Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-05
Beiterates What He Said ADvJt
Nebraska's Executive,
STORY OF TEXAS COW TOWN
n. uoraE "Let Wen Enough Alone"
a. opponents OF Republicanism are
called Foolish or Unpatriotlc.

Omaha. Neb., oct. 4.-Gov Roosevelt
WAS met at the train this evening as 1t
rolled into the station, after a day OF
sfr.Duous edort. in which no less than
fen speeches were made, by the recep-
u5u committee Of this city. and after a
uarade through the streets he was con-
vowed TO tent. where an enormous au-
d.ugs had assembled to hear him
sneak. The street reception accorded
the governor was extremely warm and
brilliant and enormous crowds lined
the street He spoke an hour and a
half and was listened 70 with profound
attention. Al midnight Gov. Roosevelt
departed on his Iowa trip,
Gov Roosevelt arrived at Valentine
al o'clock this morning. A large
crowd composed largely OF cattlemen,
had assembled to hear Gov. Roosevelt
Ha said:
4 was onece in a little Texas COW
town where there was a COW puncher
leaning against We'll and a dapper
fellow standing near with the little
lIgkyl-plated revolver IN his hand. By
some means II went of. The COW
punyher looked al him a moment and
then said: Now. II you shoot me on
purpose / may forgive YOU, but II you
shoot me By accident / may kick you
out OF town Now don't let US shoot
ourselves by accident and put up the
excuse that We did not know IL was
loaded We have tried experiments,
We have got a good thing, and we
should stand by IL. There are just two
types OF men who are our opponents,
one is the short-sighted, foolish, and
tls other Is the unpauiuuc type Every
man who feels keeuly the honor Of the
nag who reaiizes the debt that all OF
Us owe to those who upheld the honor
Of the mag In times gone by should
stand with US today"
AT Bsssett a troop Of mounted cow
boys and citizens Of the town collected
this morning AT the depot to greet GOV.
Roosevelt He made the usual plea to
bis auditors 20 vote 10 uphold not only
the cause Of our material well-belng
but the cause of the honor VI the Amer
lean H3g.'
40 Answorth Gov Roosevelt made a
brief speech. On the stand was a faded
and tattered banner bearing the names
Of Lincoln and Hamlin which had been
carried I'm the campaign Of 1850.
At O'Neil a stop Of fifteen minutes
was made. Gov Roosevelt said IN part.
The other day at Lincoln l stated
that Gov. Poynter has been reported
as having spoken Of the regular United
States soldiers as Observation-Disclosures,
lie has denied that he had ever made
such @ statements ttrlbuting to me the
word butcher which l never used lie
was reported In the press as having
made such a statement but Mr.. Diet
irCh and Mr. Steufer now running on
the Republican state ticket. heard him
make use OF those words In the LASER
part Of August at an old settlers pic
mic at Dakota City In the latter part
Of September at Superior Messrs. Diet
rich, Prout, Savage and Steufer all
heard him make the same ststement
In slightly different words.
Three stations back there were on |
the platform with me three men, sons |
Of farmers from the neighborhood |
who had gone into the regular army |
and served two years. Those are the |
men 20 whom Gov Poynter alludes |
as hreings. l was glad enough to |
have these hlrelings on either side OF |
my regiment. We were none Of US In |
a mood to pay much attention as 10 |
whether a man was a volunteer or a |
man or colored The |
hrelings' at Santiago left between 1900 |
and / 400 OF their killed and wounded. |
The mold Is fresh on the graves Of |
those 'hirelings' who lie In the Philip |
pines. Have they not deserved Well "
their country? / ask YOU as American
citizens TO stamp your dlsapproyal on
AN who sneer at such men who put
upon them slight and SANDER.
81 have answered the statement Of
Gov Poynter and have given names
and dates | do not make any state
nents that | cannot stand by"
Three hundred mounted men came
from Madison today besides an eXcur-
.I0n train loaded with people 20 hear
Gov Roosevelt speak al the town OF
Norfolk
When West Point was reached a big
7rowd was found waiting. composed Of
mounted men and citizens.