Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-09-22
ROOSEVELT TALKS
NEW PARTY
Advocates Application OF
Old Time MoraIitieSIto
Present Conditions.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. -Thec
dore Roosevelt said yesterday tha
he is not talking revolution in declar
ing his new political creed. Neithe
is he making an appeal to mob rule
In stanch defense of his doctrin
of the "new nationalism he declares
that he was merely urging the ap
plication of old moralities to modern
conditions. At the same time ht
replied with spirit to those who have
been opposing him. and hotIy de-
nounced newspapers which, he said
attacked honest public men.
Colonel Roosevelt's address was
delivered at the Suffolk County Fair
at Riverhead. L. l. He rode about
l20 miles in an automobile to and
from Riverhead. and spoke to a great
crowd Sn the fairgrounds.
The Colonel's expression Of "new
nationalism" came at the close of a
speech in which he also denounced
dishonest corporations, dishonest men
Of wealth and political bosses. He
made no references to the New York
State political situation.
II have motel a good deal of COM
ment on my speech on new national
ism, - he declared. "All that new
nationalism means is the application
of certain old-time moralities to the
changed conditions of today.
II wish to see greater govern
mental efficiency because we have to
deal with greater business efficiency.
Simple laws are all that are necessary
in small communities, when there is
no big business and each man works
for himself. When you get masses of
wealth gathered together and great
corporations developing. conditions
then become SO changed that there
must be an increase in governmental
activity to control the wealth for
business efficiency.
II would not do any wrong to the
great corporation, but l don't intend
to rely on the big corporations good
nature to see that the corporation does
not do harm against US. / want to
see such control of the wealth now
gathered for business uses as to favor
the honest man who uses the wealth
genuinely for the service of the public
and to make the dishonest man feel
mat he has to do what is right; and
If he does not feel it we shall see to
it that he does.
"That is my whole creed. That
is all there is in it. There is no
revolution in it. There is no appeal
to mob rule. On the contrary, |
recognize mob violence as an enemy
Of the public good just as much as
lawless wealth. am against the
poor man who is guilty Of the crime
Of lawless violence and. when it is in
my power, / shall try to punish him
for his misdeeds. just ss whenever
have the power / will join with
those that see to it that the corrupt
nan Of wealth is good-not because
he likes it. but because he has to be. Z"
Colonel Roosevelt spoke with even
more than customary earnestness. His
words were received with cheers.
81 now want to speak to you as
,itizens in the great problmes that
concern all of us. think every citi
zen of a free democracy ought to dis
rust above all others the public man
whose deeds do not square with his
words.
"That has two sides. 1t has to do
With the politician who makes promises
hat he does not keep. and it has to
10 with newspapers that say what
hey know is not true. Mark Twain
aid that there are 500 different kinds
4 lies, but the only one which was
forbidden was that
f bearing false witness against your
eighbor. There are one or two
dailies which would do
7ell to print that at the head of the
olumns, and then try to live up to
!. | withhold their names, but omis-
ion is easily supplied
There are two prime difficulties ,
getting good government. One
rises from the dishonest politician.
think the corrupt politician no worss
D enemy of the people than the man
no lies about the honest public SER
ant. The damage he does is to the !,
lblic, in so confusing the public by
stacking the men who are honest
lat the public ceased to be able 10
'cognize and to war against men who
e dishonest. Such q man is Of the d