Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03
COL. ROOSEVELT
SLACKENS PACE
Former President Attends Only
Four Receptions and Makes
but Three Addresses
INITIATED INTO AK-SAR- BEN
Speaks to Packed House at Audi
torium and Talks of Panama
Canal Undertaking
INITIATED INTO AK-SAR-BEN
ASSOCIATED Press)

day of comparative rest today. All
that the colonel did was to attend a
breakfast reception given by the
Roosevelt reception committee, a
luncheon at the Field club dinner at
the Omaha club, an entertainment
given by the board of governors of
the Ak-Sar-Ben, which Is the official
boomers club Of Omaha; take an auto
mobile ride all over Omaha, make three
speeches and talk with political lead
ers and old friends whom he met here.
Several other things had been
planned for his amusement, but in his
behalf telegram was sent from Kan
sas City last night saying he was tired
and needed a day of rest, and so the
program was cut down.
The colonel found time during the
day to speak a good word for Senator
Burkett, who is in the midst OF a spir-
tied campaign for reelection. The SEN
ator's friends think he will be helped
by whot the colonel said.
The people of Omaha did not turn out
in such numbers as was the case in
several other cities which Colonel
Roosevelt has visited on his present
trip, but the Auditorium was 1ammmed
and the crowd in the street outside
was SO great that Colonel Roosevelt
had to use the tactics Of a football
player to get through the throng to
his automobile.
PARADE CALLED OFF
During the rest of the day the people
had little opportunity to get together
and cheer, as the parade was called off
to make It easier for the colonel, and
when he appeared on the streets he
shot by SO rapidly in his automobile
that few persons recognized him.
He went to bed earlier than usual
tonight. In the morning he will attend
a breakfast at the Omaha club, and
then leave for Sioux Falls, where he
Is to speak.
1t was at the Auditorium, where he
made his principal speech OF the day,
that Colonel Roosevelt commended the
work of Senator Burkett. The senator
has obtained the Republican nomina
tion. and Congressman Hitchcock tho
Democratic nomination. Under the
Nebraska law the people will vote for
n senator at the fall election, and mem
bers of the Nebraska legislature are
pedged to elect the candidate who re-
celves the largest number of votes.
Senator Burkett made the speech in
Producing Colonl Roosevelt. He de-
scribed the colonel as the IMAM who
was once the first citizen of the nation
and Is now the greatest man in the
world" There was loud applause.
II am particularly pleased to be in
troduced by Senator Burlett," said
Colonel Roosevelt, because he was
one OF the men on whom / especially
relied while I was president, both
while he was In the house and in the
senate.
EULoGIZED ROOSEVELT
ION one occasion he paid a tribute
to me which may have been entirely
unmerited. in which he described what
the typical American public servant
must be- He said; In the great strug-
oil - EA A
must be prepared to take the side of
the man rather than of the dollar.
Old-time methods in politics, old-time
ideals of governmental duty and pre-
rogative are relegated to the junk
shop of political antiquities. No man
who is skeptical in his own mind of
the righteousness of the advanced
ground the American people have TAX
en- socially and morally can hold their
confidence, no man who is fearful of
popular rule or is more afraid of the
peoples oppression of predatory wealth
with law than it's oppression of the
people without law is eligible to popu-
lar esteem.
"In my own case" Col. Roosevelt said.
"all that 1 can say is that l have en-
deavored to live up to that descrip-
tion, and that / was able to accom-
pllsh what l did accomplish in Wash
ington only because of the way in
which was backed up by men like
Senator Burkett, and as we have a
guest from Iowa present let me say
also, like Senator Dolliver"
Then Col. Rooselt proceeded with
his set speech, in which he spoke of
the Panama canal and the navy. He
said the trip of the American fleet
around the world increased greatly the
prestige of this country and that the
work on the canal was one of the stu
.1eS.-. r.. a.
took sharp issue with the plan to neu-
tralize the canal zone and in strong
est terms declared that this country
should fortify the canal.
Col. Roosevelt's speech was as fol-
ows:
BATfLEsH1P CRUISE BIG FEAT
s'In travelling in Europe last spring,
one thing which especially struck me
was the fact that the two feats which
made the deepest impression abroad
were the cruise of the battle fleet
around the world and the digging of
the Panama canal These were the
two feats to be credited to the Amer
ican people during the past decade,
which had most profoundly and favor
ably affected foreign judgment of
America during that time. Such judg-
4s4ent depends not in the least upon
what people say they can do, but on
WIdl lnGy dClQdllJ uOs uDOH IH6lT
willingness to meet responsibilities, |
and the success of their efforts to
meet them.
snow, there is no use of a nation |
claiming to be great nation unless |
it is prepared to play great part. |
A nation such as ours cannot possibly !
play a great part in international af-
fairs, cannot expect to be treated as
a weight in eitl--r the Atlantic or the
Pacific, or to have IS voice as to the
Monroe doctrine or tl.e management |
of the Panama canal, needed, unless
1t has strong and thoroughly efflc-
lent navy. Within the last decade |
the American navy has been about |
trebled in strength and much more
than trebled in efficiency due to its |
extraordinary progress in marksman-
ship and maneuyering. So far from
this increase in naval strength repre- |
senting on our part either a menace
of aggression to weaker nations or a |
menace of war to stronger nations, it |
has told most powerfully for peace.
Everywhere in Europe the cruise of |
the battle fleet around the world was |
accepted not only as an extraordi- |
nary feat, reflecting the highest honor
upon our navy, but as one of the |
movements which tended markedly to |
promote peaceful stability in interna- |
tional relations. No nation regarded |