Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-06
"A GENrLE MAN THAT LOVES TO
HEAR HIMSELF TALK.

HEAR HIMSELF TAlN.
A gentleman that loves to hear him
self talk. and will speak NOR. in a
minute than he will stand to In a
month"; Shakespeare.
Had this been written yesterday,
jnsi cad OF some three hundfed years
ago. there would have been no room
for speculation as to the identity OF
the gentleman referred TO. Anybody
who does not believe IL is respect
fully referred to the remarkable speech
delivered at Cleveland. ohio. yester-
day by Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt
Ever since the John Brown cele-
bration at Osawa omie. Mr.. Roosevelt
has been trying TO frame an explana-
ton of his New Nationalism" that
would sit well on the stomachs OF the
American people. He has explained
away until the country probably is be-
ginning to wonder whether the colonel
himself had very clear idea of what
he was driving at when he delivered
himself of that speech.
At Cleveland Mr.. Roosevelt eiuci.
dated the thing this way:
The new nationalism represents the
struggle OF freedmen to gain and
hold the right OF self-govsrrmert as
against special interests, who twist
the methods of free government into
machinery for defeating the popular
will Our intention is to sx-
tend the genuine principles of democ-
racy into our industrial and economic
as we'll as our political life.
The utterance is particularly re-
speech in behalf of the Republican
ticket in Ohio which was intended to
serve as Republican campaign doc
ument in Ohio and elsewhere. One
not informed might easily suppose
that the colonel had turned Democrat
aud was pleading with The voters TO
take the control of the govGnment
away fiom the Republican party. A
struggle of freemen to gain the right
of seli-SOvernment ds against special
interests is going on in the United
Roosevelt will attempt to contend
that this struggle is being made by the
Republican party. Who deprived the
American people of the right of self
government? Who handed over the
re:ns TO special in'erestsy VINO
trampled under foot the genuine prin-
cipIes Of Democracy? II was not The
Democratic party. The real meaning
OF the term special interests never
was fully understood until the Re
publican party began to create and
foster lis corporate pirates" through
its internal protective tsr:n and other
privileged legislation. For fifty years
the Republicans have been almost con
tinuousIy in control of the national
government They took charge 50
long ago that most Of Us have to 60
TO history 10 end out what sort OF a
government the country had before
the Democrats were turned cut. And
yet an exRepubiican President. the
Republican boss in New York. has ths
assurance TO ask for the election oi
4 Republican to ofice ss a step to
ward winning -the struggle OF freed
men 20 gain and hold the right 81
seif-governmcnt as against special in
tcrcsrs~
When the occasion demands. Ny
Roosevelt likes 10 forget. OF to hzv.
other people forget that the few IN
ssreents- who were deprived Of N,
privilege Of distributing federal pat
ronsge ~ President Tai, within tn
pzst year because Of their danger
oasly democratic attitude. arc not IN
national Republican organization. III
likes. sometimes. 70 let On that th'
bate Senator Deliver tyyihed Repuo
lican Leadership. Ee was Re tlng-cn
when he said. There has been
steady grosfh smons the leaders an
fhoso in control towards a spirit q
sane progress and we all stand q
Fctbcr Tor . commoa purpose. for IN
common national welfare. Tor "a
common god Of al Of us
Whist the coIoncfs o~n talk gbcu
shat &c slii DO e worth Is sEvs