The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-09-01
''LNTERESTS" FLAYED
BY col
Vigorous Address on Personal and
National Liberty DeLiUered by the
Former President at the Dedication
of John Brown Park at Osawa-
tonne, Kan.

O~sawatomie. Kan, Aug 31-Theo-
dore Roosevelt was the chief figure
today IN the second and last day OF
the dedication ceremonies Of John
Brown park. which is a part Of the
site on which was fought the battle
OF Osawatomie on Aug. 80. 1855. He
took the opportunity TO deliver a stir
ring address on the necessity Of des-
troying the control Of the special in
t%erests. and was cheered to the echo
by a great crowd Of hearers.
Preliminary exercises we're held
yesterday. and the program was re-
sumed at 1880 this morning with q
concert by the Thirteenth Regiment
band, followed by a drin by troops Of
the Kansas National guard and the
regular army. Meanwhile Col Roose-
yelt's train had arrived and all the
thousands Of people assembled here
went TO the station 20 greet him.
After dianer all gathered in the new
park. where there was a parade by
the soldiery, the Grand Army
Woman's Relief corps and civic so
cietes and another band concert
Then. after a vocal solo BY Miss EliE.
abeth Uhls and an invocation. the
president Of the board Of trustees,
Cora NJ. Deputy, formally presented
the park 20 the state on behalf OF the
Womau's Relief corps OF Kansas.
which bought the ground. Governor
Stubs responded gracefully for the
state. and then the chairman. J. B..
Remington. introduced the disun-
guished orator OF the day. former
President Roosevelt.
Grafton BY Colonel Roosevelt
Col Roosevelt stood silent and smll.
ing until the storm OF applause had
died down, and then spoke as follows
There have been two gree, crises in
our country's histoD. first when o. was
formed. and then again when lt was per
pctuated. The formative period Included
not merely the Revolutionary war but
the creation ana adoption % ue Consu-
under H. Then came sixty years during
which we spread across tho continent
years o. vital growth. bgt % growth with
out rather than growth within Then
came the time % stress and strain which
eliminated 60 tho Ctyl war. the period
~ NfNNNNfN tNfAAANf upon NNN ISSUE OF
which depended the Justification Of all
that We had done earlier. and which
marked The second great period % growth
and development wifhln- The name ~
John Brown VIII BE- forever associated
with this second period OF the Nations
history. and Kansas wa TIE theater
upon which me first act % tHe second Of
our great National NE dramas was play
ed II was the result Of the struggle IN
Kansss which determined that our coun-
Try should be In deed az 49, well as in
name devoted 90 both union ard freedom.
that the great experiment q democratic
government on a rational scale should
succeed and not fail 10 was a heroic
rtrurgiC. ana 40 is Inevitable with an
such FtrugElea. % had also a dark and
terrible side Very much was done q
good. and much also % evil. and. A. was
Inevitable iu such q period - revolution.
orten The same man uIt both good sud
evil For cur great Eood fortune a. a
Nation. we the people % the United
States az "a whole. can now AFFORD Go fer
set the evil UT al least 60 remember ~
Without bitterness, and 60 ~ our eye,
with pride en tHc Ccod that was accom-.
phahed Evsu Go ordinary times then,
nrw very Few - uH who 80 mot see M,
problems Of Ire a. through a giaas
darby ana when th. glass o. rlgudcd b,
the uurk ~ furious popular passion. th,
vision ~ tho best and tho brayest q
d,mmed Looking back. ur are sl ~ u.
now able to 90 justice to tho Nniur ant
the diaintcrrstriueHH ard tho love % ga.
riEht ns De zach GO was giysu O. rs- th'
right. shown both hy ths men 81 tho norti
and the men 90 thN south in that cautrs.
which Yves nnaily decided by gru atuUud.
~ the west We can admire tho h~roI.
waller. tho sincerity. tho seif-devotiAy
shown aikr hy the men who wore tht
hiuo ana TIRE men who sore the gray
ana cur sadness that Harh mon shout,
have had Co MHhN nrm rw.Hhar HH F-a-n
cred by tho Eiad kuuwIsdrc that eve.
hereafter ihrir descendants shall be- foun,
nEhuuE side by side. struggling So peace
40 wen as in war Tor the uplft % thoi
common country an alike rcsnllte d
raise 90 the highest pitch % honor an,
urofilnrsn the Nation Co which they al
belong A. Tor Tho veterans o. the dram,
Army ~ the ttcpubic thtY deserve homo
and recognition such ~ r. paid 90 M
other citizens Of the Republic. for q
them tho Republic owes is al. for Il
them A. owes ita very existence
Application Of the Lesson.
DO not speak o. this strasrio Of IN
past merely from tho historic stnndpsini
Our interest "a primarily "a tho appuca
uon today o. the lessons taught by IN
contest % half a century ago. II n o
little use Tor Ul 20 nay lip loyalty to IN
mighty mon OF the past unless we nin
ccrely endcavuF 90 apply Co the problem
% the present precisely the dualitir
which I'M other crises enabied the men Q
that dGy 60 meet those crtaen II ia hal
melancholy and hair amusing 20 SEE th
way In which v~ell-mranihE peopie rattle
90 90 honor TO tho men who. Ia compan
with John Brown, and under tho lead q
Abraham iincoln, faced and solved al
great problems 81 the nineteenth cen
uury, while At the same time these sam
Tcod people ncrvously shrink from %
frhntChliY dcnounce thoa. who are try
ing 10 meet the problems % the twvntIstI
In tho spirit which was Accountable 10
tho successful solution Of the problems q
Lncoln's time,
or that generation Of men. 20 whom "
owe - much, the man 10 whom We ev.
the most n, 81 course. i1ncoin. Part o
our debt o. him r. because he forecAs
our present struEglo aud saw the way out
Tie said
II hold that while man exists Il /
HE cuty 20 improve not only hia owl
condition but 70 assist In amelioratinl
mankind" And again. Labor l. prlo
60 and independent % capital capital /
only the fruit Of iabor and could nevs