The Harrison times., 1912-05-04

ing tno SHIPS OllCeIS 10 sdfe ms
women and children at the loss Of his
own life. Friends, our nations sor'
! row at such loss Is tempered by the
fact that the man went to his death
as honorably as II he died in battle.
wish to call attention to the fact
that under the English law the Wild
ows and orphans OF all the sailors
aboard will have compensation for
the loss OF the bread winner In each
family, whereas in New York, where
the Court Of Appeals, the highest
court In the state, has declared that
the people Of that state are powerless
TO enact such a law ! ask you, the
people of this industrial and railroad
center in this great state OF yours,
to make up your minds as ! have
made Up mine, that we will continue
to battle for real progressive policies
until there are laws for the compen'
sation of working men killed or
wounded in battle, until there are
laws to protect working men in their
lives In their work everywhere
throughout this country,
Now, friends, am so pressed for
time that have to leave unsaid half
Of the things would like TO tell you
about. But there are just one or two
points upon which ! wish TO touch.
One Of the accusations that my oppo'
nents make about me- and II there is
any accusation that they don't make
| don't know It, is that while | was
president | was a dictator, Well, |
wasn't. Whom did dictate to- Tho
people? Not a bit Of it, And | ney,
er dictated to any senator or con
gressman who represented the peo'
pie and stood up for the rights Of the
people The only kind Of dictatlon in
which ever INDUCED was when !
found that there was something that
the people ought to have and that
Congress would not give them, |
then went out and stated to the peo'
pie why thought II was In their IN
erest 10 have that particular law
and, II could convince them that |
was right, they brought pressure to
bear upon ;he recalcItrant senator's
or congressman Sometimes IL would
be one law, sometimes another; now
II was the rate law, now the pure
food law now It was law to in
crease the power OF the Department
OF Agriculture NO that It could deal
with the people, the farming people
who most always make the basis OF
our national life, And sometimes It
would be something else, and II ! act
ed on these subjects, my opponents
would be very apt 10 say that | was
acting unconslItutIonally ! always
bore In mind that the preamble to
tho constitution says that the people
made II, and II question came mp, |
always gave tho benefit Of tho doubt
to the people,
Now, I'll give you two illustrations
Of tho way acted One taken from
before | was president. | was colonel
OF regiment in the Spanish war
There were several Arkansas men in
that regiment, and one or two OF
them are here tonight One Of the
tost mon In my regiment was Jack
Greenway from Hot Springs, II was
typical American regiment There
were think, more whose fathers
wore the gray than men whose faith
ers wore the blue, Well, got down
there, and after the first fight we
got on rather shor1 ratlons, There
must be fathers of the CIyil war here
on one side or I he other, Well YOU
know OF the Importance OF the crack
or line Right after tho first fight
we got down to nothing but hard
tack and salt pork, Now, | never
coddlcd my mon, expected that
they would take anything that came
and grin about II, and that they want
ed picture Ns near the flash OF the
guns "a | could get them, and | got
II for thom' but ! also took all the
care Of them that could, | don't
thing that colonel Is I'll to be col
oncl II he docs not take care OF his
regiment | did not think much or
hard t.ck and salt pork 20 ! got
about 10 OF my men one day ana
marched them down to see II we
could not find something to eat We
found where Trey were unloading
supplies for the officers and army
and among other things ! saw n great
mass OF beans being unloaded, 10 !
put In n request for LOO pounds OF
beans for my mon, He showed me
some rules where II said That beans
we're only for the officers mess ana
said | couldn't any for my men,
Well, when we got down to hard
tack, officers and men ate alike, from
the colonel down then asked If !
could have some beans for my Off
GERS, and he said, "Ycs, how much
do you want" "Well" ! said ~
want 100 pounds Of beans" "Why"
he said, your officers can't cat l,lOo
rounds Of beans" told him he