The daily sentinel., 1910-08-31

Osawatomie, Kans., Aug. 81
From the time of his arrival here un-
til he was escorted to the Masonic
temple Colonel Roosevelt remained in
his car at the station, while Il large
crowd of men and women were out
side shouting for him to speak. The
colonel was kept busy talking to the
members Of Governor Stubbs' party;
but. to entertain the assemblage, sew
eral speakers delivered short address
eS
The speech which Colonel Roose-
velt made here this afternoon was the
mcst important of his public utter
ances made since his return from Af-
rica. The colonel took up and han
died number of subjects which will
play an important part in the policy
of the nation and affirmed his views
in regard to them.
During his long trip through this
state enthusiastic crowds kept Mr.
Roosevelt busy making speeches until
late last night. Rain was falling;
but. in spite of that. the inhabitants
of the small towns through when
the train passed were at the stations,
waiting in the darkness to catch a
glimpse of him.
At the station here today James
Rudolph Garfield, former secretary of
the interior and who was a member
of the party accompanying the colo
mel, talked briefly to the assemblage
the theme of his remarks being THE
New order of Things"
Clifford Pinchot also appeared; said
that he had read the recent Kansas
republican platform, and declared
that ii was the finest document that
had been written by any party"
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke in part as fol-
lows:
There have been two great crises
in our country's history; first when
it was formed, and then again when
il was perpetuated. The formative
period included not merely the Reyo-
lutionary War, but the creation and
adoption of the Constitution and the
first dozen years of work under it.
Then came sixty years during which
we spread across the continent-years
of vital growth. but of growth with
out rather than growth within Then
came the time of stress and strain
which eliminated in the Civil War,
the period of terrible struggle upon
the issue of which depended the JUS
titication of all that we had done
earlier, and Which marked the sec
ond great period Of growth and de-
yeiOnment within. The name of John
Brown viii be forever associated with
this second period OF the nations his
tory; and Kansas was the theatre
upon which the first act of the second
n our great national life dramas was
PLAYED. II was the result of the struE-
Gle Ia Kansas which determined that
cur country should be in deed as we'll
as in name devoted to both union and
freedom that the great experiment
of democratic government on ma
tional scale should succeed and not
fail.
OF that generation Of men, to whom
we owe so much, the man to whom
we owe the most is, of Aurse, Lin
cola Part of our debt to him is be-
cause he forecast our present strug-
gle and saw the way out. He said:
u hold that while man exists it is
his duty to improve not only his own
condition but TO assist in ameliorating
mankind" And again, Labor is
prior to and independent of capital;
carital is only the fruit of labor, and
could never have existed but for
labor Labor is the superior of cap
ltal and deserves much the higher
consideration. Capital has its rights
which are as worthy of protection as
any other rights. Nor should