The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-26

| colonel 1T is really an outrage ne
He then told the crowd that an engine
was "the only thing he could not talk
against" and the train moved OH. as
some OF tho men shouted DO them UP
In the convention, Teddy" Colonel
Roosevelt smiled broadly but made no re-
Fully 5000 people greeted Colonel
Roosevelt when his special train arrived
In Erie at 9:2S this morning. Inc coionel
spoke briefly, chiefly along the ines OF
the earlier speech he made at Bu1lalo re.
gardlng pure water in the great lake
cities
Greeted by Old Friends.
He was met by n reception committee
from Erie consisting Of Congressman AT
thur J.. Bates. Frank d. Schults. presl-
dent OF the chamber OF commerce: II. -
Sturgeon, president OF the board OF trade
and William Trask , ~
Congressman Bates was member oi
the lower house during the seven am ana
president. and long consultatlom %aS
held In the private car as the train rushed
through the northwest or PenddsylSnhieat end yharniet
hundreds lined the tracks . ,,o
Hello. Teddy" was heard from the the
sea OF humanity that lined o the e., s'dsrEn Mria
and Il was some minutes before the
colonel's voice could be heard.
In an undertone 90 Congressman Bates'
rican hunter said IL,
"'I used to think it lowered my dignity
to have them call me Teddy; but DO 40
You know, l am getting onn 20 nSe Rooso%e,, ~ noW
said In his speech In Buffalo follow;
II Will plunge at once into a subject
that know is of the utmost interest
TO you and ought to be OF interest 10
all our people. and that Is:
keeping the fresh water supply OF
the great lakes unpoliuted.
1--WE claim TO be civilized people, ana
o,Yeri,t IN
dispose OF the sewage In some other way
than putting II into the drinking water,
We need action by both the state and
tho nation to put complete stop 10
the pollution of the great lakes. action
by the state so far as our own boundary
IS concerned and action by the nation
because other states beside our own are
interested,
"Our people must realize from now on
that in addition TO grasping after new
fields OF conquest. they have got TO
conquered that they have got to at
tend to I, number Of things they have left
unattended.
"roo much in the past 1t has been
the habit OF our country 10 let any
man do what he wanted without regard TO
Realizes the Crisis.
I'VE have got TO the state when we
must consider the interests OF all.
I'VE must keep the water supply un-
polluted and to do that you must see
that II is not polluted In the sources.
"In the same way we must keep the
standard of public decency high, and you
cannot do that unless the individual cit
izen in the first place himself keeps II
high,
moment a question OF honesty is In
volved I recognize no party distinction.
II I make any distinction. 1t Is that
1t is little more my business to hunt
out OF public life a crook who claims
20 heIn n than II ha ri |, no
20 belong to another
In order TO DO that you must keep your
eyes not on tho social and financial status
of the man, but on the mans product.
good or evil Distrust above all other men
the man who Will inve!gh against crook
cdness only II he finds IL Is connected
with somebody not connected with his
"Distrust the nnancier who cannot see
crook edncss among tinancicrs, but only
among the labor leaders and distrust the
labor leader who can see crookcdness only
when II Is by the big flnancier Attack
man because he Is crooked, If he is a
poor man and crooked attack him, II he
is rich man and crooked. attack him
PERSONALLY / would attack the rich
man who is crooked just little stronger
because crookedness is Just trifle more
infamous In him, Bat would attack the
other man very strongly.
There is no royal road to learning
Something can be done by good laws or
by strict administration OF law but in
age citizen with a live conscience or you
cannot expect the public servants of that
private citizen to do their duty honestly
and we'll
'Often you Will find that men have be-
trayed the interests Of the people by do
ing what IS improper for some big cor
poraton. In that case try 10 get at them
and try to get at the big corporation and
all those responsible for It's MANAGEMENT
and | will help you in every way that |
can. I have done IL In tho past I will
do It Just as We did In connection with
the sugar trust.
Not Pity, but Blame.
''Do not let the man feel that he is to
bo pitied rather than blamed for yielding
poration that tries To got him to go
wrong MY experience Is that the kind
Of man who Win so wrong when the cor
poratlon tcmpts him is crook from the
start and goes wrong because he is glad
to go wrong. My experience Is that such
a man will be just as quick TO blackmail
corporation as he win to take money
corruptly.
''Ii the people fail 10 condemn the man
who Is crooked and who win blackmail n
corporation. they viii have themselves to
thank when the blacRmailcr turns round
which he viii do when IL Is his interest
to do so.
''You are not going to get honesty In
public servant on behalf OF the people un-
less you insist that n1au snowng hon
esty To all with whom he Is brought into
contact
az would fight for the rights Of tho big
man just as | would for tho rights of the
small man. and for The rights OF all the
people
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