The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-06-08
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ind Itnydiianapolis. Ind In.d.1y1RPresident 1RIPraessiden Roose-
welt delivered notable address
here Memorial day Eat the un!
yelling of the monument to Gen. Law
ton, who was killed in the Philippine
insurrection. The president devoted
his speech mainly to "a discussion of
the railroad situation. He declared
the government woiild take no backf
ward step In its policy Of control over
railroad corporations. He condemned
speculation in railway securities and
urged measures to- prevent it, The
widest publicitg he, advocated as a
remedy for some of the evils of rail-
Iroad manipulation.
| The president said in part: c22Tk3
For more than one reason Il am pequ,-
,iarly glad that this year l speak on Me-
mortal day in the STATE Or Indiana Thers
is no other class of our citizens to whom
we owe so much as to the veterans Of the
great war. TO them it was given to per-
form the one feat With which no other
feat can be compared, for to, them II was
given to preserve the union. Moreover
you men wheN wore the blue. blessed he
yond the victors in any other war OF re-
cent times, have left to your countrymen
more than the material results or the
triumph, more evenI than Abe achieving
the triumph itself. You have left "A
country SO sgen,iincly Permitted that ALI lof
US now, i'm whatever part ,.of, this union
we live. have a right to feel the keenest
pride, not comfy In the valor and self-de-
votion Of you, the gallant men who wore
the blue, but also in the Valor and self
devotion dfoyoursIsallant'' opponents who
wore the, gray, The hero whose monu-
ment we to-day unveil, by his life bore
singular testimony to- the 1eompleteness
Of the reunion. Gen. Lawton In his youth
fought Eallantly In the civliwar. ThirtyI
three, years lafterward he again marched
to war. this time against a Foreign foe,
and served with (disdnga,shed ability and
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and in the Philippines. When he thus
served ~ was dn an 9aupy, whose generals
included not only many of his old CON-
rades In arms. but some '6f IDS old lort
ponents also. as Gen. Wheeler and Gen..
Fitzhugh Lee. To Gen. Lawton 1t befeil
actually to, lay down his life; tragedy,
but one OF those noblu- tragedies whe~,
our pride rises ab6ve our IsorroW, Fes
he died in the fullness Of time, serving
his country with entire devouon-aandeapn
that, every man mRy, well fnyy. ocS "a
Indiana in the civil war furnished even
froreAthan ihef share cof brbve soldiers q II
also fell 10 Indiana, TO furnish nthe grSSt:
est of oil the war governors who upfItfd
The HANDS iofl Abraham Iiincelu afor wpen
history, definitely : awards the credit for
what WIS done n the efvH war. shs t&iH
put, tho serviceslof nd other siNIian, ssya
alone, those, Of Lincoln, ahead of the
servites yof Gov. sMbrtoht9n J19V9 oJI
90 lDutissi ofvPrsseht cGeneyztienu rsn
Or One great +, RreSlem ,i I tSst k ys PSye ~ , be-
erty; and these can only be preserved IL
We we'remembery that they are Id less jeop-
srdy from the Socialist apqSp the anarchist i.t
than from tife PREDATORY riian >Uf wealth!
1T lhasybet6mei eptihhtI that = 20 sfefuse TO
invoke the power of, the nation to restrain
tfie WRONGS ie6mniftted boy athe hhah1 tof
great wealth swhO does eeyil rs, not only
to neglect the interests or the public, but
is to neglect the interests OF the man I'd
means who acts honorably by his fellows.
The. power .0ty the. nation must be1ex-
erted to stop crimes OF cunning no less
than n'trimes of'SiolenceH lHerencani iipe
NO, halt ins the c3yrse1 y We haaYe delibeTr
ately elected to pursue, the policy OF as
serting the right of the, nation, 40 fan ~
It has the power, to supervise and con-
itrol the, bustue~s qaae xfnwAaltfq esnffai-
ly, i'm it's corporate form. To-day wish
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rppwer III take AN faetioH, nsfsgsay N or
der TO keep them at riIe f1sifest point OF
t4'i'asrs;g,aaIe,on sasgw is]syss roi
.,iion1.pr ,s % whit M rai,rosss 5 tast, 6ss been
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