The Detroit times., 1910-08-31
ROOSEVELT URGES
EQUALITY FOR ALL
Essence of Struggle is to Destroy
Privilege and Give to Every Citi-
zen Highest Value, He Says.

OSAWATOMIE, Kas., Aug. 81
Defeating park to John Brown OF
Osawatomie, to the Great Insurgent'
Col. Roosevelt today preached the doc
trines and principles of modern in
surgency.
Just about every issue that insurg-
ency has embraced was endorsed by
Roosevelt. Beginning with the Brown
statements: Il stand for q square
DEAL and I'VE must drive the special
interests out of politics." the colonel
went on to advocate the progressive
policies.
The constitution does not in any
case give the right OF suffrage to cor
porations, he said I'VE must have a
complete and effective publication Of
corporation affairs"
He demanded a strict government
regulation of railroads as the only al
tentative OF government ownership,
saying: II do not wish to see the ma
ton forced into ownership of the rail
roads II 1t can possibly be avoided
and the only alternative Is thorough
going effective regulation based on
full knowledge OF the facts, including
q physical valuation of the property.
Tariff revision by a commission of
experts. direct primaries. publication
of campaign expenses before election,
simple ballot, the recall, corrupt prac-
tees acts. the income tax, the in
heritance tax and federal conserva-
ton were all reviewed and endorsed
and the necessity for them set forth
On the question of corporations the
colonel expanded at great length and
said that in the coming fight for gov
eminent regulation financial condi-
tons would be undoubtedly disturbed
by THE interests" In an attempt to
head of the movement.
Col. Roosevelt in his speech here
said
In every wise struggle for human
and often the only object has been to
achieve in larger measure equality OF
opportunity. In the struggle for this
great end. nations rise from barbarism
to civilization, and through IL peoples
press forward from one stage of en-
lightenment to the next. One OF the
chief factors in progress is the de-
struction of special privilege. The es-
sence of any struggle for healthy lib
erty has always been and must always
be to take from some one man or class
or men the right TO enjoy power, or
wealth, or position, or immunity,
which has not earned by service
to his or their fellows.
At many stages In the advance OF
humanity this conflict between the men
who possess more than they have
earned and the men who have earned
more than they possess Ia the central
condition of progress In our day Ii
appears as the struggle Of free men
to gain and hold the right of self
government as against the special in
terests, who twist the methods OF free
government into machinery for defeat
ing the popular will At every stage
and under all circumstances the es-
senoe OF the struggle Is to equalize OPP
portunity, destroy privilege. and give
to the life and citizenship OF every in
dividual the highest possible value
both to himself and to the common
wealth.
Practical equality OF opportunity for
all citizens, when we achieve IL, will
have two great results. First, every
man will have a fair chance to make
OF himself all that in him lies, to reach
the highest point TO which his capa-
cities, unassisted by special privilege
OF his own and unhampered by the
special privileges OF others. can carry
him. and to get for himself and his
family substantially what he has
earned. Second, equality OF opportu-
nifty means that the commonwealth
will get from every citizen the
hig hest service OF which he is capable.
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