The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-04
Only Thirty Days Required to
Make a Soldier.
Country Finds Defenders In the
Volunteers.
COL. LITTLE'S SPEECH
He Talks to Laborfng Men
About Rule of Force.
Says Flag Should Always Stand
For Liberty.

The Labor day exercises at fairfield
park Monday afternoon and enin
took the form of an o~ld-fashtoned basket
picnic
Families arrived early with baskets
and hammocks and camped fer the day.
The watermelon. ice a peanut and
soda pop vendors did a rushing BUSH
ness. The boats on the creek were in
demand. MarshalPs band played during
the afternoon exercises. The speakers
were heard in the Casino. CoL Edward
C. Little. OF Abilene, was the first
speaker. Directly opposite him and near
he entrance to the Casino was a lemo-
made stand. and the vender WED with
the colonel in shouting. but the speaker
was too much for h lemonade man
Then some side attraction claimed the
attention of the crowd. Colonel Little
took it all in good nature. He stopped
during his address long enough to an
nounc that Immediately following me
will be q cake walk; better stay for il
it win be fine" He resumed his speech
and in a few minutes a boy fell in the
creek and that stampeded the crowd
var the Shiny water. That's all a
trick to draw you away from me-" said
the colonel, and he went right on
Colonel Little is a favorite speaker
with the Topeka labor unions as he was
the orator of the day three years ago.
In his address yesterday Colonel Little
said: 4 hope h time will never come
when we have great masses Of wealth
stored up in Kansas. but that instead
all may have respectable homes and
enough to eat and be able to send their
children to school. That is my hope
and yours
There are not enough holidays. If
we had more holidays there would be
mere work With holidays work ac-
cumulates- I am glad a Labor day
creeps into our calendar. Other coun-
tries have many more holidays. The
more the better for the Iaboring man.
Now IS states and territories have made
Labor day a legal holiday"
He spoke about the advancement of
civilization and the flag He said. IT
believe that the flag should stay where
1t is put If it is put there right but it
la to death under the flag? Be
cause it stands for liberty. II the flag
gets anywhere where it does not stand
for human liberty and human freedom
the sooner it is hauled down the bet
ter. Labor lies back OF all civilization
and it is time hat it receives better
recognition. A mechanic built the first
house, the miner sank the first pit, the
They were b foundation of civilization.
Before them man was q chattering
o-rangoutang running wild
The man who carries the weapon is
SlfOuSGI I4an IlG man WnO carries InC
burden I C. talked with a chief in
central Africa named Zobier. He was
a very wealthy man. When he made
any money he bought slaves with it
n armed each lave with a spear. He
wanted warriors. He was the greatest
chief in Africa He told me in his own
that the reason he spent his
wealth for warrior slaves was because
the nan with the weapon and who
could fight was the strongest of all. He
had learned in his primitive way that
the man with the weapon is stronger
than the man with the burden Your
is the ballot BY and by the
with the K-rag-Jorgensen rifle win
rule you What do we want of an
army Of $50, 0002 When q nan gets SO
money that the police can not
protect him he had better turn his
money into the state and go out of
business
we have found in two wars thai the
volunteer can defend the n o
don't need trained soldiers Thirty days
is enough to make a soldier of any man.
regular soldier knows nothing that
the volunteer can not arm in thirty
days. Your groceryman is better able
to buy supplies for the army than a
out of West Point Your butcher Is
better able to buy meat, your dry goods