Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-30
Twenty-Five Special Trains to
Bring Twenty Thousand
People Into Famous Battle
Field.
JUSTICE AND COMMON
SENSE NATIONS NEED
Our Protest Must Be Against
Reward That Comes From
Privilege Instead of From
Service.
sny Eeenlne IIrraIa 4. 2. l.eaasa MIrel

fBy EveRsnE Herald a. =. LEASED WIveN
gettysburg. pa" May 3O.--Stand-
ing at The spot where Abraham Lin
coin delivered his famous address
iogty y-nine years age. Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt today spoke OF the
encounter between the north and the
south which reached It's crisis here
and found In the deeos Of the past
themes which ne applied to the
present day.
The former president turned anido
for the dag from the stress Of poll
tlcal campaigns 60 the serenity OF
this spot Of memories. About him
massed on every side were thousands
Of persons ameng them hundreds OF
civil war veterans. Colonel Roosevelt
spoke earnestly bat as preacher
rather than q political leader, The
thr0nG which heard him listened IN
grave attention with occasional out
bursts of applause.
Colonel ilOOaevelt cnuie here from
oyster BAY 90 fuliill "a promise which
be made several mOpths ago 10 the
Brotherhood VI Locomotive FnRln-
errs, who have been holding con-
veuiion az Harrisburg and Vito came
here to observe Memorial day.
He first spoke briefly at luncheon
luncheon was given in a tent 70
bring the crowds twenty-five special
trains steamed into Gettysburg. Rails
road men said that these trains
brought IN nearly 90. 900 persons,
Colonel Roosevelt went over the
grand chief Of the brotherhood pf
Locomotive Engineers
The veterans of the civil war
said Colonel Roosevelt IN his address
at the National cemetery, mot only
left US united country. united for
ever, and not only left us the price
less heritage OF the memories OF val-
0rOus self-sacrfice shown in tho civil
war hut also By their careers and
their whole attitude In the war ana
after the war, have taught us lessons
which we should apply to ourselves
in civil life. During the war they
showed that mixture of intense and
lofty idoalism with sound, practical
common sense which - Az essential
To the nations success la peace as
in war.
prime necessities of this nation are
| that our people shall show both
1 lofty idealiam in insisting on the rule
nf Justice and hard -hsaded practical
common sense Ia r@cognlzlng that we
must secure material PROSPERITY ana
that 40 far from there being any nec-
! NNNMIN MfHttAWftAFNt WhtMhNH tAtfAfht
and material prosperity, neither can
/ be given It's full development unless
! the development OF both goes hand
I ln hand
"Oug protest must be against utter
/ Inequality OF reward. against reward
] that comes 10 privilege instead 81
service. and 81 course especially
AGAINST an reward that comes 10 any
man because Of conduct that amounts
I a. wrOng-doin in violation 81 the
eternal laws that mnder right from
wrong.
"If we refuse 20 face the fact that
! there are Rronf existing evils ana We
must work with all our heart ana
soul and mind % solve them, then
We shall prepare disaster 20 our
selves if We fail to work with Lin-
coins broad kindliuess of spirit to-
ward al our fellow citizens with
malice toward none. with charity ~
an. striving reaolutely 90 accomplish
eur ends. but fr0Nnlng on all vim
( diriiveness and doing everything in
our power 10 prevent tie ranking
hatred, whether shown in the form
OF envy or uf arrogance and the uis-
regard for the rights u others which
have 80 often in the past turned
! movements FOR the hettcrmeht ann
uplin of r-nnkind aside from the
goal at which they were aimed. nno
have sncatcniahlV married what Woun
/ otherwise have been achievements
for the more far reaching good OF ai
N humanity '