The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-12-16

For Appointment OF Judge White
to Supreme Court Chief Justice
ship--Tells When He Wants Gov.
ernment and state control--Wants
Republicans to Carry Out Progress.
sive Program.
New Haven, Conn, Dec. 14.-Tor-
mer President Roosevelt was the
principal guest and speaker at the
annual dinner given by the New
Haven chamber Of commerce He ar
rived here, accompanied from New
York by Colonel l. M. Ullman, presl.
dent of the chamber OF commerce. A
small crowd was on hand at the sta
ton to get glimpse of the colonel
and another small crowd lined up
before Colonel Ullmans house,
where the latter and his guest went
directly on arrival.
After about an hour spent there,
thC tWO COIOn6lb uION0
hall, adjoining the Yale dining hall,
where an informal reception was
held for an hour to give the members
Of the organization a chance to meet
the guest Of honor.
Governor-elect Baldwin did not at
tend owing to the attack made upon
him by Colonel Roosevelt during the
recent campaign. The latter referred
to him as retrogresive jurist, and
this will form the basis for a suit for
slander which Connecticut's new gov
ernor will oring against the Oyster
Bay statesman.
Praise For Justice White.
Colonel Roosevelt called attention
in the opening to the Yale-Haryard
colors in the hall, and remarked that
they were on level, which, he said,
was the way the last football game
ended between the two universities.
He called attention to the selection
by President Taft of Justice White
to be chief justice of the United
States supreme court. That appoint
ment augured well for the country,
in Colonel Roosevelt's judgment, and
he then proposed two toasts. The
first was to the president of the Unit
ed States and the second to the
learned, eminent and able chief JUS.
tice of the United States.
For an hour Colonel Roosevelt dis.
cussed subjects that he has gone
over repeatedly ia his western
speeches during the recent cam
paign. There was not anything new
In what ne SAID for that nour. lie
declared for the distribution of ma
terial wealth on just grounds and
that he has been only trying to
preach the doctrine of Abraham Lin
coin. He talked about radical pro-
gram being carried out by conserva-
tives, and said that he believed most
emphatically in progress of indus
trial development and government
that would be sane.
I wish to see the great corpora
tions regulated and controlled in
such way that the rights of man
would be protected" continued the
speaker. 81 want that progressive
movement to take place under sensi-
BILE men and not under Democrats"
added the colonel.
Discusses Rights of Labor.
He discussed the rights of the Ia
boring men and the just treatment
they should receive from corpora,
tions. He warned the laboring man
against false leaders while making
speeches in the west and he told
them, he said, of shortcomings and
and that they must avoid lawless-
ness. He summed 1t up by saying
that he was in favor of equal rights
for all and special privileges for
none. Colonel Roosevelt went into
a lengthy discussion of his position
on state and national rights, and ad-
vanced no argument that he hasn't
repeatedly stated before as to when
he favored state rights and when he
was nationalist.
Colonel Roosevelt declared that
many parties had been industriously
taught to regard him as sort of
modified anarchist, and certain crit
les had spent much time looking
through his speeches and magazine
articles to see II they melted to rev.
olution. Several times he was loud
Iy applauded and at the close he ie-
ceived rising vote of thanks.