Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
U. S. Supreme Body Does
Not Escape Criticism
at Denver.
DANGER IN RULINGS
Ex-PreSident DepIoreS the
Breaking Down of Rights
Guaranteed States.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 30.-The Roose-
welt train with Roosevelt, Garfield, Pin
chot and party of newspaper men on
board. left for Pueblo at 7:45.
Praises Conservation.
Pueblo, Colo, Aug. 3O.-Rooseyelt
was greeted by a great crowd and es.
corted to the public park, where he
made short speech in which he
praised the work of the men I'm the for.
estry service and encouraged conser-
vation. Later he laid the cornerstone
of the Young Mems Christian associa,
tion building, and soon after left for
Osawatomie, Kan.
short Stop mt Springs.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 3d.
Roosevelt was given an enthusiastic
reception here, made a short speech
and resumed his journey. Roosevelt
declared that the corporations had
rights which should be respected, but
they are not entitled to vote nor to
own any public servant
Would Take From Politics.
so far as l am able" he said, "I
will protect corporations against
against the visionary demagogue who
would mislead the people by attacking
them improperly. Also, I'll do every
thing in my power to take the corpor-
alton out of politics. We want to
break up the connection between
crooked politics and crooked business"
Raps Supreme Court.
Denver, Colo, Aug 30.-Decisions OF
the supreme court OF the United States
were sharply criticised by Theodore
Roosevelt yesterday in an address in
the state capitol here before the Colo
rado legislature.
The former president cited two deci-
sions by the supreme court, which he
declared. were contrary TO the prlnci-
pies of democracy. and he said en-
phatically that If those decisions indi-
Gated the permanent attitude OF the
court the entire American system Of
popular government would be upset.
81 am. however, convinced, both
from the inconsistency of these deci-
sions with the tenor of other decisions.
and, furthermore, from the very fact
that they are in such fragrant and di-
rect contradiction to the spirit and
needs of the times, that sooner or later
they will be explicitly or implicitly re-
versed,' he said
CritIcIses Supreme Tribunal.
81 mention them merely TO illustrate
the need of having a truly national
system of government under which the
people can deal effectively with all
problems. meeting those that affect
the people as a whole by affirmative
federal action that those that affect
merely the people OF one locality By
affirmative state action.
81 am a most earnest and convinced
believer in exercising the power of the
nation where that power alone can be
really effective, yet am no less a con-
vinced believer in seeing that the pow
er of the states be made effective
where Il affords the best means OF af-
firming popular rights. Above all there
should be no neutral ground where,
owing to a conflicting series of legal
decisions, greedy persons can take
refuge"
One of Five.
Colonel Roosevelts speech before
the legislature was on of the five that
he delivered in Denver Everywhere he
went he was greeted bp cheering null
titudes which blocked the streets, in
terfered with traffic and packed to suf-
location the various building in which
he spoke The auditorium in which he
delivered his speech on conservation,
holds $1,000 people and yet It was
large enough to seat only part OF
the throng THAT clamored for admis-
sion.
Addressing the great throng he at
once made a defense of the Garfield
Pinchot policies as opposed to Balm
ger ideas, but mentioned no names. He
held that the foes of conservation rest
ed their claims on falsehood and de-
clared that the kind OF conservation
that is being urged is conservation for
the monopolies. He pleaded for ma
tional and state cooperation in saving
the water power sites from the hosts
of greed.