Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

or life. realize what a tremendous ad-
vantage 1t is.
Was Forced to Hustle
I'VE did not have 10 struggle against
the inertia that 5000 or s4O0 a month
would have put in us-we had to look
around and hustle for that 5000 or $500
a month. and in doing that we won such
success as has come to us. 1t has al
ways seemed to me that 1 never wanted
an office-and l have been in office ever
since I was twenty-one. that 1 did not
have my plate upright at the proper
time and the office fell on it. and i Tell
on the office. and held it as long as II
was proper to hold it, and that gave
opportunities.
1T is the opportunity to be useful IN
life. useful to yourselves useful to your
families, useful to the country and the
public that are the places OF advantage
that ought to be sought for. and those
have had in rich abundance. ana am
very. very grateful for them. First on
the bench. where I lived with every de-
light because of the opportunity 1t gave
to do Justice without fear or favor and
to approach questions for decision
with respect to persons at an
with an opportunity when you
saw fraud to stop It and TO work out
the right result and the remedy ana lhe
punishment that justice required NO"
that was great opportunity. and tnat
had for three years in the state court and
eight years in the federal court Then !
was two years here In washington
solicitor general. l had charge or the
business Of the Supreme Court: the great
est business in the country. and came into
close intimacy with the greatest court IN
the country. That was an opportunity
and SO the opportunities went on
Work in Philippines.
..rS,.r ~ l,a d. Won and we came
into possession Of the Philippines. and in
some way or other the question came
Would be willing to go out and try to
work out that problem / was put at
the head-at least so far as working in
the field was concerned-of that expert
ment and had to do the pioneering that
William Mckinley and Elihu Root and
others engaged in 1t projected at nome.
That was a great opportunity. In the
working out Of that | had to go as the
only one representative. / fancy. VINO VIII
ever go. or has gone. TO the Natlcan III
an official relation. to deal with the Pope
in respect to those Philippine Islands.
Then I came back to the War De
partment with an opportunity to still
hold onto the Philippine problem and
continue working 1T as far as l could
to success. And then l came to the
presidency with such opportunities for
doing good as the presidency oners
under conditions 1 am bound TO say
might have been more favorable, but
nevertheless it was the presidency. and
1T did offer many times where assertion
and doing of right accomplished some
thing
Now. gentlemen. with that record
and with those opportunities. and still
in health, do you suppose that ] could
regard defeat I'm an election as an oc-
casion for kicking or squealing? What
kind of man would l be If I did?
Ledger All on MY Side"
THE ledger account is all on my side.
I am looking about to see how i'm some
way or other / can in a humber ca
pacity repay to the country and to for
tune the good things that have been given
me.
And now, my friends, I have made
sort Of confession to you as if you were
fathers confessor But j do not think
have confessed many sins thus far
though you must take those for granted
by inference from the many defects that
YOU doubtless know. We all have them
l have disposition to enjoy the fellow
ship Of my comrades longer perhaps than
my duty permits. l am a gregarious in
dividual, and love company.
Il hope, however. that as / go away
I may leave with you a pleasant flavor.
because I want you to know that toward
you all, no matter what has happened
in the past, I have the pleasantest feel
ing and it will crafty me at any time.
should occasion offer and our paths
cross, to renew the friendship we have
had here and to do anything l can to
help any one of you.
Defeat Not an Exile.
81 am not going to treat this defeat as a
decree of exile from Washington. 1
am coming back here at various times,
and i am coming to sit down and talk
with you about some others in office.
Each must take up his burden said
the President, in concluding. Each one
elected must assume the responsibility.
Those who accept office have at times
heavy roads to travel, and all we can
do is to hope that the result OF their
labors will be for the benefit Of the coun-
try, and meantime, If they make mis-
takes to view them with a proper degree
OF sorrow but with a certain sort OF
sinful eatisfa ction that comes from a
recollection OF having been in a similar
place and having needed all the sympathy
that a man could get without at that time
receiving it
Blow at Progressives.
President Taft seized the opportunity to