Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Feeling of Solemnity.

Eeel1ng OF Solemnlty.
This is the soemnity that comes upon
a man when he knows that he is about
| to be clothed with the responsibilities of
a great Office in which will center part
of the example which America shall set
| to the world itself. Do you suppose that
Christmas? I could pick out some gentle
| men. not confined to one state. gentlemen
| likely 20 be associated with the gov
eminent of the United States. who have
not yet had dawn upon their intelligence
what 1t is that government is set up
to do.
There are men who will have to be
mastered in order that they shall be
made the instruments of justice and OF
mercy. This is not rosewater affair.
This is an Office in which a man must
put on his war paint Fortunately / am
not of such visage as to mind marring
it,; and 1 do not care whether the war
paint is becoming or not. and it need not
be worn with turbulence.
"A man can keep his manners and still
fight. Indeed. I have found that he
sometimes dismays his opponents by
keeping his manners and fighting; because
they apparently do not know how to
fight with affability. But the nice thrust
of the sword that is delivered with a
smile is more disconcerting than the
thrust that is delivered with a scowl
And there must be some good hard fight
ing, not only in the next four years. but
in the next generation, in order that we
may achieve the things that we have set
out to achieve.
Must Render Service.
The word that stands at the center
of what has to be done is service The
one thing that the business men of
the United States are now discovering.
some of them for themselves and some
of them by suggestion, is that they
are not going to be allowed to make
any money except for a quid pro quo,
that they must render a service or get
nothing. and that in the regulations of
business the government. that is to say,
the moral judgments of the majority,
must determine whether what they are
doing is a service or is not service,
and that everything in business and
politics is going to be reduced to this
standard.
Are you giving anything to society
when you want to take something out
of society?
"a large part. too large a part. of
the fortune making Of recent decades
nothing. do not include brains in
the category of nothing / believe a
man is entitled to earnings for the sug-
gestions Of his brains. but he is not
entitled to anything when he creates for
his brains a sort of alright isolation
which makes it impossible for anybody
else to suggest anything in that field.
And, therefore. while 1 would be liberal
in interpreting the service, want to
proclaim for my fellow-citizen this
gospel for the future, that the men who
serve will be the men who profit.
Revenges Of Society.
Now, society has always had it's re-
venges. Society has never consented to
remember with honor the men who
thought only of themselves. The honors
of the, world have not been distributed
upon the basis Of wealth. They have
been distributed upon the basis Of moral
worth.
Il was speaking just now Of the oblit-
Grafton Of sectional lines. Do you not know
that long ago the time came when the
people of the north honored the men who
had served in the. ranks Of the C0nfed-
eracy in the civil war. honored them be-
cause they believed that they were lay
| ing their lives down for things shat they
believed in. Such men never fail OF
honor, even from those who were opposed
| to them.
"Of course. there was a special reason
why the south should have honOred itself.
You remember the quaint story of the old
Confederate who was trudging home
| after the surrender. and who was heard
to mutter to himself: Well. I'm not
sorry / went in. / believe l was right.
| I'd do it again; because l loved my
| country, but I'll be hanged if I'll ever
| love another country 1t came high in
the circumstances. and 1 think that is
the reason We have valued it so highly
in the years that have followed. -
Need Not Spill Blood.
I've believe that we are finding out
more and more ways by which service
can be rendered without the splitting of
blood, but whether with or without the
splitting OF blood. 1T is service that
dignified and service only"
The crowd frequently interrupted the
governors speech with shouts of APP
plause and great cheer arose when
he finished.
After the speeches the governor shook
hands with several thousand people.
He stood the ordeal we'll
Earlier in the day Gov. Wilson. in