The Harrison times., 1912-05-04
His Address In Full
The colonol's speech follows

Tlh NuuTCbb w TuIh
The coonel's speech follows;
Mr. Chairman, and You, My Fellow.
Citizens, Men and Women Of Arkan.
sas.-lt Is a very great pleasure for
me to be here this evening, and
wish to tell you | am profoundly i'm.
pressed by the kind courtesy Of your
reception Of me- already have most
pleasant memories Of Little Rock II
Is always to me great pleasure--a
rare pleasure come here and see
you,
have come to talk to YOU about
what | regard ne the fundamentals OF
good citizenship and good govern
ment for do not feel as though IN
this contest was engaged In any
mere lactional fight, for tho princr
pies for which ! stand are the prln'
ciplos Of good American citizenship
When | say that ! am for the peo
pie and against the bosses, ! don't
care which party the bosses are in
and when ! ask for honesty In poll
tics wish to point out the fact that
when | was president If there were
two scoundrols, one In my own party
and one In another drew Just this
distinction between them-l took of
the head Of my own scoundrc first
Now then friends, wish to
Insist with all the power ! have at
my command that the politician whC
has regarded either the nomination
or election as 4 place to cheat the
people ont Of their rights Is as guilty
Of dishonesty as II he filched money.
There are too many OF our pe0plg
who look with Indifference or with
the empty laughter at crimes commit
ted In politics In the getting OF nomt
nations ana elections, Don't forget
that the man who viii cheat about
the nomination or will try to prevent
the people from voting their choice,
who viii interfere with the express
son Of the pcopn through direct prl.
mares, that that man will cheat In
other ways when he gets the chance.
So friends, | come here 20 ask for
an honest expression Of the popular
will in my party II the people don't
with me, all right, have nothing 10
say but II they do wish me and II
the politicians cheat them out Of Il,
will have u good deal to say
And, mind you, In tho fundamental
I am not making party flshl ! am
making a fight TO have YOU men mas.
ters of your public servants, TO have
you control the men who themselves
control the political machinery, II
you let the boss work you, you can
guarantee he viii not work You In
your interest but work You In his
own,
And now friends, there Is more
than one thing that | wish to sco tho
government do. You remember, per-
haps some of you, that while ! was
president | did my best TO get the
government TO take up with all &C.
rIousness the question OF handling
our national resources one Item OF
that was TO get the national govern
ment 10 take full control over the
rivers, and ask that the national
government take charge TO assist our
pcope In conserving not only the
soil and the forest, but to see TO the
draining Of the swamp lands; and,
friends, when the government does
"a II should do, such floods ~ those
that have taken place will be lmpos.
flble
The national government cooper
atny wherever necessary with tho
states, must see 10 II that such works
are built ~ to render absolutely safe
all the people who dwell along the
lower Mississippi from tho Missouri
10 the ohio down, and II viii not do
10 loaye our people who dwell on the
nNnkH VI lUN mlehlHHAFFl Hhhd'N' w
such c6lamitles as are entalled by
these floods, and II Ia the duty Of the
nation, In cooperating with the
atnlcs, to see the possibility OF the
recurrence OF these floods, or al least
TO the extent Of tho damage that they
now DO, becomes a thing Of the Rlst
And, friends, that puts me In thr
mind Of something else-of another
dsnster TINT has recently occurred
the destruction OF the Titanic ON
Of those appalling colamilles thai
now and then happen among the con
dltIons Of modern, civilized life
Many Of us had friends aboard III,
vessel had a former aide OF mine
Capt Butt, u Georgian, and nm Amerl
can gentleman from my own state
who died as an officer and u gentle
man should die, doing hle duty, help