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Show n Who nave Risked Their Lives Battling1 igainst the Flames Are as Brave as the firemen of Big Cities-Crooked Politics and Crooked Business Condemned :nvor. Aug. 30. Tho Roosevelt lal train, with Col. Roosevelt, for Secretary of the Interior James artkld and former Chief Foreste r ird Pinchot ami a parly of news-r news-r men on board left for Pinchot a party of newspaper men on d left for Pueblo today at 7:45 s Praises Forest Service, teblo, Colo.. Aug. HO. Warning people of New Mexico and Ari- against tho danger of having an clad constitution not easily aded. Col. Roofcevclt took occa- to speak of the affairs of these states hero today, explaining that would be unable on this trip to them. large crowd met the colonel at ;tatiou and he was escorted to the Ic park where a stand had been ted for the occasion. Col. Roose- said: want to call attention to the ad-iblo ad-iblo work done by tho forest serin ser-in eonnection with these great M flies. Not onjy has the fores-bureau fores-bureau done everything possible, the preparation given them, but ghtlng fires the men of the Per-have Per-have shown Just the fame ablll-of ablll-of endurance, courage and entire j fference to their own lives as j k'n by the best fire departments 1 1 1 r big cities. There Is no body of , lc servants of which the public ! a right to feel more proud than men of the forest service. I wished to go down to New Mexi-! nd Arizona, but this is the near- 0 them that I will reach on this I wished to advise them to leave constitutions casy of amend-: amend-: If it Is found that they sbeujd mended, and aleo to warn them ust designing corporations, ly plea Is that the people of the j states should bo left, with their! Is free so that, if, at' any time' find that something has been put j their constitutions which they not know was there, or if they that something Is working badly h they believed would work well, shall have an opportunity to eas-make eas-make any change that is nece?- J ron the conclusion of his remarks J Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of j oung Men's Christian association j ding and, after a of three ters of an hour, boarded the trail Osawatomie, K?jisas. Crooked Politics. Morado Springs. Aug 20 A talk- : e crowd met Col. Roosevelt as I train stopped on the way to Puel- J No f,ooner did he make his ap-rance ap-rance on ihe rear platform than 1 began calling to him: 1e can come back," shouted a ijy voiced man. fou bet he can eome back," re-lded re-lded another from the side of the vd. ol. Roosevelt proceeded with a f address. t la a very great pleasure." he "to be back In Colorado and i icularly In thin part of Colorado, i ve been In Colorado .Springs often I re. It was from here that, after as elected vice president, coming nts cast their shadows before. f Htnrtcd from this place on a lion t and I have since hunted the Hon j vfrlca and killed more of him Oian i Jld of nte. I arn plod to see all of people whom I so thoroughly Iht- 1 0 are ready and anxious to do r share of the work that Is before ! I 1 believe that, fundamentally, wo sounder than my othor nation, there are lots of things tp be cored. cor-ed. For instance, take 'tb'u cor- itions T believe in doing full jus- to every corporation. It is en-?d en-?d to Its rights. It should be pro-;ed pro-;ed in its rights, but it Is not en--A to vote and It is not entitled own any public servants. So far as I am able, I will protect corporations against crooks who 11 blackmail them and against the lonary demagogue who would ng the people by attacking them luoperly. Also I will do everything ray power to take the corporation t of politics. 'Wo want to break up the connec-n connec-n bet wet a crodlced poll t lea and "iked business. To do that we St Insist not only on getting jus-P jus-P but on doing justice. 'I do not trust men who will re-"t re-"t to any kind of blackmail. If they that, they will do you If I hey pet Jhancfi. Stand bv the clear headed in and above all by the man whoso l'ds make good his words." |
