The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30

hottest attempt to provide a remedy for
the wrong which undoubtedly existed
and their refusal to permit action by
the state did not confer any power upon
the nation to act In effect it reduced
| to impotence the only body which did
| have power, SO that in this case the
/ decision, although nominally state
rights. against the democratic principle
| OF government by the people under the
form of law.
No Neutral Ground.
| II such decisions as these two indi-
/ Gated the courts permanent attitude,
tnere VIII be real and grave cause for
alarm; Tor such decisions, if consistent
/ ~ followed up would upset our whole
| system of popular government. I am,
| however, convinced both from the in
| consistency of these decisions with the
tenor OF other decisions and Furthermore
! from the very fact that they are in such
| Migrant and direct contradiction to the
| spirit and needs of the times. that soon
er or later they will be explicitly or i'm
| plicitly reversed. I'mention them mere
| ~ to illustrate the need of having
truly national system of government
unoer which the people can deal effec-
| tlvely with all problems meeting those
that AFFECT the people as a whole by
amrmat1Ve federal action, and those
that affect merely the people of one To-
CAVITY by affirmative state action am
| most earnest and convinced believer
IN exercising the power of the nation.
Wnere tnat power alone can be really
enectlVe yet 1 am no less a convinced
| DeileVer in seeing that the power of the
| states be made effective where it affords
tne pest means of affirming popular
| rlsnts. Above all there should be no
neutral ground where, owing to a con-
| nlctlng series of decisions, it shall ap-
pear that neither the state nor the ma
tlon mas power and where in conse-
| Quence able and INSCRIPTIONS individ-
uals are left free to riot at will, with
| out the possibility of checking or con-
trolilng them in the interest of public
| welfare.
"A progressive, a great democracy
has got to be progressive or it will soon
| cease to be either a democracy or
great But remember that, no matter
what your enthusiasm may be if you
make rapid progress in the wrong di-
rectlon you will merely have to undo it
before you get along.
| III l were asked to name the three
| greatest dangers to American institu-
lions 1 should name lawlessness, vio-
lence and mendacity.''
Talks to Veterans.
| In his address before the Spanish war
veterans Col Roosevelt, after a eulogy
of the deeds of valor of the men of both
north and south in which he called "the
\ big war; greeted his comrades of cur
| war"
Il admit" he said, that our war was
not very big but it was all there was.
1t was not our fault there was not
| enough war to go around
| I'VE thought there was plenty for all
in the Philippines shouted veteran
| We'll, at moments it was a trifIe
warm in Cuba" answered Colonel
Roosevelt. He then urged the veterans
to hold the fact that they had partici-
pated in the Spanish war as a great
privilege, but not to trade on it in civil
| life.
I'm the first place." he added. you
ought not to. In the second place you
| can't"
He added that while the fact that
! they had worn a United States uniform
| in the Spanish war was a thing to be
proud of. their greatest commentator
would come by adding credit to that
uniform by their actions since they
| had ceased to wear it.
| Denver gave Colonel Roosevelt time
enough to change his clothing before it
required his presence at the final func-
| ton of the day, the banquet of the Col
| orado Live Stock association.
The colonel talked to the stockman
after dinner, and then went to his bed.
'It was a mighty busy day." he said,
but a thoroughly enjoyable one"
Reform in New York.
In a few brief sentences, Colonel
Roosevelt outlined what he considers
| himself, when he spoke at the ban
Duet given by the Colorado Live Stock
association.
One of the previous speakers had
mentioned knowing him when he was
police commissioner of New York,
and in referring to that acquaintance,
Colonel Roosevelt said:
when 1 was made police commits
sioner of New York 1 was ushered into
Office with great acclaim. I said
was going to try and enforce the laws
| and New York smiled and said, Go
ahead After ninety days New York
woke up to the fact that it was being
treated on a basis of morality it had
never hoped to attain. New York
never realized it could be made as
| good as it was. New York was in a
| ferment until the judges came to the
| rescue of the people. They decided
| that seventeen beers and one pretzeI
made a meal and New York breathed
freely again. Ever since that time
New York has felt an alert interest in
me and ardent desire to see me elected
to any office that would take me away
| from there"
Clifford Pinchot, who preceded Col
onel Roosevelt on the program, after
| treating on the relations between the
forest service and the cattlemen, star
| tied his audience by a reference to the
| insurgent movement
THE great movement that is sweep
! ing the country" he said, "call 1t in
| that it is better worth while to help
| the small man make a living than to
| help the big man make a profit.
''If I were making a political speech,
| / would ask the authors of the Payne
! Aldrich tariff bill if they had that idea
| in mind when they framed that meas
ure?"