The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-05
CROWDSWOULuN' 7
LET ROOSEVELT
HAVE A REST
Kept Colonel on the Rear Plat
form Most Of the Time
TAKES A SHY AT DIX
Says He will Attend to Democratic
Candidates When he Returns to
New York

AtultllAllOllof ANONs nCOuOlC
Roosevelt spent large part of yes
terday walking through string of
sleeping cars from his stateroom to
the rear platform and back again. He
was on board a train which pulled its
way across Ohio and Indiana in such
leisurely fashion and made so many
stops that he exclaimed. This train
visits through the country At all
of the stations there were crowds
which cheered, whenever, he made
his appearance on the car platform.
Early in the day the crowds were
small for it was not generally known
that the colonel was passing. Word
of his approach was telegraphed
ahead, however, from one town to an
other and, as the day went by, the
crowds became larger and noiser.
Col Roosevelt made a good many
trips to the rear platform so that his
day was not of such complete rest as
he had expected. 1t was his first long
trip since his return from Africa with
out a private car and the passengers
all got acquainted with him before he
reached Chicago last night At sew
eral places the people pelted him
with carnations. He made short
speeches to a few Of the larger
crowds "All am trying to do in
politics. he said at Warsaw, Ind, lis
TO try to get things a little straighter.
little more decent
Col Roosevelt gave out a state
ment yesterday on the train in reply
to the speech made by John A. Dix,
democratic candidate for governor of
New York, at New York Wednesday
night. Mr. Roosevelt said
Mr. Dix becomes exceeding yalor-
Gus about me the moment ! leave the
state. I'll answer him when | get
back. I call the attention Of all wage
workers to the fact that having in
effect defended the bakeshop decision
which forbade New York state TO in
teriere TO prevent workingmen from
laboring an excessive number OF
hours under uHhygienlc conditions,
ne now. in effect, defends position
declaring workingmen compensation
also unconstitutional II is, OF course
mere nonsense for Mr.. Dix to assert
that he is for the principle either of
limiting excessive hours of labor un-
der unhealthful conditions or of es-
tablishing the right Of the workman
TO be compensated for the loss Of
life or limb, when working at their
trades, for he is now explicitly up
holding the judges who have decided
against these principles, and is con-
demning the more numerous judges
who have taken the opposite view
and have upheld the rights OF the
laboring man instead Of adhering to
outworn and purely technical legal
terms which in their working do the
workingman cruel wrong and inius
tice.
III Mr. Dix is right IN his champ
ionship of Judge Baldwins decisions,
aud il Judge Baldwin was right in
that decision, then it is unconstitu-
tional for the nation and the states
to grant any real relief to the work.
ngmen in the shape Of compensation
acts. The decision OF Judge Bald
wln which Mr. Dix upholds, will not
| am confident. prove to be the law Of
the land, either in nation or state. but
TO uphold II is entirely Incompatible
with any man as candidate saying
that he is in favor of any real or ef'
fective workers compensation act
My answer to Judge Baldwin was
dictated yesterday ! call attention
to the fact that Mr. Dix does not dare
deal with Mr. Stimson nor to meet
one fact that Mr.. Stmson has stated
about him, still less in any shape OF
way aggressively or defenslvely tC
measure himself with Mr.. Stimson.