Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02
4. Rosewater's Last Speech
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fall Of the confederacy; those Of US who
have seen slavery with our own eyes and
who have seen It abolished, do not want.
again. to see a new species of slavery in
this great free country.
1t would be far better that we should
never have won and liberated the blacks.
II the white people of the United States.
and the blacks, are to be in the future held
In the thraldom of corporate power For
there is a new species Of slavery we have
been submitting to, gradually and slowly.
1t has found It's way insidiously into every
household almost, into our legislative halls,
into the halls OF justice, into the executive
chamber. and into the very capitol itself.
1t has found its way into the halls of con-
gress; 1t has found II way clear up into
the highest places In the land, and. insid-
tously but surely, II is winding the coils
OF serfdom around the American people by
depriving them of the inalienable right
to be free and to have a government by
the people and for the people.
Those of you, perhaps. who are not ia
miliar with the history OF Nebraska, and
the political history Of our state and the
states Of the west may not be fully aware
of these facts about this insidious enemy
OF the American people; this corporate ag-
gregation that endeavors to control our
political machinery; the machinery of all
parties alike, regardless OF who they may
ha
II has also got It's hand; It has got Its
power right inside the Grand Army OF the
Republic, and has exercised its power to
its detriment and to its disadvantage In
the rast, and may continue to do SO II the
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tribute, In any measure, to its enrichment
and towards it's power Thousands of you
who have lived with me here in Nebraska
for more than a quarter OF a century. re-
member that almost-not every-grand
commander OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public was a tin-pan railroad soldier who
had never heard q shot fired out of 9
rebel gun and had never seen rebel sol.
der except to surrender TO him. daughter
That is fact. And why was he made
grand commander-in-chief7 will go rlght
back. want to give you the history fol
have got II In writing. certified to by
the adjutant general OF Illinois. / do moi
care about naming him, because he ha;
passed out OF the world here. but I simply
want TO show you what has been done n
the past. This man had enlisted in Illinoli
for three months; had remained in CAM
tne WnOle time, ana hdu BOOu time, Jus
as the boys all did In those days. when tn,
girls brought flowers and smiles. anC
things that were agreeable to the young
men that were in camp. and then. wheI
that three months had expired. he retired
20 private life again and so remained 70
one year.
And the next year he enlisted on
bounty of $500 in the cavalry, He wa
mustered in at the very place where b
had been mustered the first time, and re
manned there again about three months
and then he was ordered 70 Cumberlan,
Gap In Kentucky. which was the BOUNDARY
line between the rebel and union forces
There ne was sent out on a scouting ex
peditiop for some poultry and game. am
he encountered the first rebel force he hai
ever seen. He threw IN his hands an
surrendered and was taken TO Richmon
as a prisoner. and there all OF his entin
military career came to an end. That l
the history OF that man. Then he becam
grand commander Of the Grand Army .
the United States. and why? Because a
that time the Union Pacific railroa
wanted to carry the Grand Army froH
Omaha 10 San Francisco and they wante
20 have an influential man who could I'm
duce the Grand Army to locate its reunio
IN San Francisco where the railroad rate
were so heavy and where they could rea
one hundred or two hundred thousand clea
proft out Of the, ventura and. The infasnc