New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
TARIFF MINOR ISSUE,
SAYS MR.. ROOSEVELT
He Explains His Attitude Toward
the Plank Adopted at
Saratoga
GOOD GOVERNMENT FIRST
An Agreement Necessary to Win
Fight in State Convention
Speaks on New Nation
aIism in Atlanta.
gy Telesrars 20 IRE TribuHs-1


Atlanta Oct. S-Ex-President Roose-
volt took occasion this evening 20 make
.rear his uosition in regard 20 the tariff
pIank in the Saratoga platform He
sid frankly that il did not represent
bis views that he must be judged BY
his snoecb as temporary chairman.
that the great issue az Saratoga
was the issue Of good citizenship.
that ft was essential 20 the triumph OF
good citizenship that he and those IN
sv,pathv with him win the fight, and
thar und.r those conditions, he worked
chAerfuIIv with many men who were IN
harmony with him en- the essenriai
roints ~ issue. although they di1ered
,,-itb hin, on certain minor points IN
that contest he asserted the tariH was
A minor issue
- have beeu asked how reconciied
-ra ,-iavs Of the tariff which I expressed
in tbe West with the Saratoga pat
form said Mr.. Roosevelt 7 very
r,-,7L-1v answer that I don't attempt %
,-eocncs1e them. was elected tempo
-.y,- chairman before the platform was
r-ri-+en There were a number or men
- hat convention who were IN harmony
,,i+b me on the more important points
a+ issue The right in that conven1iO4i
was primarily a fight for the fundaIllen-
tai Drf1cfuIes Of good CITIZENSHIP i
,-,s = fight against corruption. against
1ozsisno a fight for popular rule. ana
- vras absolutely essential TO the cause
: -o,5 e,ovarnment that We win, and
we did
..Orr platform embodied all tness
r1anl.s-- Mr.. Roosevelt continued pre-
sunabIv referring to the Endorsement OF
the taft and Hughes administrations
and direct primaries He went on 20 s3S
that in such a fight the. tariff plank was
a minor issue
I Il worked with many men n r11I 1'"-
/ vention" he added; men who on solh9
/ noints did not agree with me. We Iaid
no emphasis on the points on which We
could not agree when those on wnleh
NE could agree were so essential TO good
ot-izAnsF7ip- and so we stood together ana
won the hght for good citizenship Ihers
v-az M COMPROMISE with the disnoness
hos and most of all, there was no
,or,nron7ise with a dishonest boss N
our own party"
WeIeorred 20 Atlanta.
I Atlanta gave Mr. Roosevelt a remark
able reception Despite a steady drlz-is
v-bfcb had soaked flags and bunting and
made everything out Of doors thoroughly
uncomfortable. the people Of Atlanta
turned ont in a body to welcome the ex-
prasidant. and lined both sides OF tn7
streets through which he passed H'7
deep
The spaciaI train reached Atlanta az
2N o'clock and. after meeting the re-
-.,-5o, committee Of the Chamber OF
f-or,-,erce At the Piedmont Hotel. MI
Roosevelt went to the Auditorium, Vnsrs
h. addressed the southern Conservation
,,ongrass AIthough rlle Auditorlunn
viii hold six thousand persons. narcIy q
fourth of tha seats were occupied 1e"
sxcant the delegates 70 the congress
I,,a,i1o gained admission. This, II was
explained. was because Mr. hooseN1-'S
evening speech was TO be mace 20 an
l2udieuce which paid for ADMISSION anu
n vas feared that 20 admit any cons-u-
ar.r.Ia number Of PEOPLE IN the afternoon
,vo11Td reduce the receipts AZ the eVsnlIs
-,ae+f0o The receipts from the evening
-,oa+irz are 10 20 20 the Joel Chandler
Harris memorial fund In the clty OF
Atlanta is the old home of Joel Chandler
. Harris which he narned Wren Nest
,,5 his -iuv farm. which he called snap
r,e.D Farm. although IL is LITTLE more
,1an a kitchen garden II is the hope 81
-bs T-ncIa Ramus Memorial Association
n
+ both pieces of property and TO pf'N'U7
a fund for their perpetual TnalnIeI4-'
as a memorial 70 the genial auraoF ~
rho I-ncle Ranus stories. This assocla-
rior made an urgent plea ~ NIr- Roose-
,-art IN deliver q lecture. rhe proceeds ~
r.+icb sbau1d go 70 swell the fund and
:, was his promise % do 60 which Vas
largely instrumental in bringing MIN
south ON this occasion. How much rhe
lecture Tvtted the association VIII not
be known until to--morrov
Expoundirs New NstionsI'sr7.
The lecture This evening r,as largely
,5.,.,-sd IN the new na-ionaIsn. but
he Maid glowing tribute 20 joe Chand-
ler Harris. He again insisted that tAe
-Da4v natioraHsm" was not prerlseiy
new. but was. indeed. merely the EN-
+ Gent application Of old moralirles 70 ne"
conditions. Mr.. Roosevelt gives evl-
dence of an earnest desire that mons
shall be left in the dark regarding the
: r.urros- Of his new d0cJrine. II such Z
may b. termed. but be does not go tn'"
details. SO that an opportunity "
left to- accept any progressive tesis-S1-
tio, IL may be possible 20 induce con
qrsss t, enact. as. in effect. the concrete
s,n~ession OF that new natton2lism n
has so earnestly advocated AlthouSh ns
has refrained from mentioning specln-
c.,Ilv the federal incorporation ON
drafted by Attorney General Wicker
shan, and Secretary Nagel and sent %
congress at its I-st session. WIN the
earnest Endorsement 81 President Iai1'
I'm so FIR as he ras propounaed his doe-
trine it would arpeer That the enaetment
7 of that measure would o regarded as az
least a long step in the direction Of the
..D.yv natiouaIisn~ ne considers 50 essen
tiar o. the welfare Of the country and ~
sdvoc.ev Of 81 hich he pres snts such co.
I gent argumeuts
+ Fr,nhasiziug the Eeces- f"r tsess1+'