Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-30
HOSTS IN DENVER
GREET ROOSEVELT
Vast Concourse Witnesses Par
ade Through Streets and
Crowds Great Hall
SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION
Former President Delivers Ad-
dress on Topics Related to
National Policies
SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION
Continued from Page ono)

Continued from Page one)
ened and williams revolver was JOLT
ed from his holster. The weapon ex-
ploded as II hit the ground. Williams
was riding behind Colonel Roosevelt
and for moment the police feared an
attempt had been made to assasslnate
the former president. The bullet struck
Williams in the leg but did not wound
him seriously. He was lifted from his
horse and the parade went on.
.sHOT TIME" sTIRs. COLONEL
Standing in the intense heat of the
sun, Colonel Roosevelt reviewed the
parade with the greatest interest.
When a band approaching him played
''There'll Be a Hot Time in the old
Town Tonight" the colonel beat time
with both hands and nodded approx
ingly to the band leader.
The passage of the Rough Rider dtvi-
sion was one of the most picturesque
features of the parade The colonel
took off his hat and peered into the
faces of the men, occasionally recog-
nizing some he had known in the
Cuban campaign. He made marked
effort to show attention to the ma
tional Indian war veterans and the
Old Time Cowboys association. Quick
ly taking off his hat when members of
the Grand Army appeared, Colonel
Roosevelt left the automobile from
which he viewed the parade, and going
into the street, shook hands with the
veterans.
When the last organization had
passed Colonel Roosevelt entered the
Brown Palace hotel, the big lobby of
which resounded with cheering in
which a large number OF women Joined
heartily, After brief rest in his
room he proceeded to Overland park,
five miles from the city, in an auto
mobile. He was escorted by the men,
bers Of the Colorado Sheriffs' associa-
tion on horseback. The sheriffs in
their blue flannel shirts and SOM
breros presented a picturesque ap-
pearance.
RANCH STEAKS AND BISCUIT
A crowd of several thousand per-
sons had assembled at Overland park,
a picturesque wooded place to the
south of the city. In the middle of
the park a corral was roped off, and
in the inclosure were the "chuck wag-
ons" These had been brought in
from the plains and were piled high
with biscuits and raw steaks. Louis
Callahan of Deer Trail cooked the
steaks in kettles. Callahan, now a
wealthy rancher, was once a cook on
ranch.
Colonel Roosevelt ate his steak and
biscuits from a tin plate and said 1t
was "just great" Then he mounted
the tailpiece of one of the wagons and
delivered his speech. He said:
Conservation does not mean the
non-use or non-development. 1t does
not mean the tying up of the national
resources of the states. 1t means the
utilization of those resources under
such regulation and control as VIII
prevent waste, extravaganza and mon
opoly, but at the same time not mere
ly permit but encourage such use and
development as will serve the interest
of the people generally"
Colonel Roosevelt continued, in part:
CONSERVATION is UPPERMOsT
"rhis country has shown definite
signs of waking up to the absolute
necessity of handling it's natural re-
sources with foresight and common
sense The conservation question has
three sides. In the first place. the
needless waste of the natural resources
must be stopped. 1t is rapidly be-
coming a well-settled policy of this
people that we of this generation hold
the land in part for the next genera
tion, end not exclusively for our own
selfish enjoyment. Just as the farmer
is a good citizen If he leaves his farm
improved and not impaired for his
children, and bad citizen If he skins
the land in his own selfish interest,
SO the nation behaves we'll If 1t
treats the natural resources as as
sets which it must turn over to the
next generation Increased and not inn
paired in value. and behaves badly If 1t
leaves the land poorer to those who
come after us.
"In the second place, the natural
resources must be developed promptly.
completely and in orderly fashion. 1t
it not conservation to leave the
natural resources undeveloped Devel-
opment is an indispensable part of the
f9on nlan The forests the
mines, the water powers and the land
itself must all be put to use. Those
who assert that conservation proposes
to tie them up, depriving this genera
tion of their benefits in order to hand
them on untouched to the next, miss
the whole point of the conservation
idea. Conservation does not mean de-
priving the men of today of their
natural rights in the natural resources
of the land. All 1t means is that we
Of this generation shall so use our
rights as not to deprive those who
come after us of their natural rights
in their turn.
RESOURCES PUBLIC PROPERTY
"In the third place, so far as pos
sible these resources must be kept for
the whole people and not handed over
for exploitation to single individuals.
We do not intend TO discourage in
dividual enterprise by unwisely dimin-
ishing the reward for that enterprise.
On the contrary, we believe that the
men of exceptional abilities should
have exceptional rewards up to a
point where the reward becomes dis
proportionate to the service. up to the
point where the abilities are used to
the detriment of the people as a whole.
We are for the liberty of the individual
up to and not beyond the point where
it becomes inconsistent with the well
fare of the community. Thus our con-
sistent aim is to favor the actual set
tler-the man who takes as much of
the public domain as he himself can
cultivate, and there makes a perma-
nent home for his children who come
after him, but we are against the man,
no matter what his ability, who tries
to monopolize large masses of public
land.
"In the matter of conservation, I
heartily approve of state action where
under out form of government the state
only has the power to act. cor
daily Join with those who desire to
see the state. within its own sphere,
take the most advanced position Ia re-