The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-05

travel and to ship freight then as now.
There a positive benefit came from con-
soidarion. The whole development OF
orr highly specialized and complex mod
ern indust7 iaI civilization has attained
and produced these great aggregates OF
corporate wealth There has been good
and there has also been evil The man
who denies the evil Is just as foolish as
the Ham 3Cyant persons who thinks that
It is all evil There have been evils
There are now evils, and they have got
to be cut out They are going 10 be
cut out, not by oratory, but by common
sense one Of the first things is to make
up your mind that you want, IN getting
rid. Of the cancer, to avoid killing the
patient The fact that the problem is
complex means that there will probably
be a remedy to cure it"
At O'Nei1 during the day a stop Of Is
minutes was made Governor Roosevelt
said n part
The other day at Lincoln stated
that Governor P0ynter had been re-
ported as having spoken Of the United
States regular soldiers as fifteen dollar
a month hirelings- He has denied that
he ever made such a statement. attrib-
utIug to me the use of the word
butcher which 1 never used Not only
was he reported in the press as having
made such a statement, but Mr. Diet
rich and Mr. Steufer, now running on
the Republican state ticket. heard him
make use OF those words in the latter
part of August at an old settlers pic
mic at Dakota City In the latter part
Of September at Supeyior. Messrs- Diet
rich. Erout- Savage and Stsuter all
heard him make the same statement in
slightly different words Now want
to say Just word TO you here. This
town is named O'&eill That mama viii
always have a very close association to
me, because one Of my captains who was
killed at Santiago was Bucky ONeill-
In the big war We had Sherman and
Sheridan Who cared that one was OF
- a~ Of Iris
stock or Siegel who was OF German
stock. or F'arragur whose father came
from MajorCag 1t made no difference
what a mans creed was, or what his
birthplace was, if he was an American
in heart and purpose Three stations
back there were On the platform with
me, three men, the sons of farmers from
the neIghbOrhOod. who had gone into the
regular army and served two years
AT the time I went into a volunteer
regiment to go to Santiago, they were
all in an infantry regiment on the Held
Of Santiago. Those are the men to whom
Governor Poynter aIIudes as hirelings-
1 was glad TO have these 'hireliugs' on
either side OF my regiment down there
We are not any Of US in a mood to pay
much attention whether a man was a
volunteer or a regular-white man or
cOIOred-ff he hOnCred the uniform he
wore The 'hirelings' at Santiago left
between 300 and 1,400 OF their killed and
wounded The mould Is fresh on the
graves CT these .hirelings who lie in the
PHILIPPINES Have they not deserved OF
their c0uurryZ You, my comrades re-
member when you were called Lincoln's
hfreIing s-for the sake OF the memory
Of the deeds done BY those who preceded
YOU for the sake Of the men who now
wear the Uniform of the American re-
public who are inspired by the memory
Of what your fathers did, I ask the
American people to stamp with disap-
prevail any party that would speak Of
those who wore the Uniform OF Uncle
Sam and who barred their breasts to the
bullets Of the enemies Of the republic.
who achieved glorious deeds that we
might lift our heads higher. ask you
as American citizens to stamp your dis
approval on all who sheer at such men
who put upon them slight and SANDER.
I have answered the statement OF Gov
ernoF Poyuter and have given names and
dates. I do not make any statement
that can not stand by
Three hundred mounted men came
from Madison. besides an excursion train
loaded with people. to hear Governor
Roosevelt speak at the town Of Norfolk
It was nearly 4 O'Clock when West
Point was reached A big crowd was
found waiting. composed Of mounted
men and ciuzenS-