Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-29
ROOSEVELT PORCH
is BADLY WRECKED
Collapses Under Weight Of Crowd
That Calls to Shake Hands
and Pay Respects.
NEW WORKERS AT SYCAMORE

Oyster Bay, N. r., May 49, Hum
dreds Of persons came here yesterday
in three special trains from New York
and marched from the railroad sta
tion 10 Sycamore Hill in columns, four
abreast, 10 pay their respects to Colo
mel Theodore Roosevelt and assure
him Of their support in the event Of
his nomination for the presidency.
The marchers, headed by the Seventh
regiment band, sang "The Army and
Navy Forever" and other popular airs.
Richard M. Hurd, who was spokes-
man for the visitors. in addressing
Colonel Roosevelt, said:
Lincoln said this nation could not
endure half slave and half free. II is
equally true, as you have pointed out,
that this nation cannot now endure
half hyphenatcd and half American"
Colonel Roosevelt, addressing the
visitors from the porch Of his home,
said in part:
Colonel Makes Speech.
I'VE have right 10 demand OF
every man who comes here and be-
comes citizen that he become an
American and nothing else. We re-
gard the hyphen as bar sinister
drawn across our national coat Of
arms and we don't intend 10 permit
Il to remain there.
TO you, both native Of this coun-
try and those born abroad, and above
all, to you old native American natives
OF old stock, you cannot expect to get
loyalty from the Americans OF old
stock, you cannot expect TO get 10y
atty from the immigrant or the immi-
grants children unless you make this
a country 10 which proud man can
be loyal And to do that you have
got 10 demand that the country stand
for courage and for strength.
No man ever yet was loyal to a
weakling whose weakness was due to
the fact that he would not take the
pains and undergo tre effort neces-
sary TO be strong.
Carried the Big Stick.
"Jusl today | was very glad 10 see
published Ia the papers the letter Of
Admiral Dewey describing an incident
that took place while was president.
when we were mcnaeed with trou-
bic | acted up 10 my thco3 that the
proper way of handling international
relations was by speaking softly and
carrying 4 big stick And III that par
licniaf ease Dewey and the American
fleet represented the big stick lI
asked ON behalf Ol the nation for moth.
.ng q which We were not entitled /
was as courteous as possible ] not
only acted with Justice, bur with cour
iesY toward them put every battle.
ship and every torpedo boat on the 4
sea under lhe American ilag and
Dewey, with Instructions III hold him
ieli ready and n entire preparedness
In sail az moments nutige That
didn't mean that wr hai var Dewey Z
vas lhe greatest possible provocative I
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