The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
CALL OF PURE POLITICS
PINCHOT SAYS INTERESTS MUST
HANDS OFF.
Speaks Upon Conservation and Incl
dentally Lambasts Trusts. Unnam-
ed Party Spoken of.

Following an informal reception to
Clifford Pinchot and James R. Gar
field at St. Paul, Mimi, Saturday
evening about 500 members and
friends of the st. Paul Roosevelt
club filled the large banqueting room
of the Ryan hotel, thus rendering a
long deferred tribute to Messrs. Pin
chot and Garfield in recognition of
their efforts for conservation of pub
lie domains.
Justice E. A. Jaggard, of the Min
nesota supreme court was toastmas-
ter. Introducing Judge Jaggard,
Hugh T. Halbert, President of the
Roosevelt Club, awakened the en-
thusiasm of the banqueters by a
reference to an unnamed new party,
some of the leaders of which, he
said, were present.
.'This country has lived on its
capital" said President Halbert, but
at last has awakened to the fact that
it will soon expend it's natural re-
sources by the in'equitable distrlbu-
tion of it's wealth in direct violation
of the law of equal opportunity for
it's citizens. This condition has
brought about the formation OF a
new party without name but not
without an issue, nor without lead
ers.
THAT party has two wings COM
posed of those called conservatives
and those called progressives, but
the real division is composed OF those
who have at heart the rights of the
people as against those who favor a
monopoly of the benefits of the pub
lie domain.
THE partj- may be unnamed, but
its leaders are Theodore Roosevelt
and our honored guests, Clifford Pin
chot and James R. Garfield.
Following this speech Gov. Eber-
hart spoke on THE State and Conser-
vation," Mayor Keller spoke on The
City and Conservation, and follow
ing these two, Mr.. Garfield spoke on
the ultimate Results of Consarva-
tion." Following this last speech
came that of Mr.. Pinchot, which was
the main event of the evening. Mr..
Pinchot opened his speech with a
plea for conservation, which he term
ed q moral ISSUE" Then asserting
that the country had lost confidence
in congress, Mr.. Pinchot denounced
the manipulation Of schedules which,
he charged, occurred during the re-
cent revision. The alliance between
business and politics, he declar-
ed was the snake which the nation
must kill.
Who is to blame because repre-
sentatives of the people are SO COM
monty led to betray their trust? We
all are-we who have not taken the
trouble to resent and put an end to
the knayery we knew was going on
The brand of politics served out to
us by the professional politician has
lcng been composed largely Of not
meals for the interests and no! ar
for the people, and we have all
known it,"
lMr. Pinohot went on to point oIt
the dangers which lie in strict ad-
herence to party, regardless of phi
ciples.
"A new life" he continued is stl:-
ring among the dry bones of formal
platforms and artificial issues. lie
then urged upon the people the I'M
portance of casting out "watchdogs
of the interest" from among the
ranks of public servants.
Mr.. Pinchot said that the old or
der of government by the interes'
was wearing thin under the ceaseless
assaults of the progressives. Ine
American people, he said, demand
that the special intere,;S 81 all &c
cut of politics or out of business.
rhe old style leaders. he ASSERTED
have gone out of date. They are
vainly attempting to stay the marca
of an aroused public conscience.