The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-05
Found One Of His Rough Riders I'm a
Mounted Audience and They
Promptly Held n Reunion.
JOINED ISSUE WITH POINTER
HAD Anew THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
THE "HIRELINGs.~
Great Meeting Held i'm Omaha-Chi-
-OH on the Trip Through Iowa.

OMAHA, Oct. 4.-Governor Roosevelt was
met at the train, this evening, as it rolled
into the station after a day of strenuous
efforts in which no less than ten speeches
were made, by the reception committee of
this city, and after parade through the
streets he was conveyed to a tent where an
enormous audience had assembled to hear
him speak. The street reception accorded
the Governor was a brilliant affair. and
enormous crowds lined the streets. His
he has made on his journey. He spoke an
hour and a half, and was listened 70
with profound attention. At midnight Gov.
Roosevelt departed on his Iowa trip.
Governor Roosevelts first stop was made
at Valentine. A crowd of cattlemen
assembled at o'clock this morning to hear
Governor Roosevelt speak few minutes
from stand in the open air. He said: II
once was in a little Texas country town
where there was large cow puncher lean
ing against wall and little, dapper fell
low standing nearby with little nickel
plated revolver in his hand. BY some means
it went off, The cow puncher looked at
him moment and then remarked:
/" Now If you shoot me on purpose /
will forgive you, but If you shoot me by
accident may kick you out of town.
Don't you let shoot ourselves by
accident and put up the excuse that we
did not know it was loaded. Do not go
back to the old conditions. Now we have
tried the experiment and have got a good
thing we should stand by it. There are
just two types of men who are our op-
ponents. One is the short-sighted foolish
and the other is the unpatriotic type
Every man who is worth his salt is proud
OF his country. Every man who feels
keenly the honor of the flag, who realizes
the debt that all of US owe to those who
upheld the honor of the flag in times gone
by should stand with us to-day"
At ONeil the Governor spoke about
fifteen minutes. In part he said: "The
other day at Lincoln / said that Governor
Poynter had been reported as having
spoken of the United States regular SOL
Giers as fifteen-dollar-a-month hirelings
He has denied that he ever made such a
statement, attributing to me the use of
the word butcher which / never used.
Not only was he reported in the press
as having made such a statement, but Mr.
DIETRICH and Mr.. Stuefer. now running on
the Republican State ticket, heard him
make use of those words in the latter part
Of August, at an old settlers picnic at
Dakota City. In the latter part of Septem-
ber. at Superior. Messrs. DIETRICH Prout,
Savage and Stuefer all heard him make the
same statement in slightly different words.
''HIRELINGS" USEFUL.
I'm the big war We had Sherman and
Sheridan. Who cared that one was of New
England and the other of Irish stock? Or
Sigel. who was of German stock, or Far
ragut, whose father came from Matorca ,
IL made no difference what a mans creed
was or what his birthplace was if he was
an American in heart and purpose. That
was enough for US Three stations back
there were on the platform with me three
men. the sons of farmers from the neigh
borhood. who had gone into the regular
army and served at Santiago. Those are
the men to whom Governor Poynter alludes
as hirelings- was glad enough to have
these 'hirelings' on either side OF my regi
ment down there. We were not any of US
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