Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-15
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tconnect1on with spending them. Amer
| lean officials on small salaries nave
gone down to that tropical isthmus,
| have made it SO healthy as to be al
| most health resort and have. expend-
| ed huge sums of money with Vigilant
| economy as well as with singular ell
| ficiency in the actual work on the ca
nal and have done, it SO that there is
| not even a suspicion of a dollar hav-
| ing been taken by any of them. Very.
very few private business concerns no
| matter how well administered. can
show such high standard or proplty
and efficiency as has obtained among
| the men doing the work on the Panama
canal.
| Il do not believe that there is any
| public servant of any nation to whom
at this moment, that nation owes so
much IS the American people owe TO
| Col Goethals. ~.
| Now, l thus speak of Colonel Goetll-
| ais and of those associated with ann
| and working under him because what
they do illustrates just what i mean
| when I speak of applied morality IN
| governmental life. Colonel Goethas
and mis- associates represent that nlgh
type of applied morality which Is
/ composed of integrity and efficiency
both alike raised to the highest stand
ard.
Again, take the question of con-
servation of our natural resources. 1t
| is bv no means difficult to make
speeches and deliver lectures on that
subject nor to hold conventions in its
favor and applaud declarations in favor
of conservation. But as soon as men
in. actual practical work begin to apply
the doctrine, the meet with all KINGS
OF difficulties, they are brought lace
to face with all kinds of selfish inter-
ests, and they arc exposed also to the
even greater danger of being honestly
misunderstood by honest men.
Those who actually do the work OF
conservation have. therefore, a peculiar
claim upon us. While / was President,
there were no two men to whom l felt
I owed more, from the standpoint OF
the public service, than Messrs. Gar
field and Pinchot, for the work they
did in connection with conservation.
Here, again, ] mention these men
merely to illustrate by example just
what I mean in what I have to say to
you tonightN The work was done, not
only with zeal and disinterestedness
but with the utmost efficiency. They
actually put into practice as working
principles the theories which a great
many men, including myself, for in
stance, thoroughly approve, but which
were reduced to action in satisfactory
shape for the first time by these two
men.
Let me take one more illustration.
For over half Il century there have
been repeated and organized efforts to
further the cause of international
peace Great peace meetings have been
held again and again in country after
country. But those engaged in them
have never begun to do such practical
work for peace as have the men who
in actual practice succeeded in reduc-
ing certain of these theories to action.
For instance, it was a fine thing TO
establish The Hague Court, but hay
ing been established, the court was
never used, for it was found to be in
finitely easier to pass lofty resolutions
as to its existence than actually to get
any power, any nation, under any cir
cumStanceS, to try to take advantage
of it. The court would, in actual fact
never have come into eXistance, its
memory would have vanished if it had
not been for John Hay, who, as secre-
tary of state succeeded in getting
Mexico and the United States to sub
nit to the judgment of the court
involving the two nations. 1t was this
act of John Hays which literally saw
&c tho court.
What has been accomplished by
friendly treaty during President Tafts
administration represents mass of
substantial achievement, of triumph
over the formidable obstacles" Toward
the end of his lecture, Col. Roosevelt
deviated from the topic of .Reace" and
spoke in connection with the Carnegie
fund, announcement of which was
made today. - .~s.
"A great and notable gift to the cause
of International. peace has just been an
nounccd today Mr.. Carnegie has don?
many things for the cause Of peace, but
none quite so important as that which
is today announced He has provided
means which will enable very real pros
gress to be made in bringing about the
results which he desires to achieve. He
is entitled to the hearty praise of all good
citizens here, of all patriots and lovers
of their country, no matter what that
country may be, in every part of the
world, for what he has Just done. But re-
member always that the ultimate worth
Of this foundation which he has made
will depend primarily upon the practical
good sense, the judgment and the abili-
| ty of the men who. administering the
| fund, or working under them, succeed in
! translating the theory into action"
Continuing. Col. Roosevelt said: ITO
| return for a moment to The Hague
| court, one of the most important in
| stances of the triumph of Mr.. .Tafts adj
ministration over those obstacles is that
supplied by the work of The Hague tri-
bunal having brought before it the fish
| cries question between the United States
| and Great Britain Elihu Root, ex-sec-
| rotary of war and of state and now Unit
ed States senator from New York, has
| rendered many and great services to his
| country, and among these great services
| is that which he rendered last summer
when in charge of the American case at
| The Hague. No was this service only to
| the United States. 1t was service to
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