The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-07
Milwaukee Executive Today
Says 7. r. CARRIED So.
ciaIistic Principles.
NO ABILITY AS PREACHER
THINKS ogi0Gl 40 ROOSEVELT
HAS "oGLlegRATgLv CREATED
A FALSE IMPRESSION" OF 90.
ciALisT PARTY.
sAmer,can News serv,ce.)

SAmerican News service.D
Milwaukee. Wis. Sept. THAT
Theodore Roosevelt has violently gar.
blsd and falsified the principles Of 10
cialism 10 one OF the charges made by
Mayor Emil Scidel in an article writ
ten for the Big Stick. q paper prepared
BY Milwaukee Newspaper men In hon
o. OF Colonel Roosevelt who 10 their
guest today.
'0stdel declares that he fails to see
anything In the Roosevelt tour be-
yond political plans and designs, and
- such. of course. II 10 of no special
service to the present city administra.
ton. This statement In part. explains
why the mayor refused to welcome
Roosevelt here this morning. The ar
ticle written and signed by Mayor Sci.
del 10 ~ follows:
FOR the Big Stick and other sticks
% well.
"Mr. Editor-I am asked by you to
write . contribution to the Big Stick
ON the occasion of the visit to Mil
waukee by ex-president Roosevelt.
would rather be excused, but az you
are pressing me ! shall not play the
1ypocrite.
Quotes Socialist Critic.
III Mr.. Roosevelt comes to Milwau-
kee holding the same ideas which he
expressed In his article In the Outlook
magazine Of March 20, 1909, 1t 10
clear that he cannot serve the cause
Of honesty and decency In American
political life. Il 10 possible that much
~ ] am . socialist and he has desig.
mated socialism 40 Q thing which 10
against morals and religion. abhorrent,
rsvolting. which would replace the
family and homo life BY . glorious
state free lunch counter and state
founding asylum. am sure that he
will be pleased that am not personal
ly connected with his reception In the
city.
"Claptrap utterances ON political
and economic topics We can hear with
resignation or with amusement. But
when Mr.. Roosevelt enters the field Of
morality and religion and then misrep-
resents, distorts and violently garbles
and falsiAes the principles Of the inter.
national political movement Of the
working classes. he cannot expect that
his distinguished position ~ an ex-
president Of the United States relieves
him Of the responsibility Of his utter.
ances.
Questions Rleht 20 Preach.
HE who speaks incorrectly. not out
Of ignorance. but with cunning and de-
Mbsrate purpose to create . false i'm.
preston. can lay claim to no right Of
preaching either morality or religion
or civic righteousness.
I'm the speaking tour Of Mr.. Roose.
welt through the west fail to see any
thing Of importance beyond political
plans and designs. Az such Of course
II 10 Of no special service to the pres
emit city administration. The problem
that now confronts our city are of
much the Same nature a. those the
nation faces. The main problem.
How can the producers Of wealth be-
come the owners Of the tools that they
use TO secure their livelihood. but do
not possess.' cannot be solved by dis.
honest methods.
III Mr.. Roosevelt can aid In the 20.
luton Of these problems. following the
example Of Thomas Edison. It 10 his
duty % . patriot to do 20. II not. his
efforts, however we'll meant. must
prove disappointment to the nation. y