The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-21

or the millennium We cans make
men prosper. But we can shape con- i
d1tions SO that the average man will
have chance chance to show the /
stun within him. Our program is to
help honest fndustry-to make dis
honest business honest. 1t is not my
fight or the fight Of any one of you. :
1t il the fight for humanity-the fight /
here In Kansas, the fight in the ma /
ton. And the nation will watch to |
see how Kansas solves the problem"
Discussing his policies for reform !
OF court procedure Colonel Roose-
welt cited many court cases. Most of
the cases were New York decisions in '
which the interests of the employer
ana the employee were concerned.
Smiled At Candidacy.
Never tnce during his trip through f!
the state did Roosevelt make reply to |
Charles L. Davidson's reference of his i
possible candidacy for the Progressive
presidential nomination in 1916. As
the big crowd in Wichita yelled at tho |
al leader two years hence. the colonel
himself sat quietly by and smiled his
distinctive Roosevelt smile.
With Roosevelt in Kansas.
While his voice is painfully husky
and he speaks with greatest effort,
Colonel Roosevelt is putting his old
campaign in Kansas. All day Satur-
day he was on the firing line and from
Yates Center to Wichita and Wichita
to Hutchinson, he greeted thousands
OF men and women who had turned
out to welcome him to the state. At
the little town Of Towanda, q man
yelled:
How are you feeling, Teddy?"
"You can't kill me with a club" was
the prompt reply Of the national Bull
Moose leader.
About 100 people were at the depot
when the train stopped In Eeece:
the Flint Hills, sat on his horse.
Roosevelt saw him instantly. Hello
there, cowboy" shouted the former
cowboy president, as he waved his
hand and bowed his most prOfuse bow.
The cowboy waved his hat and gave q
cheer for Teddy and the little crowd
at the station yelled.
Roosevelt is carrying on his western
trip the overcOat which he wore In
Milwaukee the night he was shot. The
bullet hole is still there. The colonel
made no reference to the coat to mem
bers OF the party and the possession
of the coat was not known until the
matter was mentioned by o. K. Davis,
secretary Of the national committee.
OK. Davis. secretary Of the nation
al Progressive committee and ROOse-
velt's personal escort on the western
tour, is a former Kansan. While he
is a native of New York, he lived for
number Of years in Kansas and Tor q
time published a newspaper in Au-
one Of the founders of the Topeka
Commonwealth. Davis is we'll known
by a number of Kansas political lead
ers and has visited Kansas during sew
eral recent campaigns.
From Mount Hope to Hutchinson,
the press car made the trip Of rs miles
on a flat tire. At Mount Hope one of
the tires sprung leak, but the driver,
a son of c. L. Davidson of Wichita,
refused to change inner tubes lest the
reporters might miss the Hutchinson
meeting.
Efforts to minimize the Roosevelt
crowds are positive Misrepresentation
| Of facts. No matter the political con-
| victions Of a news writer, the fact that
| the crowds chswelcomed the colonel
| were equal to those of two years ago,
| can scarce be denied. There was not
town where the colonel stopped but that
| crowd turned out to see and hear, II
possible, the former president. At
Wichita fully 1000 people were in the
hall. 1t was stated that 1000 more were
unable to gain entrance. The crowd
was larger than the one which greeted
| Roosevelt two years ago when he was
1
/ speech. In addition to this fact the big
hall was a veritable bake oven, there
was no ventilation and fully half of the
people were unable to hear the speak
ers voice. At Hutchinson, it was stated
| that the crowd in the auditorium was
the largest that had ever attended a
meeting in the hall.
Roosevelt tells story illustrating, as
he sees it, tie attitude Of the two old
parties.
Willie was called on the carpet by his
father for making disparging remarks
about his two aunts.
! You said Aunt Lizzie was a foo1?''
asked the stern parent.
"Well, yes. I did, admitted the
youth.
And you said that Aunt Hannah was
son.
Yes, did, was the reply.
| well, my son, you make the same
distinctions that do" replied the par
ent. Then Roosevelt concludes: 'Out
here in Kansas, I don't pretend to
designate Aunt Hannah or Aunt Lizzie.
But think the distinction is correct"
ITS great, positively great" declared
Colonel Roosevelt when asked for his
opinion regarding his>reception in Kan
sas. Nothing could be better. The
spirit. the interest, the Karsas way of
doing things. Nothing could beat 1t.
Kansas people are the best people in
the world to talk to. Really. hate to
leave"
In Kansas City, Colonel Roosevelt
is the personal guest at the home Of
w. r. Nelson, the newspaper publish
er. 1. R. Kirkwood. Progressive ma
tfonal committeeman for Missouri, is
a son-in-law of Nelson. Kirkwood
was in Roosevelt's party during the