmp
aud pageanty Of European military
ana naval establishments.
"Wo have frequently heard men un-
dcrtakc TO Justify an increase Of the
army on the ground that the organi-
2ption of working men into large, com
pact bodies was q possible source Of
danger There is il seems too,
possible Justification for such a sug
gestiou IT is an unWarranted i'm
pcaChmCnt of the patriotism Of the
great body of the American wording
men. The working men of America
are friends ana not enemies OF the
government ana will respond when
thcre Is national peril as they have
done in every emergency which has
confronted as
Teach the new generation the per-
nicous effects Of socialism a pro-
poganda Is maintained TO tcach tts su-
called virtues, Socialism levels down
instead of leveling up. II Is subyer-
sjvo Of the whole purpose Of repub-
liean government II Is destructive Ot
the most powerful factor in our pros
Eross. and that is Individual Initiative
1T is a sort Of proerustcan principle Of
society and puts d handicap upon pcu
ius, ability and thrift BE II said IN
honor Of the great Catholic church
that II has no sympathy with social
ism and that 1t inculcates whole
some respect for American institutions
and that II stands with inhexible rcso-
luton for the supremacy OF the law OF
lle tAtlu.
"There has been ransplnntcd TO our
goll an enemy to our institutions i
is protest against republican, goy-
Yet, It Is q challenge to an
established by tho virtue
lud patriotism of men Anarchy y
un- American and un- christian The
church and the school must al the
minds OF men with true conception
of the obstacles OF this arch enemy
1r our most cherished IDEAS Of liberty
and law We have no hospitality for
those who scck 70 raise the red liag
above the cross ana the banrc q we
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