New-York tribune., 1910-09-09
sat supinely by and tolerated the cor
ruption of their representatives. Inc eX-
President added:

sat supinely by and tolerated the cor
ruption of their representatives. Inc eN
President added:
/ have been reading the reports of tn
| Investigations of the two state S Attorhess :
which resulted in The indictment or tou
members of the Legislature, ana togetue
| with that | have read the reports OF W
confession of four other members oi t''
| Legislature. / was advised To-Day D.!
very worthy friend not 10 tax on tli'
matter, because it was a delicate SUBJECT
and he added that no one had peeh coii
| Now. I feel most strongly that we make
the question of public honesty a sfain /
we limit the use of the word honesty
mere law
There are big business men whom | ' nav'
counted as among the most lnsioiou'
enemies OF the real welfare h OF so ,n,f nivisef
| tha: il would be impossible to contic
| them. and there have been In the tnltee
States. and there have been IN New ,saa, .. "A
many public men whose careers nave peei
| though they keep clear of the courts
Psd Bead wba fs a eveeped by the state
| Attorneys, one belonging TO one party t :iIie
one belonging TO the other, about the lou
men against whom they secured li1HisC na
ments. and about other men also heao
that and | DEFY any honest man OF lntelll,
gence not to come to the CONCLUSION Una,
the legislature whose CONES l1ss+ nGI aad bases,
| corruntion and therefore of the most in
| famous treason to American institutions
Refers to Record in Presidents Office
After referring to his own record IN
! the Presidents office Mr.. Roosevelt SAID
| that lit depends upon you whether you
will ner,nit a crook. whether or not he
has been convicted, to represent you IN
public life" He referred to Boss Tweed
| as an arch scoundreI whose fame had
been International. and said his election
SUBSEQUENT to exposure became a ma
| tional disgrace, not vindication OF
Tweed. That principle. he asserted, ZAP
plies to all of us and added:
If the people of America are content to
| send to represent them in the state OF
| national legislature men who, in their heart
| of hearts they know have not obtained
their offices honestly, but have OBJ
| tanned their offices dishonesty and by cor
| corruption in public life. they may make
up their minds that they will get the gov,
ernment To which they are entitled, aho
a bad government it will be.
| Now. in each nation, in every form OF
| government there are base f1atterers- The
same individual who in MONARCHY Would
be a courtier and flatter the king IN o
| republic turns demaSogue and matters
| those whom he thinks will cast the most
votes He is just the same man, the one
inst as had as the other, only that they
are flIncti0ning under different conditions
| 1t is a fayOTite-I won't say argument, but
q favorite assertion of that type or man
when some public servant mas been fGGno 11i11'
guilty. of conduct that would disgrace MN,
to say: "We will go to the people for MS
virdication; we will see if we cant secure
him an election Sometimes they sue sue
ceed great many thoroughly good peo-
pie thoroughly good citizens, have no
special means of information, are ignorant
of what really has happened. and may on
occasions like that be misled; but II they
are rniSled and if they do so far as IN them
lies attempt to vindicate a dishonest ana
unfaithful public servant by electns nun, H.
they don't Vindicate him; they disgrace
themselves and us.
Mr.. Roosevelt then referred to his
visit abroad and to the fact that the
pe0ple of the world looked to America
as affording the real test of the Demo
cratic form of government.
At the close of the eX-PresIdent
speech there were many cries OF can
cries of NO. no." and numerous
misses. Then President Batten announced
that the guests would form IN nne
as Mr.. Roosevelt had consented tc
hold q reception to all those present
With the passing Of the line by the eX-
President the banquet came to an end
and Mr.. Roosevelt and party prepared
10 go to the Union Station, to depart al
midnight for Cincinnati
Roosevelt Warns Railroad Men.
Mr.. Roosevelt's address at Freeport
was delivered with special reference to
! the effort of railway men to raise funo
! for the support of the Home for AGED
/ and Infrm Railway Employees, at High
! land Park. Ill. the proceeds of the
! Northern Illinois Agricultural Assocla-
| ton fair held here to-day being for that
purpose.
| Mr.. Roosevelt especially warned men
of the five brotherhoOds of railway en-
pIoyes that it should be their duty to see
that their organizations were managed II
| obedience to law, and he insisted that
should they ever indulge in any laWless
action or violence the result would be &c
| ;niure them in the estimation of Amerl-
can people. He advocated a working
| mans compensation act as measure OF
| Justice for railway employees who are IN
| tured in the line of their duty
Mr.. Roosevelt also read an open lettel
| by William r. Hearst. in which Mr.
| Hearst advised the ex-PreSdent to re
turn to New York and take up the fight
| on the Republican organization there
| saving that if he did SO Mr.. Hearst
would be in sympathy with him. The
| ex- President said:
| Il am going back to my state, as men
toned by Mr., Hearst, to fight the
bosses. 1 will welcome the support o
any man who wishes to aid in tha'