The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-14
Roosevelt Declares
His Latest Ideas

OsAWATOMlE, uanl, Aurust 81.
In clear aud emphatic fashion Theo.
dore Roosevelt announced his political
creed here today. 10 was a creed of
progressive Republicanism. u align.
ed him definitely with the progress.
sive movement within the party. j.
placed him ON record as an advocate
OF some policies which find favor with
the insurgents and as am opponent
of every special interest" which he
believes exercises a sinister influence
on the affairs of the people
Colonel Roosevelt declared himself
in favor of a wide increase in the
power ofthe national government so
that it might assume greater activity
in control Of the corporations, and in
working out the policies which he be-
lieves should be adopted He declared
forthe new nationalism," ashe term
ed such an increase in governmental
power.
Colonel Roosevelt characterized the
issue of the day as the struggle OF
free men to gain and hold the right
of self-government as against the spe-
cial interests, who twist the methods
Of free government into machinery for
defeating the popular will"
Warning Against Extremists.
While Colonel Roosevelt's speech is
regarded by many of those who heard
it as carrying him farther than before
with the progressive movement, the
Colonel coupled with his declaration a
warning against the extremist, inject
ing an extemporaneous remarK IN the
subject into his prepared Speech.
81 do not want our people to fol-
low men whose intentions are excel
lent, but whose eyes are a little too
wild to make it safe to trust them," he
said.
Another sentence which Colonel
Roosevelt put into his speech extern
poraneously brought forth applause
| from the crowd. He said "No man
| should make a promise before election
that he does not intend to keep after
election, and if he does not keep it,
hunt him out"
The people gave his words an in
depreciation of their own, and the
burst of cheering which broke out
when they heard them was one of the
widest of the day.
Speaks on Historic Field.
The speech was delivered in a grove
on the battlefield today where John
Brown fought the Missouri raiders on
August 80, 1856. The setting was pic
turesque. Thousands of people had
! gathered for the dedication of the
battlefield as a State park today
Colonel Roosevelt stood on a table
which was placed on the platform, and
towored high above the dense throng
which surged about him on every side.
The crowd was so great that only
small part ofthe people could hear
what was being said, but they
all cheered The cheering was so en-
thusiastic that Colonel Roosevelt was
interrupted constantly and had to hold
up his hand in protest time after time.
The crowd caught up every phrase
which it interpreted as an expression
of progressive sentiment and shouted
as long as the Colonel would let it.
Governor Stubs introduced Colonel
Roosevelt. His speech was a warm in
dorsement of Roosevelt and Roosevelt
ism. AS the Colonel climbed on the
table to speak there was a demonstra-
ton which lasted several minutes. His
speech, in part, was as follows:
More About The Square Deal.
There have been two great crises in
our country's history; first when it
was formed, and then again when it
was perpetuated. The formative period
included not merely the Revolutionary
War, but the creation and adoption of
the Constitution and the first dozen
years of work under it. Then came
sixty years, during which we spread
across the continent-years Of vital
time of stress and strain which culmj
mated in the Civil War, the period of
terrible struggle upon the issue of
which depended the justification of all
that we had done earlier, and which
marked the second great period of
growth and development within. The
name of John Brown will be forever
associated with this second period of
the Nations history; and Kansas was
the theater upon which the first act
of the second of our great national
life dramas was played. 1t was the