The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-06
ROOSEVFEIGORS FOR A CRANK


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I ,i..eul a. stoves Nr Roosevelt sake'
/ pnnrhalantly ahout him whil~ 'h~ com
rn,ttee rEx-si up q canvas auning IN
nsw.1ap-r correspondents durkesi unsi"
The plAiforn
/ Th.n the Coloasl saw thas che vorns'
add thar fnerv were g-ttIns drench-d
I Tome ,Ip here h. called - them. -Hurr'
up and you can get ont q this
They were AFRAID % approach the gr"a
man apparently. ~ h. iumps,i from M
/ ru-tr,Im to the hoor and summoned then
more inttma5 ely Ons by one they ~.
sponcsd and ia, AZ onc- they all wante'
tu climb 70 ~. onI, Try spot Ia IN" park
MIR Roosevelt assisted them over th'
rail II waz rather srote-lue hui u wa
hks OF her things Mr. Roosevelt ha. dom
on this trip. a.. got wet himself. hut h.
only lauxhsd by George this " bad
u.n't it1- h" calculated
Tn. rain continued for about twenty
minutes. The audience stuck twenty
minute. more waz consumed drying uT
the platform and helping the WOMEN
back tn thsir plac-s.
. After the hg@ Wa over President
Howlsy made his speech. Judge {. ,
Amidon Of the Circuit Court made his
and Congressman l.. u. Hanna introduced
Mr.. Roosevelt The laboring men Of
the West heard from Theodore Roosevelt
what he thinks Of the union ana org anlIess
labor. They heard Federal Jutg. Amidon
laud the Colonel for ht- attitude toward
the worklngman and IN turn heard the
Colonel praise the Federal Judge be-
cause he Interpreted the Constitution
OF che United States IN such a way that
the laboring classes got their fun deserts
Mr.. Roosevelt stood under the very flag
that waved thirty years ago at MedOra
4 ~ Nor h. n Fourth NJ
speech 90 the COW p,nchers and range
riders along the Little Missouri. II vas
battered and torn but 70 pleased him
Immensely
The organization OF labor was Endorsed
by MIR Roosevelt this afternoon. lie
declared that the wage earners must act
Jointly through the process Of collective
bargaining in great Industrial enterprises
Tho nation. he said. - confronted by the
question Of the distribution IL wealth and
not the collecting Of 10.
Mr. Roosevelt assumed an attitude Of
balance throughout his address to-day
that caught the crowd. He told his hear
ers that he believes in organized labor.
kut he said that his position ~ not une-
quivocal and that he cannot indorse all
practices the unions adopt.
strikes are sometimes necessary and
proper he exclaimed. Sometimes they
represent the only way in which. after
all other method. have been exhausted
q
stand for his rights.
But he added quickly. III must he
clearly Understood that a strike ~ q matter
81 last resort. and 81 course violence.
Law lesaness and mob rule must ba
promptly and stenly dealt with. no matter
what the cause may bs that excites them.
There was applause at this statement
Mr. Roosevelt advised the labor men
20 get good clear headed leaders. men
who's, discipline and control IN the ranks
q Of y
and disorder. This reminded him that
he must say word about corruption.
and - ha did.
" hen l was President tried o. carry
myself ~ that there would not he any
need Of saying. Put the other party in
to turn the rascals out There wasn't
any need, because turned them out my
self
-I'l cinch a dishonest man Of another
party. he shouted. but III cinch man
81 nv own rarity just n little bit quicker
The Colonel agreed with Judge AmldOn
in the matter ~ this country = backward
ness in labor questions as compared with
the countries Of Europe. II IL humIliat-
ing. the Colonel said. u think how fay
We are hehind most other countries IN
such matters Practically all civilized
countries have prohibited by the striCtest
regulations the poisonous match industry.
vet We had done nothing until very re-
Gently Ca protect the laborers against
eminent made an investigation a year
ago into this industry which shovel a
condition 81 things unspeakably shocking
and revolving
Legislation IN prevent these abuses
vas introduced in Congress. II was not
passed since then companies IN fault
have ostentatiously announced that they
have done away with the objectionable
conditions. ! hope 80. hut whether they
have or not a law should be passed IN
stringent form 90 prevent any back
sliding.
The employers liability law MIR Roose-
veil indorsed heartily. Other industrial
countries have accepted 70. ~ why not
the United State~i This country still
proceeds on an outworn and curiou-ly
Improper principle in accordance with
which IL has too often BEEN held Ivy the
courts that the frightful burden ~ the
accident shall tn horne IN is entirety
by the very person least able 20 hear "
in New York a bill em5Odying moderate
compensation for accidents has already
been passed Other States will undoubt-
edly follow IN the same path
II was raining hard a. Mr. Roosevelt
g, ne 20 the closing remarks ~ his speech
"" hurried. hut paused long enough 20
say: Let the eCiitor Of the PAL pnr financed
10y III" rug interests help in bounding tho
dishonest man otIt of big business
he then indor~ed certain planks ~
the platform adopted by ths American
pI NshttN w FtkhTfl VI Iue ia
bility ~ employers and he added that
he ~ for an automatically fixed Comp~n-
sation
The Colonel was freely che~red when
he sat down. The rain had not dampcnesl
the arCior uf the audience and they rushed
Ia congratulate hun. He had interjeCted
personal references that pleased th.m.
Tho travelling men II North Dakota,
with whom my relations have always
zen pleasant had one ~ their number
rugged up a. a hunter and the Colonel
mentioned that IN his speech
President HoWley of the labor federa-
tion made an interesting addrs~- in which
he said that he as "A representative q
organized labor was perfectly willing 20
leave any phase Of the question IN Mr.
Ron-evelt's hands for disctIsSion There
~ no man on the face % the earth Grated
MIR Hnwlsy. who stands ~ near and
dear 60 the labOring men a. does Theodore
Roosevelt
II WaA after this that the Colonel wa
met by the unkempt person Who told him
he lied.
Al the function of starting the new
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