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| Theodore Roosevelt. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 23, 1902.
ON NEW ENGLAND TRIP.
President's Enthusiastic Reception In Hartford.
GREETED BY 10,000 WORKINGMEN.
Speech In the Coliseum at Night After Speaking of Porto Rico and Cuba and the Isthmian Canal. He Spoke Largely of the Difficult Philippine Problem.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23.—The president on his arrival at the depot from New Haven yesterday afternoon was cordially welcomed by a committee of representative citizens. He was taken for a drive around the city, occupying with Colonel Jacob L. Greene a handsome Victoria automobile in charge of two expert New York chauffeurs.
He was enthusiastically cheered all along the route.
In Pope Park, one of the beautiful outlying recreation spots of the city, the president was greeted by 10,000 workingmen, who presented him with a magnificent floral horseshoe inscribed: "Workingmen's Welcome to Our President."
Five thousand men and women crowded the Coliseum at night to hear the address of President Roosevelt. At least two-thirds of the audience were workingmen and the enthusiasm manifested by them aroused the keenest interest.
Coliseum Was Crowded.
President Roosevelt was introduced to the audience by Colonel Jacob L. Green. Through Senator Platt he tendered his thanks to the state for the splendid reception accorded him and to Mayor Sullivan he made his thanks to the people of the city of Hartford. Then turning to the audience he spoke in part as follows:
The events of the last few years have forced the American republic to take a larger position in the world than ever before and therefore more than ever before to concern herself with questions of policy which affect her interests beyond her own borders. As a people we now have duties and opportunities in the tropic seas and lands south of us as well as in those of the farthest East. And much depends upon the way in which we meet these duties, the way in which we take advantage of these opportunities.
The Spanish war itself was an easy task, but it left us certain other tasks which were much more difficult. One of these tasks was that of dealing with the Philippines. The easy thing to do—the thing which appealed not only to lazy and selfish men but to very many good men whose thought did not drive them down to the root of things—was to leave the islands. Had we done this a period of wild chaos would have supervened and then some stronger power would have stepped in and seized the islands and have taken up the task which we in such a case would have flinched from performing.
A less easy but infinitely more absurd course would have been to leave the islands ourselves and at the same time to assert that we would not permit anyone else to interfere with them.
This particular course would have combined all the possible disadvantages of every other course which was advocated. It would have placed us in a humiliating position, because when the actual test came it would have been quite out of the question for us after some striking deed of savagery had occurred in the islands to stand by and prevent the re-entry of civilization into them, while the mere fact of our having threatened thus to guarantee the local tyrants and wrongdoers, against outside interference by ourselves or others, would have put a premium upon every species of tyranny and anarchy within the Islands.
Finally, there was the course which we adopted—not an easy course, one fraught with danger and difficulty, as is generally the case in this world when some feat is to be accomplished as an incident to working out national destiny. We made up our minds to stay in the islands, to put down violence, to establish peace and order, and then introduce a just and wise civil rule, accompanied by a measure of self-government which should increase as rapidly as the islanders showed themselves fit for it. Well, it was certainly a formidable task; but think of the marvelously successful way in which it has been accomplished.
Military Gave Way to Civil Rule.
The first and vitally important feat was the establishment of the supremacy of the American flag and this had to be done by the effort of those gallant fellow Americans of ours to whom so great a debt is due—the officers and enlisted men of the United States army, regulars and volunteers alike.
Step by step as the army conquered, the rule of the military was supplanted by the rule of the civil authorities—the soldier was succeeded by the civilian magistrate. The utmost care has been exercised in choosing the best type of Americans for the high civil positions and the actual work of administration has been done so far as possible by native Filipino officials serving under these Americans. The success of the effort has been wonderful.
Never has this country had a more upright or abler body of public representatives than Governor Taft, Vice Governor Wright and their associates and subordinates in the Philippine islands.
It would be hard to say whether we owe most to our military or our civil representatives in the Philippines. The soldiers have shown splendid gallantry in the field and they have done no less admirable work in preparing the provinces for civil government. The civil authorities have shown the utmost wisdom in doing a very difficult and very important work of vast extent. It would be hard to find in modern times a better example of successful constructive statesmanship. Finally, in the Philippines as in Cuba, instances of wrong doing among either our civil or military representatives have been astonishingly few, and punishment has been meted with even handed justice to all offenders.
Nor should it be forgotten that while we have thus acted in the interest of the islanders themselves we have also helped our own people.
The possession of the Philippines has helped us as the securing of the open door in China has helped us. Already the government has taken the necessary steps to provide for the laying of a Pacific cable under conditions which safeguard absolutely the interests of the American public. Our commerce with the East is growing rapidly. Events have abundantly justified alike from the moral and material standpoint all that we have done in the Far East as a sequel to our war with Spain.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Why We Play at War.
To those who are disposed to look upon the big war game now in progress off the north Atlantic coast as merely an expensive spectacle for the entertainment of the seashore vacationists should be recalled the national state of mind in which we were just about four years ago. We were at war with Spain then. It was real war. Of course, as it all turned out, we were much more frightened than we should have been; but we were frightened. Somewhere on the high seas the terrible Cervera was supposed to be roaming about with his formidable squadron. Would he strike Boston first? The sacred codfish under the gilded statehouse dome shivered at the thought. Would he attack New York? The Gotham newspapers speculated on the terrible destruction which Cervera, lying outside of Sandy Hook, might cause in Harlem if he trained his big guns in that direction. Philadelphians were uneasy. At Old Point Comfort they talked of blowing up a big hotel so that the guns of Fort Monroe might have a free sweep of Hampton Roads. Yes; we were somewhat scared.
But now we are only playing at war. We are supposing that a fleet as formidable as Cervera's was thought to be is trying to run the gantlet of forts in Long Island sound and attempting to get into position to lay waste New York city. It is expected that our forts will be equal to the task of protecting the approaches to Gotham. If they are not, congress will be asked to strengthen them. So you see that the affair is something more than a spectacle.
But all this is merely preliminary to the naval evolutions to be held in the Caribbean sea next January. That is to be a gathering of the north and south Atlantic and the European squadrons mobilized under the admiral of the navy and five rear admirals. It will be a gathering which ought to prove not only of service to the navy, but impressive to other nations. For this mobilization more than $1,000,000 for extraordinary expenses above the mere maintenance of the service will be used. Of this vast amount the largest part will be expended in ammunition.
Such a series of mimic naval battles as will take place the world has never seen. The United States fleet will work on the idea that it is operating in the West Indies against a foe many times stronger than were Cervera and his squadron, and the maneuvers will assume the importance of a long and decisive campaign.
Primarily both sets of maneuvers will demonstrate to the world the ability of the United States to defend itself. The summer evolutions are intended to prove that ample protection has been furnished to the metropolis and that no concern need be felt by the nation over a naval attack by any European power. The winter mobilization off the West Indies will convince European countries that this government can assemble and maintain in those waters a force that a navy even with established bases in that region would not lightly dare to encounter.
DELAVAN FAMILY REUNION AT CORTLAND PARK.
Page Two Printed Below.
SNOW IN AUGUST.
A Foretaste of Winter With Midsummer Scarcely Past.
Snow fell in Cortland yesterday. People in different sections saw flurries of snow in the air shortly before 6 o'clock. The weather forecast for the day said fair, and the little foretaste of winter came wholly unannounced by the weather bureau. There was a decided lowering in temperature in the afternoon and several little showers came up suddenly, some times almost out of clear sky. Shortly before 6 o'clock the snow flakes were seen and that it was really snow and not hail is vouched for by those who witnessed the phenomenon. With the price of coal still soaring and with no prospects of a speedy settlement of the coal strike such indications of winter are not pleasant to contemplate.
On May 28 the ground was covered with snow, consequently June and July are the only months of the year in which snow has not fallen in Cortland.
A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Charles Baker Charged With Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Charles Baker, son of Mrs. Helen Baker, 50 Evergreen-st., Cortland, was arrested by Officer [Austin] last night for carrying concealed weapons. His half-brother, Adelbert Green, notified the officer that Baker had shot twice at him with a revolver, while the two were on the walk near the house on Evergreen-st. Baker and Green are about 22 and 20 years of age respectively.
The lad, who claims that the shots were fired at him, and the mother of the two told of the shooting.
They say that Baker met his half-brother on the walk at a little past 6 o'clock last evening and that without any warning he pulled a revolver and fired twice at Green, but that both shots went wide of the mark. At this Green ran into the house and Baker went to the back part of the house. In a few minutes they heard another shot fired and Green then started out to drive the shooter away. As he went out the back door, he says, Baker met him and snapped the shooting iron in his face, but this time the revolver did not go off. Green then went out to find an officer.
When Baker was arrested a revolver was found on his person. He was placed in a cell until this morning, when he appeared before Judge Davis. The case was put over until Monday at 9 o'clock and Baker was committed to jail.
Green states that his half brother does not like him, but that they had not quarreled yesterday.
DEATH OF MRS. A. D. BLODGETT.
One of Cortland's Oldest and Most Loved Residents Passes Away.
Mrs. Eleanor Dickinson Blodgett, wife of Alonzo D. Blodgett, died at her home in this city at 4:45 o'clock this morning, after nearly thirty hours of unconsciousness as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage or a slight stroke of apoplexy. For the past eight years Mrs. Blodgett had been a great sufferer from rheumatism, but during the two weeks prior to her death had been in many respects improved in health, and was looking forward with anticipation to a continued gain.
Mrs. Blodgett was born in Charlemont, Mass., Feb. 18, 1831, and removed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Obadiah Dickinson, in 1844, to Onondaga Valley, N. Y., where she was married on June 13, 1860, to Mr. Blodgett. Her home since her marriage has been in Cortland. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Edward D. Blodgett of Cortland and Frank D. Blodgett of Oneonta; also by one sister and three brothers, Mrs. I. L. Seely of Geneva, Mr. Edward B. Dickinson of Hatfield, Mass., Mr. Francis N. Dickinson of Cortland, and Mr. William H. Dickinson of Syracuse.
The funeral will be held at her late residence on Monday afternoon next, Aug. 25, at 3 o'clock. The Rev. S. H. Howe, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church in this city, now of Norwich, Conn., is expected to officiate.
Mrs. Blodgett had been so long an invalid and her trouble had become so far confirmed that neither her family nor friends could expect her complete recovery. But she had been so brave and patient and cheerful from the outset, and so much encouraged and so hopeful during the apparent improvement in her condition just preceding her death, that no one realized that her end was so near. She had borne pain and suffering to an extent that few are called upon to experience, yet so remarkable was her constitution that no physician could say surely that she had not many weeks, if not months, of life yet before her. She passed away calmly and peacefully, with her family about her.
It can truthfully be said that every one who was acquainted with Mrs. Blodgett, even slightly, respected and esteemed her, while those who knew her well cherished for her a deep and sincere affection. Everything about her was true and genuine. She was unobtrusive, totally free from pretense and affectation, kindly, unselfish, cordial and sympathetic. She was a loyal friend and a devoted wife and mother. Every duty of life, in all its varied relations, she discharged not only faithfully and conscientiously but with a love which was far above any mere sense of obligation.
She had been a member of the Presbyterian church in this city since 1860, when she united with it, following her marriage, by letter from the church at Onondaga Valley. Her connection with it was a source of pleasure to her as well as to all her fellow members, and the profession which she had made was adorned and confirmed by the practice of all the Christian virtues. Whatever is true or lovely or of good report she not only thought on but unconsciously made a part of her daily walk and conversation. She leaves the record of a well spent life, and a memory which family and friends will delight to cherish and honor. [signed] C.
BUSINESS CHANGES
At Maricle's Livery and at Peck Bros. Wagon Repository.
F. H. Maricle has sold his livery stables to Charles Alger and Dr. J. C. Stevens of Cortland who will conduct the business. Possession was given today.
Peck Bros. have sold to Mr. Maricle, who will take possession Monday morning, the carriage and wagon department of their business together with all harness and horse furnishings. Peck Bros., however, will retain the entire farm implement business and will still retain an office in the store at 30 Main-st.
The store will close at 6 o'clock tonight for inventory and will remain closed until the inventory is completed.
BREVITIES.
—Since Jan. 1, 1901, nine persons from Dryden have been committed to the Willard state hospital.—Ithaca News.
—The labor unions of Syracuse have decided to donate $4,000 to a fund for striking coal miners in Pennsylvania.
—A special prize of $50 has been offered by the State fair commission for the best truck, horse and outfit shown at the state fair beginning Sept. 8.
—Rev. S. H. Howe, D. D., of Norwich, Conn., will preach in the Presbyterian church tomorrow morning and at the union service in that church in the evening,
—New display advertisements today are—J. W. Cudworth, Optician, page 7; Cramer & Spencer, Stewart stoves and ranges, page 4: G. H. Wiltsie, Special clearance sale of drygoods, page 6.
—When asked what she was going to do next winter to keep warm, with coal so high-priced, a newly married woman replied: ''Thank heaven, we don't need any coal. Our house is heated by hot water."
—Invitations are out for the wedding of Harry B. Greenman and Perle H. Blair which will occur at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Blair, 24 Greenbush-st., on Wednesday evening, Sept. 3.
—The first observation at the new weather bureau station in Syracuse was taken yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. Forecasts for Syracuse and vicinity will be issued from the new station within a few days.
—In the surrogate court in Ithaca yesterday, letters of administration in the estate of the late Ransom Johnson of Caroline were issued to Mrs. Mary E. Johnson and to her daughter Mrs. Rose J. Ames of Cortland.
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