The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30
Former President Cites Two De-
ciSiOns Which Indicate Re-
suits to Be Feared.
GIVES VIEWS IN SPEECH
TO COLORADO LEGISLATURE
Makes Five Talks During the
Day and Is Almost Over
whelmed by Crowds.

DENVER, Colo, Aug, 29,-Acts o
the supreme court of the United State
were sharply criticised by Theodor
Roosevelt today in an address il
the state capitol here before the Colo
RADIO legislature The expression
cited two decisions by the suprem
court which. he declared, were con
trary to the principles of democracy
and he said emphatically that if thes
decisions indicated the permanent Mt
tltude of the court, the entire Ameri
can system of popular governmcn
would be upset.
Colonel Roosevelt s speech before tht
legislature was one of five which h,
delivered in Denver today. Everywhere
he went he was greeted by cheering
nultitudes which blocked the streets
lnterfered with traffic and packed tC
suffocation the various buildings ir
which he spoke. The Auditoroum, In
which he delivered his speech on con
servation, holds $4,000 persons, and vet
IT was large enough to seat only part
of the throng which clamored for ad
mission, The streets outside the build.
ing were crowded with other thou.
sands. who sought in vain to gain ad-
mittance.
Satisfied With West.
81 Just feel as if I'd like to stay
here for good.' Colonel Roosevelt said
after he had made three of his Eve
speeches
He added that he was taken utterly
by surprise by the size Of the crowds
which turned out TO greet him.
FROM the moment he arrived here
until he went TO bed Colonel Roosevelt
was kept on the move. In addition to
his speech IN the Auditorium, under
the auspices of the National, Livestock
association. and his speech before the
legislature. he addressed the Spanish
War Veterans, who are holding their
national encampment here; the Live
stock association at a banquet this
evening, and talked to the Denver
Press club and the Colorado sheriffs at
q .chuck-wagon luncheon at Over
land park,
The chamber Of the house Of repre-.
sentatives, ut the capitol, was filed
with crowd which cheered him so
frequently that he had difficulty in
with his speech. On the
wall behind the colonel was LARGE
picture of President Taft, draped with
the colors. In addition to his remarks
concerning the supreme court. Colonel
Roosevelt denounced dishonest Iepis
lators and demagogues. He scored
men. of wealth who gain their riches
at the expense of the people, attacked
untruthful newspapers and magazines,
and praised the periodicals and news.
papers which, he said, boldly told the
.rn!h IN order to purify the body
Governor Shafroth and Mayor Speer
occupied seats near the colonel. who
was presented to the Legislators nv
PRESIDENT Fitzgerald of the state sen.
ate.
Audience of Democrats.
The colonel faced legislature that
vas Democratic in both branches. one
member OF the house being o woman.
He was presented by the president
u the senate as "typical west.
,Tner.@
Reminding his auditors that he had
'een member of the New York legis-
hture twenty-nlne years ago, the |
'olonel assured the legislators that he
new OF the hard work before them
exposed "e0
lhen Colonel Roosevelt delivered his |
ormaI speech, which was as follows.
am anxious that the nation and tbo
tate shall each exercise its inrjfinatc
S 'omeTS 70 inc fullcst degree, Where nee |
'ssary 'hn, 5ney should work together. but |
lbove all they should not leave a ncn
raj ground IN which neither state nor
ihllo' can exercise authority and which
Sbn'o ,,bn pc, become a place of refuge for men
mo WISH 10 act crlminally, and esno
tally for the very rich men Who y,{eb
o act against the interests of tbe con,H
nunity as a whole ''''
Let mo illustrate what mean bv a
elcrehGc 10 TWO concrete cases Tho first
5 the knight Sugar trust case In tbaI
nc supreme court OF the United statcS
,noef nmns, cover OF what man whose In
tcwardship can only call a highly tech
'ical legal subtlcty. handed down y 40.
ision which rendered II exceedingly dIf-
,cyit ~, lor the nation effectively TO CON
ro, INC use OF masses of corporate can
thl III interstate business. as tho marion
'pFlousIy was the sole power that cotild
%ercise this control dor it was quite
This was really decision rendering II
difficult for the pcopIc n
eVise any method Of controlling and
ngulntihs ,ai i.' inc business use OF great cap
Iecison nominally against natIonoi
lights, but really against popular rights
Trouble lin New York.
, The second case is the so-callod New
lork bakc-shop case: In New York CITY
- go ~ n'Tst io,i; .itse cities, the baking bust
yeienic conditions. conditions which tell
,ehlnEt the welfare of the workers and
lSIelott against the welfare of fLc COW
raj public. Tho New York leeI.1oi,,rn
'assed and the New York governor
igned. bill rcmedvIrg these improncr
onditions, New York state wns tbn Ill.
'o1y thai, could deal with thcm. thc
'at!on had no power whatever in thc
natter ." wv
Acting on information which 10 them
eeined ample and sufficient acting a.
lie Interest of tho public and IN acco-d.
nee with the demand of the public. -. ibo
my governmental agency having affirm
tive power In the case. the governor
nd the legislature OF New York took
nc action which they deemed necessary
ft@r what Inquiry and study was needed
O satisfy them as to the conditions and
s 10 the remedy. The governor and ihc
legislature alone had the affirmative
rene court OF the United States pos
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