The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

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Col. Theodore Roosevelt was last
week the guest OF the Chamber OF
Commerce at New Haven. Conn. On
this occasion. the former President
referred. for the first time. to poiiti-
cal questions. since the election The
speech was delivered before o large
banquet OF representative men. When
Col. Roosevelt reached the station at
New Haven he was greeted by large
crowd and with enthusiastic cheers.
Col. Roosevelt's Speech.
"It seems to me that nothing could
be a better augury Of the future OF
this country" he said, than that a
Republican President should appoint
a former Confederate, OF opposite po-
litical faith, chief justice OF the
United States Supreme Court, and
receive unanimous applause of his
countrymen. With the permission
of your President shall propose two
toasts: First, to President Taft, and,
second, to that learned jurist, Chief
Justice White"
After the toasts had been drunk.
Col. Roosevelt said he was glad to
say in New Haven precisely what
he had said to many former gather
ings in the West" Col. Roosevelt
said that during the last half OF the
last century people had concerned
themselves with the accumulation OF
material well being, believing that
its distribution would take care OF
itself But the people had come to
see, he added, that they must con-
Germ themselves with an equitable
distribution of wealth.
Radical, But No Anarchist.
Bodies like this chamber of COM
merce,' said the colonel, "have been
industriously taught to regard me as
kind of modified anarchist. AS a
matter of fact, I think that IL you
will read what have said, and not
what certain representatives OF the
press have said that I said, you will
see that I have tried to preach only
the doctrines on which the republic
was founded.
ST am a radical, but am radical
who most earnestly desires to see a
radical program carried out by con-
servatives. I wish to see great in
dustrial reforms carried out, not by
the men who will profit by them, but
by the men who lose by them; by
Just such men as you around me. I
believe most emphatically in the pro-
gress which shall be sane"
Col. Roosevelt said he wished to
see the hand of the State and the Ma
ton placed on the great corpora
tons, to regulate them.
"The rights OF man must be para
mount in republic such as ours, %
he added.
The colonel urged the passage OF
legislation to benefit labor. It was
his criticism OF former Judge Bald
wins attitude toward such legisla-
ton which led to their controversy.
Prize to Real Winner.
In explaining his idea OF the
square DEAL" Col. Roosevelt said:
II don't want the prize in the race
to go to the man who isn't fast
enough to win it. I want them to
start even" Equal opportunity, he
said. represented the idea on which
the republic was founded.
81 care for the fact" he continued,
and not in the least for the form.
You hear a good deal of national
rights and of States rights. I'm for
both" He explained this by saying
that he was for national rights where
they would best serve the welfare of
the people. and for State rights where
their exercise was most beneficial.
Col. Roosevelt said corporations
should be treated with an exact meas
ure of justice.
Your grocer must make a profit,
or he won't continue to sell grocer
les he explained. ''but ii you pay his
bills without examining them you
don't show that you have a soft
heart You show that You have a
soft head"
The government, he declared.
should deal with corporations on the
same basis as q man deals with his
grocer, IN giving and exacting
justice.
Changes Not Innovations.
The Colonel said there had been
. good deal of loose talk" about
proposed changes In forms of govern
ment. The effort to get more com