Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-31
Colonel Delivers Address at Pueblo,
Lauding Forestry Service.
D BE AT KANSAS EVENT TODAY
Public Speech Warns Against IrOnClad
Constitution.
KANSAS AFFAIR LASTS TWO DAYS
Not Since Day Fifty-FOur Years Ago,
when John Browns Men with
stood OnsIaueht, Has Osawat-
Omie Been SO Excited.


OSAWATOMIE, Kan, Aug, 90.-Not since
that time fifty-four years ago, when John
Browns men wthstood ten times their
number OF Missouri guerilias in the woods
at the edge Of town, has Osawatomie been
so excited. Today the celebration Of that
anniversary began. The town stretched
itself and is holding thousands of visitors
from all parts of the state. Perhaps twice
today's crowd or at least 5000 persons
are expected here tomorrow at the second
day OF the celebration, when Theodore
Roosevelt will make the address dedicatins
to the state as a park the wooded hillside
where the battle was fought.
The battlefield for half a century
peaceful pasture, where cattle grazed, to-
day was inundated and it's turf trampled
to the hardness of pavement by Kansans,
who filled the maze OF new pine benches
under the trees and heard the speakers tell
Of the states glory and praise its first
hero.
So much enthusiasm for John Brown has
been awakened that a movement for
statue of the western abolitlonist In the
hall of fame at Washington was started
by resolution at the morning session.
From Boulevards
O'erlooldng both Nyanzas,
The statued bronze shall glitter in the sun.
With rugged lettering:
John Brown Of Kansas;
He dared begin; he lost, but, losing, won"
This was the last stanza OF a poem,
John Brown" by Eugene Ware recited
this morning with the celebration by Miss
Bessie Yeater. The prophetic inscription
probably will be placed on the base Of the
statue it is now proposed shall glitter in
the hall of fame. The resolution for the
monument was presented by George p.
Mcrehouse OF Topeka and presented by
Major j. B. Remington, whose wife is said
to be related to John Brown. 1t asks the
appointment OF five old soldiers as a Iegis-
lative committee to urge the erection OF the
statue. ffi8raas
| Address of Joseph g. Waters.
1T was here at osawatonIe that the in
cipient conditions that precipitated the civil
war began. 1t was here that John Brown,
who had come out from the east. settled
and built his cabin, organized his forces
and began his fight That Kansas since
that time when it struggled with itself as
to which side 1t should take in the fight
which almost rent the union. always has
been turbulent state, unmistakable in its
views and ready to take it's share of the
responsibility in any national question"
seph G. Waters of Topeka. the orator of
the day.
Mr. Waters even went so far as to say
that 1t was Mr.. Roosevelts serious handi-
cap that he was not born in Kansas
| Conceived in struggle, turmoil and pov-
erty," he said, rocked In a turbulent
cradle, nourished at the breast Of war, en-
countering all that is adverse In nature, the
advancement OF our people has been propor-
tionate to their impediment. The spirit OF
Kansas holds the nation in its meshes.
Tomorrow an even greater audience than
this will be addressed by an ex-presldent of
the United States illustrious. honored in all
lands and especially loved In Kansas. 1t Is
his own serious handicap that he was not
born in Kansas, for he has the genuine
Kansas spirit. He has made the world
respond to his touch. He is an instrument
of the worlds peace. We glory in him as a
magnificent specimen Of an American clti-
zen. And tomorrow he will be honored by
the great state that cradles our birth ana
urns our ashes"
Summing up the career OF John Brown
Mr Waters said:
Measured by the little standards of man
he may have been insane. but in the avene
) ing purposes OF heaven he was the chosen
/ instrument to right wrong. With the torch
OF liberty held in his implacaple and unre-
lenting hand, he was Gods own incendiary
) 10 purge the land with fire John Brown
! sleeps shadowed by a great rock at North
Elba. His grave is a shrine. Misunder.
stood, reviled and despised, he lived a life
apart from men. beyond their touch. nos
sessed of one purpose, and died a martyr
for its fulflllment."
Drill by National Guards.
Adj h,, nP tlar
> tional guard opened today's program. Con.
certs by the Thirteenth regiment band
were sprinkled in between the speeches
patriotic recitations and songs that held
= the attention OF a crowded battlefield
4 throughout the day. At noon the wood.
!. along the Marias Des Cygnes river, which
John Browns men forded In precipitat,
- haste, were dotted with groups at baske
lunch. About the grove long lines of motor
cars and carriages were parked ready I,
carry their owners home 10 do the chores.
Following Mr.. Waters address. Mrs.
Arna Heacock of Parsons, Kan, depart
! ment president OF the relief corps, who
was leader for the movement which re-
suited in the buying Of the park made q
short address. Congressman w. A. Calder
= head spoke on the advisability OF the state
5 giving particular attention to the beautifl,
E cation of the park.
Tonight there win he addresses by N E.
e Harmon OF Wichita. commander Of the
( Kansas Grand Army Of the Republic, and
I Sarah L. staplin, president OF the relief
s corps.
a Theodore Roosevelt is expected TO arrive
E here at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow, First he will
. be taken to visit the old cabin OF John
I Brown. then viii take part In a parade
0 with military escort At about 2:3O in
the afternoon he win be introduced by
! Governor w. r. Stubbs OF Kansas and will
o make the speech dedicating the park Dur
Q ing the day from the same platform where
e Mr.. Roosevelt speaks, addresses are 70 be
: made by Clifford Pinchot and James r.
{ Garfield.