El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-02

TO a man who has been president COM
pared to what he owes the American
people," declared the colonel, referring
to the words of the speaker. who had
presented him.
The doors of the hall then being
thrown open to the throng that was
standing on the sidewalk, men and
women surged into the aisles and pack
ell the last standing room that could be
found.
L am very deeply touched by the
size of my audience" declared the col
onel
While president he said he had in
structed his attorney general to pro-
coed against any man who was cor
rupt. whether he was a Republican SEN
ator from Oregon or Kansas, or a
Democratic governor of Oklahoma
Values Some Mems III VIII.
II think 1 value the i'll win of these
men almost as much as / value the
good will of honest senators. honest
governors and other honest men with
whom it has been my privilege to
work" he said
Speaking of corruption in politics,
the colonel added amid applause:
Look at the corruption in my state
of New York" His reference to, his
African hunting trip proved signal
for another demonstration.
Then paying a tribute to the Amer
lean republic he reminded his audi
ence that continental Europe was
watching the American experiment in
self government with the greatest in
terest
If here in America" he said. eve
fail in our experiment of self govern
ment woe TO us and woe to other ma
tions on the earth whom we will have
robbed of the brightest hope they now
have"
As he concluded his remarks the
great audience again cheered and then
men scrambled to reach the stage to
shake the band of the guest of honor.
Col. Roosevelt made his way through
the surging crowd and was driven 20
the station He left at a late hour for
Omaha.
The Speech.
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
There are certain matters which
, should never be treated as party mat
tiers: and foremost among these is the
great and vital virtue of honesty. Hon
esty should be treated as a prime ne
cessity to our success as nation. The
minute that q question of honesty as
against dishonesty is involved, then we
must all act together as Americans,
without the Si1SnIeSI 10 parry
affiliations Honesty is not a party
matter; and the first man to attack a
scoundrel of any party should be the
honest men of that party. When in Of
flee l always proceeded upon the the
ory that there would be no need of my
opponents raising the cry OF Turn the
raScals out" because / would turn them
out myself just soon as, by vigilant
and intelligent industry. could discov-
er them.
After the Crooks.
LAS we dealt with the crooked public
officials, whether Kansas Of Oklahoma.
SO we deal with the crooked
private citizen; with the rich swindler
in New York or Chicago as with the
horse thief or homicide in Indian Ter
ritory We never attacked a man be-
cause he was a man of one political
faith or another. because he did or did
not possess wealth; and we never
shielded him because he was poor or
rich, because he belonged to any par
ticular church or to any particular
party But / also wish you especially
to remember that we. never hesitated to
shield him and stand up for him once
we were convinced that he was improp-
erly attacked.
The Character Assassin.
There is no greater foe of honesty
than the man who, for any reason, in
any capacity, attacks. or seeks to at
tack an honest man for q crime which
he has not committed. Falsely accus-
ing an honest man of dishonesty is an
act which stands on the same level Of
infamy with that of the dishonest man
himself: and it is no higher duty to at
tack the dishonest man than 1t is to
exonerate the honest man falsely accus-
ed: and I should be ashamed to hesitate
the fraction OF a second longer in one
case than in the other.
One Measure For All.
"Rememb4r that honesty cannot be
unilateral Good citizens should cor
daily distrust the man who can never