Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18
IN CAMP OF OPPONENTS
Shakes Hands With Woodruff and
Other Political Foes.
C0MMENDS TAFT .AS OFFICIAL
Colonel, in Syracuse Speech, De-
fends Criticisms Of Decision of
United States Supreme Court.


Coming into stronghold OF the
opposition. ex-President Roosevelt to-
day boldly challenged the opponents
OF his political doctries to come out in
the open and fight IL they dared. He
prophesied that IL they did they woui,i
be beaten
The former President also gave
warm commendation OF President Taft
as public official and expressed his
approval of a number of the accom-
plishments OF the Taft administration.
Col Roosevelt did not indorse the ad-
ministration as a whole. What he did
have to say. however. placed him on
record for the first time in regard to
many Of the more important features
OF 1T.
He also defended his recent criti
cisms Of two decisions of the United
States Supreme Court made in a speech
in Denver. and quoted the words OF
William H Taft, written when he was
a judge, to support his contention
that the people have the right to criti-
else the decisions Of the courts
When Col. Roosevelt arrived here from
New York this afternoon the state far
grounds, where he spoke. were throngsd
with crowd which the officials of tho
fair said numbered more than Ioriy
thousand persons. Before he went 4"
the speakers stand Col. Roosevelt rode
around the mile track at the head OF a
paraoe, and received cordial welcome
Meets Political Enemies.
Almost all Of the members of the com
mittee which took the colonel in hand
here are identified with the Onondaga
county republican organization. OF which
Francis Hendricks ex-superintendent OF
L.
member Of the republican state COM
mittee and voted against Col. Roosevelt.
when the state committee refused to IN
dorse him for temporary chairman OF the
republican state convention.
The colonel spent the evening At the
gave dinner for HIM There, too, he
was in the hands of mon who are taking
part in the fight against him. Ttmethy
L. Woodruff, chairman OF the republican
OF the opposition to Col. Roosevelt. Was
here today, shook hands with the colonel
and ate dinner with him.
Lieut.. Gov. White made ono Of the
troduced Col. Roosevelt at the fair
grounds.
1--WE are here today to welcome and te
honor Theodore Roosevelt he said. and
that was all.
Col. Roosevelt was in fighting trim as
he faced the crowd. He shook his
clenched fists In the air and thundered
forth his message with all the energy
he departed from the text OF his prepared
speech to inject remarks to show how
earnestly he meant what he said.
II wish that my opponents would come
into the open," he said
To his critics, he put this clean-cut Is
sue: rs any party willing to take the
other side OF the propositions OF which
complaint is made:
"If so it would be good thing to have
the issue before the people, for In tho
eide in favor Of the principles embodied
in the new nationalism, because other
wise this country could not continue tn
be a true republic. a true democracy.
Supreme Court Criticism.
The speaker followed with the justihca-
ton Of his attack on the Supreme Court
of the United States. He chose two arSu-
that in his criticisms he had
merely echoed the minority opinions OF
the court itself: the other. that he had IL
lustrious precedent; namely, the example
Of Abraham Lincoln. who. he said, had
been far more outspOken than he him
self had ever been, and the example OF
President Taft. from whose utterances
fifteen years ago, in favor or public criti-
cism of the courts, he quoted:
Take for instance he continued.
what | said in reference to two decisions
of the Supreme Court. One decision was
in the Knight sugar case, in which. &C
cording to the dissenting opinion of jus
tfce Harlan, the Judgment Of the court
placed the public so far as national
power is concerned the only power which
could be effective) entirely at the mercy
Of the combinations which arbitrarily
control the prices of articles purchased
to be transported from one state into
another state
"I merely took the view which the
learned justice had taken in his dissent
ing opinion. Those who criticise mo are
also criticising justice Of the Supreme
Court, Mr.. Harlan. Do my critics take
the position that the people shall not be
able to control the activities and man
agement of these great monopolist cor
porations doing an interstate busineAr
If so, let them frankly avow their posi-
ton. II not. let them cease their criti-
cism.''
The other case mentioned was one pro-
hibiting a state regulating the hours Of
work in bake shops: and again. the
speaker said. "he had based his criticism
on a dissenting opinion within the court
Itself.
Abraham Lincoln's Words.