The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-18
NEW IDEA DEFINED
BY COL. ROOSEVELT

fRouftuurf from EnEr 0nc-f
people and chat the corporations must
be the creature and not the master Or
the people. ne added;
To paraphrasc the words Of Patrick
Henry. Tf that be socialism, make the
most or IT,
40 ReH-os 60 Pear.
That's fairly decent ideal. isn't
IT. ne asked. after ne had declared
that each man should have a fair
chance. with special privileges for none.
There is no appeal 10 the mob. nothing
dangerous. Nobody has any reason 20
fear new uationaiism.' except the crook
and the boss. and they both have.
Colonel Roosevelt said he had come
here to say exactly what } have said
Let &c be understood az the outset
De continual. that have not word
Amen shouted man in the
crowd.
That's souud-amen,-thsts good
doctrine" the colonel said.
What I have 90 say is % take away
any excuse from those who misrepre-
sent ms words. 70 is not for me 10 eN-
plain. 10 is for them"
The colonel slightly modified his
definition of new nationalism" TO-DAY.
Iic called % the efficient application TO
new conditions or certain oId-tiuc and
Fundamental moralities." The word
"cfficicnt' DC inserted today.
lie then proceeded with "a defense OF
bis attitude. an exposition OF new ma
tioualiEm' and repetition or his dec
laration % war on crooks and bosses.
Cot. RooseveIr- speech.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke en- part. as
follows.
The nov nationalisn" he reiterated.
means nothing but an application 60
new conditions 81 certain old and FUN
vitation 60 meet the new problems Of
tho present dav In precisely the spirit
IN which Lincoln ana tho men OF his day
met their new problems"
To his critics he put this issue: els
any party willing TO take the other side
20 the propositions Of which compla mt
ig mador II so. Do would be "a good
thing 20 have the issue before the peo-
pie. for iu the end the people would
most certainly decide In favor or the
principles embodied in the new ma
tionaiisrn. because otherwise this coun-
try could not continue to be true re-
public. a true democracy"
The speaker followed this with jus
LITIGATION OF his attacks on the supreme
court Of the United States. He chose
two arguments-onc. that in his criti-
cisms ne had merely echoed the minori-
~ opinions OF the court Itself. the other
that ne had iilustrious prcccdent-the
example OF Abraham Lincoln. who. he
said. had been far more outspoken
placed the public, so far a. national
Uttoranccs fifteen years ago in favor Of
public criticism Of the courts he
quoted.
The Knight Case.
Take for instance" ne continued,
"whaf j said IN reference TO late de-
cisions Of the supreme court one de-
cision was in the knight sugar case
fn which. according 20 the dissenting
opinion Of Justice Harlan. the court
placed the public. so Tar as national
uovrcr fs concerned fthe only porer
which could be cffectiveC entirely az
the mercy OF the combinations which
arbitrarily control the prices OF arti-
cics purchased 20 be transported from
one state TO another state
II merely took the view which the
learned justice had taken In his dis
scntfnE opinion. Those who crttcise ms
arc also criticising a justice OF the SUI
ureu1c court. Mr.. Harlan. So my critics
take the position that the people shall
not be able 20 control the activities and