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what I have said before, that the victories of Manila 

 and Santiago reflect credit not merely upon those 

 who fought, but upon every man who did his work 

 in preparing the ships for battle. There is not a 

 workman in any of our yards who did his duty in 

 connection with the guns, the armor plate, the tur- 

 rets, the hulls, or anything, who has not his full 

 right to a share in the credit of those victories. You 

 all did your part in winning them just as much as 

 the men who actually fought. Nothing could have 

 pleased me more than to have received this gift from 

 the men of the yard, and I appreciate it. 



TO THE ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD, SEATTLE, 

 WASH., MAY 23, 1903 



Mr. Chairman, and you, Men and Women of Alaska: 

 Let me thank you and the members of the Arctic 

 Brotherhood for their greeting. I am happy to say 

 that during the last year or two the National Legis- 

 lature has begun to realize its responsibilities in ref- 

 erence to Alaska ; and that even those of our people 

 who do not live on the Pacific Slope are beginning 

 to understand that in the not distant future Alaska 

 will be not merely a regularly organized Territory, 

 but a great and populous State. 



Very few European races have exercised a more 

 profound influence upon Europe, and none has had 

 a more heroic history, than the race occupying the 

 Scandinavian peninsula of the Old World. And 

 Alaska 'lies in the same latitude as, and can and 

 will in the lifetime of those I am addressing sup- 



