The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-09-28
TAFT IN TRIBUTE
TO {. Il. MADISON
President in Address Eulogizes
Late Congressman.
IMMENSE THR0NG IS PRESENT
Celebration Of Fiftieth Anniversary
Of Birth Of state Of Kansas Par
tIclpated by Nations Chief
Executive.

Hutchinson, Kan, Sept. 26-The
celebration here today of the flftieth
anniversary of the birth Of the state
Of Kansas was made notable by the
presence of President Taft. He de-
livered an address at the fair grounds
and was heard by an immense throng
Of people, thousands coming In from
the surrounding towns and country.
Pays Tribute to Madison.
In opening. Mr.. Taft paid grace
full tribute to the memory Of the late
Representative e. H. Madison, through
whom had come his invitation to
speak at Hutchinson. He said:
His death was great shock to
me, as l doubt not 1t was to his fell
low citizens. I had not known him
long nor can l say that knew him
intimately, but l knew him we'll
enough to know the strong qualities
of his mind and heart, his judicial In
stinct, his intense desire to be fair,
and his clear perceptions Of the law
as jurist. and his levelheadedness
as legislator.
Il remember a speech which he
made in congress on the subject Of
excepting from the application Of an
appropriation lawless combinations of
workingmen, which was at the same
time noble. clear exposition OF the
necessity for making all persons
equal before the law and an exhibit
ton of courage and Indifference to
consequences in the support of a
righteous judgment. His speech
marked him as one Of the coming men
OF congress. He took great interest
In this celebration. He came to see
me often about it and discussed 1t
in detail
IT extend to his family and to his
friends my profound sympathy In
their deep sorrow and hope that the
memory of his high standing among
his fellow citizens and the value OF
the services that he rendered to them
may in time mitigate the blow which
has fallen upon them"
Reviews States History.
President Taft then turned to the
subject of his address-the history OF
the birth Of Kansas as state. He
gave an interesting review OF the bit
ter conflicts over the restriction or
extension of slavery that occurred
during the first half of the Nineteenth
century and set forth the disorders
that resulted from the passage of
the Kansas-Nebraska hill and the ef-
forts of the Emigrant Aid society to
settle the then territory with north
ern people so that 1t would be I'D
mitted as a free state.
The generous part played by the
new state in the preservation OF the
Union in the Civil war was told by
Mr. Taft. and he then sketched the
states intermittent progress in pros
perity up to 1892 "Since that time"
he said, "the scientific knowledge Of
agriculture has Increased to such
point that the dry farming OF the
semi-arid lands of this state Is one
of its greatest achievements, and to-
day we have Kansas prosperous" In
conclusion he said:
Trials Give Citizens Character.
Inc trldlS tuTOuSu WHICH Tue Stdto
has come have undoubtedly given
character to its inhabitants. They
are bold and original in thought.
courageous in execution. One may
differ with them in their conclusions
either upon politics or upon other
issues, but he must respect the sim
certify and the energy, independence
and courage with which they support
their conclusions and carry them to
their logical result 1t was to be ex-
pected that people of the enterprise
and intelligence and experience and
trials and sufferings that the Kansas
people had would give early attention
to the spread Of intelligence and to
the education of their children.
cannot stop to dwell upon the atten-
| ton given In this state to the es-
tablishment of schools, the founda-
| ton OF colleges and the maintenance
OF the university. 1t Is sufficient to
say that 1t accords with what might
be expected from a people with such