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Show , can find here oh nowhere olso In th I world, an opportunity to help work j out the great problems of tho future, and any man who Is worth his Fall ought to feel the most supreme pleasure pleas-ure over tho fact that he Is given tho opportunity to try his hand to belp work out these problems. "Everywhere I went abroad I was interested In finding that tho leading statesmen of the various countrle were watching us, were looking at what we were doing and were con-vlderlng con-vlderlng the methods wo had tried to solve, tho different problems befnr us. They sold that they were Inter-tieted Inter-tieted In us because the thing wo were doing today were the things they would have to do tomorrow, th day after. Pioneers of Social Problems, "You are tho pioneers In solvln? nodal problems in America and fur the whole world. It Is for you to solve these problems In the spirit of democracy. I need not say that that Imposes u very gravo repponslbllliy upon us Two other things Impressed Impress-ed rno. One was that tho ordinary man, thu man to whom life was prti ty bad. was looking to us to realize tho responsibility of happiness on earth. Tho man who suffers Injustice Injus-tice Is looking toward this country us the place In which he would bo freo from the pressure of much Injustice, as the place whero the ordinary rutiQ could havo a chance In life. "There Is another vide to this picture. pic-ture. Everywhere I wont there was a certain astonishment mixed with a much le?s pleasing feeling, over the accounts of business and political I color that come to Europe about wtiat happens here In America. I think I you will probably acqulto me of great admiration of the mere multimillionaire multi-millionaire at borne. But I like hlu even less abroad. American history who have stated the central doctrine of our Institutions so that all could understand. Thomas Jefferson gave us the doctrine of equal rights for all and special privileges for none Abraham Lincoln re-stated thl3 doctrine. It is a good providence that In our time that doctrine has been stated again the doctrine of the square deal." The mention of the "square deal" brought forth a tremendous burst of applause from the people. Senator Tolllvor concluded his speech by saying: say-ing: "In tbo next ten years the young men of the United States will see to It that tho doctrine of a square deal la made true and kept true for all time " At the luncheon at the Field club Colonel Roosevelt this afternoon spoko of millionaires whom ho liked and millionaires whom ho did not like. Speaks at Field Club Banquet. OMAHA. NEB , Sept 2. Speaking to f.00 business men, Theodore- Roosevelt Roose-velt today pointed out tbo interest held by tho people of Europe In tho success of representative .government in America and declared that reactionaries reac-tionaries abroad ca?t sinister eyes upon America's Institutions, hailing with delight every story of graft, scandal scan-dal and mob rule as an evidence that government of the people inut fail. Colonel Roosevelt also spoke contemptuously con-temptuously of tho "merely multi-roll-lionalre," the men who, he Bald, were a discredit whenever pointed to In Europe Eu-rope as a typical American, lie referred re-ferred to mob rule as bri;iglng out characteristics of cruelty equal to those which they seek to avenge. This speech, made at a luncheon given by tho Roosevelt reception coni-mltteo coni-mltteo at the Omaha Field club, was frequently applauded. Among those who listened attentively to tho words of tho colonel were Governor Shallon-berger.Senators Shallon-berger.Senators Burkett and Brown of Nebraska, Senator Dolllver of Iowa, Mayor Dahlman, Victor Rosewater, Republican national committeeman, and Representative Walter I. Smith I of Iowa. Roosevelt Commends the Nebraska Republican Repub-lican Nominee OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 2. Tho peoplo of Omaha gave Theodore Roosevelt a I day of comparative rest today. All that I tho colonel did waa to attend a breakfast break-fast given by the Roosevelt reception committee, a luncheon at the Field club, a dinner at the Omaha club, an entertainment given by the board of governors of tho Ak-Sar Ben, which Is tbo official boomers' club of Omaha; an automobilo ride all over Omaha, Oma-ha, make three speeches and talk with political leaders and old friends whom he met hero. Program Was Cut Down. Several other things had been planned plan-ned for bis amusement, but In his behalf be-half a telegram was sent from Kansas City last night, saying that he was tired and needed a day of rest, and so tho program was cut down. The colonel found time during the day to speak a good word for Senator Burkett, who is In tho midst of a spirited spir-ited campaign for re-election, The senator's friends hope that ho will be helped by what the colonel said. The people of Omaha did not turn out in such numbers as was the case In several other cities which Colonel Roosevelt had visited on his present trip, The auditorium was Jammed and the crowd In the street outside was so great that Colonel Roosevelt had to use the taetlc of a football player to got through the throng to his automobile. automo-bile. During the rest of the day, however, the people bad little opportunity to get together and cheer, as the parade was called off to make It easier for the colonel and when he appeared on the streets he shot by so rapidly In bl3 automobile that few hundred persons per-sons recognized him. Went to Bed Early. He went to bd earlier than u9ual tonight. In the morning he w ill attend a breakfast at the Omaha club and then leave for Sioux Falls, whero ho is to Fpeak tomorrow. It was at tho Auditorium, where be made his principal speech of the day, there Colonel Roosevelt commended the work of Senator Burkett. The penator had obtained the Republican nomlnntlon and Congressman Hitchcock, Hitch-cock, the Democratic nomination. Un der the Nebraska law the people will vote for a senator at the fall election and members of tho legislature are pledged to elect the candidate who receives tho highest number of votes. Senator Burkett made the speech Introducing Colonel Roosevelt. He descrlhed tho colonel ns "the man who was once the first citizen of the nation and is now the greatest man In the world." There was loud applause. Praises Senator Burkett. "T am particularly pleased to bo Introduced In-troduced by Senator Burkett," said Colonel Roosevelt, "because he was one of the men on whom I especially relied while I was president, both while ho was In the house and in the senate. On one occasion he paid a tribute to me wblch may have been entirely unmerited. In which he described de-scribed what the typical American public servant must be. He s.ild; "In the Rreat struggle of life he (the rood American) must bo prepared prepar-ed to take the side of the man rather than of the dollar. Old time methods in politics, old time ideals of detrl- I mental duty and prerogative are rel- j egated to the Junkshop of political antiquities. an-tiquities. No man who Is skeptical In his own mind of the righteousness of tho advanced ground that th American people have taken socially and morally can hold their confidence. No man who Is fearful of popular rule, or Is more afraid of the people's op. presslon of predatory wealth with law than of Its oppression of the peoplo without law la eligible to popular esteem. es-teem. "In my own case." Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt said, -all I can say Is that I havo endeavored to live up to the description descrip-tion and that I was able to accomplish accom-plish what I did accomplish in Washington Wash-ington only hecaunn of the way In which I was backed up by men like Senator Burkett; and as we have a guest from Towa present, let mo say also, like Senator Dolllver." Senator Dolllver Talks. After Colonel Roosevelt had finished there were cries of "Dolliver. Dolllver." Dolll-ver." The senator got on his feel. "It Is a groat pleasure lo sit on the Platform and listen to such magnificent, magnifi-cent, patriotic utterances as thoae of Colonel Roosevelt," he said. "I can only say that It feels mighty good to have Colonel Roosevelt back hero with ua in the middle west. "I was afraid that either the lions , or the wart hogs would got him when he was In Africa. "There havo been three men in "I want to call lo your attends that I have said iho mere multl-m '! ilonaire. There are good men In ef cry walk of life, and the man who i-' a good American citizen, who lJ done his duly and has a great fortune for-tune is entitled to our hearty reyp1-and reyp1-and It is unworthy any one to deny )t to him If be deserves it. Difficult to Get to Them. 'T am speaking of tho same cla-; of multi-millionaires of whom it said two thousand years ago that 1 was more difficult for them to get ic heaven than for a camel to go throu the eye of a needle. It Is the riofi man who IruM to bis rlcha that I fin speaking of, the multl-mlillonaln? whose sole title tQ distinction Is the fact that he Is a multl-mllllooalro .Such a ono Is a poor citizen and 1 a very objectionable American cihl it abroad. "1 was always ashamed when I saa that typo of men accepted abroad ai the typical American, and I felt evt more ashamed when things happens! here which gave the Impresslt abroad that corruption in busloff8 In politics and lawlessness and bru tnl violence obtained here more that they did In any other country. "Every corruption In our buslmv' or political life and every deed d vlob nce by a mob is a biow at mocracy; it 1.4 a blow at Keif govtrn went. The mob in lynching a crim lnal puts lelf down on the snv level of infamy that the criming ftands on. The big man of buEUxf-' who swindles the public or debaucbf a legislature, the grafting polltlclao who blackmail a corporation, are a" j enemies of democracy and self I crnment. Reports of such comipuc j and lawlessness bring joy to tp( J hearts of every reactionary In j rope who wants to see popular g crnment fall, and who Is glad to se thst government by the people on large cicale. cannot succeed." Friendly with Foreign Nations. "I have always felt friendly to foreign for-eign nations," said Colonel Roosevelt In beginning his address. "I have never believed that, In order or-der to show your love for your own country. It was necessary to be Insulting Insult-ing to the people of another country. "I havo a feeling of friendliness for the countries 1 visited abroad, even greater than before visiting them But I have come back feeling that there Is no place In the world to live except In the United States. "In the first place, there Is a chance here for the average in3n,such as there Is not anywhere elso In the world. There Is not another country where tho average man, the man who can not expect to get to the top, has the chance to lead his life with the success suc-cess he can achieve here. In the second place, what Is less Important and still very Important, It neems to me, there Is no place In tho world where the man who doos get to the top has a chance to lead a life so attractive at-tractive and full of Interest In every way as In the United States. No Place for Lazy Man. "Of course, if a man desires only to lead a life of pleasure, tbl is not a good country for It. Ttiere la no good country for it anywhere, for the t-lmplo reason that of all .Ilsnial careers, ca-reers, the nioet dismal, tho most empty, emp-ty, the least worth living from any standpoint, la the career of the man who seriously dnvotes himself as bis tfule object to. pleasure. "Flrt, to dvote one's n-lf to pleasure pleas-ure as the sole object of life, is the surest way not to get on. 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