The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-26
Former President Makes Speeches At Over Dozen
 Towns Along Road
HONESTY IS PARAMOUNT IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE
Roosevelt Speaks Plainly About Sins of Corporations and Punishment to Be Meted Out to Crooks in
 High Places

South Bend Ind, August 25.-Theodore 1 Roosevelt traveed across Ohio and In- diana today, greeted everywhere by en- thusaistic crowds to which he talked of | honesty, respect for the law and corpora tions. He expressed his beliefs on ques- tions which concern the public in more strenuous fashion than he has done since his return from Africa.
 | During the day Colos.e. Roosevelt made number of speeches. although he said before he left Oyster Bay that he did not intend to talk from the rear platform.
 The crowds which greeted him today were larger than those which turned out to see him during his trip across New | York state and they were so insistent in | their demands to see him and hear him l speak that he responded in every in- | stance.
 The colonel did some plain talking to the crowds which burst into the railroad Eyards at the largest places, swarmed across the tracks and tied up traffic on | the road. He talked against dishonesty in corporations and the crowds roared with applause. He condemned dishonest men and there were more cheers. He attacked mob rule and was cheered again. | I will make the corporations come to time," he said in his Cleveland speech. "and will make the mob come to time" | 'I shall insist upon honesty if it breaks up the best business of the land and shall | insist upon order under all circumstances | he told the same crowd.
 "Whenever 1 have the power I will keep order on the one hand and 1 will insist upon justice from the rich man and from the corporation on the other.' he said a little later.
 | Speaks on Mob Rule At Toledo he spoke again on mob rule. having in mind the street car strike in Columbus, O.. where there has been riot ing.
 Then he said: "The great question we have to face is to shape things so that every American citizen shall have fair chance to earn his living and lead his life under the best and most favorable conditions, that he shall be protected in his rights and prevented from wrong doing others in turn"
 From the time that Colonel Rooseevt reached Buffalo at 6:2O o'clock this morn- ing until after he had made his last speech for the day. he was kept constant- | ly on the move. When he was not mal<- l ing speeches shaking hands he was talking with visitors, dozens of whom rode | for a time on his car. He said he was not talking politics and refused to say word on the New York state situation. Even the news that the delegates from | Orleans county to the republican state | convention had been instructed to vote for him for temporary chairman of the convention brought forth no comment. The colonel merely smiled
 | His first speech of the day was at the breakfast given him in Buffalo by the Ellicott club
 At Dunkrk, N. r., he talked to tho railroad men. The crowds at Erie. Pa. Conneaut, Ashtabula. Cleveland, Elyria | and Toledo in Ohio and at Kendallvilie, Elkhart and South Benc, in Indiana. all heard him speak,
 Congressman Bates of Pennsylvania and Thomas of Ohio and Judge Wan amaker of Akron, O.. were among the visitors the train.
 Reception at Toledo Toledo, Ohio. August 25.-When Roosevelt arrived here he concluded what he began to say at Cleveland | today in condemnation of mob rule, | chiefly for its effect upon the strike situation at Columbus.
 | Acting Mayor K. A. Moody told the colonel that if he would make two trips through the Ninth congressional district, in which Toledo is located. everything would be all right on cleo | tion day He reminded him that that | district had given the largest major | ity ever cast in it's history in 1904 when Colonel Roosevelt was elected l President. J. Kent Hamilton, repub- lican candidate for Congress, also el- bowed his way through the crowd to shake hands with the colonel. Quite large number of buttons, bearing a portrait of Colonel Roosevelt, wore worn by men in the assemblage
 "Our government must stand as government of justice and of law | declared Colonel Roosevelt We do not allow private individuals to fight for their rights between themselves. We settle their troubles for them. Now if there comes a case in which a big corporation is not fair with its em- ployes and mob rules is started. tho first thing that must be done is to restore order and no civic official is | duty no matter what the consequences may be.
 The next business is to see that the corporation acts well by its em- poyes, that 1t acts well by the pub- lie. The corporation has a duty to- ward the commonwealth just as muck as the commonwealth has duty to- ward the corporation. It becomes the duty of the public to see that their local or state authorities go into the matter and if there has been fail- ure of justice on the part of the cor poration to see that action is taken that will prevent its failing to do justice in the future.
 Questions That Are Alive 1T want to talk to you of the ques tions that are alive and that affect us all and the great question that we have to face is to shape things so that |