Show THE CAUSE NOT THE m wil A na what colonel roosevelt said to hi milwaukee audience NO CONCERN FOR HIS OWN LM LIFE in the greatest campaign speech ort on record with a bullet in his hl body he answered forever the argument that the progressive party Is I 1 a one man movement the speech that col roosevelt do livered at milwaukee with a bullet in me hla body was the most dramatic campaign utterance on an record just before he rose to speak henry F cochems head of the progressive bartys speakers bureau and a milwaukee man came forward and said in presenting col roosevelt to you good citizens good fathers and good civilians you should know that the colonel comes to you in the spirit of a good Bold soldier ler As AB we were leaving the hotel a few moments ago a dastardly hand raised a revolver and fired a shot at him and the colonel speaks as a soldier with a bullet in his breast where we dont known know A shudder ran through the audience accompanied by cries of oh oh from the women present who mado made up halt half of 0 the audience col roosevelt stepped forward and was war greeted with a cheer that shook the building he had the old grin on his face and it was hard tor for the audience to credit the statement that he stood there like a soldier with the lead of an enemy in hla his body that there was no question of this was shown by a little incident when the colonel started to read his bis notes he took his spectacle case from the vest pocket and turning to those just juat about him exhibited it indicating where the bullet of the sassin assassin had nicked it this brought another sympathetic cheer to which mr roosevelt responded with one of hla his smiles and began his hie wk talk friends I 1 shan shall ask you to be as quiet as possible ho he said 1 I dont know whether you fully understand that I 1 have just been shot but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose cheers but fortunately I 1 had my manuscript so you see I 1 was going to make a long speech holds up manu scrip with bullet hole and there la is bullet there Is where the bullet went through and it probably saved me from it going into my heart the tha bullet is in me now so that I 1 cannot make a very long speech but I 1 will try my best cheers and now friends I 1 want to take advantage of this incident and say a word of solemn warning as I 1 know how to my fellow countrymen I first of all I 1 want to say this about myself I 1 have altogether too important things to think of to feel any ally concern over my own death and now I 1 cannot speak to you insincerely within five minutes of being shot 1 I 1 am telling you the literal truth en I 1 say that my concern la Is tor for ny other things it la is not in a the emst imst lei at tor for my own life I 1 want you to linler stand that I 1 am ahead ot of the tame gains anyway applause and cheers cheera no man has had a happier life than I 1 hae ha e led happier life in every way I 1 have been able to do certain things that I 1 greatly wished to do and I 1 am interested in doing other things 11 gs 1 I can tell you with absolute truthfulness that I 1 am very much uninterested in whether I 1 am shot or not LOL it was just as when I 1 was colonel of 0 my regiment ment I 1 always felt that a private was to be excused for feeling at times some pangs daugs ot of anxiety about his per tonal safety but I 1 cannot canno t understand A man fit to be a colonel who can pay any heed to his personal batet safety y when he Is occupied as he ought to be occupied with the absorbing desire to do his duty applause and cheers 1 I am in this cause with my whole heart and soul I 1 believe that the progressive movement Is tor for making life iffe a little easier for all our people ft a movement to try to take the burdens off the men and especially the women and children of this country I 1 am absorbed in the success of 0 that movement 1 I regard this incident as of 0 infinitesimal ite importance as compared with the great issues at stake in this campaign and I 1 ask it not for my sake not the least in the world but for the sake bake ot of OUT our common country that our opponents make up their mind to speak only the truth and not to use the kind of 0 slander and mendacity which it if taken seriously must incite weak and violent natures to crimes of violence |