The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-04
Congressman Curtis Addresses
Veterans at lola.
Large Attendance at the Gas
Belt Reunion.
REMARKS ARE TIMELY
Wichita Real Estate Dealer
Makes $780, 900 Sale.
Scottish Rite Masons Celebrate
Anniversary at SaIina.

lola. kan. Oct. z-The big gas belt
soldiers-sailors reunion here is being
well attended The feature OF Thursday
was the address by Congressman Charles
Curtis
Congressman Curtis spoke in part as
follows:
ION the 6th of last September the peo-
pie of the civilized world were shocked
Since that time the people OF our coun-
Try have been IN tears Since that Tune
the people of our country have been in
mourning. The cause Of this sadness
was the assassination of our beloved
president by a cruel anarchist No one
could believe that man could fall so
low as to kill your comrade. our presi-
dent William Mckinley, because no
snan ever occupied the White House
who was so generally loved by the peo-
pie of the United States. Soldiers and
sailors, that crime was not against VIII
liam Mckinley but it was crime
saved.
-.Ferty years ago the people of one
section of this opulent country Of ours
thought there was room enough in it for
two flags, but after four years of the
greatest war the world ever knew you
boys who. wore the blue convinced not
only the people of this country. but the
people OF the world. that there was room
enough In our country for but one flag,
and that was the stars and stripes.
During the last few years a certain
class has sprung up in this country
which is against all law and all govern
Enent, and they have been parading be-
fore the public the red flag of anarchy,
but the brave and loyal American people
viii show them that there is not room
enough in this land for a flag OF that
description
Il hope the people will agitafe this
question, and the congress of the United
States and that every state legislature
viii enact laws which will entirely wipe
out anarchy. Congress will not do it's
duty unless it writes upon its statute
books the same kind of law.
IF anyone should ask you what the
war of '61-'65 did for this country, tell
them that 1T welded the United States
into one people with but one flag, that
WAS the stars and tsripes; with but one
desire. and that was to make the United
States the greatest country in the world.
Tell them that thirty-eight years ago
the tramp of the sentinel was heard upon
the banks of the historic Potomac. Tell
them that thirty-eight years ago friends
gagged in war, fighting under different
flags, but, thanks to the Union soldiers
and sailors, and the brave devoted
mothers who looked after the homes
the Union was saved and today if you
will go to the beautiful city of Wash
ington, above the old capitol building,
the great White House. the home of the
president and the other government
buildings, you viii see the stars and
stripes are floating and no longer is the
tramp of the sentinel heard upon the
banks OF the Potomac.
ITO me. there can be no greater proof
OF your loyalty and patriotism than the
IacI TnaL you abandoned the farm.
quilted the anvil, deserted the pillow and
left home and dear ones behind to fight
for your country. As a son of a vet
eran. know that occasions of this kind
recall to each soldier and sailor, father
and mother, brother and sister, hus-
band and wife memories both sad and
dear. They recall experiences that only
the actors of that time can relate. The
stories of your battles cannot be told
too often, and there is not story of a
single battle, from Bull Run to APP
s3onaJtox, which should ever be forgot
ten. As . son of veteran, had rath-
er stand aside and let one of your COM
rades, let one OF you who suffered at
the front, and who knew the dangers of
war, tell your friends and neighbors of
the scenes you Witnessed and of the
trials you and your comrades endured
TT is not for me to tell you of the
great battles Let those who followed
the silent soldier, the greatest general
the world ever knew, General Ulysses
Grant, Of those who followed the great
est volunteer leader of all time John A.
Logan, tell of them
II suppose that the first thing the sol