New-York tribune., 1910-09-07

resentstive Tawney The last time Mr..
Taft was in Minnesota he defended Mr..
Tawney. in his own city of Winona as
man who had voted for the tariff bill
despite the fact that il did not meet with
his approval and in the interest of party
harmony and the general prosperity. But
President Taft said nothing regarding
Mr. Tawney yesterday, so that the diff
ference was not sharply accentuated. Mir.
Roosevelt censured Mr.. Tawney because
Of his authorship Of that amendment to
8 s1lndry civil hill which forbade the
expenditure Of public funds for the ex-
peases Of any commission mot author
ized by law
The ex-President called attention TO
the fact that when he signed the bill he
had notified Congress that he did not re
gard the amendment as constitutional
end that were he TO remain President he
would not heed its provisions, declara-
ton which evoked a smile from the law
yers and those who know that even had
Mr.. Roosevelt remained in the White
House he could not have expended pub
lie funds for such a commission with
out the sanction OF the Controller of the
Treasury and t3sat the Controller is not
removable by the President: but the
statement excited part Of his hearers
TO the highest pitch Of enthusiasm.
Favors Leaseholds.
Mr Roosevelt made a forceful argu-
n1ent in support Of the proposition that
rhe federal government should control
the power sites. although al times his
argument took 10 Cosnizance of the rea-
soning Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States in the Kansas Missouri
decision
Nj Roosevelt expressed his hearty ac-
cord with conclusions reached by the
President With regard to the leasing Of
coal oil and phosphate lands. but en-
phasized his conviction that the drain
ege of lands within the states should not
b. left 70 the states. and here he differed
from the President To one unhampered
bv technical legal knowledge. Mr.. Roose-
Welt Appeared TO have the common sense
end Of the argument. hut then one un-
hampered ny legal knowledge knows
nothing Ct the Kansas Missouri de-
cision.
Speaking OF the proposition to delegate
80 the states the control Of water power
sites subject to anti-rnonopoly provisions
TO be imposed by Congress. Mr.. Roose-
welt excited great enthusiasm by re-
marking: 1t seems the widest folly
to ask Us 20 repeat in the West the fol-
lies Oe have perpetrated In the East"
And he told his hearers that those
states IN which are the proposed
White Mountain and Appalachian forest
reserves have proved themselves unable
TO cope with the situation and are now
asking the national government to come
70 their relief. Mr.. Roosevelt didn't say.
however. that these states had parted
with the title TO these lands long be
fore he had awakened the public to the
Importance OF conservation, and that
now the states are appealing TO the fed
eral government not TO relieve them Of
responsibility but 20 pay the bills.
When Mr Roosevelt was discussing this
subject a voice from the audience
shouted. Hit 'em hard"' 10 which the
ex-President replied: My language
should at least be free from ambiguity
National Forests in Use.
Seeking 10 refute the charge that con-
servstion retards development. Mr.
Roosevelt recited the number Of cattle
and sheep pastured in the national for
es1s the number Of timber crews en-
pIoyed. the amount Of timber sold, etc.
and. turning toward the Western Gov
ernors on the platform. he said: Il
think that hereafter there will be no
occasion to say anything more about the
-E,,I
from settlement and from use"
Who can regulate the corporate IL
terests-' shouted the eX-President at
one point in his address, and the re-
spoase was prompt and emphatic. Cries
OF You and Roosevelt came from
ali over the hall Mr.. Roosevelt smiled
|. ,nscrutably and proceeded
The crowds which greeted Colonel
Roosevelt in the street were somewhat
larger than those which greeted President
Taft. and there was more cheering
After a luncheon, al which the officers
Of the Conservation Congress were hosts.
the ex-President went TO the state fair
grounds and there addressed the largest
audience he had ever seen, as he said
himself. At a conservative estimate
there We're sixty thousand people within
sight OF the stand, II not within hearing
distance.
Three Speeches at Once.
II Vas quite impossible for Mr. Roose-
welt - make them hear him. but he did
2 -ernarka bic stunt. He spoke alternate
" from each OF the sides OF the little
judges stand. being often interrupted by
shouts TO turn this way" and so. in ef-
feet. he was making three speeches at
once. The most ren1a rkable feat OF
The performance Was that when thus in
serrupted and compelled TO begin anew
IL another direction he never forgot the
thread Of his discussion once he returned
10 those he had been addressing.
4 was once Introduced 70 an audience
as the friend of the poor man. he said
70 the people IN the stand, when shouts
from his left demanded his attention. He
turned 10 the left and spoke for some
rnor1ent then 70 the right, and addressed
the crowd there, and then returning 10
the people in the stand. he said: AS l
was saying, ] was one introduced 10 an
audience as the friend Of the poor man
etc
Mr.. RooseYelt's tripa-tite speech eXcit
e6 great enthusiasm
There IS to be a grand Roosevelt ban
cuec" in ST Paul tomorrow night Every