Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-16
NEW NATIONALISM
DEFENDED BY 7. R..
Declares Creed Stands for Apply
ing Old MoraIities to
Today'S Conditions
ASSOCIATED Press)

OYSTER BAY, N. Y. Sept. is
Theodore Roosevelt said today that he
is not talking revolution in declaring
his new political creed. Neither is he
making an appeal to mob rule.
In a stanch defense of his doctrine
of the new na:ionalism" he declared
he was merely urging the application
of old moralities to modern conditions.
At the same time, he replied with
spirit to those who have been opposing
him, and hotly denounced newspapers
which, he said, attacked honest public
men.
Colonel Roosevelt's address was de-
livered at the Suffolk county fair at
Riverhead, L. /. He rode about 120
miles in an automobile to and from
Riverhead, and spoke to a great crowd
on the fair grounds.
The colonels exposition of new ma
tionalism" came at the close of
speech in which he also denounced dis
honest corporations, dishonest men of
wealth and political bosses. He made
no reference to the New York state po-
litical situation.
EXPLAINS NEW CREED
ST have noticed a good deal of COM
ment on my speech on new national
ism," he said "All that new nation
alism means is the application of GER
tain old-time moralities to the changed
conditions of the day.
II wish to see greater governmental
efficiency, because we have to deal with
greater business efficiency. Simple
laws are all that are necessary in small
communities, when there is no big busi-
ness and each man works for himself.
When you get masses of wealth gath
cred together and great corporations
developing, conditions then become so
changed that there must be an increase
in governmental activity to control the
wealth for business efficiency.
81 would not do any wrong to the
great corporations, but [ don't intend
to rely only on the big corporations
good nature to see that the corporation
does not do harm against us. 1 want
to see such control of the wealth now
gathered for business uses as to favcr
the honest man who uses the wealth.
genuinely for the service of the public,
and to make the dishonest man feel
that he has to do what is right; and
if he does not feel it. we shall see to
1t that he does.
"That is my whole creed. That is all
there Is in it.
MEANS NO REVOLUTION
"There is no revolution in it. There
is no appeal to mob rule.
con the contrary 1 recognize mob
violence as an enemy of the public
good, just as much as lawless wealth.
I am against the poor man who is
guilty. of the crime of lawless vio-
ience, and when it is in my power
shall try to punish him for his mis-
deeds lust as whenever l have the
power l will join with those that see
to it that the corrupt man of wealth
is good-not because he likes 1t, but
because he has to be-
Col. Roosevelt spoke with even more
| than customary earneStness. His
| words were received with cheers.
"I now want to speak to you as
citizens in the great problems that
concern all of us. 1 think every citi-
zen Of a free democracy ought to dis
trust above all others the public man
whose deeds do not square with his
words.
"That has two sides. It has to do
with the politician who makes promises
that he does not keep, and it has to do
with newspapers that say what they
know is not true.
"There are two prime difficulties in
getting good government. One arises
from the dishonest politician. I think
the corrupt politician no worse an
enemy of the people than the man who
lies about the honest public servant.
1.-THE corrupt politician is no worse
than that corrupt politicians mainstay,
the newspaper, which says what Is not
true about men in public life. Honesty,
truth, courage-you need them just IS
much in public as in private life"
In concluding his speech he urged
greater respect for manual labor.