The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-18


"a hundred thousand soldiers in idle
ress. Think of these words being spoken
bv 4 candidate for the highest ofnce
IN the gift Of the American people, OF
the men who have passed year OF
such grinding toll and desperate danger
m the philippines that We here can form
No rnneeutfon OF all that they have dared
ana rlsked and endured. They have
been worn down month In and month
onf marching from dawn until darkness
through ths mud Of the tropical swamps.
aseepinr when and how they could. eat
ing what they could get or going win
out. facing death by bullet AZ every step
from a foe ten times as numerous az
themselves. and II wounded ana ieft Dc
bgnd facing what was infinitely worse
than death--the most dreadful torture.
yrIth what patient. accomplishing, un-
a,nchfny. uever-wearying courage they
have done all this. and have made not
only America hut all mankind their debit
ors. ana their reward r. that the chosen
Representative OF one Of the two great
parfsee rneers az them as walking about
IA idieness.
'.some Of them no longer walk about
IN ,fleuees. r.awton no longer walks
about In idieneas. Tiscum no longer
walks about IN idleness. Reilly no longer
wake about IN idIeness. Many an officer.
many soldier rests forever In peace
peace after his life Of toll and effort
for his country has come 70 an end
which should be free from slight or SIAN
der for the valiant dead and for the no
lesa valiant living.
small Chance for Idieness.
zone soldier 90 the work OF these
msn. Are our memories go short as al
ready 70 forget the hurry with which
we drew troops both from America and
the Philippines when the blood Of our
people called from China and the awful
danger ~ the women and children In
Pekfns stirred 10 its Utmost soul the
manhood Of all christendom? Small in
deed p the chance Of idieness for our
soldiers In the Philippines. 20 long AZ
the Insurgents nre aided and abetted by
ohe Of the great parties In this country.
Every American public man who holds
high the honor Of his country should
hive craven on his heart the solemn
prophecy IF Lawton. Let him beware
above all else Of the words that speed
the bullets az our country's enemies.
'Idlences, Was Leonard Wood idle
wher for the first time In 900 years he
cleaned Spanish cityf Was he Idle
when he fed and clothed and schooied
Idle when he lifted into active labor the
man sunk into shiftless apathy by CEN
turtles Of Spanish tyranny Was he idle
when he started this man with long
strides on the path of seif-governmenty
Were Generals Macarthur, Merritt and
YOUNG idle when they drove piupderer
ana murderer before them. that under the
shadow at our nag In the SCARED wilder
ness might ngain become a fruitful iand7
Was chaffee idle when eagerly obeyipx
the presidents command he led the
march toward the forbidden city7 Was
the boy Titus Idle when. spring,ne
nentIy from the ranks. he planted on
tne walls or nm immemorfai desposism
tne nag which stood for, rescue ana for
freedomf Idleness, Such idlenesx IN Of
the kind that men cali heroism ana
thrice hapnv IN the country who can
command IT,"
Gr-at Crowd NJ Billings.
Thc Roosevelt party arrived Mt billing.
AT | o'clock this morning and rsmainss
until $40. when Il started on liz to,rnev
10 Helena At Billings this morning the
party left tbs train and proceeded 10
platform erected IN the station mark
where the governor made short address
" the people. There were excursIop,~ts
present From Red Lodge. from Butte. From,
Hesrnn and other places adjacent. The
inhabitants Of the city Of Bifiings ala,
turned cut en- masse, making very
large audience
Montana Is the greatest wool-producing
state IN the Union. and billings IL the
principal wooI-shippinT, as wen a. wool
marketing. place IN the state Al Hui-
inss Gov. Roosevelt said In part:
am speaking In many Different
places and J have only chance 10 touch
on one or two points with each audience
ASK your attention this morning 10 tust
one set ~ issteH with which we hay.
10 deal. and that Is what In the last re-
sort II evidently the most important o,,es-
tion Affecting our national honor and our
national greatness,
Have Already Expanded.
~ DO not havr 20 make much OF an ap.
peal 10 ain audience IN this state of Mon.
snra; ! do not have to discuss exnan-
sion; you have already expanded. That
~ why We are here this morning. The
Freat law ~ our national life has been
the law 81 growth. n - easy 10 see thar
the reason why We have become the ma
tieh tina. We now ARE IL because We have
dared and We have done ard have In
each case aisrrgar,lcd the appeal nf the
timis the appeal ~ those who have
HistruSied the nations future; the an.
penl ~ the people who wished us to
stand stationary and not so forward
Now. here We stand. NOT merely In the
middle ~ the cnntinent~yon have got
beyond ihntyon front rather toward the
racine than toward the Atlantie>~ana we
intend that this country shall assume an
even greater and more nrcponaer.a
ant wslNAs 20 the ocean ~ tho West
than 20 the ocean ~ the East n e. moi,
a quarter ~ century sinee the greater
part 90 this veur marvellous state. was
roaned over bv Indians but little wilder
than many ~ the tribes that We hnva
row - aeei with IN the Philippines N
would have bern criminal fellv u would
hase bssn fhe most unworthy sentlrncn-
tahsy fef MIR people % have refused
90 haNa ptistca Westward upon nnv the
cry that yen haa o. ppnly fat the con-
sewt - she governed who we're the IN.
aisrs ~ ariefnai Inhabitants ~ thia
state hffore she whites eNuia come here
New J aek Npur attention "a the sis.
tsry ~ thle state Az early az iNs the
iiste % MabtanA rested ln the haads ~
rinaln THE tltis was spAin.s fmsf az
much ~ fhc itie ~ tho Philippines was
raen snAln sls,Tes'in9 che movement
westward 90 eur pReeie ana rtxhsSy fear.
Ing thre wsu&f b. uhaels 90 Withstand
ms rssh ~ tAe slnhwY frontier shout.
der Wishing d, trfNruaSr hHsveee IA ard