The Bismarck tribune., 1918-10-07
WHIP HUNS TO
KNEES FIRST,
SAYS: TEDDY
Col. Roosevelt Talks to Big Bis
marck Crowd on Straight
Americanism. ...
DENOUNCES TOWNLEYISM
Believes Socialistic Doctrines
Preached by LeSueurites Are
Damaging.
DENOUNCES TOWNLEYISM


Il shall not say anything about
what is uppermost in our minds excep1
two things" said Co.: Theodore Roose
welt, addressing hastily assembled
audience of 2,0vv from the, rear of a
Northern Pacific train here sunday
morning. There are two things that
solute, uncomprOmising Americanism
and the other is-put through the war
"Americanism means, in the first
place, that we shall be Americans; in
The second place that nothing shall
lead us to preach hatred OF other
Americans; third, to do our best to
work in spirit Of brotherhood for
the common good OF all. You, too
have to have qualities of disinterested
ness, determination, and plain horse
sense, in addition. | don't care how
good his manners are, if he is a natur.
al born fool you cannot do much with
him.
And, in putting the war through,
see all kinds of talk about making
peace negotiations on the other side.
l am not anxious for such peace. Let
- Us decide what the peace terms shall
be! Germany needn't talk peace
terms. She snall aake what we give
ho;'. And let us not let up at all in
our efforts when We hear about this
peace talk on the other side. They
are talking peace because they are
groggy. In the ring, il a mans grog-
gy, we put him out. II you should put
up with it, he would put you out in
stead. | hope no father or mother
with sons aoroad will listen to this
peace talk. We all hope we can get
peace soon, but would rather Lne
war would 80; on Until we used our
last bedrock dollar tnan not to whip
Germany to her knees.
''Wnen 1t comes to q league oil ma
tions, the best way to secure peace
is to whip ! Germany SO thoroughly
that no other nation will want to mix
with the United States after peace
comes" I'D t..... -. 4.
The fact that Colonel Roosevelt
was coming through on 40. 4, which
reaches Bismarck at 10:04, did not be-
come known here until only an hour
shot time available was devoted to
routing citizens out OF their beds by
way of the telephone, bells and whis-
ties, and when No. 4 rolled in at least
1000 enthusiastic admirers were as
sembled at the station to greet him.
sharing the observation platform with
North Dakota's distinguished former
citizen was Sylvane NJ. Ferris, now
Dickinson oank president, in the old
days Col Roosevelt's ranch foreman
on the Little Missouri.
II do not intend to make any
Speech" said Col. Roosevelt. I'm the
first place, it is Sunday morning, and
in the second place l did not expect
to. But before say anything further
to you, want to say that / extend a
very warm greeting to you. You know
without my, having to say 1t that i
have, naturally, a very strong feeling
for the people Of North Dakota. For
thirteen years l spent my time in
pat of North Dakota, out west here,
around the Little Missouri, and am
sure l could not have been present
here today if that time had not been
spent out here in North Dakota. l
owe more to the times when ! lived
out here and worked with the men
who have been my friends than to any
thing else.
81 have been pretty much every
thing. l lived here at time when
this was the great territory OF Da-
kota, and I have been even a deputy
sheriff. never shall forget the time
when we spent eight days in the tail
of an ice jam, when we came down to
Mandan. We had q prisoner horse
thief with us. He wouldn't sleep with
the sheriff, so had ITO share him as
bed.fellow." H.. .
Col. Roosevelt appeared to his
friends here to have aged very little
in the last decade. The defect IN one
of his eyes was not apparent behind
the glasses to which his admirers nave
become accustomed, and he spoke and
gestured with all of his old-time vlgor
It was apparent from the spirit OF the
crowd that North Dakota has lost
nothing of the warmth of its old-time
affections for the immortal Teddy.
Flags the League.
Col. Roosevelt was on his war east
from Billings where on Saturday he
addressed most of Montana as fol-
lows:
America cannot afford to accept
the lead Of any party, nor Of any or
ganization calling itself non-partisan,
but really acting as q party, which is
not first and foremost American, and
nothing but American" declared Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt Saturday
at Billings, Mont, in which he outlined
various phases of the war and its
many sidelights.
There are real and grave causes
for complaint among The farmers here
in the northwest, the former president
continued, as he read from paper
figures which purported to show dis
crepancies in connection with the
prices paid for wheat and in freight
rates. but he asserted that many OF
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