Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03

was a striking proof that we had made
good with the navy, and what we have
done at Panama represents the accom-
plishment of one of the great feats of
the ages. 1t is a feat which reflects
the highest honor upon our country,
and our gratitude is due to every man
who has taken an honorable part in
any capacity in bringing about its
performance.
1--WE now have further duty to per-
form in connection with it, and that
is to fortify 1t. We are in honor
bound to fortify it ourselves, and only
by so doing can we effectively guar
antee it's neutrality, and, moreover
effectively guarantee that it shall not
be used against us The chief material
antage-certainly one of the chief
material advantages-which we shall
gain by its construction Is the way
in which it will, for defensive pur-
poses, double the power of the United
States navy. To refuse to fortify it,
and, above ALL to consider for a mo-
ment such an act of utter weakness
and folly as to invite other pations
to step in and guarantee the neutrality
of this purely American work-and
thereby really to make 1t certain that
in the event of war we should find
would be forbidden to pass through
it, or else our opponents fleets per-
mitted to--would be to incur and
quite rlghtfully, the contempt OF the
world; it would mean the complete
abandonment of the Monroe doctrine;
1t would be a wicked blow to our pres
tige on the Pacific, and. moreover, it
would be in it's essence treason to the
Destiny OF the Republic"
- la tt,
there were cries of "Dolliver, Dolli-
ver."
The senator got on his feet. "It is
a great pleasure to sit on the platform
and listen to such magnificent, pa
triotic utterances as those of Col.
Roosevelt" he said.
There have been three men in
American history who have stated the
central doctrine of our Institutions so
that all could understand. Thomas
Jefferson gave us the doctrine of equal
rights for all the people and special
privileges for none. Abraham Lin
coin restated this doctrine. 1t is a good
providence that in our time that doc
trine has been stated again-the doc
trine of square deal"
PEOPLE APPLAUD SQUARE DEAL
The mention of the square deal"
applause from the people.
At the luncheon at the Field club
Col Coosevelt this afternoon spoke of
millionaires whom he liked and mil
lionaires whom he did not like.
Col. Roosevelt pointed out the in
terest held by the people of Europe in
the success of representative govern
ment in America, and declared that re-
dictionaries abroad cast sinister eyes
on M or hai
delight every story of graft, scandal
and mob rule as an evidence that gov
ernment of the people must fail.
Col, Roosevelt also spoke contemptu-
ously of the merely multi-millionaire
the men who, he said, were a discredit
whenever pointed to in Europe as a
typical American. He referred to mob
rule as bringing out characteristics of
cruelty equal to those which they seek
to avenge.
This speech, made at a luncheon
given by the Roosevelt reception COM
mittee at the Omaha Field club, was
frequently appauded. Among those
who listened attentively to the words
of the colonel were Governor Shallen-
berger, Senators Burkett and Brown of
Nebraska, Dolliver of Iowa, Mayor
Dahlman, Victor Rosewater, Republi-
can national committeeman, and Rep
FEELS FRIENDLY TO FOREIGNERS
'I have always felt friendly to for
eign nations" said Col. Roosevelt in
his address.
II have never believed that in order
to show your love for your own coun-
try it was necessary to be insulting to
the people of another country.
II have feeling of friendliness for
the countries 1 visited abroad even
greater than 1 had before visiting
them. 1 have come back feeling thar
there is no place in the world to live
except in the United States. In the
first place, there is a chance here for
the average man, such as there is not
else in the world. There is
not another country where the aver
age man, the man who cannot expect
to get to the top, has a chance to lead
his life with the success he can achieve
here.
''In the second place, what is less
important and still very important, it
seems to me, there is no place in the
world where the man who does get
to the top has a chance to lead a life
so attractive and full OF interest in
every way as in the United States.
PLEASURE COUNTRIES LACKING
"Of course, If a man desires only to
lead a life Of pleasure, this is not
good country for 1t. There is no good
country for 1t anywhere, for the sim
Pile reason that of all dismal careers,
the most dismal. the most empty, the
least worth living from any standpoint,
is the career of the man who seriously
devotes himself as his sole object to
pleasure.
First, to devote ones self to pleas
ure as the sole object In life is the
surest way not to get It, Any man
above that lowc-t strata, above the
man merely seeking pleasure and en-
loyment, can find here as nowhere, else |
In the world an opportunity to help