Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-30
ROOSEVELT At
GETTYSBURG
Delivered an Earnest Address
That Was Heard by TO-,
600 Persons
|DEAL|SM AND COMMON SENSE
The Colonel Declared This Mix.
ture Essential to Success in
Peace and War.

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Gettyburg, Pa, May Outstanding
at the spot where Abraham l. Lnco,n
delivered his famous address. torty-
Line years ago, Coloucl Theodore
Roosevelt today spoke o. the enco'.n-
t." between the North mi he South
which reached its crisis here and
. found in the deeds of III, pas. themes
which applied 70 the present day.
Colonel in Role of Preacher.
The former president tu"oe,. aside
TO" the day from the stress of politi-
ca, campaign to the Se.eTtv of this
srot of memories. About him mass
ed on every sid. were thousands OF
persons, among the hundreds of Civil
War veterans. Colonel Roosevelt
spoke. earnestly, but as a preacher
rather than a political leader. The
throng which heard him listened in
grave attention with occasional out
bursts OF applause.
1900 Engineers Present.
Colonel Roosevelt came here from
Oyster Bay to fulfill promise which
he made several mon ms ago to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
who have been holding a convention
a; Harrisburg and who came here ID
observe Memorial Day. He frs, spoke
briefly at luncheon attended by
2,200 engineers
10000 Persons Present.
The luncheon was SiJt1 in tent.
To bring the crowds, twenty-five spe-
cal trains steamed in-o Gettysburg.
Railroad men said that these trains
brought in lcarly 10000 persons.
Lesson of the Day.
Colonel Roosevelt went over the
grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers. The veterans of
the Civil War, said Colonel Roosevelt,
in his address at the national GENE.
terry not only left us United country
united forever, and not only left us
the priceless heritage of the mem
ories of valorous self-sacrifice shown
in the Civil War, but also by their ca
reers and then whose attitude in the
war and after the war, have taught
US lessons which we should apply to
ourselves in civil life.
Ideaiism in Peace and in War.
During the war they showed that
mixture of intense and lofty idealism
with sound, practical common sense,
which is as essential to the Nations S
success in peace as in war.
Justice and Material Prosperity.
$50 in civil life at this moment the
prime necessities Or this Nation are
that our people shall show both lofty
idealism insisting on the rule of JUS
tice and hard-headed practical com
mon sense in recognizing that we
must secure material prosperity and
that, so far from there being any
necessary antagonism between justice
and material prosperity, neither can
be given it's full development unless
the development CT both goes hand
in hand.
Inequality of Reward.
Our protest must be against utter
inequality of reward, against reward
that comes to privilege instead of tC
service and of course especially
against all reward that comes to any
man because of conduct tina
amounts to wrong-doing in violation
of the eternal laws that sunder righ
from wrong.
Must Face Existing Evils.
'If we refuse to face the fact thai
there are great existing evils, ant
that We must work with all cur heart
and soul and mind to solve them
then We shall prepare disaster to oar
selves in the future We shall no les!
prepare disaster for ourselves if We
fail to work with Lincoln's kindlines:
o. spirit toward all our fellow citi
zens and with malice toward none
with charity to all striving resolutel.
to accomplish our ends, but frownin:
on all vindictivenes and doing every
thing in our power to prevent tn,
ranking hatred, whether shown il
the form of envy or of arrogance, ant
the disregard for the rights of other
which have so often in the past turn
ed movements for the betterment ant
uplift of mankind aside from the goa
at which they were aimed, and hav'
intellectually marred what woul'
the more far-reaching good for all hu
manity.