The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-01
Progressive Repub|icanism| Is Fully |ndOrsed In a ] Long Speech s
CORPORATIONS MUST BE UNDER BETTER CONTROL
of Peoples Resources Is Urged in Plain Language and the MaIefactors of Great Wealth
 Are Condemned

'Osawatomie. Kans., August a.-In clear nd emphatic fashion Theodore Roose- left announced his political creed here pday. It was a. creed of progressive re- Icblicanism. It aligned him definitely l'ith the progressive movement within he party as a whole It placed him on ecord as an advocate of some policies l'hich find favor with the insurgents and Is an opponent of every special interest l hich he believes exercises a sinister in- uence upon the affairs of the people. 1 Colonel Roosevelt declared himself in ivor of a wide increase in the power of ie national government so that it might ,sume greater activity in control of the ,rporations and in working out the poll |. He declared for the new national m," as he termed such an increase
 governmental power.
 Colonel Roosevelt characterized the is- ie of the day as ''the struggle of free en to gain and hold the right of self Government as against the special in- rests, who twist the methods of free f,vernment into machinery for defeating ne popular will.
 ''The issue is joined and we must fight t. fall," said he.
 Principles Favored !. The former President declared himself h favor of these principles: ] .1. Elimination of special interest from olitics.
 .2 Complete and effective publicity of orporation affairs.
 ..S Passage of laws prohibiting the use If corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes.
 A Government supervision of the cap talization not only of public service cor ,1orations, but of all corporations doing n n interstate business.
 .'5.xPersonal responsibility of officers nd directors of corporations that break he law. ''s. Increase in the power of federal bureau of corporations and the interstate omn1erssc commission to control indus ss, ..sore sfJsstivelss- t. '7. Revision of the tariff, one schedule a time on the basis of information furnished by an expert tarfn commis- 9on.
 IS. Graduated income tax and gradu- ted inheritance tax.
 g. Readjustment of the country's finan- i,iaI system in such a way as to pre- Tent repetition of periodical financial
  panics.
 .1O. Maintenance of an efficient army Ind navy large enough to insure for the nation the respect of other nations as l guarantee of peace. National Resources '11. Use of national resources for the benefit of all the people.
 .l2. Extension of the work of the de- ,,artments of agriculture of the national Ind state governments and of Agricultural iolleges and experiment stations, so as 10 take in all phases of life on the farm. .1s. Regulation Of the terms and con- litions of labor by means of compre- lensiye workmen's compensation acts. tate and national laws to regulate child .sbor and the work of women, enforce s,ent of better sanitation conditions for workers and extension of the use Of sa fetv appliances on industry and com 5aerce. both in and between the states. "A. Clear division of authority between he national and the various state gov i-nments.
 '15. Direct primaries associated with ,rrupt practices acts.
 { '.1e. Publicity of campaign contributions ot only after election, but before cleo on as well.
 l.17. Prompt removal of unfaithful and
 
 II8. Provisions against the performance
 any service for interstate corporations
 national officials"
 While Colonel Roosevelts speech is re- lrded by many of those who heard 1t i, carrying him farther than before with A,e progressive movement the colonel l,upled with his declaration warning }xainst the extremist, injecting an ex- S,mporaneous remark on the subject in is prepared speech. }'T do not want our people to follow ,en whose intentions are excellent, but l-hose eyes are a little too wild to make 1 safe to trust them," he said.
 Pre-EIection Promises Another sentence which Colonel Roose- Ilt put into his speech extemporanecus- brought forth applause from the crowd. b saidg
 E.No man should make promise before lection that he does not intend to keep liter election. and if he does not keep hunt him out" The people gave his words an inter kretakion of their own and the burst of f1eering which broke out when they bard them was one of the widest of he day.
 )The speech was delivered in a grove
 
 jught the Missouri raiders on August 30 kS The setting was picturesque. Thou lnds Of people had gathered for the kdication of the battlefield as state lrk. Colonel Roosevelt stood on a Ible, witch was placed on the platform nd lowered high. above the dense hrong.
 The crowd was so great that only a mall part of the people could hear what us being said, but they all cheered. he cheering was so enthusiastic that olonel Roosevelt was interrupted con- tantly and had to hold up his hand in rotest time after time. The crowd kught up every phrase which 1t in. brpreted as an expression of progressive entiment and shouted as long as the blonel would let 1t.
 Raising his voice to high pitch and beaking slowly, the colonel thnndered No message from his place above the eads of the people and they thundered ack applause.
 Great Demonstration
 Even the demonstrations that greeted tlonel Roosevelt at Denver and Chey-
 ne earlier in his present trip were
 ipsed by that Of today. The country " was stripped of it's inhabitants for
 around and the farmers drove over
 Spuddy roads or rode in on thelr
 No see the fun and hear the colonel trains hame to Osawotomie for k zheenhs pther crowds. One such
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