The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-08
STUBS AT K. U.
Delivers Address at the Opening
Exercises.
: ;nts to Roosevelt as the Ideal
Citizen.
LITTLE ABOUT KANSAS.
Talks of Public Graft in General
Way.
Hopes That Kansas May Pro-
duce a Lincoln.
LITTLE ABOUT KANSAS.

Lawrence. Sept. S.-W. r. Stubs
was the orator of the day at the open
ing of K. U. for the fall term today.
Mr.. Stubs touched lightly on state
issues though he discussed graft and
the trusts in general way. He said:
Every earnest, patriotic Kansan is
proud indeed when we produce more
wheat, corn or cattle than any other
state. How much more proud would
we be to see Kansas produce a WASH
ington, Lincoln or Roosevelt? This
achievement is not by any means i'm
possible. The demand and need of
great and good men is as urgent today
as it has ever been in the worlds his
tory. The great problems that con-
front the nation are of the gravest
character and most vital importance,
involving as they do the very founda-
ton principles, and in the opinion of
some of the wisest and most patriotic
citizens, the life and perpetuity of the
republic itself. The question of this
government controlling the corpora
lions, trusts and combinations, or of
being controlled by them, is indeed a
vital one Any government that is not
strong enough to punish the rich man
who violates the law, as well as the
poor man, is too weak to maintain
itself for any prolonged period of
time. The very cornerstone in the
foundation of our government is the
broad principle of the greatest good
to the greatest number, and any per-
version of law that permits the many
to be taxed for the benefit of the few
cannot be long maintained in this
Land of the Free and Home of the
Brave | do not make this statement
IN any pessimistic mood. 1 believe
that the heart and conscience of the
American people are right and true.
believe that they have as intrepid
and brave a leader as ever marshalled
a n a in h2 a11d Of r..
the little Kingdoms, representing the
unlawful trusts and combinations that
have sprung up throughout this ma
ton, sea tier like leaves before the
storm when the final battle comes.
Good Word for Roosevelt.
Amy man at the head of this nation
today who did not.lpossess the courage
of Grant, the high purposes and char
acter of Lincoln and the far-sighted
patriotism of Washington, would leave
US helpless in the grasp of an organ
lied system that taxes the people
annually, in ;illegitimate, unearned
profits, hundreds of millions. of dol
lars; but President Roosevelt, thank
God,s embodies in his life and char
acter, to a greater extent than any
other living publiosunan, the strongest
characteristics of the three greatest
heroes of American history. He in
sistS that no man is above the law,
and. no man below it, and demands
-
poor alike. He demands good moral
character in all government officials
and employees. He demands that the
public business of this nation be trans
acted on a business rather than a po-
| litical basis, and will thereby save the
government millions of dollars an
nually. He demanded of J. Pierpont
Morgan and his billion dollar associ-
ates that they give the coal miners of
| Pennsylvania a square deal, and they
complied with his demand. He de-
manded of the Northern Securities
company, with four hundred million
dollars capital, that 1t dissolve, and
dissolve it did. He demanded the
Panama canal, and against the COM
| bined opposition of billions of dollars
worth of railroad interests, the canal
is being constructed. He demanded
that the millionaire packers obey the
| federal Injunction. and twenty-five of
| them stand indicted for crimes by a
federal grand jury and are liable to
| land in prison as a result of their re-
fusal. He called on Russia and Japan
to stop the terrible human slaughter
that has Mortified the world and won
| the greatest triumph of his life, be-
| cause both nations trusted implicitly
in his integrity and sincerity of pur-
pose. He demands decency and an
all around square deal in politics and
public life generally and is clearing
| the grafters. barnacles and political
parasites out of every department of