The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-16
''NeW Nationa|ism' Is De- tended In Public Address
ATTACK ON NEWSPAPERS
Says Roosevelt. But At the same Time They Should Not Be
 Treated Wrongly

Oyster Bay, N Y, September 15.-Theo- dore Roosevelt said today that he is not talking revolution in declaring his new political creed. Neither Is he making ar appeal to mob rule. In staunch defense of his doctrine of the new nationalism. he declared he was merely urging the ap- plication of old moralities to modern conditions. At the same time he replied posing him and hotly denounced news papers which he said attacked honesty in public men. Colonel Roosevelt's ad- dress was delivered at the Suffolk Coun- ty Fair at Riverhead, L. I. He rode about 120 miles in an automobile to and from Riverhead and spoke to great crowd on the fair grounds.
 The colonel's exposition of new na- tionalsm" came at the close of speech in which he also denounced dishonest corporations, dishonesty among men of wealth and political bosses He made nc reference to the New York state polit- teal situation
 'I have noticed good deal of com llleHI OH IHS bptecn OE NcW INdllOildl- ism, he said. All that new nationalism means is the application of certain old time moraities to the changed conditions of the day. l wish to see greater govern mental efficiency because we have to deal with greater business efficiency.
 Simple laws are all that are necessary in small communities, where there are not big business and each man works for himself. When you get masses of wealth gathered together and great cor porations developing conditions then be- came so changed that there must be an increase in governmental activity to con trol the wealth for business efficiency.
 Control of Wealth
 "I would not do any wrong to the great corporation, but | don't intend to rely on any big corporations good nature to see that the corporations dc not do harm against us. I want to set such control of such wealth now gath cred for business uses as to favor the honest men who use the wealth genuinely for the service of the public, and tc make the dishonest man feel that he has to do what Is right. and if he does not feel 1t we shall see to It that he does.
 That Is my whole creed. That Is all there is in It. There is no revision In It. There Is no appeal to mob rule On the contrary, 1 TeCOKIllZe fllOD NlOltflCt dS Ill enemy of the public good just as lawless wealth. am against the poor man who is guilty of the crime of lawless violence, and when 1t Is in my power I shall try to punish him for his misdeeds, just as whenever 1 have the power I will join with those that See to 1t that the cor rupt man of wealth is good-not because he likes 1t. but because he has to be. '
 Colonel Roosevelt spoke with even more than customary earnestness. His words were received with cheers.
 q want to speak to you as citizens in terested in the great problems which con- cern all of us. I think every citizen Of a free democracy ought to distrust above all others the public man whose deeds dc not square with his words.
 That has two sides. It has to do with the politician who makes promises that he does not keep, and 1t has to do with is not true.
 Different Kinds of Lies
 Mark Twain said that there are S6s different kinds of lies. but the only one which was authoritatively forbidden was that of bearing false witness against your neighbor There are one or two metropolitan dailies which could do well to print that at the head of their col umns and then try to live up to 1t. withhold the names, but the omission Is easily supplied.
 There are two prime difficulties In get ting good government One arises from the dishonest politician. I think the cor cupt politician no worse an enemy of the people than the man who lies about the honesty of the public servant. The dam age he does Is to the public In so confus- ing the public by attacking the men who are honest that the public ceases to be able to recognize and to war against men who are dishonest Such man Is the greatest advantage to the thief. The corrupt politician is now worse than that corrupt politicians mainstay. the news paper which says what Is not true about men in public life. Honesty, truth. need them Just as much in public as in private life
 "I have no hostility to corporations as such I recognize the corporation is a necessary method of dealing with modern business conditions. The cor poration has its rights and is entitled to full protection in the exercise of those rights. But the corporation Is not entitled to vote or to the own ership of any public man.
 Chance of Average Man
 "I believe in doing all we can do to increase the chance of the average man, to give him fairer opportunity for any even start in the race of life. I believe in warning mercllessly against special interests, because I think that we can be true to our ideals only If, together with exceptional re- wards for the exceptional man, we do our best to get fair conditions for tn e average man. I think we can do a good deal by law to remedy the more salient evidences of injustice around us. But the chief factor in a mans ulti- mate success must be the sum of the mans own qualities.
 Insist upon justice. Take away the improper power which the present sys- tenn does give to special interests. Di- vorce special privilege from politics. The strength of the bosses lies more in their alliance with special privileges than anything else. That is one of the reasons I am against the bosses, big or little"
 In concluding his speech Colonel Roosevelt urged greater respect for manual labor. As for rich malefac- tors, he believed that the railway man who gets rich by gambling in the securities of the road he operates in trust for his stockholders should be punished and that if 1t is impossible to