The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-21

that Roosevelt. with all the intense
| ness or his character. was not par
7 tisan. except Of his own convictions.
! once he had come to conclusion that
he was right he was adamant He
was OF wide, democratic sym pa thies.
Governor Montague said. and the
tinsol of offer did not appeal to him,
All through his life. he declared,
Roosevelt was an intense lover of his
country and baked at NO sacrifice
even TO giving his sons that the high
ideals Of America might survive.
The meeting last night was al
tended by a number of the most
prominent people in Richmond with
regard to creed or party affiiiation.
S :. p. Patteson. chairma nof the
local committee in charge Of the
cam paign
Membership in the Roosevelt Me
mortal aS=ocidti " Is purely volun-
tarv Membership will cost 81 or
as much more As any contributor
wishes to give Tho Richmond treas
urer Is John NJ. Miller, Jr., president
Of the First National bank. and con
trihutions may hc mailed to him at
1
the campaign VIII he conducted from
the office Of Mr. Patteson. principa /
Nv hv mail \ certificate Of mem =
hershin will be sent to all contribu
tors
During the course OF ms Speech'
Judge PritChard said:
JUDGE FRITNHARD'S SPEECH
am mere to speak Of Colonel
Roosevelt. the Christian gentleman.
statesman. historian, humanitarian,
typical American, devoted husband
and father.
1t is thc purpose of this meeting
to encourage the movement "hlch
IL TO afford the people Of Virginia
and other states an opportunity %
voluntary contribution to The rals-
ing Of funds with which TO erect
TWO or more suitable memorials 70
tho late Colonel Roosevelt Il r.
cepeciauv desirable that conrihu-
TONS should be in tho nature Of a
free-wU Offering ON tho part Of the
American penple. Indeed this Is not
to he drive bur "a privilege.
The committee in charge has re-
solved upon three definite objects
l.. To Improve the land that mas
heon given at oyster HaN ior
Roosevelt memorial park
Q To erect Il monumental me
mortal in Washington which viii
rank with the washington monu-
ment and the Lincoln memorial
The form which his memorial VIII
take cannot now be determined
this must largely rest with the ar
chIterts and sclntors who viii b."
called upon 70 design tn" most APP
propriats and digniHcd monument
that can pc huut and with the Ma
.ionai Fine Arts Comm lsslon that
under tn, law must approve the de-
sign ami determine It's size
. The eStaaIishn7e nj Of RonSe-
welt society or foundation 10 carry
ON Colonel RooseveH's spirit ef
AmericaHism and perPctuatc an5
keep alive the Gocompromising pat.
riotism OF which he was so essen
TALLY the exponent
From the early part Of tS91 until
his death ! was Intimately acquaInt-
60 with thrs dlstiu guished American
our relations were such that I
learned to love him as brother.
and the news Of his death brought
sorrow and sadness To my heart
It is exceedingly unfortunate that
h should have gone from lis a. a
time when the whole world needed
him so much,
Colonel Roosevelt, In his l5fe time
clearly foresaw the danger Of class
rule. Every act af his was intend
ga 20 afford all classes Of people full
ard free recognition in the control
OF our public affairs This policy.
If pursued. will accurately bind our
people together in 4 complete bond
Of unity and harmony and insure
perpetual strength II, or the
other hand We ever permit one
class to administer our affairs 20 The
exclusion Of the other classes It
VIII not be lang until the govern
n,ent viii Of its own weight natur-
ally 60 TO pieces
Therefore tho man who under
takes to array class against class
is an enemy OF his country and N"
government under which he lives,
SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
II we are 70 sustain this govern
nent and .perpetpa'e It's lnstttntoas
W. must resolutely face the situa-
ton which not only eenfronts the
American people but the entire
world at this time When war was
declared against Germany among
ether things. We said j. was our
purpose to a0 IN making the worm
sife for aamocracy--a most laud
able undertaking and now that the
eyes Of the world are turned this
way. II behooves US to dem orstrate
hy a wise administration Of our at
fairs tha. it is safe for the world
TO practice democracy. thus assur-
ing the peoples of the old world that
ocr form Of government comes near
or meeting the needs Of humanity
tEan any other government devised
~ the mind OF man. our deciara-
ton that our chief purpose WAS to
save the world for democracy, ]
fear was misinterpreted by many
Of the peoples of Europe In Rus
st and other countries. many con
Strued our declaration to mean "A
democracy pure and simple. which
is Just as detrimental 10 the existence
+ ~ 3 free govrnment as autocracT.
Therefore, in speaking Of demot
racy. we should employ the term
/ re preventative"
The fact that this is a represcn-
tativs democracy has enahied' us to
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