The San Francisco call., 1910-10-08
"SPEAK SOFTLY
and CARRY BIG
STICK Il. R.
Roosevelt Says United States,
to Insure Peace, Should
Have First Class Navy :.
Enthusiastic South COmpels the
Colonel to Begin Speeches
Before Breakfast Ends

KNOXVILLE. Oct. 1.-The south gave
Theodore Roosevelt a welcome today
which he described as Great, BY
George"
Roosevelt started the day determined
to make but few speeches. but wher-
ever he went crowd was waiting for
him. Each crowd cheered until he
madesa speech. The colonel made his
first speech before he had finished his
breakfast, and kept at 1t until late at
night before his train left Knoxville
for Atlanta.
The colonel talked new national
ISM" He defended it from the criti
cisms that have been directed against
1t. and said that it was not revolu-
tionary, but rather was designed to put
stop to things that might bring on
revolutionary movement. He also put
In few words about his fight in New
York state, saying he was trying to
improve conditions there.
1T is quite job. he said, but we
are going to do it."
The two chief speeches of the day
We're delivered at Bristol. Tenn, and
Knoxville
THOUSANDS SEE COLONEL
knoxville's celebration was held on
the grounds OF the Appalachian exposi-
tfon, where Roosevelt spoke in the
afternoon and again at a banquet at
night All of East Tennessee poured
out its people and several thousands
were here from Virginia.
The colonel had barely begun his
speech when he was interrupted by
the sound of weeping. A small boy
sobbing violently, was led up the steps
and delivered to the colonel. who
stopped HIS speech. The boy explained
to him, between sobs, that he was lost
The colonel led the urchin to the front
of the platform, shouted his name, and
asked If his father was in the crowd
He saw a hand wagging above the
heads of the people some distance
away.
Come along" Roosevelt shouted
The crowd was so dense that the
father could not reach the platform
for several minutes. but Roosevelt
would not go on with his speech until
the boy was restored to his father.
PEOPLE MUST ADVANCE
Roosevelt said in part:
1t is not enough to say that we
do not intend to do anything bad.
People that do not go forward go
backward. They do not stand still.
AS people we can keep our
selves, our citizenship, on high
plane of usefulness and achieve
ment only by applying to the new
things the old principles-the old
morality that enabled our fathers
in their days TO achieve success
for our common land. Our peo-
pie that n Sounssd in the past count cunt
flying themselves because their
ancestors did well; they counted
by doing the job that they had to
do.
Instruments change Take an
example from the army. The men
who. fought in the civil war fought
shoulder to shoulder with muzzle
uses repeating rifles 1t is folly,
1t would be rank folly today, to
decline to adopt new weapons be-
cause the old ones did we'll in the
days of Grant and Lee.
There are two lessons from that.
In the first place, the folly of re-
fusing to adopt new expedients in
order to solve the new problems.
and next, to remember that while
the methods must be different the
spirit must be the same.
1t is not necessary for US to have
big army. but we must have
first class navy. / am profound
believer in peace and l want to see
a navy kept up because 1 know OF
desire on the part of other people
to keep at peace with us. That is
common sense.
stick. There are two sides of that
Always be cheerful. Remember 1t
Is the sign of weak and foolish
nature to insult any one else.
Speak softly, but have the United
States as big stick always ready.
1t is simply folly to reject meth
DDS of government because they
were not known to our forefathers-
For instance. you will meet worthy
persons who object to the national
government taking control Of In
terstate business because they say
ing rifle new thing. but where
would the army be IL 1t said it
was not going. to use the repeating
rifle because the good old fiintlock
Now, in the same way, the gov
ernment must increase It's power
of control over the possible use of
tinually people say that I attack
corporations when I speak as l am
now speaking. For the thou
sandth time I will say that I am
not, attacking corporations. I am
only saying that they have to be
honestly managed
The little man can safely be left
whereas the big man is the neigh
Dor of all of as. The man who
controls the great railway system
that stretches 1900 or 1000 or
5000 miles-that man Is the neigh
Dor of all of us and he Is too big
for any of us TO deal with in his
individual capacity.
In the case of that man you have
to invoke the help of some bigger
man, and that is Uncle Sam
mean you have to get the represen-
tatives of all of us to deal with
that particular kind of wealthy
man. Deal justly with him.
Roosevelt's next stop will be Rome
Ca, where he is due at a. M tomor-
row. He will remain there until 1:3O