The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-22

west, the next stride must be taken by
means of irrigation. 1t is eminently wise
and proper that the national govern
ment should do its part in creating
proper storage reservoirs and proper
means for distributing it, and by that
means the products of this country will
be tripled and quadrupIed.2
Governor Roosevelt then paid a glow
ing tribute to the services of the Utah
soldiers in the Philippines and, continu-
ing. said:
to say to you, you my fellow citizens,
and you men and women of this great
state. I will touch upon just one of the
issues of this campaign this afternoon.
What have to say is suggested by
what has been in the papers during the
past two days, and by what have seen
here myself. The other day Mr. Bryan,
in his speech at Chicago, is reported as
having said that it BODIED i'll for the
republic to have a hundred thousand
soldiers walking about in idleneSS. This
morning took lunch as a guest of some
of your citizens, among whom We're three
men who wore the regular uniform OF
the United States army, and all of whom
were with me at Santiago, the eldest of
whom, a lieutenant colonel, walks with
a cane, because on the second day OF
the siege, when walking about in idle
ness, shrapnel struck him and he will
walk lame for the balance of his life
in consequence.
you read in the papers this morning
about q band of men who were attacked
by ten times their mum Der of E'ilipinOS
Yesterday and how a third of them were
killed and wounded before they beat off
their foes. Do you think those men were
walking about in idleness? A third Of
them are lying at this moment either
dead or on hospital cots suffering from
wounds that they received.
do you think that the courage of
these men and their patient endurance
of suffering and hardship in what they
have done in UNFOLDING the flag should
,.afs Ia fa for. 2-d a m
some SANDER or sneer about their walk
ing about in idleness? That news came
this morning
IT feel that in this crisis, at this
period of our history, we have the right
to appeal to every man in whose veins
the red blood flows, to stand with US
now I have the right to appeal to
every woman who gladly sent a son, a
brother or a volunteer to the war. /
have the right to appeal to you that
what has been gained by the blood of
our brethren and the children of our
loins shall not be forfeited through
craven weakness. I ask that all good
Americans, and beyond and above all
others that you of the west; you who
embody all that is most glorious and
most characteristic in American citizen
ship, shall see to it that at the outset
Of the new century that is upon US, that
this nation shall not abandon its duty;
that it shall not abandon those friendly
islanders who have trusted to our good
faith and that it shall not cringe before
the task in front of us; that this nation
shall not play the part of a Weakllng
and a coward, but that it shall stride
forward with the strength of a giant
and shall make it evident to the nations
of the world that they may know now,
once and for ALL that wherever the
American flag has been hoiSted in hon
or, it shall never be pulled down in dis
honor
Senator Carter. OF Montana, spoke
briefly.
The meeting at the Salt Lake theatre
at night was one of large proportions:
The largest assembly room that could
be obtained was selected, but it was
not large enough to contain those who
sought admission. The seats were Illled,
the three large galleries were filled, the
stage was filed and all the standing
room was occupied to such an extent
that members of the national committee
and even members Of the reception COM
mittee themselves and members of the
press could not obtain admittance. MT
Roosevelt spoke in part as follows:
"a great task lies before us, the task
of bringing orderly liberty to the peo-
pie of the islands of the Philippines
That is what we have promised and we
will see to it that it is followed by a
sufficient performance. We nave heafd
a good deal recently of the Declaration
of Independence, of the doctrine of the
consent of the governed. That doctrine
was enuneiated in 1875. More than 30
years went by before that doctrine was
put into actual effect. 1t was three
quarters of a century after Thomas JEFF
ferson had said it, that Abraham Lin
coin put it into practice. Three-quarters
of a century went by after the promise
was made; before we realized the per-
Torrance in this country. Tt was well
to have it said, but it was impossible TO
reach the ideal at once. Tt could only
be attained step by step. Now our OPP
ponents talk of liberty to the Philip
pines The Philippines shall have liberty,
aye, they shall have measure of lib
erty of which they have been IN absolute
ignorance throughout the ages. They
shall have such liberty as they have
never known under Spanish rule and
such measure of liberty as they never
could know under the rule of the tyran-
meal and bloodthiTSty oligarchy of their |
own people. They shall have liberty, |
but they shall have 1t under the Anerl-
can flag.
I'VE should not shrink from our duty |
after we have realized it. We should
approach it in sane and sober spirit |
as each man and woman approaches !
task involving the most serious duties |
of life. Let us see to it by our actions |
Let us see to it by our words that we |
appreciate the mutual well being which |
this country has attained; that we COM |
pare the promises and the performances |
of the last four years on the one side, |
with the prophecies of disaster which |
have signally failed, on the other side; |
that you vote to keep the material pros |
perity which stands a the foundation of |
our national well being, and that you |
vote, furthermore, lor what - even
dearer and higher than material pros
perity; that you vote to give your chill |
dren and your childrens children a |
moral example that comes from sense |
of duty done by their fathers and their |
forefathers. Our authority extends over |
the Philippines now, if we shrink back I
from the task that is before US, it will |
show that our forefath who fought /
the great civil war for the preservation I
of this government are better and great
er than we are. If we do that we shall |
have shown ourselves. as a nation. to
have ended in gloriously career that
began gloriously. I ask that you take I
the first step right; that you shall so act
~ +I,o "a % of the natior1s of the world |