The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-11
MANY TURNED AWAY.
Crowd to Hear Roosevelt at La
Crosse Was a Big One.

Ia Crosse, Wis. Sept 1.-THE special
train bearing Governor Roosevelt and his
party left for Fargo and the west at Il
o'clock last night There were two meet
ings yesterday. Special excursions were
organized from distant parts of the state.
Both meetings were held in the rink,
immense building. which was crowded
The numbers outside exceeded many times
those able to get in
At the afternoon meeting Senator Nell
son spoke the issues of the day with
great effect for three-quarters OF an hour
He introduced Governor Roosevelt. who
was received with fiattering cheers. In
the course Of his speech. Governor Roose-
relt said:
We are confronted in this campaign
with two issues, Of which they say one is
paramount and the other is immediate.
The paramount issue is militarism and
imperialism, and the immediate issue is
free silver They have insisted as little
as possible upon the latter. They have
been for it. but not so much for 1t as TO
brighten the gold men away You can't
be half-heartedly for deprecated dollar
mind AT Kansas City they had great
difficulty in determining what to do in
regard % the financial plank OF the plat
form If you remember they were only
able to decide what they thought of the
currency by calling in the first fruits Of
modern imperialism in the shape of Ha-
vail, to cast the deciding vote for them
lou remember t0ey STOOD ABOUT even until
HAWAII $ representatives made up their
mind for them and enabled them to de-
clare that they had - per cent of faith
They have expressed much alarm as to
whether the dollar should be put above
the man or the man ahead of the dollar,
whatever that may mean. During the
past four years the Republican party has
confined itself to the common sense ac-
dollars and making the dollar worth a
reach Of it. and they have left it to him
to decide whether it shall be before or
1T is a good rule to let well enough
alone If the hand of fortune is heavy
upon a man, at least he can say that he
Is not to blame for it. Do not let it be
our own fault in discussing the prosper
tty that we now have. Hard times are
hard upon each of you men, but they are
good deal harder upon the wife and chill
who suffer most but when hard times
come all suffer some more and some less,
sake of yourself and for the sake of your
wives and families and for the well-being
OF our people / appeal to you for the re-
whether that is called an immediate issue
or paramount ssue, 1t is certainly i'm
LAS for the issues they raise In those
twin phantoms of nilitarism and imper-
ialism about which We are asked TO be
faith, material prosperity and the honor
of the nag, have word to say will
talk about militarism first 1 informed
that I have exaggerated Somewhat the
relative proportion of the army to the
people OF the country. We have now regu-
lar soldiers in the army in the proportion
of just S6-1O0 of a regular soldier to each
amount of tyranny of which YOU are in
danger is represented by that fractional
amount Of man to the corresponding
fractional amount Of the population OF
You could raise in this state of Wis
consin over night enough men to over /
Whelm instantly the entire regular army |
Of the United States. Some times it is |
dinicult 70 argue a question. because the /
inns 7r 11crn Xo47f
have no larger a. proportion of soldiers to |
the population now than we had one CEN |
elder Adams. We have less than We had |
30 years ago. when there were still Indians |
more militarism than now, because milf |
Iar1sm was caused by an outbreak of the 4
There IS no more danger from the soldiers /
now than there was then The army /
who serve perhaps two years at a time, 4
and then they come home to civil life. The 4
regular army is the servant of the peo-
PIE ana Is no more a menace to your nber- /
ties than is the police force in this city /
$50 49,, ~, -,-s---- ,.S -
81. .-Si u me pLesSnt regular army as /
you are that your mayor will set up /
ever the number is.
You remember in 1854 you were threat
sned with the defeat of Abraham Lincoln
No victory OF the Confederates in the field |
could have struck such dismay to our /
suited from the defeat of Lincoln Tt
would have meant the undOing of the /
DAooCy WOEk OF IOur years OF war It
would have been better to have failed to
elect him in 1850 than to have failed in
1eb4- II Is the greatest crisis now that
mas been since then. 1t would have been
better 70 have elected Bryan four years ago
and to have suffered the grinding miserfes
each and all of US would have suffered in
the past four years. 1t would have been
better to have elected him then than now
when We have set our hands to the task
-han TO finch and bring this misery upon
ourselves and leave such shame and
dishonor for our children who come after
US"
The evening meeting was Of even great
er magnitude than the meeting in the at
JernoOn- Some of the points made by
Governor Roosevelt were:
-, nat the Republican party wishes is
this country and the rights of the peoDIe
50 upheid that no man and no cornbfna-
that the private individual shall have the
freest scope given to his own head and
heart and hand, that he may work out
his own rate as his fOrefa theirs worked
II out 1t IS not possible for the wisest
administration to secure favorable condi-
tons under ali circumstances 1t is pos
slble for 1t TO do as has been done under
Eresloent MckAinley, TO secure such con-
self
As to the constitution following the flag
ne said. Wherever we have acquired
territory the constitution must extend TO
It We get new territory as we got New |
Mexico and California and Alaska and a.
we got Hawaii recently, and then congress
decides what laws shall apply in those 1
territories
At the close of the meeting cheers were
given Tor the speaker and he entered his
carriage and drove away.
Editors Awful Plight
F. NJ Higgins, editor Seneca Qils)