Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-28

cIai responsibility 10 mean the perform.
ance without fear or favor Of the worn
he had promised to do and obedience u
the laws he had sworn to support. The
missiles from those batteries few by hin,
the Spanish Mansers on the hiii Of San
Juan. General Grant said. when l'resi-
dent. that the. only way to. secure the
repeal Of Inn az cbncsicns law K TO enforce
bring all law Into contempt. Roosevelt
any of these laws. They were the work
islatures. II Roosevelt had been COVER
nor many Of them would have died by
When he became assistant secretary OF
the navy he was In q sphere more. CON-
genial to his genius and abilities. He Is
Life OH. the plains had broadencd his WIS.,
full excursions into the literature of the
ranch and the hunting for big game HAD
oIened up for him the present resource yr.es,
States. He was fortunately under the
most Accomplished, able. generous and
intlullgeht chief IN. Secretary Long. a
sMs YOU'D n have been sa9 nerv.s
energy and Initiative. but our distin-
gnisihed secretary gave full scope to nss
brilliant assistant. The country owes
did condition of our navy. The congress
sional economist has always put his
knife deep In. the naval appropriation.
He Will not do so any more. The navy
department has always been compelled
20 enforce on the commanders OF Its men
of-war that they must be very careful u
eo nnd ore e dsy pewey s'a Is
wasting an unnecessary amount OF pow
der In firing his big guns" Let him
shoot away" said the assistant secre,
II there had been no war. some Jerry
Simpson would have moved an inquiry
Into the extravaganza OF the navy de.
the United States. and upon Roosevelt
might have rested the condemnation OF
a congressional committee. But the
waste was magnificent economy I'm pro-
luclng the superb Workmanship OF the
gunhcrs on our warships at Manila and
Santiago.
The wife. Of cabinet officer told me
that when Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
announced that he had determined TO re-
sign and raise (: regiment for. the war.
some of the ladies' in the administration
circle thought It their duty to remon-
Roosevelt. you have six children. the
youngest few months old, and the cid
est not yet in the teens. While the
no such responsiblities. and are eager to
enlist you have no right to leave the
burden upon your wife OF the care, sup
port and bringing up of that family.
Roosevelt's answer was IA Roosevelt an
swer: II have done as much as any one
to bring on this war, because ! believed
1t must come. and the sooner the better,
and now that war is declared. have no
right to ask Others to do the lighting
and stay at home myself"
The regiment of rough riders was an
original American suggestion. to demon
stratc that patriotism and indomitable
courage are common to all conditions OF
American life. The same great qualities
cowboy and the elegant imported tile ot
New York's gilded youth. Their manner
isms are the veneers of the west and the
east; their manhood Is the same
In that hot and pest-cursed climate OF
summer Cuba officers had opportunities
for protection from miasma and fever
which were not nossible for the men.
But the rough riders endured no hard,
ships nor dangers which We're not shared
by their colonel. He helped them dig the
bitches: he stood beside them in the
noorcd tent for him If his comrades mus,
sleep on the ground and under the sky.
In that world famed charge of the rough
riders =, throYgh the hail a, Of , shot and up
hundred feet in advance: The bullets
whistling by him are rapidly thinning the
ranks of these desperate fighters The
colonel trips and falls and the line way
ers. but inla moment lie is up. again,
waving his sword. climbing and shoutina.
He bears a charmed life. He clips the
Yelling: Come on. boys: come on. and
we will lick hell out of them" The
moral force of that daring cowed and
Wfd the AND seS ea wa
ours. At that time Col., Roosevelt was
very influential resident of Santiago de
t,,fba. ITO lick hell OUT of them is the
fury of the fighting; IT. expressed the u
tanic rage of Washington at the trcach-
cry of Lee and turned the tide at Mon
mouth. 1t pierced like bullets the fears
ing to the front and victory when Shcri-
dan rode madly up the valley from Win
chester.
Colonel Roosevelt is the typical citizen
army IN Cuba might not have been
known for weeks through the regula,
channels of inspection and report - .ae
various departments. Here the citizeh
tine and reticence of the soldier. !lis
graphic letter to the government ana the
round-robin he initiated brought sudr:ei
frightful dangers of disease and dcatr
and resulted in our boys being brought
Immediately home. He may have bee;i
articles of war. but the humane impulse,
IF the people gave him gratitude and al
plause
1t is seldom in political conflicts when
new and unexpected issues have to be
met and decided, that candidate cab
be found who persOnilies the popular ana
progressive side of those issues. Repre~
siasm and are more easily understood
than measures. Lincoln. with his i'm
mortal declaration. made at a time whei.
20 make it insured his defeat by Doug
lass for the United States Senate, thai,
"a house divided against itself cannot
stand. i believe this government cannot
endure permanently half slave and half
free" embodied the anti-siavery doctrine.
Grant. with AppOmattox and the parole
Of honor to the Confederate army hehihu
him, stood for the perpetuity of Un"i.
and liberty. Mckinley. by his loEg an +,
able advocacy of its principles, IS ttr,
leading spirit for the protection vi Amer
lean industries. For this year, Cor tins
crisis. for the voters of the Empire s.ate,
for the young men. of the county ara
the upward. onward and outward treil,,
Of the .U,,iied States. the candidate OF
candidates is the hero of Santiago. tire
idol of the rough riders-Colonei Thee
dore Roosevelt.
Those portions of his speech retating
| to President Mckinley were received
with much applause and there was a
| vigorous reception of the tribute 10
Gov Black. When Mr.. Depew told of
| the charge of the Rough Riders and
| mentioned the name of Roosevelt, the
delegates rose and vociferously
| cheered.
| When Mr.. Dcpew had reached the
point in his speech where he alluded to
! the non-effect of Mauser bullets, two
| or three men rushed down the aisle
| bearing big portrait OF Col. Roose-