New-York tribune., 1910-09-01

cunning and greed and selfish arrogance OF
employers.
| low countrymen, my request would be that
! whenever they go in for a reform they al
| ways remember the two sides. ard that
| they always exact justice from Ollie side
| as much as from the other. 1 have sma'i
use for the public servant who can always
see and denounce the corruption of the
capitalist, but who cannot be persuaded,
| especially before election, to say a word
about lawless mob violence, and | have
equally small use for the man. be ,a. ne
paper or wealthy and influential private
citizen, who can see clearly enough and de-
| ncunce the lawlessness of mob violence.
| but whose eyes are blind when the question
is one of corruption in business on g1gan-
tic scale.
do ask that we work in a spirit Of broad
and farreaching nationalism when we
work for what concerns our people as
| whole We all Americans. Our COM
mon interests are broad as the continent.
l speak TO you here in Kansas exactly as l
would speak in New York or Georgia, for
| affect all alike.
| The national government belongs to the
whoe peope are that
| interest can be guarded effectively only by
| the national government. The betterment
| which we seek must be accomplished. l be-
| lieve. mainly through the national govern
| ment.
| Nationalism Demanded.
The American people are right in de-
manding that new nationaism without
which we cannot hope to deal with new
problems. The new nationalism puts the
national need before sectional or personal
a6;a advantage 1T It is impatient of the ute utter
| CONFUSION that results from local leG1slat-
ures attempting to treat national issues as
local issues, 1t is still more impatient of
the impotence which springs from the over
| division OF government powers, the lmpo-
| tence which makes 1t possible for local sell
fshness or for legal cunning. hired by
activities s to deadlock This II sfs new nation
| altsm regards the executive power as the
steward Of the public welfare. 1t demands
Of the judiciary that 1t shall be interested
primarily in human welfare rather than in
property, just as 1t demands that the rep
resentative BODY shall represent all the peo-
| pie rather than any one class or section OF
| the people.
! I believe in shaping the ends of govern
welfare. Normally, and in the long rum
| the ends the same, but whenever the
| alternative must be faced 1 am for men
and not for property
Need of Direct Primary.
| If our political institutions were perfect
| they would absolutely prevent the political
| domination Of money in any part Of our
affairs. We need to make our political rep
resentatives more quickly and sensiIvely
responsive to the people whose ser servants ants
pie in their own affairs under proper SAFE
| guards is vitally necessary.
Inc QlISCl Is q Stcp III tiliS uiiCS-
ton IL it is associated with corrupt prac-
| tees act effective enough to prevent the
advantage of the man willing recklessiy
! and unScrupulously to spend money over MS
more honest competitor-
It is particularly important that all
| moneys received or expended for campaign
purposes should be publicly accounted 1of
not only after election but before electlon
as well Political action must be MADE SIM
pier. easier and freer from confusion NO. dot
every citizen. | believe that the prompt
removal of unfaithful or incompetent puo-
lie servants should be made easy and sure
in whatever experience shall show 70
cases. an, !,
One of the fundamental necessities in
representative government such as ours is
to make certain that the men to "hofn te the
people delegate their power shall serve the
people by whom they are eiec,eq tba4 4iie everV U
national officer. elected or appointed, should
be forbidden 10 perform any service OF
ceive any compensation dlrecty Vi .nd 1u
rectIy from interstate corporatlPns, ana
similar provision could not fail to be use1ul
within the states.
of the people The material progress ana
prosperity of a nation are deslra pie chleny aa
so far as they lead to the moral ana ma d,
terial welfare of all good cltlzens. JUS -,
nrnnortton as the average man and woman
are honest capable of sound 1udgInent aia 4
high ideals, active IN d} puohc hona annf life and
the father and mother of healthy chlloren
Itust 50 far and no further we may count
our civilization success 49,, .1xo, A.,
we must have-I believe we nave alaeaus a1to1,
genuine and permanent moral AWAKEN
ing without which no Wlsdon1 OIL iesa,, Is,
tion or admnistrauan reanSS rSsl1S we must tiv
-. acrre the social and economic ieg1sla-
ton without which any lrnpto'etss 70 anneesariIv
~ 70 nesca11+ The prime problem of our na- M
ZION Is TO get the right type OF eooa rna ro
zenship: and to get 1t we mtSt nc sre,,tineIv
ress and all our people must De sehuiiieis
progressive
Greeted by $1,000 People.
The John Brown battlefield, where MI
Roosevelt delivered his address To-Day
,s now used as a picnic ground ahu
tho former President reached
there he found a great concourse. Nal
onsIv estimated at from 15,oo 10 -n""'
Gathered to hear him The e1ouilu9
n.e-a wet and soggy from the long ram
h,+ Nth that luck which seems always
70 attend MI Roosevelt the ram iau
ceased inst as his train reached Ossa-
watomie. and it held off untll he lldo
finished his long speech. He received d
great demonstration when ne reacheu
The grounds. another when ne mouhteu
+,o ,la+forn, and the greatest of all
uba, he had finished For one nun
dred feet in every direction from the
e+and the neople stood packed like sar-
dimes while every vantage point III
+raes on the roofs Of the amusement
sbads etc. was occupied. 1t was I'M
nosSibla to make all of the crowd hear'
hut ALI who could get within the SOUND
of the speakers voice remained tnere
throughout the speech. fearful almost 10
shift their positions lest they would be
crowded further from the stand on
the stand with the former President
u.re Governor Stubbs Senator BristoW,
,fessrs Garfield and Pinchot and a
number of the local politicians, each OF
whom WAS cheered he mounted the
s+er,s and came in sight Of the crowd
Mr. Roosevelt spoke for nearly two
hours finishing at 4 p. M. when the
start for Lawrence was made. While
thousands of citizens cheered the for
n,er President as, standing on the back
nlatform. he waved his hat in all direc-
tions.
In the course Of the day an elderly
negro woman was cordially received by
Colonel Roosevelt. She was Mrs Mary
J,eary I,angston, of Lawrence, Kan Her
first husband, Louis Leary, was with
John Brown In his Harper's Ferry raid
and was killed at that time, being
droUned in the river there.