The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
ROOSEVELT FAVORS
RADICAL POLICY
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the word recall" It is understood that
he meant just that when he said:
II believe that the prompt removal OF
unfaithful or incompetent public servants
should be made easy and sure in what
ever way experience shall show TO be
most expedient in any given class OF
cases"
The neutral ground which the colonel
harped upon in his criticism, OF the SUI
premo Court at Denver on Monday fur
nished him q topic for further elabora-
ton to-day. Some one has called It the
Twilight zone" He declared that there
must be no neutral ground for tho cum
ming lawbreakers, and especially for the
iawbreakers OF great wealth. who can
hire the vulpine legal cunning which
will teach them TO avoid both 1urisalc-
tionA"
Wants No Negative Activity.
1T Is g misfortune" the colonel cried.
when the national legislature fails TO
do its duty in providing national rem
edy, so that the only national activity IS
the purely negative activity or the ;u-
dietary IN forbidding the state 70 exer-
else power In the premises"
The subject OF corporations always gets
Col Roosevelt excited.
He repeated this afternoon a good
many things he has said before, but he
went one step further. He declared he
believes that the same kind OF control
which should be exercised over public
service corporations should be extended
also to combinations which control such
neoessaries Of life as meat, OIL. and
ooal-at least those which deal IN them
on an important scale. And the officers,
and especially the directors OF these cor
porations. should be held personally re-
Eponsible when any corporations break
the law.
Mr.. Garfield was all ears as the colonel
touched upon the matter Of executive
power, The new nationalism. said the
colonel, regards the executive power as
the steward of the public welfare. Mr.
Garfield has argued that the executive,
because Of his leadership, has power TO
do anything his discretion dictates, pro-
vided it is not specifically prohibited by
the constitution or by statute. The colo
mel assumed that attitude while he was
IN the White House
Must Face the Crisis.
Il know well that the reformers must
not bring upon tire people economic
ruin" Col. Roosevelt said toward the
end. 'or the reforms themselves will 90
down In the ruin. But we must be ready
20 face temporary disaster whether or
not brought on by those who will war
against US to the knife"
In short. Col. Roosevelt issued a chal-
lenge 70 the men OF big interests to come
on and fight.
The sunfowe-s swayed In the breeze as
the colonel moved swiftly from one part
Of Osawatomie 20 another. The insurgent
governor and Senator and Representative
and editor followed him. At the insane
asylum he Endorsed the actions or the
Kansans, and said that he believed in
the political tenets OF this State
1T is as bad to lie on the stump as off
st." he roared a political promise
must be redeemed Just rs an honest man
would redeem hts outstanding Indebted
ness" II that was applied TO Mr. Taft
IN connection with the tariff agitation by
those who say that he promised down.
ward revision and did not fulfill his
promise. then Mr.. Roosevelt did It very
carefully. he stepped over the state
ment quickly. lie told Kansans that he |
finds them somewhat disturbed, but that
ne never came without finding them that
way. It's sign Of good health. he re-
marked.
Crowd n Remarkable One.
When you consider the size OF the
crowd that gathered here to-day. the /
Roosevelt reception may be put down |
rs the most remarkable he has yet re- !
ceived. The numbers that hocked to
him in Denver were not present, but the |
enthusiasm was here, and the population |
OF Oswatomie. including the sunfiowers. |
turned out TO a man. Special trains |
were shot into town from Kansas City |
and adjacent points. The farmers put on |
their other suits; the women were all |
fiossied up.
1t is impossible 10 determine tonight |
what the result Of Col Roosevelt's |
speech VIII be. A good many specula- |
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