The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-08
EARLIER SPEECHES OF The DAY
Roosevelt's Itinerary Through the
state Taken IN Detail

! tToft laSt midnight arrived here at
a. m. Accompanying the governor are
Chairman Diekman of the Republican
| state committee; Colonel A T. Bliss OF
Saginaw, candidate for governor; some
| OF the Michigan congressman. and sew
eral press correspondents The governor
was driven TO Central Avenue park ss-
| corted by a company Of local Roosevelt
/ Rough Riders. In his speech Governor
| Roosevelt said:
THE great issue that we have before
! US this year is whether we shall con
| tinue the policy that gives to every man
a chance to earn his living If he wishes
to do so. Thit is the great issue That
is what we need. We want conditions
such that man OF thrift, industry and
| business sagacity can use those Qualities
! to the best advantage. Here in Michi-
| gan you know for yourselves without it
being necessary for me to say so, the
infinite difference between now and four
| years ago in any OF your industries-in
the beet sugar industry, think of the
| difference now; think of what the con-
ditions are now. and you win deliber-
ately plunge US back into industrial
chaos If you reverse the policy TO which
the nation is now committed. That il
the greatest issue. Secondly, comes the
issue of keeping the flag up in honor
where 1t has been placed in honor. You
OF Bay iCty sent your sons to the Span
ish war as their fathers before them had
gone to the great war. II was but a
small war. but it showed the spirit Of
the people. II showed that they had
great contest of 81 to Co You did not
let Us contract in 1860. and we won't
contract now. The issues are the is
sues of national prosperity and nation
al honor. And the American people
must give but one answer when such
Questions are asked
At o'clock the party left for Saginaw
Saginaw. Sept. when the Roose-
welt train reached Saginaw a large crowd
greeted the Republican vice presidential
candidate at the station procession
at once formed and escorted the visit
OrS to a stand erected in the center of
the city, from which Governor Roose-
welt spoke for five minutes. Pointing to
a banner carried by a marcher Cover
nor Roosevelt said:
ed in that rlacard: Let well enough
alone Old man Well Enough Is old
man Good Enough and It is the best 10
let him alone. We have been doing well
year by year and are doing better Let
the American people have the good sense
to keep IN office the man under whose
administration we have achieved our
present prosperity This is more than a
mere party contest We appeal to all
the old school Democrats because we can
trust the old school Democracy, espec-
tally in this state, the state of General
Cas-. who was Democrat OF hard
money and expansion. We appeal not
only to all good Republicans, but TO all
good Democrats and all good Americans
to stand with Us. We IN this country
care nothing where the man was born.
or what his trade may be, whether he
was born here or abroad. II he Is a
good American and a good citizen proud
OF the honor and reputation OF the coun-
try, we clasp hands with him and chal-
lenge the right to bis support in this
contest for national wei eng for the
honor OF the flag and the honor OF the
country. In brief ny fellow citizens,
this contest is Fundamentally a contest /
for the conditions al home. which have |
been obtained under the wise admins /
tration and legislation Of the past four /
years and for the UNFOLDING Of the honor 4
OF the flag in the face OF sll the ma
lions Of the world"
Colonel Bliss. Republican candidate for I
governor: state Chairman Diokma and +
others. made brief speeches. At Il I
O'Clock the train pulled out for Owosso. !
Owosso, Mich. Sept The Roosevelt /
special train arrived here at noon and A
stop Of twenty-five minutes wss mste
The speakers stand was only a block
from the depot 90 that practically al /
of the time was available FOR speaking
Governor Roosevelt. Colonel Bliss.
Philip T. CoIgrove Of Hastings and Con-
greszuan Fordney OF Saginaw were the
speakers. Colonel Roosevelt said:
II know YOU VIII not grudge my stat
ing tiret T feel especially pleased 70 see
here in the audience men who wear the
button that shows that 81 the years that
tried mems Souls from - % =. t1ey
% the Gail OF their country.
and exactly as IN Ion we had a right -
ask that al good Americans shaIid
stand Together. no matter what MIGHT
be their party sf8.fatsors IN the past. 20
low we have right O. ask thst az
71en who WISH their country vel mater
ally and morally. who are proud ~ fbe
,ono- Of the faz ~hlch voa brought
through 70 Au71nattoz. Rrsft stand to-
-efrar uher ze are threatened ulth DIE
lonor We Rave already oxpen8ei r1u~h
r ire Philippine = il row merely q