New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
ROOSEVELT SCOUTS
IDEA Of DICTATOR
Tells 10000 at Gettysburg Fears
of Such a Contingency Are
Not Within Reason.
"RING IN THE HAT" HE SAYS
Makes Strong Protest Against
Inequality of Rewards-Tells
Engineers to Follow Doc
trine of Square Deal."

Gettysburg. Penn, May Son mound
from which Union batteries hurled their
shells nearly half a century ago, Colonei
Roosevelt to-day spoke in commemoration
Of the soldiers who gave their lives at Get
tvsburg and urged the men Of to-day TO
meet the nations problems with the spirit
Of the men of 81. 1t was policies rather
than politics. which he discussed although
he made an occasional reference TO subjects
which have been brought up in the cam
paign
mo man can help being profoundly
moved" said Colonel Roosevelt, when he
sees the veterans of the great war and
their children's children strew flowers on
the graves Of those who died that we might
live. II there be Southerncrs here, | know
that they can ion with the Northorners in
paying homage to the valor Of the victor
as well as to the vanquished.
Saying that the soldiers OF the civil War
had distinguished themselves not only by
the way In which they fought. but in their
conduct after the war. Colonel Roosevelt
continued:
In those days. Just after the war there
were foolish people who talked OF Imperial
! len' and OF dictatorship. They said that
One Of the great lessons taught was that In
six months afte- the war soldiers could go
back to the farm and the shop, and be abb
s0T1ea .,, ~ eomm,on fe OF the People
! foolish then than II is now. ! have too
much respect for you to tell you that you
are in no danger Of dictatorship. When
any man tells you that. oct him nurse
and perambuator. for II he really believes
| II he isn't fit to be at large.
The ex- President came here from Oyster
| Bay TO fulfil a promise which lie made sew
| eral months ago TO the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers. who have been
| holding a convention AT Harrisburg and
| came here to observe Memorial Day. He
first spoke briefly at a luncheon attended
| 10y twenty-five hundred engineers
As he rose to speak after the luncheon a
| man called out:
is your hat still in the ring?
Il think the ring is in the hat now" the
| colonel responded
On finishing his address at the cemetery
Colonel Roosevelt started at once for New
York. lie said he expected TO remain over
night In New York and go to oyster Bay
tomorrow afternoon. The colonel was asked
about his plans for the summer, and said
| that now that his campaign for the nomi-
nation was ended he expected to remain
at home with an occasional trip 10 New
York.
On his arrival here Colonel Roosevelt
went over the battlefield with Warren :.
Stone. grand chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. In his address at
the cemetery Colonel Roosevelt said in
| part:
The veterans Of the Civil War not only
left us a reunited country. united forever.
and not only LETT us the priceless heritage
III 90
SHOWN in the Civil War bat also by their
careers and their whole attitude I'm the
wal and after the war nave taught us les
sons which we should apply to ourselves III
CiNil1i During the war they showed tina;
mixture of intense and lofty idealism with
sound. practical common sense which is as
| essential TO a nations success In peace a.
in war.
| SO in civil life at this moment the prime
necessities of this nation are that OR peo-
| pie shall show both lofty idealsm in In
! sisting on the rule OF justice and hard
headed. practical common sense in rccog
nizing that we must secure ina terial pres
perity and that. so far from there being
any necessary antagonism between justice
and material prosperity, neither can be
given its full development unless the de-
velcpment goes hard In hand
II We refuse 10 face the fact that there
are great existing evils and that We must
to solve them then we shall prepare disas-
ter for ourselves in the future We shall
| no less prepare disaster Tor ourselves III
we fail TO work with Lincon's broad kind
| Illness of spirit toward all our fellow citi-
| zens. with malice toward none. with char
| ity 20 all" striving resolutely 10 accom-
! plish our ends, but frowning on all vim
| dictiveness and doing everything in our
power TO prevent the ranking hatred.
whether shown in the form of envy OF
| arrogance, and the disregard for the rights
| Of others which have so often in the past
! turned movements for the upift and bet
! terment Of mankind aside from the goal
| AZ which they were aimed and have meal
| culably marred what would otherwise have
| been achievements of the most farreaching
| good to all humanity.