The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-03
Only Three Speeches Ar Made and the Visitor Is }
 Given Some Rest
GREATNESS OF NATION
 SHOWN BY ITS ACTIONS
Roosevelt Declares That Every Cred Nation Must Play Its Part on the Worlds Stage and Do Things
 Tint Are Great

Omaha, Neb. September 2.-The peopl ol omaha gave ex-President Roosevelt day of comparative rest. All that tn colonel did was to attend a breakfa given by the Rooseevlt reception commit tee, luncheon at the Field club. a din her at the Omaha club, an entertainmen gwen by the board of governors of tn Ak-Sar-Ben, which is the official boom CTS club of Omaha; take an automobil ride over Omaha, make three speeche and talk with numberless political lead CTS and old friends whom he met here
 Several other things had been planned ior ms amusement but in his behalf telegram was sent from Kansas Cit, last night saying that he was tired ana needed a day of rest and so the pro gramme was cut down.
 The colonel found time during the da, to speak a good word for Senator Burk ett' who is in the midst of spirited cam paign for reelection. The people of Oma ha did not turn out in such numbers as was the case in several other cities Colonel Roosevelt has visited on his pres ent trip. The auditorium was damned and the crowd in the street outside was so great that Colonel Roosevelt had i'd use the tactics of football player to gel to his automobile. During the remainder of the day, however, the people had lit tie opportunity to gather and hear as the parade was called off to make it easierX for the colonel and when he appeared ou the streets he shot by so quickly in his automobile that few persons recognized him. He went to bed earlier than usual tonight, for he has been so busy since he left New York that he has been obliged to curtail his hours of sleep.
 In the morning he will attend break fast at the Omaha club, and then leave for Sioux Fails, where he is to speak t, morrow
 Burkett Commended
 It was at the auditorium, where he made his principal speech of the day, that Colonel Roosevelt commended the work of Senator Burkett. The senator has obtained the republican nomination and Congressman Hitchcock the demo- cratic nomination. Under the Nebraska d the fall election and the members of the legislature are obliged to elect the can didate who receives the highest numberI of votes Senator Burkett made the speech intro- ducing Colonel Roosevelt He described tho colonel as "the man who was once the first citizen of the nation and Is now the greatest man in the world" There was loud applause T am partic- ularly pleased to be introduced by Sena- tor Burkett," said Colonel Roosevelt, because he was one of the men on whom I especially relied while l was Presi- dent, both while he was in the House and in the Senate. On one occasion he paid a tribute to me which may have been entirely unmerited, In which he described what the typical American public ser want must be.
 He said Tn the great struggle he (the good American) must be prepared to take the side of the man rather than of the dollar. Old-time methods in politics, old time ideas of governmental duty and prerogative are relegated to the junk shop of political antiquities. No man who is
 
 ousness of the advanced ground that the American people have taken social ly and morally can hold their confidence. No man who is fearful of popular rule or is more afraid of the peoples oppres- sion of predatory wealth with law than of its oppression of the people without law is eligible to popular esteem
 Had Good Backing
 Tn my own case" Colonel Roosevelt continued "all I say is that I have endeavored to live up to that descrip- ton and that 1 was able to accomplish what I did accomplish in Washington only because of the way in which I was backed uD by men like Senator Burkett and as we have a guest from Iowa pres ent, let me say also, like Senator Dol liver" Then Colonel Roosevelt proceeded with his speech, in which he spoke of the Panama canal and the navy. He said tho trip of the American fleet around the world increased greatly the prestige of the country and the work which is being done on the canal was one of the stupendous performances of all the ages. He took sharp issue with the plan which was placed before Congress at the last session neutralizlng the canal zone, and in strongest terms declared that this country should fortify the canal.
 Colonel Roosevelts speech was as fol- lows:
 RoOseveIt's Address
 Tn travelling In Europe last spring one thing which especially struck me was the fact that the two feats which made the deepest impression abroad was the cruise of the battleship fleet around the world and the digging of the Panama canal. These were the two feats to be credited to the American people during the past decade which have most pro- foundly and favorably affected foreign judgment of America during that time. Such Judgment depends not in the least upon what people say. what they can do but on what they actually do; upon their willingness to meet responsibilities. and the success of their efforts to meet them.
 Now. there is no use of a nation claim ing to be a great nation unless 1t is prepared to play a great part A nation such as ours cannot possibly play a great part in international affairs, cannot ex- pected to be treated as weight in either the Atlantic or the Pacific. or to have it's voice as to the Monroe doctrine, or the management of the Panama canal, needed. unless 1t has strong and thor oughly efficient navy. Within the last decade the American navy has been about trebed In strength and much more than trebled in efficiency. due to its extrsor-