Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-17
The Roosevelt Road.

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anna Canal; Pinchot and Garfield, con-
SENATORS of national resources; John
Hay, who saved The Hague tribunal:
Elihu Root, Andrew Carnegie and
President Taft were the type Of men
which Colonel Roosevelt in his Noble
lecture at Sanders Theatre, to Har-
| ward students. members of the faculty
| and their families Wednesday night,
held up as the best representatives
In Government affairs of applied
| Ethics" the topic of his address. He
| praised them all. spoke in the cause OF
international peace. but emphasized
| ms position in favor of strong navy
and the fertilization of the Panama
Canal.
When Col Roosevelt, unannounced,
strobe upon tire stage ana fhre" MS
kcoat and hat in a chair, the whole au-
dience arose and broke into cheers.
It was fully five minutes before order
could be restored. The Colonel plunged
into his subject at once and, II there
| had been any doubt rs to his friend
shin for President Taft, it was soon
dissipated. MIR. Roosevelt held up
Taft and Hay and Goethals and Pin
cbot as examples of those who are
doing things.
Colonel Roosevelt opened with: 1T
is the easiest thing in the world 10
sketch out in the closet a system OF
| government; and it is one OF the most
difficult things in the world to make
n Government really q function In
lust the same way it Is proVerplally
easy to preach morality. and still easier
! to applaud it when preached, but 1t is
| difficult to do the only thing tnat
| counts. which is to apply the morality
in practice. For that reason, When
speak of applied morality; using NOR
| aity in the largest sense, that is. Tor
the efficient application of the princl-
pies, the carrying out Of which means
really good government, wish to give
! concrete. Illustrations"
| He went on to hammer home, with
characteristic force, his logic The
knights of the crimson understood and,
If anv of them have wavared in their
allegiance because Of the attacks on
T. R., they have come back. There
was no note of complaint. or eXplana-
ton of his own position; he left that
to be understood by his friends. 1t
was the old Roosevelt of patriotism,
democracy and confidence. His belief
in the people has not changed--moral
qualities uppermost now as before the
so-called chastisement
Roosevelt is 4 believer in popular
government but he desires to see pro-
grcssive ideas carried out by conserva-
tive officials. There could be no mis-
understanding of his words, that
whatever his future may be his aim
will be to strengthen and not subvert
the free institutions of the country.
|
of the man appeared in the same pro-
portion that Harvard has known-it
was the same man who denounced the
"malefactors of great wealth" and
undesirable citizens" Now, as then,
his goal is the highest and best, the
biggest ana ccancst, for America and
Americans.
At Sanders theatre, it was the same
man Of strong moral sense giving eX-
preston to an appreciation of insidious
dangers in politics and official life,
which must be met unflinchingly by
the people. He has met the test Of
defeat and it has not bclittled him.
He does not whine. He is practicing
his own doctrine of taking ones medi-
cine. He makes no concessions to
either side, but continues the Roose-
yatt road