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successfully put into effect. But I believe that ad 

 ditional legislation can be had. If my belief is 

 wrong, if it proves evident that we can not, under 

 the Constitution as it is, give the national adminis 

 tration sufficient power to deal with these great 

 corporations, then no matter what our reverence 

 for the past, our duty to the present and the future 

 will force us to see that some power is conferred 

 upon the national government. And when that 

 power has been conferred, then it will rest with the 

 national government to exercise it. 



AT HAVERHILL, MASS., AUGUST 26, 1902 



My Fellow-Citizens: 



Naturally at the home of Secretary Moody I 

 should like to say a word or two about the navy. 

 I think that whenever we touch on the navy we 

 are sure of a hearty response from any American au 

 dience; we are just as sure of such a response in the 

 mountains and great plains of the West as upon the 

 Atlantic or Pacific seaboards. The entire country is 

 vitally interested in the navy, because an efficient 

 navy of adequate size is not only the best guarantee 

 of peace, but is also the surest means for seeing that 

 if war does come the result shall be honorable to 

 our good name and favorable to our national in 

 terests. 



Any really great nation must be peculiarly sensi 

 tive to two things: Stain on the national honor at 

 home, and disgrace to the national arms abroad. 



