Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-08
TALK SOFTLY AND
CARRY BIC Stick,
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Colonel Begins Southern Trip with
Two Speeches in Tennessee
on New NatiOnaIiSm
T. R. DEFENDS HIS POLICIES
Former President Delays Address
to Restore Lost Child to
Its Parents
T. R. DEFENDS HIS POLICIES
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south gave Theodore Roosevelt a well
come today which he described as
great, by George"
Throughout the first day of his
southern trip, which took him across
Virginia and part of Tennessee, ne
received all the honors which the south
could pay.
determined to make but few speeches,
because his throat Is not yet in good
condition. But wherever he went q
crowd was waiting for him. Each
crowd was out to cheer, and did cheer
until he made a speech. The colonel
made his first speech before he had
finished breakfast, and kept at 1t until
late at night before his train left Knox
Vile for Atlanta. He said he en-
1oyed the whole day immensely.
The colonel talked new nationalism''
today He brought into the south tho
doctrine which he announced on ms
recent western trip, and emphasized It,
He defended it from the criticism d.
rected against 1t, and said it was not
revolutionary, but rather was designed
to put stop to things that might bring
on a revolutionary movement. He also
put in few words about his fight In
New York state, saying he was trying
to improve conditions there.
The two chief speeches of the day
were delivered at Bristol, Tenn, and
Knoxville In his Bristol speech the
colonel defended new nationalism"
that bossism was "the negation of
democracy"
CROWDS ARE IMMENSE
Knoxville's celebration was held on
the grounds of the Appalachian ex-
,onSffiOn whara Colonel Roosevelt
spoke in the afternoon and again at a
banquet tonight. The Eleventh United
States cavalry, from Chattanooga,
which escorted Colonel Roosevelt to
the exposition grounds, had its hands
full in plotting him through the crowds
to the steps of the exposition hall to
review the parade.
The colonel had barely made a falr
start in his speech at the ball park
when he was interrupted by the sound
of weeping. Some one espied a small
boy near the grandstand sobbing vio-
lently. The boy was led up the steps
and delivered over 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, where every one
could see him.
whats your name?" he asked the
boy.
"Eccles Nelson" said the lad.
'Where from?"
'Union county"
Col. Roosevelt shouted the boys
name and asked if his father was in
the crowd. No one claimed the boy
at first, and the colonel shouted his
name again. Then he saw a hand
Wagging above the heads of the peo-
pie some distance away.
"Come along" Mr.. Roosevelt
shouted.
The crowd was SO dense that the
elder Nelson could not reach the plat
form for several minutes, but Col.
Roosevelt would not go on with his
speech until the boy was restored TO
his father.
CAN IMPROVE MUCH
eve have plenty of things 20 learn
and plenty of things which we can
improve on" he said in opening his
speech.
At have come in contact with sew
eral of them, and l am engaged IN
trying to improve my native city and
state of New York. 1t is quite q JOB,
but we are going to do it.
"It is not enough to say that we do
not intend to do anything bad. Peo-
ple that do not go forward go back
ward. They do not stand still. AS Q
PEOPLE we can keep ourselves, our Cit
izenship on a high plane Of usefulness
and achievement only by applying to
the new things the old principles-the
old morality that enabled our fathers
i'll their days to achieve success Tor
our common land.
instruments change. Take an ex-
ample from the army. The men who
fought in the Civil war, fought side
to side with muzzle loading muskets.
Our army today uses repeating rifles.
1t is folly it would be rank folly, to-
day to decline to adopt new weapons
because the old ones did well in the
days of Grant and Lee.
"There are two lessons from that.
In the first place, the folly of refus-
ing 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.
"It is not necessary for us to have
Q big army, but we must have first
class navy. 1 am a profound believer
in peace, and I want to see a navy
kept up because / know of nothing
that procures a stronger desire on the
part of other people to keep at peace
with us.
ADVISES BIG STICK
Speak softly and carry big stick.
There are two sides of that. Always
be cheerful. Remember it is the SIGN
of a weak and foolish nature to insult
anyone else. Talk softly, but have the
United states as a big stick always
ready.
"Now friends, what have said of
the army, applies in civil life. On the
one hand we cannot solve our govern
rental problems of today unless we
arurt ch them in the spirit of our fore
fathers, and on the other hand, it Is
simply silly to reject methods of gov
ernment because they were not known
to our forefathers. For instance, you
will meet worthy persons who object
to the national government taking con-
troll of interstate business because they
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