The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-23
SELLERS
CALLED TRAITORS
Colonel Roosevelt, in Ad-
dresses at Chicago, Talks
on Citizenship.
TRUE TO OLD FORM
He Defends Reciprocity and
Scores Congressman Who
Hint at Annexation.

Chicago. Feb. 23.-Theodore Roose-
velt coming, as he said. to "endeavor
to translate to present day needs the
work and will of Washington and Lin
coln," met with reception here yes
terday such as was his when he was
president. There was one chief feat
ure of the days round of speeches
and handshakings and hat wavings
which differed from other receptions
in that it was the foreign born ele-
ment which had the, greater part in
his welcome.
| The former president did not devil
ate to any appreciable extent from
his speeches of the immediate past.
He gave again his definition of nation
alism, pleaded for execution of duty in
preference to demands of rights" and
worked himself into his former earn
estness only when addressing 5000
boy scouts in the board of trade build
ing.
| While speaking at Hull House. a
tall Greek, in the uniform of an in
structor of the scouts, by permission
addressed in his own tongue pas
sionate appeal to the former president
to keep working for better citizenship
which was warmly cheered by the
speakers fellows.
| A medal. which had been granted
the speaker for some feat of the past
was pressed into Colonel Roosevelt's
hands as the Greek withdrew.
! In orchestra hall he told school chill
dren of his African trip and related
stories of his adventures. The keynote
of his days talking was that no
amount of laws would be of avail if
the individual citizen forgot his duty.
The speaker declared that, after all,
the trouble with this country was not
big business, wicked corporations. cor
rupt public officers. &C. but the fail
ure, through carelessness. unappre-
citation or lack OF understanding, to
exercise his individual duty to him.
self and his fellow men.
| He reiterated his previous state
ments that there are good and bad
men in corporations, and the wick
ed should be hunted down individual
ly. and he insisted that Uncle Sam
should create rules of business that
would take from organized monopoly
the great advantage it had over the
ordinary citizen. He then explained
that the Uncle Sam" was none other
than the individual voter.
| The speaker denounced as a traitor
man who would sell his vote or
would buy that OF another. declaring
him of blacker stripe than Benedict
Arnold. He also likened to the revolu-
tionary traitor the man who black
mailed people or corporation or
an individual when the people had Civ
en- him whip hand to hold over 9TH
ers.
AT this moment" said the speaker.
amid laughter. I'VE are trying the old
system in New York, and we cannot
elect any senator at all. And Illinois
last experiment in electing a senator
under old system was perhaps Who'll
ly happy one.
IT. he said, lin practice, the use
Of these new methods fail to give us
better government, more honest. more
independent and yet more genuinely
sympathetic public servants, then the
system is a failure He left for the
east today.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the
last three formal speeches warmly
advocated the proposed reciprocity
trade agreement with Canada. and
scored congressman whom he said
were responsible for hindering con-
firmation of the agreement by means
Of annexation scare"
From Canada he turned his atten-
ton to peace advocates who seek to
Iprevent the fertilization of the Pana-
ma canal. claimed II the clear and ap-
parent duty of the United States to
fortify the canal. and declared that
failure to fortify would leave the can
ais safety due alone to inability Of
others to agree on dividing.
Colonel Roosevelt was cheered
when he advocated the proposed reci-
procity agreement with Canada and
praised President Taft for the efforts
the president is extending toward it's
confirmation. II do not only believe
In the agreement on economic
grounds" said Colonel Roosevelt, but
because feel IL should be cardinal
object of our policy to strengthen in
every way the relations of amity and
mutual self respect between us and
our great and growing neighbor on the
north.
Il am sure YOU share with me the
feeling Of profound disapprobation for
those members of congress who have
indirectly sought 10 bar the path not
only TO the proposed agreement, but
to bar the path to good feeling be-
tween us and Canada by introducing
in congress resolutions pretending TO
look toward the annexation of Canada
Il say pretending because the reso-
lutions obviously were introduced in
bad faith. The introducers knew per-
fectly we'll that there was not a
chance of their passage because there
Is not serious thought in this country
OF having any relations with Canada
excepting the relations based on an
absolute mutuality of respect and of
kindly and friendly feeling.
And they were introduced in what
] must call mean spirit. the desire
to do petty mischief to people in ones
own country with whom they disagree