Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1904 — "MILITARISM" EXPLODED [ARTICLE]

"MILITARISM" EXPLODED

Thoughtful Word* Addressed to Cadets at Howe Academy. At Lima. Ind.. a station which was not included In the original schedule, the etudenta of Howe Mil iary Acad•my were present to jcrec t the vice presidential candidate. To them he ■aid: "Some of our political opponents have had much to say about militarism aad the spirit of militarism. There la ■o spirit of militarism which Is a menace to our country. The soldiers of the republic have always been Its friends and not Its epem'es. The yo»n* men studying military tactics here are learning £he le*»nn* of nstrlotlsm and learning to be *ood citlaena. They are not Jhyln* foundations which will be a menace to our. national welfare: but to *ive atrenirtb to our Institutions. H«e upon the one hand are the cadeta. and upon the other the aebool children. bearing aloft the flan * their republic. Yoa ;ou-.* men are laarnlnc how bettor to protect It a«alnst enemies the world about. Thore are no enemies of the American flac at home The oifhty millions American eltisena, I ant to Which »arty they belong— oimthor that kt

Republicans -or friends »ww of the American Sag. The little asany of the United States is necessary. It will continue to be a protector and guardian of our national Interests. The strength of the republic is not In the army, splendid as It la, nor is It In the great battleships which have brought ua auch renown; the strength of tb* republic abides in the politic hearts <rf our eountry.”