Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
ROOSEVELT DECLARES
AGAINST EXTREMISTS
Warns Candidates to Make No
Prediction Promises

OSAWOTAMIE. Aug. 31.-While Col
onel Roosevelt's speech is regarded by
many of those who heard it as carry
ing him further than before with
the progressive movement, the col
onel coupled with his declaration a
warning against the extremist, in
jecting an extemporaneous remark on
the subject into his prepared speech.
'I do not want our people to follow
men whose intentions are excellent,
but whose eyes are a little too wild to
make it safe to trust them" he said.
Another sentence which Colonel
Roosevelt put into his speech extern
poraneously brought forth applause
from the crowd. He said:
mo man should make a promise be-
fore election that he does not intend
to keep after election, and If he does
not keep it hunt him out"
The people gave his words an inter
probation of their own, and the burst
of cheering which broke out when they
heard them was one of the widest Of
the day.
The speech was delivered in a grove
on the battlefield where John Brown
fought the Missouri raiders on August
80, 1856, The setting was picturesque.
THOUSANDS HEAR I. II.
Thousands of people had gathered
for the dedication of the battlefield
as state park today. Colonel Roose-
welt stood on table which was placed
on the platform and lowered high
above the dense throng which surged
about him on every side. The crowd
was so great that only a small part
of the people could hear what was
being said, but they all cheered.
The cheering was so enthusiastic that
Colonel Roosevelt was interrupted
constantly, and had to hold up his hand
in protest time after time
The crowd caught UP every phrase
which it interpreted as an expression
of progressive sentiment and shouted
as long as the colonel would let 1t.
On the green, just outside the grove,
were rows of booths in which were
sandwich men and side shows. The
scene was like that at a county fair,
and while the colonel was speaking
thousands of people who could not get
close enough to him even to see him,
wandered along the lanes between the
booths, taking in the sights.
The venders of wares did not de-
crease their shouts while the colonel
was speaking, and he had to compete
for a hearing with the whistle of the
merry -go-round, the "squawkers'
which the children had and the strident
voices Of the Kansas orators who were
urging the people to buy peanuts
popcorn, "hot dog" pink lemonade and
potato peelers.
Raising his voice to high pitch, and
speaking slowly, the colonel thundered
his message from his place above the
heads of the people, and they thun-
dered back applause.
Even the demonstrations which
greeted Colonel Roosevelt at Denver
and Cheyenne earlier in his present
trip were eclipsed by that of today
The countryside was stripped of It's
inhabitants for miles around, and the
farmers drove over the muddy roads
or rode in on their mules to see the
fun and hear the colonel. Special
trains came bearing other crowds. one
such train came all the way from COZ
feyville, more than 200 miles away.
"This is the biggest day that Kansas
ever knew" said Governor Stubbs
after the colonel mad finished his
speech.
ut was the greatest speech Colonel
Roosevelt ever made in his life" he
added.