Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-11
JUDGE PARKER SCORES
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Name OF President Not Mentioned i'm Speech
But There is No Mistaking Who
is Meant.

which like an Eegis true freedom ex-
tends In protection above the individ-
unls who seek asylum beneath her
sheltoring arm. But never again. III
we are wise, repetition of nm essay
Ing upon the body polite of almost
every doctrine. of astutely mingled SO.
ciallsm and imperialism, disguised In
high-soundlng phrase, but carefully
Disseminated In application to person.
nj enemies and limited to specific un.
popular individuals.
II would almost seem that | had
wandered from my theorem. But, af.
tor all, have |. my friends? You re-
coEnize that In local application here
In Kingston, what have said Ia good
reason for all times and under all con.
ditions in our municipal affairs
equally do you recognize It's truth In
Its wider application.
Can DO Applied to Us All.
What Is good for Kingston is good
for this state of New York What is
good for New York Ia equally good
for Alabama. We are all members.
one OF another-Unlted we stand, Di-
yided we fall--Oregon and Maine are
linked together. IL only by so humble
a bond as their pine forests and great
apple crops. Florida would he no
stranger whether she found herself
seated under the sacred goldfish that
hangs In the hall on Beacon street or
sat In n California orange grove.
Pittsburg and st. Louis may inter
changeably accept their respective
symbolic Roosevelt Currency EN-.
iaemn simultaneously issued nnder the
stress OF the great CREDIT panic"
Ana here. incidentally, we can for
at least one thing thank our present
Chief Executive. He has opened our
eyes He has bound Ills indssolubly
together He has taught us to rely In
the last analysis upon each other and
upon ourselves. against hlmself and
against all others like him. He has
shown ns that peace, plenty and pros.
perity are no guarantees II We guard
not our constitutional rights by put
ting In office constitutional rulers. AT
time. fortunately. when we could en-
dure 1t has he taught us In practice
the bitter lesson---that untutored
tdenlism, that theory untempered by
experience, that cailow youihfulness
of intellectual development. become
dangerous when let loose upon an on.
tire community
have called II the great Credit
fanic, md In so doing spoke nd,
visedly. What IL wrong with our n.
nancial condition? Can any one say
that we are on an unsound financial
hnsis? What is at fault with general
mercantile conditions? They are OK.
celient. What visible danger threat
ena our prosperity? None. so far as
we can determine. Whence. then, this
abnormal situation which has startled
the world and reacted upon every ,Gu-
ropean financial center? To what
cause can We attribute the profound
uncertainty in the stability OF the at
tending conditions of property which
has resulted In the throwing over of
the evidences of stored.up wealth by
the entire communicate tho aban.
donment Of those forms OF property
which. being Visible, can he attacked
and grasplng instead by the com.
'munity-apparently. only for the pur.
pose OF useless retentlon-of actual
money: the one form of wealth which
becomes dead when retained. but nos.
sesscs that one quality now temper.
arily regarded as all.important-th
capacity of being concealed? The
answer Ia to be found in the simple
fact that there has been n determined
attack upon property as such.
Our Wealth stsacera the World.
Our actual wealth today staggers
the belief Of the world. Our condl-
tions are so prosperous that our rail-
roads need the expenditure OF billions
OF dollars to enable them promptly to
distribute our products. Our popula.
tion--true index OF favorable condi.
tions--rises by great bounds. Our
lands are titled In ever-increasing
areas. Our agricultural conditions
our manufacturing conditions. our
mining conditions. improve ANA i'm.
prove almost visil'ly from day to day
yet amid all this q great unknown.
underlined brenda fear that we shall
none Of Ms he allowed to retain the
results OF our toll, but that In n re.
newed exploitation Of wild theories
theries financial theories government.
tai, theories economic-we shalt sec
the wreck OF Industry the paralization
OF effort. tho destruction of the value
or the Investments Of oGr savings
mas taken possession of the entire
body polite. Where shall we look
Tor the reason? To whom must we
attribute this result?
w" auu III me iutuTe 10 any man
VINO. possessed OF power. advocates
violent and novel experiment with the
existent adjustment OF human rela-
tons. an adjustment which has been
tho slow outgrowth OF all experience
and can only be modified carefully,
slowly and judiciously
Our individual personal burdens,
our Individual responsibilities. make
us all timid. We fear mob-rule. We
fear the sudden application OF new,
INFESTED, nnthought-out ideas to the
WhOlA SOCIAL fahrin CnnRaona L.