The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
HITS HARD At
WRONGDOERS

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the audience. Tt had been rumored
that in case any reference to him were
made by Col. Roosevelt to which the
speaker took exception an answer had
been prepared. Col Roosevelt made no
reference TO MIR. Cannon
When introduced by President Batten
or the Hamilton club, Col Roosevelt
was greeted with tumultuOUs applause
lasting for several minutes. His ad-
dress was as follows,
Col. RoosevcIt's Address.
q have had a long. and. to me.
most pleasant and profitable counec-
ton with this club. have known
you before 1 had attained any special
prominence in public life. and when
came back from the Cuban campaign
10 was q committee Of your club that /
was practically the first organization
TO meet me. When ] was inaugurateo /
as governor a body Of representative /
of this club was present. ! think it /
was this club which was practicaily |
/ the first organization 10 be so unwise |
as to formulate "A desire TO. have me /
made president.
/ at was 1T an address here. at the /
Hamilton club. that used the EXPIRES
/ sion strenuous life. an expression
which. from that day to this. 7 have /
/ nevermore been able 10 use. and wheh-
/ ever I have come 20 you or whenever |
] 4 have spoken either to this club or /
/ whenever I have spoken at Chicago,
! have always addressed myself TO the
] instant need Of things. for 81 would
] NOT De worth your while to have me.
] and A. would not be worth my while
/ to come If I could not speak exactly
as ] thought upon the questions Of the
TIVE Sources Of Danger.
Vow. there are just two sources Of
] danger 10 the American people, law
] less violence and corruption. lawless
| violence that we most often have TO
Z face from among the people who have
4 least of the worlds goods and corrup-
1 ton which we most often have to face
/ among the people that have the most
/ OF the worlds goods.
I'm the program tonight you have
done me the honor To- print certain quo
tations from speeches ] have made.
mostly before the Hamilton club, and
the final quotation is. we must see
that there is civic honesty. civic clean
illness. civic good sense in our whole
administration OF city. state and ma
ton
M friends. the value Of a sentence
like that consists exclusively In the
way i'm which we try to live up to It.
The worth of what I have to say TO
you and whether or not it Is worth
your while TO listen to me. depends IN
/ on the way in which we translate
I words into deeds.
1t has been well said that The prog
[ rcrz the true progress Of "A people
/ can hest be gaured bv their standard
I Of moral conduct. by their Judgment
. { as to what conduct Is moral and what
I conduct is immoral. and by the effec-
p tivcness with which they make their
D ! appreciation OF the moral and their dis
APPRECIATION OF the immoral
, Each state Of the Union. each impor-
tant city OF the Union has from time to
. time to face this question. More than
"a once we have been brought face 10
y face with 10 I'm the state of New York.
y You are face 20 face with it now in the
q state Of Illinois.
c. Refused 20 Dodge Question.
i Il have been reading the reports OF
C. the Investigations of the states attor-
o nevs which resulted I'm the Indictment
s. OF four members Of the Legislature. and
81 I together with that 7 have read the re-
, / ports Of the confession Of four other
| members Of the Legislature. ] was adj
= visod today 10y n very worthy tr1end
, | not TO talk on the matter. because II
$ was a delicate subject and he added
- that no one had been convicted
II Now. ] feel most strongly that we
II make the question of public honesty a
( sham II we limit the use or the word
II I honesty to mere law.
There are big business men whom
have counted as among the most insid-
u ious enemies Of the real welfare or this
o. republic. although they have been SO
70 advised that it would be impossible GO
j. convict them. and there have been IN
1t the United states. and there have been
d i'm New York many public men whose
~ careers have been scandalized through
. out the country. although they keeI
I, clear OF the courts
Foul Corruption Proven.
T, Read the confessions OF the -four
4 men. Read what was developed by the
y two states attorneys. one belonging 90
= on. party and one belonging TO tho
20 other. about the four men against whom
~ they secured indictments and about
b. other men also. Read that and I defy
IA any honest man Of Intelligence not e
come TO the conclusion that the legis-
~ lature whose doings have been exposed
> was guilty of the foulest and bases'
rs.sas o. s..-
y infamous treason to American institu'
= tiOns.
10 Vow 7 am a good party man. but
n. am an American first When we come
B. 90 questions affecting the vital prinCi
q, pies Of American life. I know no party
y IT take just this much account o
=. party i'm such a case. While 7 will d,
y my best to get hold Of the thief Of tn
n opposite party. I will try. If possible
J. a little harder to get hold OF the THE
OF my own party.
* When i was President endeavore,
be- J 20 act so that there should be no neeS
q OF raising the cry among my oppo
l- ncuts OF turn the rascals out" be
,e cause 7 turned them cut myself jus
h 80 fast as 7 could get at them.
Now. mind you. take my words ri
~ worth less than nothing. unless I'm look
ll ing back you can see that they wer
a justified by my deeds.
In Fired Them Out.
ie sTn making Investigations I strucl
two different sets Of cases. There wa
.n one set OF cases where prosecution
be- would lie In those cases. ] turned Tn
ID matter ove~ 90 the department. OF jus
10 tice. In addition there was the larg
- class of cases where there was not sui
.- ficient ground for prosecution. bu
.t, where ii was eviden. that the man wa
ic an unfit and improper public servant
ifs And there I turned him out; and whe
n now and then. the men back OF him &C
casionally. occasionally belonging TO
Co-0rdinate branch Of the government
- would come up and say. oh, there Is n
conviction against him.. ] said. NO.
dare say that he has practiccd Tar
honestly. but ne is "A crook and out b
goes