The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-26
NATIONAL POLITICS
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eyes with cinders. but only smiles
were in evidence, and great cheer
, went up when the colonel. with his
hat awry. his clothes wrinlled and
his face and hands grimy with SCOT,
appeared on the rear platform. A tall
iron fence just south OF the tracks
barred most OF the crowd, so the
colonel descended. making hits way,
conveyed by Cleveland golden rule
chief of police, Frederick Kohler, to
a point where all could see him.
Then, standing on the stone founda-
ton of the fence and swinging TO its
piekets, he tried to say a few words.
Fight for Clean Politics.
81 want to assure you" he began.
when three men managed to climb
lup on truck in such way as to
!, obscure the view of those behind
them.
Get down." said the colonel
They did, and he resumed, 81 want
Ito assure you that as long as have
1.-THE power to do so / am going to
light for a clean government.
81 am going to fight for clean
manhood l am going to fight for
clean politics.
There are two prime articles in
! my faith. / stand for justice for the
rich man and the poor man alike,
land for the punishment OF wrong
wherever or by whomsoeyer done.
"If the corporation does wrong,
will clinch it II have the power to
do 1t.
III the poor man does wrong, I
will stand back of the law to see
that he gets his deserts.
Crowd msistent.
81 do not distinguish between the
man of wealth and the man OF pow
erty so long as both are aw-abiding
citizens, clean men and working for
clean government"
The high wind prevented half of
the crowd from hearing what the
expresident was saying, 80 he turned
his back to those he had just adj
dressed and repeated his words.
Then, again escorted by Chief
Kohler. he eIbowed his way to the
vestibule of his car. A portion OF
the crowd followed and demanded
another speech.
II spoke to most Of you over
there" said the colonel. waving his
hand toward the spot he had just
vacated.
DO it again" suggested a voice
in the crowd
1T wouldn't hurt, would it?" re-
turned the colonel, 50 he went over
his speech once more.
Someone asked the speaker what
he thought of James r. Garfield,
who recently led the Ohio tnsur-
gents TO defeat at the state Repub-
lican convention. A progressive
cried out:
He's all right"
Garfield All Right.
] Sure" repeated Col. Roosevelt.
Hes all right"
The crowd found this conversation
lenjoyable.
What do you think of Kohler?"
la tall man asked
The colonel turned and smote the
chief on the shoulder
Hes an old friend OF mine" he
rejoined.
After posing for photographers
the colonel retired into his car.
"A white-haired man pushed his
way through the crowd and handed
a bulky package to the colonel. who
did not have the least idea what II
contained. but thanked him just the
same When he opened the package
later he found in 1t a piece OF veni-
son and a note scrubbed on a frag-
ment of paper. II read:
"A small piece OF jerked venison
/ killed In Canada last November.
Cured II myself Have missed but
one year in 23 years hunting. This
Old paper that this is done up in Is
older than both OF us.
IS. NJ. SMITH, Conneaut. O."
The paper in which the venison
was wrapped was-a copy OF the
Ulster County Gazette, published in
Kingston, n. Y. on January 4, 1900.
II contained an account of the fun
'eral of George Washington cd an
ode to him written "by young
lady"
Colonel Roosevelt read the news
paper. crinl1led and yellow with
age, with great interest The veni-
son is TO be served on his car.