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Show ROOSEVELT DEFINES HIS POLim CREED CLEARLY OSSAWATOMIE, Kas., Aug. 31 In clear and emphatic fashion Theodore Roosevelt announced his political creed here today. It was a creed of progressive Republicanism. It aligned him definitely with progressive movement within the party as a whole.. It placed him on record as an advocate of some policies which find favor with the insurgents in-surgents and as an opponent of "special interest" which he believes exercises a sinister influence on the affairs of the people. Colonel Rooevelt declared himself in favor of a wide increase in the power of the national government that it might assume greater activity in control of the corporations, and in working out the policies poli-cies which he believed should be adopted lie" declared for the "new nationalism," as he termed such an increase in governmental power. Colonel Roosevelt characterized lhe issue of the day as ' the struggle of free men to gain and hold the right of self-government as against the special interests who twist the methods of free government govern-ment into machinery for defeating the popular will." "The issue is joined and we must fight or fail," said he. The cx-president declared himself in favor of these principles. I habitants for miles around and the farmers drovo over the dusty roads or rodo In on the mules, to see the fun and hear the colonel. Special trains came to Ossawatomle for tho day, bearing other crowds. Ono such train came all the wav from Coffey-vllle, Coffey-vllle, more than 200 miles away. "This is the biggest day that Kansas Kan-sas ever knew" said Governor Stubbs, after tho colonel had finished his speech, "It was the greatest speech Colonel Col-onel Roosevelt ever made In his life," he added Clifford Plnchot, former chief forester, for-ester, made a speech alter Colonel Roosevelt had finished. "Tills Is one of the biggest mom ents In the history of tho United States"he added "We must drive the special interests inter-ests out of politics" said James R. Oarneld, ex-secretary of the Interior, who made a (speech after Plnchot In addition tn Governor Stubbs. Mr. j Plnchot, and Mr. Garfield, all known as Insurgents, Representative Madison Madi-son and Senator Rrletow and William Allen White, three more Insurgents j were on the same platform. Governor Stubbs introduced Col-! Col-! onel Roosevelt Ills speech was a warm endorsement of Roosevelt and Roo.seveltisru As the colonel climbed on the table to speak there was a demonstration which lasted several minutes, Cora M Deputy, president of tho board of trustees named by the legislature leg-islature to manage the park, also made a speech. I Wlille Colonel Roosevelt's speech Is regarded by many of those who heard It a-s carrying him further than before be-fore with tho progressive movement, the colonel coupled with this declaration declar-ation a warning against the extremist, extrem-ist, Injecting an extemporaneous remark re-mark on the subject Into his pro-pared pro-pared speech. "I do not want our people to follow fol-low men whose Ideas are excellent but whose eyes are a little too wide-to wide-to make safe to trust them" he said. Another sentence which Colonel Roosevelt put In his speech" extemporaneously, extem-poraneously, brough forth applause from the crowd. He said: "No man should make a promise to-fore to-fore election that he does not intend in-tend to keep after election and If he does not keep it hunt him out " The people gave his words an Interpretation In-terpretation of their own and the burst of cheering which broke out when they heard them, was one of the wildest of the day. Tho speech was I delivered In a grove on the battlefield today where John Brown fought tho Missouri Raiders on August 30, ISjG. The set- I ting was picturesque. i Thousands of people had gathered for the dedication of the battle field, as n state park today. Colonel Roosevelt Roos-evelt 6tood on a table which was placed on the platform. The crowd was so great that only a small part of lhe people could bear what was being said, but they nil cheered The cheering was so ent husiastlc that Colonel Roosevelt was Interrupted constantly and had to hold up his hand In protest time after time. Tho crowd caught up every phrnpc which It interpreted as an expression of progressive pro-gressive sentiment and shouted as long as the colonel would let them. On the green. Just outside the grove were rows of booths, In which wore sandwlchmen and side shows. Tho sceno was llko that at a country fair and whllo the colonel was speaking thousands of people who could not g'-t close enough to him even to see him, wandered along lanes between the booths, taking In the sights. The venders of wares did not cease their tbouts while the colonel was speaking speak-ing and he had to compete for bearing bear-ing with the whistle of the merry-go-round, the "squawkers" which tho children had and the fur strident voices of the Knnsa-? orators who were urging the people to buy peanuts, pea-nuts, popcorn "hot dogs" pink lemonade lem-onade and potatoe peelers. Raising his volco to a high pitch and speaking speak-ing slowly the colonel thundered his message from his place above the heads of the people and the thundered back applause Even tho demonstration which greet ed Colonel Roosevelt at Denver and Cheyenne earlier In his present trip were eclipsed by that of today. The countryside was stripped of Its iu- |