The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03
oosryEIT's TOUR WAS TRIUM-
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ne tried that. "a voice from the
.-.t.ence. Me and you both.D Il
-..1d want protection, but / want
-. protection to get beyond the
,-o-t Office into the pay envelope"
I.,n1auge and shouts of, That's
rsght. Teddy
colonel Roosevelt said as he had
,rayeIed through the State Tuesday
- law mills and factories. The fac
,ories should prosper, but all the
--oney should not stop in the front
o4ce local mills not to blame, but
:. sbould be general. A factory Is
~. center Of civilization IL It has the
~4ght kind Of surroundings, he said.
He referred to the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company. how 1t furnished
nIay-grounds for the children, pro-
,ided hygienic arrangements for the
sehools and workingmen, land sent
those back who worked for Ii civil
lied. Friends. they tell US that these
things are not our business. tell
vou that whatever affects the next
generation is the business Of you and
me Great cheers.) 1t Is the bust
ness of every man and woman OF this
generation"
Colonel Roosevelt asked support
far the Progressive party because, he
said. it points the way intelligently
and sanely to social and Industrial
justice.
81 u,apt NOW IN anawar iuGf ono ar
cusation that they make against me-"
he said. Il will not try to answer
them all, because | don't believe there
IS anything that they have not
brought against me. They say / vio-
lated the Constitution. Well, | don't
know of a single violation of the
Constitution that | have made. But
don't believe the Constitution is a
sort Of straight jacket that makes
you and me do certain things regard
less of conditions that may exist"
How He Got the Beans.
The Colonel here illustrated his
point by telling of an incident in Gu
ba during the Spanish-American War.
He said, looking down on the old SOL
diers: ct wasn't much of a war
compared to the war you were in, yet
it was all the war there was" The
Colonel said the crackers were get
ting short and the men in his regi-
ment were hungry, and he was look
ing about for food. He heard that
the Government was having some
provisions landed on the beach few
miles distant, and he went down to
see what he could get. He found
them unloading the provisions and
went to the head of the commisaary
What did he want, and he replied:
What have YOU got?" The Govern
ment had 100 pounds of beans, and
the Colonel asked for 1000 pounds
of beans. The officer in charge in
formed the Colonel that beans were
only for the officers and couldn't fur
nish them for the regiment; that law,
etc. page, etc, section, ETC., stood in
the way. But" said the Colonel,
Il wanted the beans" He said the
officer was sorry, but that wasn't get
ting the beans. The officer suggest
ed that an order be sent to Washing
ton; still that wasn't getting the
beans then. So the Colonel made
out a request for 81, 900 pounds Of
beans for the officers" (Which was
the law; still the officer wanted to
send the request to Washington,
which would have been a great delay,
and the Colonel said his men were
hungry and he wanted them fed as
we'll as the officers. Finally he per-
suaded the officer to let him have the
beans and then send his request to
Washington. This was done and the
Colonels men were fed then when
they we're hungry and needed it.
THE audience applauded.) This
brought him to the purchase of the
Panama Canal.
The Delay of Congress.
He told how the Isthmus of Pana-
ma had been found four hundred
years ago by the Spaniards and there
had been four hundred years of con-
versation about building the Pana-
ma Canal, and I made a treaty with
Panama. The officials of that Gov
eminent violated it. I thought af-
ter four centuries of conversation the
time had come for action. Now, ii
had thought the Constitution was
a straight jacket, l would have gone
back to Washington, written mas
terly report and sent it to Congress,
and Congress would have conducted
series of able debates on the mas
terly report. (Laughter.) And then
We would have had about fifty years
OF conversation. (Laughter.)
So instead OF letting Congress de-
bate further about the Canal, 81 let
them debate me, and I guess they
will be debating me fifty years after
am dead hnf tho Canal will he fin