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Show -- -" -r RENO, Nevada, Aprli 3 Reno's divorce colony was the -f -- object of Theodore Roosevelt's -f fire today during his principal t address of tho day, delivered -f- to a crowd of 90veral thousund -f 4- grouped about tho court house -f- steps. -f- I H IH "It Is one colony of which you want to rid yourselves" Mr RoobovcR declared. de-clared. "I don't car what you do with those of your own suite who seek divorces, but keep citizens of other states who want divorces out of Nevada. Ne-vada. Don't allow yourselves to be decelvod by the argument that such a colony brings money to your city. You can't afford to have that kind of money mon-ey brought hero. Keep that whole colony col-ony ouL" Divorce-Seekers Evade Duties as Citizens. Citi-zens. t Mr. Roosevelt declared that tho divorce di-vorce beokera who came to Nevada wero endeavoring to evade their duty and that such citizens could not be of benefit to this state. Congratulating Reno upon tho Young Meals Chrlsljlan Association building Just completed hero, Mr. Roosevelt said ho had not known un- i U til a recent controversy arose that I Catholic and Jews, who, he said, were I often among the most liberal contrib- J utor3 to its work, wre denied the right of holding positions upon tho I managerial boards of the association. I This ho characterized as tho grossost I Injustice. He appealed to his friends amongj tho Protestant clergy to right tho wrong thus done. A man who did right, Mr. Roosevelt said, was entitled to worship God as ho saw fit. No line of creed should bo drawn against I him. I Employers' Liability Law. Mr. Roosevelt also talked at length upon the crying need of employers' liability li-ability measures, both national and state. It was not fair, he said, that tho worker should bo the only one to pay for accidents to which his occupation occupa-tion rendered him liable. "If any employer uses up a bit of machinery," he said, "he has to le-placo le-placo it. If he uses up a bit of humanity hu-manity lot him pay for that, too." After citing the hazardous occupation occupa-tion of various railroad employes Mr Roosevelt snld that In fairness the people of tho "United States must seo that proper compensation measures vrcro enacted. "And tho courts must see them through," he added. "If it is necessary neces-sary we have got to educate the courts themselves. Tho people are entitled to have their will In this mattor. I had a correspondence with Judge Baldwin, now governor of Connecticut upon this subject, and I stood pat on my position." Praises Congressional Representa- i tlves. Tho former president warmly praised prais-ed Senators Newlands" and Nixon and former Congressman Bartlett, of Nevada, Ne-vada, for their part in the establishment establish-ment of the national Irrigation policy. lie said that whllo mining wafi lmpor-' tant to the biate, permanont growth, must rest upon agricultural devolop-inont devolop-inont Mr. Roosevelt was entertained at a private dinner tonight at tho homo of Republican " National Committeeman Flanagan, 'Gotemor Oddlo being among tho guests His car was at tachc-d to the westbound tr.Un at mld ulght. and hoi will arrive In Sacra-, mento tomorrow morning, whoro he will bo tho gueht of Governor Johnson. Ills only address tomorrow will bo atr Tehama, Cal., and ho will proceed to Portland tomorrow nleht. |