Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-20
TOday's Telegraphic News.
The President at PrOvincetOwn.

The President at ProVineetOwn.
Princetown, Mass, Aug. 2O.-Salutes
from the battleships anchored in the
shelter Of Cape Gods julting horn short
" after s O'Clock today, announced the
arrival of the Mayhower, bringing Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the opening of the
biggest day in Proyincetown's history.
The route to Town Hill was short and
the corner stone ceremonies began as
soon as the procession arrived. They
we're performed by the Grand officers of
the Massachusetts, Grand Lodge Of
Masons, and by the officers Of the Pill
grim Memorial Association TO whose
efforts the erection of the monument is
due. The most inspiring feature about the
box had been placed In the corner stone
aud the cap applied when the vast aud
fence of over 80, 900 people rose and
with barred heads sang "America."
President j. Henry Sears of the Pill
grims Memorial Society, thea introduced
President Roosevelt.
The Pfesideat tegsn his address By
referring to the influence of the Puritan
fathers upon the American continent
and the entire United States. he, how
ever, referred to their blunders at times
through misguided zeal. The President
paid homage to the high spirit that
actuated then, and said their example
was worthy of imitation by people of all
ages. "The Puritan" the President
said, "was no Laodicesn, no laissez-
faire lheo.ist. When he saw conduct
which was in violation of his rights-of
the rights OF man, the rights of God, as
be understood them-he attempted to
regulate such conduct with instant, I'M
questioning promptness and effectiveness.
II there were no other way to secure
conformity with the rule OF right, then
he smo,e down the transgressor with the
iron of his wrath. The spirit of the
Puritan was a spirit which never shrank
from regulation of conduct If such regula-
ton was necessary for the public veal;
and this is the spirit which he must show
today whenever 1t is necessary. \ 4 +
The utterly changed conditions of our
national life necessitate changes in GER
tain OF our laws, OF our governmental
methods. Our federal system OF govern
ment is based upon the theory of leav-
ing to each community, to each State,
the control over these things which
affect only iis own members aud which
the people OF the locality themselves can
best grapple with, while providing fol-
national regulation in those matters
which necessarily affect the nation as O
whole. 1t seems to me that such qued'
tions as national sovereignty and States
rights need TO be treated not empirically
or acacemically, but from the stand
point of the interests of the people as q
whole. National sovereignty is to be
upheld in so far as it means the
sovereignty of the people used for the
real and ultimate good of the people
ard States rights are to be upheld in sc
far as they mean the peoples rights
Especially is this true 10 dealing with the
relations of the people as a whole to the
great corporations which are the distin-
gushing feature Of modern business con
ditions.
Experience has shown that 1t is neces
sary to exercise a far more efficient con.
troll than at present over the business use
of those vast fortunes, chiefly corporate,
which are used las under modern condi-
tons they almost Invariably are) In in
teis.ate business. When the constitution
was created none of the conditions Of
modern business existed. They are who'll
ly new aud we must create new agencies
10 deal effectively with them"
The Presidents speech in the main
was a review of present conditions and
issues concerning trusts, interstate COM
merce, &c. He said that the laws against
all illegal combinations would CON
tinue to be enforced.
After The President came Ambassador
Bryce, who received almost as rOusing
an ovation as the President.
The speech making was wound up by
Senator Lodge and Congressman Lover
ing and the party then marched to thf
Town Hall, where banquet was served
10 the President and about 200 guests