The Washington times., 1910-08-19
Three Prepared Speeches
Place Him Foremost
Among ProgressiyeS.
DIFFERS RADICALLY
WITH OLD LEADERS
Favors Referendum. Direct EIec-
ton Senators, Strict Regula-
ton Of Railroads.
By WALTER 7. FAHY

- IL Tx J. EAd1.
NEW YORK Aug Is--vVirhin a week
or ten days Theodore Roosevelt viii
take the public into his confidence as
70 whore he stands on the great public
questloas which are agitatirg the coun-
Try
He viii answer IN detail the question
{ Whlch has been asked daily throughout
the country since his return 10 the
United States. namely. where dos be
stand as between the progressive Re
pubiis-ans who favor extremely proeres-
sive legislation and the conservative
element IN Congress which prefers 10
move slowly snC cautiousIv.
his answer, 20 that oft repeated oues-
ton. viii place him il the front rank
ct the progressive element in The Re-
publican party.
when Colonel Roosevelt has declared
MS position there VIII be no lingering
doubts In che minds Of any one a. 70
what ne stands for in the way OF na-
uonal legislation
His answer VIII give JOY u the hearts
oI la Toilette, Cummins. DoIIiver, and
i5ristoW N the Senate and Murdoclz.
Posn6sEtsTs 1Se-r5s. ana other CUt and
oilt Insurgents n the House
RO0seveIt's Platform
Without qualification Of any kind II
can be stated that 3Ir- Roosevelt VII
announce himself IN favor Of an in
mediate valuation Of railroads with a
view 10 squeezing out Of them the un-
earned increment
He viii heartily fndorze the pon7,Ia-
election Of United States Senator's under
the Oregon plan.
He viii favor the initiative. referen-
dam, and recall
He declared in favor Of Governments
made railroad rates in the event +baf
the Iuterst -te Commerce Commission is
unable 70 find a satisfactory solution o.
me railroad rate problem under the
operation OF the new railroad law
Ihere are other principles or a pro-
SLeSelNe nature which viii receive his
ll-oJISeIlent but the advocacy Of the
ones outlined above are the ones v-F7f-T7
vii land the former President in -
forefront OF the progressive movement
50 effectively that IL VIII be fnpossibIe
70 overlook the wide Chasm ba-vear
l-Il-lseiI ana the more conservative eIe-
ment IN his party
Three Keynote Speeches.
This is brief outline ef the announce
ment which. Colonel Roosevelt has pre-
pared for the country. and which viii
take definite form IN the speech which
he viii deliver at Osawatomie, Kansas:
IN the early day Of his tour through
the West II VIII be reiterated in The
speech TO be delivered at the Conserva-
ton Congress in St Paul. a fev-- davs
later and II viii be emphasized ir, a
speech 10 be delivered al Denver
MI Roosevelt VIII deliver many ofHaT
speecheS on his swing through the
country. where his popularity ss e-eat-
est but the speeches at the three ciffes
indicated are the ones which have bea0
S--le..z7l- st-e-le1 p Inn as his answer TO the
These speeches are now ready They
have been written. rewritten and dis
cuSSed frequently by some of Nr.
tSooSeveits most intimate friends The
final drafts have been ae-esj mon 49,
there is not one chance in a thousand
that there viii be a change.
Public Sentiment Sounded
The speeches which viii sound wEat
may be termed the Roosevelt KEYNOTE
OF prcSressiveness were decided uDan
only after a most careful Investigation
of the public sentiment throughout the
country.
In the investigation GiHord Pinchot,
a favorite in the Roosevelt Adufnjstra-
ton and a discharged public Official in
the Taft Administration. took q DTomi-
nent part
Mr. Roosevelt had a faculty for
sounding public sentiment when he was
in the White House, and he is employ
ing the same methods today that ne
employed as Chief Executive of the
Nation II can be stated on rns
best authority that the speech which
had originally been prepared for de-
livery ct Osawatomie was not caIcyI-.
lated to stamp 6IT. Roosevelt as a pro
gTesSlve OF the most advanced type or
to put him in a position on matters Of
legislation widely apart from thai Oc-
cUpied by President Taft The speech =
WAS general in its tone. and. while IL
had the germs Of proEressiveness, t
was far from being specific
There was nothing III u which would
give offense TO the regulars in the party
or to assure the prOgTeSsives that AIr-
Roosevelt was TO be with them TO the
finish.
Speeches Are RemodelIed.
In the meantime Clifford Pinchot and
other friends Of Afr Roosevelt were
looking into the political situation IN
various sections Of the country From
time 10 time they reported what they
believed TO be a distinct progressive
sentiment. Their reports were substan--
tiated by the nomination of the pro
gressives in Iowa over the standpat
element in that state. and by the almost
clean sweep made by the Insurgents in
the Kansas primaries
While Colonel Roosevelt was being