The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
This Time Former President
Roasts People of Columbus, o.,
Anent Garments Strike.
LAWLESSNESS MUST BE
RESTRAINED, HE DECLARES
Mayor of City Says RoOscveIt's
Advice Has Given Him
New Strength.
By Associated Press.

NoioHe' hooSeFelt tod the people o
4 Columbus today that scenes of disorde
such as had occurred here during th
street car strike were rcprehensiblc ant
rejected disgrace upon any person VIII,
either was responsible for them or fol
Grated them.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke 10 one o,
the largest crowds OF his western tour
| lie was guarded by an escort of rcpu
lar troops from the barracks at Column
bus, although there was no sign of dis
order
The colonel raised his voice TO the
highest pitch and, with fists clencheC
and his face set stcrnly, nc told then
that 1T wns their first duty to reprcss
| lawlessncsS.
Mayor Marshall of Columbus, whose
conduct of tho police force during the
strike has been the subject OF much dis
cusslon. said to Colonel Roosevelt nftcr
he had finished his address:
You do not know how much
strength You have given me-
Policemen who heard the c1.prosi.
dent dcnounce tho officer of the law
who did not rcprcss lawIessnoss went
to him and shook his hand The great
crowd cheered him for several minutes.
Roosevelt's Address.
=. Colonel Roosevelt 3 address was as
IOlIOWSe
Before / camo to Ohio [ Of course
knew of the lamcDtabe conditions
which had continued for so MANY weeks
here at Columbus.
AS soon as | entered Ohio, and over
since, | have from time to time been
addressed by letter and even personally
ny both sides asking me to come 10
columbus and speak. [ will say frank.
~ that did not like TO como here. but
& llko still less lodging, and SO / have
come.
81 notice [ have been advertised TO
speak on the subject of Law and Or
der, and ! shall. But I will also speak
on "Justlce,' for exactly while It is
the duty of all good citizens to see alb.
solutely aud without reserve that law
and order prevail, it is just as much
their duty to see that Justice prevails.
Tho first requisite to the stablish-
ment Of justice is the establishment of
Law, and order and woe to the man.
public official or private citizen who
rails to realize this fact. And espe-
clally should we abhor and reprobate
the conduct of the public servant win
respect. We must equally condemn tile
public servants and ourselves. The
people also arc as responsible as the
public servants.
Must Deal Out Justice.
"If we stop content with the nero
establishment of law and order, we fail
fall TO do our further duty, which is bv
investigation TO find
whether justice has been denied and
injustice committed and then to use tho |
Nholo power of the government to right |
any wrong that has been done,
NOW at the outset let me say as
clearly as possible that / do not and |
cannot undertake to say what the ex- |
lct facts are, for thoroughly reputable |
citizens, writing to me on behalf of |
ne two sides, fatty contradict each |
'ther. But there are certain broad !
points directly applicable to your pres.
mt situation which can be laid down
without hesitation. There is no aues-
Ion whatever but what many acts of
'loIence have been committed, includ-
ng bomb throwing and the use Of tkrt
Weapon of the worst, tho meanest, the
'asest. and most cowardly type of
sassins-dynamite.
g Now the first duty Of the govern.
nent authorities, high and low, from
op 10 bottom, IS to put an end TO the
eigp Of violence and disorder, to check
nd punish every crime Of brutality and
nwlessness. No excuse can be accepted
or any government official who fails
do his duty in tins regard and no ex-
use can be accepted for any private
itizens who fail, not merely passively,
ut actively, to perform the prime duty
good citizenship in Joining with the
uthorltles IN helping to put an end to
uch an intolerable condition.
call your attention TO what Judge
ater dld year ago in the case OF
he striking miners in southern Ohio.
he employers. applied to him for an
junction against the miners. He de-
lined to grant ii. but he gave to both
arties a lecture from the bench. to
-hieh, ] am glad to say, they paid
eed- He warned them that violence
-ould not be permitted and that the ;;
hole power of the state would, If
ecessary, be invoked to suppress it. {
- he warned the miners particularly /,
nat their worst enemies were those !
mong their own number or their syrl- !
athlzers who committed deeds of VIC Z. ..
nee, and he warned the CAPITALISTS I
rat deeds of violence by the employers q
Ia Just as much damage to their cause +
nd. were Just as flagrant outrages ,
9dlnst tse public as the deeds of vio. Z
nee committed by tho miners ard
'mpathIzers OF the miners, and TINT
no would be no more tolerated than 1
le other. Therefore, friends. your
rst duty is 10 establish law and or +
~ aHu III is especially to the interest 4
the wage workers that law and or. ri
II should be established and they p
lould be the first to join effectively il
the movement. No plea should be h
,tertalned for moment that would d
LAY the putting of an end to lawless W
olence.
Warning to Laborers, II
"Let the employees Fcmember that
may. well be 10 the interest of some III
their leaders for political or other h
asons TO have lawlessness and dis
der continue. but that it is pre-. b
nInentIy against the interest of the al
orkInSmen themselves.
''Then your duty has not ended. It o,
IS only begun Then YOU will have W
'talned law and order. but YOU arc b,
reIct TO your duty unless YOU treat CT
is merely as the first. although a til
ecssary and alsimportant. step in or
tanning justice. In any big strike,
It only the employees and EMPLOYERS es
c particularly in interest, but The st
blic is,. too. Especially is this case
In public corporations Ri
III is not merely your duty but your tr