The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-10-24

President D;s :sssed Chinese Boycott
and Trusts at Atlanta.
4Aec Glow AT DIRTY POLITICS"
Mr.. RspssvsIt Declares People Should

MF. RsNkevelt Declares People Shouio
Urea. With Contempt Those VINO
pebaueh Our Political or Business
Life.
Alfalfa Ca, Oct. 21.-The presi-
dents visit 10 Atlanta was marked
event in the history OF the state OIL
Georgia. He was greeted on his ar
rival by its most distinguished citl
zens, and through the day on every
hand were shouted words of welcome
that left no room for doubt or then
sincerity. The city was in gala attire.
and business was practically suspend
ed. South Carolina, through Governor
Howard. added its welcome. Numer'
Gus extra trains brought their burden
Og Ceorgians from the surrounding
country and cities. and II was estF
mated that not less than 100000 per-
sons saw and welcomed the presi-
dent.
The route OF the parade was about
three miles long. Mrs. Roosevelt and
her escort departed almost immediate
ly for the governors mansion, where
they were greeted by reception com
mittee OF about 100 society ladies', and
witnessed the parade from that point
OF vantage. The line OF march was
quickly formed and the president and
his escort started for Piedmont Park
The president spoke for 40 minutes
and his words were received with the
closest attention by the 10000 people
who faced and surrounded him.
Mr.. Roosevelt's speech was devoted
partly to a discussion Of big corpora
lions and the best way to get them
under proper government control. ana
partly to the Chinese boycott on
American goods. which he said would
have to be the subject of legislation
in the next congress. because 1t is
violation OF our treaty rights Amer
ica's treatment Of the Chinese in the
past. he admitted, had not been what
II should be. yet this did not JUSTIFY
the action Of the Chinese In insttut-
ing the boycott There is no question
as to the advisability OF excluding the
Chinese coolie from this country. but
It is most desirable that the ports OF
the United States be open to the bet
ter class OF Chinese. the traveller, the
student the professional and the busi-
mace man NJ that country
The president in advocating the reg
ulation OF the big corporations doing
an interstate business. laid stress on
the fact that government supervision
did not mean Limitation OF corporate
activity or expansion, but rather a
guarantee to the people that they
should in no wise be oppressed by
these great aggregations of capital
formed to deal in articles in univer-
sal use.
The president then spoke Of dishon-
est business men and politicians, say
ing:
There are men who use the phrase
practical politics as merely a eu-
phemism for dirty politics. and 1t Is
such men who have brought the word
politician into discredit. There are
other men who use the rnXiOus phrase
business is business m excuse and
justification for ever lind of mean
and crooked work; and these men
make honest Americans hang their
heads because OF some OF the things
they do. Il is the duty OF every hon
est patriot to rebuke in emphatic fash
ion alike the politician who does not
understand that the only kind OF
practical politics which a nation can
with safety tolerate is that kind which
we know as clean politics and that
we are as severe in our condemnation
of the business trickery which sue
ceeds as of the business trickery
which falls.
THE scoundrel who fails can never
by any possibility be as dangerous to
the community as the scoundrel who
succeeds; and of all the men In the
country the worst citizens, those who
should excite in our minds the most
contemptuous adherence. are the
men who have achieved great wealth,
or any other form Of success. in any
save a clean and straightforward
manner"
After reviewing the parade and be-
ing entertained at luncheon at the
governors mansion, Mrs. Roosevelt
left on her return to Washington. The
nresident's suecial then left for Jack