Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-08

| railroads in the following words:
Il do not wish to see the nation
forced into ownership of the railroad
if it can possibly be avoided, and thu
only alternative is thorough-going, ef
fectiye regulation, based on q ful
knowledge. including a physical val.
uation Of the property.
Surely no insureent has vet ap-
peared who would &c further than
rhe colonel goes in his declaration
When taken in connection with his
next statement it can be considered as
I nothing more or less than a positive
Endorsement and acceptance of in
surgent principles.
we should be as sure Of the proper
conduct Of interstate railways and
proper management OF Interstate busi-
ness as we are now sure of the con
duct and management of the national
banks. The Hepburn act, and the
amendment To that act, as it finally
passed congress at the last session.
represent a long step IN advance; and
we must go yet further
other insurgent reforms declared
by the colonel TO be essential 10 the
welfare Of the country include the
elimination Of corporation influence
from politics. revision Of the tariff
| one schedule at a time on the basis of
accurate information obtained by an
effective tariff commission, publicity
of campaign expenses before elections,
the recall of unfaithful public SER
wants, a national incorporation act
providing publicity and governmental
control Of corporations tr~ansacting an
interstate business, direct primaries,
income tax. inheritance tax, conser-
vation of natural resources. improved
conditions of labor. national and state
employers liability laws, eight-hour
day for workmen. Industrial training
in public schools, laws to regulate the
labor of children and women, and the
elevation OF personal rights above
property rights in legislation. and ad-
ministration by states and by the gov
eminent.
Throughout the speech, the former
president laid particular emphasis on
the necessity Of a just distribution of
wealth. Tic pointed out that for
forty years we have been concerned
over ways to create or produce
wealth. Now, he declared, the time
has arrived when we must take up
and solve the problem Of distributing
the wealth which has been created or
produced.
Colonel Roosevelt has forcefully ex-
pressed what the masses of the people
OF the country are thinking. and what
they have tried TO say through the
insurgents Of the house and senate
i'm the last two sessions of congress.
That the insurgent movement will he
materially strengthened by the otti-
tude Of the former president is pat
ent. He is the most influential indi-
vidual ia the United States today. lie
given the insurgent principles his
O. X. and by the action he has I'M
.questionably turned thousands Of
votes to insurgent candidates for state
and congressional office.
What part the move will play in
his owl political future remains to be
seen.
To those who have memories, the
great h%ullabaloo that Is being raised
over the progressive speeches OF Col
onel Roosevelt takes to itself the form
Of a tempest in a teapot. It is true
Mr.. Roosevelt's Osawatomie
speech bristled with demands for tho
elimination Of special interests from
politics, for complete publicity with
to corporation affairs, for n
graduated income tax. etc, but where
does this speech differ from scores
If others which he made while presi-
lent of the United States?
clifford Pinchot and others have
nailed the speech as a great new dec
aration Of principles in American
The intimation is that Col
mel Roosevelt by his speech has COM
nitted himself 20 some new doctrine.
text The New Nationallsm,"
s heralded ms the slogan for "a new
party, a battlecry for the progress
As a matter Of fact, Theodore
Roosevelt rs the same Roosevelt who
.erVed seven years in the White
Iouse, and who time and again wrote
messages to congress demanding fun
publicity in corporation affairs. a
graduated income tax, increased fed
raj powers. readjustment IF the
.ountry's financial system, the con-
.ervation of the natural resources.
various amendments to the con-
Every single policy advocated by
Roosevelt In his Osawatomie
peech has beer advocated by him. IN
peeches and IN messages, while he
president of the United states.
Re was elected to that high office rs
republican. and. despite all his rad
cal proposals. never once swerved
his party's lines. When he
for his policies as president he
ought for them as a republican.
When he fights for the same policies
.ow. he fights for them as a repub-
can.
Roosevelt primarily is a crusader.
lis chief service has been in stirring
p the people TO the questions of the Il.
our. In his speeches he has always
cen radical, but when the test of ac- :
on comes he is invariably on the
ide of the conservatives. Those who
elievc That this man is trying to
'reek the republican party do not re-
al the Roosevelt who was president.
Concluding his speech at Osawa-
lmie. Roosevelt issued a declaration (
warning against the extremists, as
Il 10 not want our people
D follow men whose intentions are
Ncellent. hut whose eyes are a little :
DO wild TO make il safe 10 trust
lem. In that final remark appears 4