Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Address Confidential


Tie address was confidential since
tie speeches 1T the dinners of the
Gridlron CIllh composed of newspaper
correspondents AT" not reported. 1t
vas mad rublic tonight. however.
with the consent Of the President and
THE cluh tescausr many of those who
heard il Ur-od that ii should go to the
country.
The President spoke of the nations
atta.rs with ,nuslal gravity. His hear
as lNcta'hhI stNvral hundred mem
ie!S ot Congress- business men and
correspondents, were brought to their
;eet t"rIing WHEN he concluded with
those Worus.
7 ""@'@ t"' Just as much ashamed
:" "'' F'sh aS | Would to be a coward.
'"tVi H. i.-TtsP"'ting. Nalor is cir
dmSfr'i Nalo! W!thholds itself from
I'll small 4mFHcations and entangle
MrNlS ana waits for the great oppor-
'Mu!, when the sword will fash as
4 III 4ir'a In" light If heaven upon
Is biad.
The Address
lta address follows:
! na t. ,cry little to say tonio,,t
except to express my warm apprecio-
u"N VI tAe iANarIable courtesy Of TINS
aAo aNc OF the reception you have
generously accorded me. | ind that
af seldom tempted to say anything
nowadays unless somebody starts
somFiling. and tonight nobody has
started anything
YOU talk, Mr. POSTMASTER. has
'eeh great deal about candidacy for
we presidency. 1t is not new feeling
oA my part, hut one which enter
'"'A WITH greater intensity than for
h''H' 'A'i man who seeks the pres
''eH'E oi the United States for any
uNAS that ii Will bring to him is an al-
uacleaS tool The responsibilities of
80. '"''' ought To sober man even
oF'otN ne approaches it. One of the diff
"Vu''i's OF III" office seldom appreciate
w. o'fe say. Is that it is very diff
''' " 'hiNh while so many people are
1"''S' ana particularly while so
l"'"N people are talking in a way that
u'S'0i's counsel and is entirely off
the point.
II, -" pony IN national affairs, gem
never lies along the lines Of
''nefl'E' II always rests i'm the field
Fh'lpie- The United states was NOT
''4e' upon any principle of expedien-
was founded upon a profound
,.. " h0man liberty and Of hui
ana whenever it bases its po1i-
"p"h any other foundations than
"'ose II builds an the SAND an, no.
On solid rock -''' up
Leading Astray
.b,., 'f'S I" mo that the most en-
'hS thing a man can do is sue-
H r,l1 .! something which the vice.
a. ''' Sad tonight He complain-
s,s,,' ~ FOUND men who. when their
vas called to the signs of
M, a'u not see the blue heaven did
A., see me movement of the free clouds
-, w. not think Of the preat sn.oos, -.
Of continent. but thought only
Of h,.' 'f'fh' date and pressing piece
vo,, - II seems to me that IL
hsvos, 'o' think of the things that lie
ad = ana away from and disconnect-
n ,h,I ms zone in which we attempt
ah,r '''"A and conclude, you will newt
'oiy be led astrav
NIX. would great deal rather know
,.,. 'hey are talking about around
~, 10y hresides all over this co,n+r,,
tho o,. a' they are talking about in
YAK o"k rooms of Congress- would
an =. Deal rather know what the men
in ~. "a'hs and by the wayside and
,h,,.'' SHOPS and on the farms ara
hear ABOUT and yearning for than
,ions OF the vociferous proclama-
bea- po!icy which it is so easy to
aov 'u 80 easy to read by picking IN
on,,. Strap of printed paper. There !.
that is way to hear these things, and
son,.ai constantly to go back to the
tor,.a! 'lS or American action. Those
,ece,,, are not to be found in any
"s discovered sources.
The Three Million
aow 49, Harding was saying just
'.a' We ought to try when we are
san, 'red million strong to act in the
fo-oe simplicity of principle that our
,,'e'a'hers acted in when we ,.ara
bod,, '.'i'iion strong. I heard some
s;a,;s.sS say do not know the exact
Of ~" the present population
sns M United States is one hundred
m,,a ."fee millions. If there are three
fr 'hinking the same things that
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