New-York tribune., 1910-09-06
ROOSEVELT PRAISES
CHAMPION OF LAbORERS
Con1mends Judge Who Sees Con-
stitution Must Be Applied by
Friends of Working Men.
GIVES PLACE TO WOMEN

y
ing Heavy Rain-Lays Library
Cornerstone at Fargo
College.
Fargo \. D. Sept. 5.-In an address here
to-day before a great Labor Day crowd in
which were hundreds of members of trades
unions. Theodore Roosevelt spoke words
of warm conmendation of the federal
/ Judge who was presiding and had intro
duced him because the judge, by what he
/ had said had showed himself to he in
| sympathy with the laboring man. He
referred to Judge c. F Amidon, OF the
District of North Dakota. and his remarks
were applauded vigorously by the crowd
Fargos Labor Day celebration was al
most spoiled by rain but the programme
was carried out between the showers. not
one feature being omitted Mr.. Roosevelt
was on the speakers stand at Island Park,
in this city. where the principal exercises
of the day were held, when the heaviest
shower came up He put on his raincoat
buttoning II up under his chin pulled
his hat over his eyes left the shelter af-
forded by the canvas covering of the stand
and went out into the rain to make room
! for the women. whose hats were being
soaked.
In introducing Mr.. Roosevelt Judge
Amtdon said that the people assembled
there should not forget that above all
/ the occasion was one for the laboring men.
who we're holding their annual ce1ebra-
ton.
Suggesting that Iaboring men suffer
wrongs that might be reached by legisla-
;ion. Judge Amidon called especial atten-
-ior1 ha failure of -o7cy-aSS enact
law providing for compensation for labor
ing men when injured or foc their families
in the event Of their death While employed
Every government of Europe with the ex-
ception of Turkey, he said, had enacted
such laws, eliminating from the question
OF conversation all matters of negligence
on the part of either the employees or the
employer and fixing a definite amount to
which the ernploye should be entitled.
DELIGHTED to Hear Judges Words.
When Mr.. Roosevelt reached that part
Of his speech in which be advocated
worlzingman's compensation act. he turned
tc Judge AmiGon and said:
I cannot help ayinG Just one word as
&c how I have been delighted this after
noon to hear Utterances from a federal
Judge who locks ahead. from a federal
Judge who not only stands for honesty and
righteousness in the conventional forms in
which judges have been accustomed 10 see
them for generations, but who stands fac
ing the changing conditions and realizing
that the Constitution of the United States
must be administered. if it is to he ad-
rninistered wisely, by men who sympathize
with and understand the needs of he wage
earners. Just as they sy1npathize with and
understand the needs of ali other Ameri-
can citizens"
Mr. Roosevelt began the day by laying
the cornerstone of q library building at
Fargo College. Several hundred persons
stood on the college campus in Il drilling
rain 10 hear the former Presidents speech.
Governor Burke of North Dakota spoke
in complimentary terms Of the ex-President,
as did Representative Hanna. who declared:
It is lives of men like Abraham Lincoln.
George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt
that young Americans will look up to in
the future. The lives of such men are a
great inspiration to Us"
Tells OF Influence OF Ranch Life.
In introducing Ar. Roosevelt. President
c. c. Creager of Fargo College. spoke Of
the influence Of his early life on a cattle
I
liticaI career. He told OF meeting with
Ny Roosevelt in New York City twelve
years ago. when the ex-PTesident had told
him Of the answers by a big policeman TO
questions submitted TO him in an eXamna-
tion for place on the police force. He
was asked to name the three greatest
American statesmen, and replied, 'Benja-
min Harrison, Richard Croker and Teddy
Roosevelt" The answer was given while
AIr. Roosevelt was Police Commissioner.
and time had made good the answer Of the
big policeman in respect TO Roosevelt. EX-
pressing the qualification of the people of
North Dakota in having tfr. Roosevelt with
them. DR.. Creager declared that if the ex-
President would stay in North Dakota. the
people would make YOU our king" Il
was. he said, North Dakota that had made
Roosevelt President. because had he not
lived on a cattle ranch there. there would
have been no Rough Rider regiment and
the events that followed Mr.. Roosevelts
career in that regiment would not have
taken place.
Received with great enthusiasm by the
thousands of persons crowded about the
new library site and looking on from the
windows Of the college, Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke al some length on educational and
J
his own life.
Il never would have been President if
Il had not been for my experience in North
Dakota" he said. Il do not care a rap
for holding an office. What I care for is
what the man does while he is in Office.
When I met some of those who were with
me on the Dakota ranch in this city. they
remarked that they did not object to work
ing with ne. because 1 did my share of the
work
Referring TO a remark by Dr.. CreaEer 10
the effect that if he grew tired Of Wall
Street he might return to North Dakota
and resume the business of a cattle raiser,
Mr.. Roosevelt said: There seems to be
more likelihood at this time that Wall
Street may first grow weary of me
Warning TO the Faculty.
Then. speaking Of the need for scholastic
education, he warned the faculty Of the
college to be careful TO keep in view rha
practical side Of the education needed b,-
every man and woman. as wen as the adu-
cation necessary if the exceptional man in
literature and science is to continue to do
great work for the benefit Of the natf7o
Mr.. Roosevelt added.
We cannot afford to be without the great