Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-09-02
CRAFTERS SCORED
BY ROOSEVELT IN
TALK AT BUFFALO
Petty Political S%coundrels and
Rich Financiers Are Placed
by Him in Same
Glass.

he croWded IN a space Of IS minutes
here today.
"There are two prime articles in my
faith" he said. ~ stand for justice
alike and for the punishment of wrong
wherever or by w~honsoever done"
81 want to assre YOU" he began,
when three men managed 10 climb ..
a truck in such a way as to obscure
the view of those behind him.
Get down." said the Colonel. They
did SO, and he resumed:
u want to assure you that as long
as | have the power 70 do so, | am go
Ing TO fight for a clean government. |
am going to fight for clean manhood.
I am going to fight for clean politics.
The high wind prevented half of the
crowd from hearing what the colonel
said, SC he turned his back on those he
had just addressed and repeated his
words. Then, escorted by Chief of Po-
lice kohier, he elbowed his way to the
vestibuie Of his car.
Some one asked the colonel what he
thought of James r. Garfield, who re-
Gently led the Ohio insurgents to defeat
at the state republican convention. A
progressive cried out:
Hes all right"
Sure" repeated Colonel Roosevelt.
~He's all right"
The crowd found the conversation en-
Ioyable.
what do you think OF Kohier?" a
tall man asked.
The colonel turned and smote the
chief on the shoulder.
"He's an old friend % mine" he re.
joined.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 27.-Theodore
Roosevelt pledged himself to the men
of Buffalo today to help them and all
sincere citizens to fight CroOkedness
wherever it was found.
I'm help you just as I did in the
past" he said, speaking TO the Eli
colt club, whose guest he was at break
fast, an hour after sunrise. He made
n plea for the punishment Of crooked
and grating public officials and the
election of honest ones in their places,
a process of gradually but permanently
raising the morale of political and bust
ness life, and ne said he thought ii a
duty to hunt out crooks and especially
crooks in his own party.
- believe IN party government" ne
said, but the moment a question Of
honesty is involved, recognize no
party distinctions, or If I do make any,
1t is that it is a little more my business
&c 80: tSe CRATER ard crook out OF
public life IL ne belongs TO my party than
IF to another. This attitude demands
that ones attention be fixed not on
financial or social statutes, but on con-
duct"
Big Crowd Greets Him.
Nearly 400 members of the Ellicott
club and other citizens representing
leading professional and business in
tergsts and a wide variety Of political
affiliations awaited Mr.. Roosevelt's
coming from the New York Central
station, where he a arrive from
Utica at $50 in his private car Repub-
lie, attached to a reglar train.
AS the ex-president entered Amer
lea" was sung with the backing of a
regimental band Breakfast was quick
ly served as there was less thar an
hour before the time for Mr.. Roose-
velt's departure to Chicago.
Among those who got an especially
hearty greeting from Mr.. Roosevelt
was Tony" Gavin. a Buffalo police
man, formerly a rough rider. The Col
onel shook his hand across he table,
and said some pleasant things in
you!" occurred.
Is Dead in Earnest.
MIR. Roosevelt made good use of the
friends available for his remarks. The
men who heard him, who noted his
earnestness in dealing with the sub
ject of crookedness and grating. and
who frequently broke in with sharp
applause, had in min his expressions
within the last few days that they
will have all the fight they want"
Mr.. Roosevelt first dwelt on q sub
tect OF particular local interest-the ne
cessity of preserving unpolluted "the
wonderful fresh water supply of the
great lakes"
We claim 10 be a civilized people"
he said. "As such we ought to be able
to dispose of our sewage without put
ting y !ntc ouT drinking water"
Keep Morals Pure.
He said:
State and nation must combine IN
preventing further contamination and
In making the purity of lake water as
absolute as possible. So also In the
field OF morals, public and domestic"
he continued. There must be no pol
luton at the sources"
This led naturally to his grimly
earnest expression of intention to seek
out and bring to accounting grafters.
big and little.
"Distrust, however, he said, "fnan-
rciers who can only see crookedness in
grating small politicians and graft
ing leaders; distrust also those who can
see II only In the lnanciers. You must
attack a man because he's crooked. IL
poo and crooked, attack him. If rich
n crooked, attack him. In fact, at
tack the rich crook a trifle stronger.
Yes. I will put it attack him very
strongly"
The gathering of people at the sta
ton had been considerably augmented
during the hour. Standing on the rear
platform of his car, Mr.. Roosevelt
waved his hat as the train pulled out
westward. shortly after 1880.
Talks to Railroad Men.
When Colonel Roosevelt appeared on
the rear n platform at Dunkirk. N.
Y he was met by a large gathering OF
railroad men.
Il have always admired the railroad
men because they ave certain quail
ties I like to think OF as typical of
Americans. They know how to act.
each for himself, and also In combina-
ton. They know how to work. They
know how to obey orders. and how to
act each on his individuality. The
average American In our political. in
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE is
MEETING IN ST. PAUL