The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-31
.T.R. FOR LAX CONSTITUTIONS
HOILD FRtuE THEN ~ a. TO
NJ GHtNGED TtSIIi.
warns Arizona and N~~ Nesl~s Not 10
make Fundamental Laws DaH~uIt
90 ,mead lest Corporation lawyers
and DOrtFtnaIrrs slip somethlng On.

HoRAcE. Kan Aug " Mr. Roosevelt
said So much Yesterday that b" had httl.
b"fi To talk about to day
/ A. he passed through southern 60 Dorado
and into Kansas he found groups NJ "oun.
try folk al che railroad stations II
Pueblo and Colorado Springs there were
dolngs. hut u was only a passing show
The Colonel didn't cut loose and say things
a. hs sonnet lines doe- still there vas no
lack ~ enthusiasm
Mr. Roosevelt said TO-DAY THAI many
friends IN Arizona and New Mexico had
written To him asking advice about max
ing constitutions for the new States The
Colonel said he mad replied that h" ISN'T
familiar enough with conditions - give
specific opinions hut nevertheless h., felt
able 10 give a bat Of advice He hali.vaS
strongly that the p.'ople ~ New Mexico
and Arizona should max. their constitu-
tions easy Of amendment he says that
not only doctrinaIr">. hut Designing
, corporation lawyers are nk~lV 10 slip 'u'"
the constitutions matters thar aren't
thoroughly understood and that will max"
trouble later on The people ough' To
Z look ont for that. he saws
Mr. Roosevelt touched to-day on m.
fine work done 10y the Forestry Bureau
IN connection with the forest fires GIf-
ford Pinchot. who ~ credited 10y IN"
ProgreesIve- with organizing the service.
stood near bv. heard the Colonel and
applauded James Garfield was uot far
away
Denver turned ont strong this morn
ing tn hid the Colonel godsp~-d The
town went Wild over HIM yesterday and
the newspapers praised him to IN. skies
this morning Most Of the Thlitical sharTS
ont there seem TO think that Il MIR Rnoee-
welt wants the nomination IN 1919 h" can
have ~. hut he has expressed up desIr"
vet. unless his frequent Use of the fItur"
tense - prophetic
Allofto. i1v was consumed IN travelling
The first stop wa. a. Colorado Springs
~hera about ~ persons chee-.d and
heard the Colonel -cold the corporations
some more
Now am ready and anNlou- he SAID
TO do NV share IN the wurS thai - h"fore
us believe that fundamentally -" are
sUunder than snv other nation. hut tn-rc
are a 10, OF things 20 10. cousitersd ipr
instance. take the corporations
i believe IN dong full yustIc" 10 every
corporation II - entrtl.St To- - rlGh's
" should 10 protected IN It's rights but
II ~ not entitl'i 20 vote and n "a not On.
titlei Ia own any public scr, ants 80
Tar a. | am abe | will protect the cor
poration> against crooks who hiackmatl
them and against the visionary d.ma-
gogI-s Who would wrong the people hy
ATTACH ing them improperly
When Mr. Roosevelt turnei To- the other
side Of the question h- was applaud-i
Mildly The public uGt here seems 20 hg.
20 hear the corporations hsm'ner-,i rather
than - nave them luStihsd
And viii do everything m my power.
the Colonel shouted TO take the corpora
tons out ot pnlItICs ". want go break
up the CunnectIon heuw e-u cruoA'-i poll
tlc- and crooi, ~ business To do that u.
must insist not oniv on justice but IN
doing Justice Ipu not trust men hp
will resort 20 anv kind of blaCkmaIl II
they do that they al do you II they get
the chance stand nv the clear h.ad.si
man and above all bv the man whose
deeds make good h,s words
And then The Tram vent apay from
there
Pueblo cleaned the streets and did all
sorts - things 20 make Mr. Rooscy-ii
and his party feel a. home 'o-daV IN"
reception Commute" that got N Denver
early IN The morning handed oIt gerfs~tly
good paper badges hat admitted one to
anv part u N" grounds \ string Of
automobiles was down a. the station and
the hand plav~d
/, Vas Just before he set cornerstone
for the new " { A building that the
Colonel made MS address IN Pueblo Flrs'
he singled pu' the Grand ARMY men then
h" swung into hrs prepared speech tie
callai attention 10 the forestry service
and SAID that u had done work. ~ god
Of IT'S kind a. the fire departments 81 our
big cities could DO ~ servants of the
public Ne ought To feel proud ~ them. h"
said
4 wish that | could 60 down 90 New
Mexico and Arizona. was the next notion
that struck the OK President But this
- the nearest plac" 20 them that | Will
reach on this trip. There l. one point
upon which I would like ~ advice them
and that ~ 20 make their constitutions
easy 81 amendment A. any time when m.
people feel they should h. amended EE-
Eerisnc- has shown that not only doc
trinaires bu' also dcsigning corporation
attorneys often GET put into constitutions
matters which are not thoroughly under
stood nv the T-opl" al the time. and my
plea - that the people Il the new States
should b" IRE" so that II AZ anv tim" they
ind that something has baen put into
their constitutions which they did not
know was there" or n they And ont that
something - working badly which they
believed would work well. they shall nav.
III" opportunity To easily max" any change
that - necessary
Pueblo warmed up 20 thus kind ~ talk
pretty well. but they liked I u beit"r
when he spoke TO IN" veterans and th.
babies and tha good citi1sns who carry
the babies and when he GO, T-'rscnal and
joe he'd som. one IN III" crowd
To lay IN" cornerstonA did not TAX" long
II was Just like all such functions mortar.
a derrick. stone and the Colonel
The stops al OrdwAy. Sugar CITY and
EAds IN Colorado were brief and IN
eyantful Mr. Roosevelt h@an.d and