The Washington herald., 1910-10-13
ROOSEVELT LAUDS
CHURCH FREEDOM
Continued from Page one.

promptly gave me a message contained |
IN letter she had just received from
two New York policemen whom I had
appointed 10 the force when I was police
commissioner
Praises Mission Work.
1.-THE mission to which Mother Paul
belongs is doing a really striking and al
mirable work there in Africa, and I
promised her that I would publicly tell
about this before some Catholic body.
and ask the Catholics Of the United
states to take an active interest in the
Catholic mission in mid Africa. Uganda
is one Of the places where missionary
effort has been signally successful From
personal knowledge / say this. and from
personal knowledge l wish 10 bear hearty
testimony TO the good work being done
there b. the Catholic missions, and
hope the charitable Catholics in the
United states viii gladden. the heart Of
Mother Paul by backing up in substan-
thai fashion the missionary work to
which she has given her life
. There is no other country in the
world where there is such really broad
religious liberation. such kindly good
VIII among good people at different re-
llgious creeds. There is no other country
where Catholic and Protestant get on as
We do here. each treating the other on
the basis Of our common citizenship and
Judging him not as TO how he worships
his "scator. but on his conduct toward
bis fcllOw-man. We must never permit
anything 10 make us deyiate from this
standpoint.
Tells of RamBOiiO Incident.
Perhaps can give you my own theory
In short form by telling you Of a cor
fespondence l once had OF course in
every church there are some good men
who are narrow (as gelI as some men
who are narrow without being good. and
one OF these good, narrow men. a Protest
ant clergyman. wrote me a letter Of pro-
test about my receiving Cardinal Ram
polio at the White House. / wrote him
back saying that / had received the car
dinal just as. for instance / had re-
ceived bodies OF German Iutherans and
Welsh MethodisJs. and az I expected 10
receive the Archbishop OF Canterbury. II
added / would hold myself to be a poor
representative OF the American people.
an unworthy President Of the United
States, if / failed 10 treat with good will
and rriendliness all good men. no matter
what their religious faith might be.
l said l believed our country would
last very long time and there would be
many Presidents and some OF these would
be Catholics, and some Protestants and
that ]. a Protestant. wished To act To-
ward my Catholic fellow-citizens exactly
as I hoped that a Catholic President
would act toward his Protestant fellow
citizens ! think that expresses my vieVs
about as clearly as I can put them"
The colonel and his party arrived in
Peoria at ! o'clock this afternoon. A
delegation Of four policemen did not do
much good in keeping order. and the
venerable Archbishop Spalding was IN
able to get to the car to meet Mr.. Roose-
welt when he alighted. The colonel asked
for the archbishop at once. The colonel
put his arm around him and assisted him
10 the automobile that carried them
around the town.
BOurke Cochran Present.
w Bourke Cochran had come IN a
half hour before. So had Commissioner
OF Labor Neil and Father Curran NJ
Wilkesbarre, one Of the coloneIs most
Intimate friends in the Catholic church,
The party had lunch at the Country
Club. Mr.. Roosevelt SAT between Mr.
Cochran and the archbishop. Gov Dr.
ncen. OF Illinois. was present. There were
TO speeches. Later the colonel went 10
the homo Of Archbishop Spalding and
spent some time with him. after which
there was a public reception
Large crowds did not flock 70 watch
the outside Of the Auditorium tonight
Through the open windows II was DOS /
sible 10 catch the strains OF the music
that flowed out upon the smoky air.
This IS how local paper described II.
Orchestra PeOria's Pride.
Three fun orchestras combined into
one harmonious whole. under the leader /
ship of that master Of mu!tiudinoUs /
melody, Col. Lem. Wiley. rendered must,
for the banqueters The three orchesrrss /
any one Of which is equal and more than /
equal 20 meet occasions. played. This
triumvirate OF organizations has been
under severe discipline for weeks. and its
playing was a revelation"
Mr.. Roosevelt's appearance FOR few
minutes on Springfield marked his return |
into Illinois after an absence Of several
weeks He began by mentioning the in /
sistence that We ought 70 make Of instil- /
ing honesty into public and business life. !
Give it 10 the jack-potters," exclaimed |
a man In the crowd.
Raps the JacIS-pOtters.
Good, my friend" shouted the colonel /
Il am glad to hear you say that. No /
man IS worth his salt who will separate 1
any one OF the creatures who were /
tainted in that scandal. The most i'm /
portant thing before Us as a people is /
10 drive from public life the corruption- /
ist the bribe-taker, the bride giver. The
men whom You speak of as jack-potters /
are traitors TO the American people
traitors Of the basest kind-and it is in
famous in any one TO condone their
iniquity or TO separate them and stand T.
behind them, directly or Indirectly. The
presence In public life Of such men IS a
shame and & scandal and do not care
a rap whether they belong 10 my party
or to some other party I hold II my
bounden duty to be equally hostile 10
them IN any event
Differ honestly on questions OF public /
policy, or questions Of politics. but stand /
as a uni,, without regard TO political or
religious faith. without regard 70 where
you were born
After the dinner tonight the colonel
came directly to his train. Tomorrow
he Will speak across Indiana, and in the
afternoon at indianapolis he will make a
big political speech in behalf OF Senator
Beveridge who is seeking a reelection