The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
In Vigorous But Guarded Speech Un-
dertakes to Make Policy Plain
Mum as to Candidacy
USE RECALL 0NLY|N EMERGENCY

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 2l.-Politic-
ians from all over the state of Ohio
came to Columbus to hear Colonel
Roosevelt express his views on ma
ters pending in the Constitutional con
vention, which have been a subject O.
political debate throughout the sta5e.
Interest in his speech was heightened
by the fact that Governor Harmon, a
few days ago, outlined his opinions 10
the same convention. On his way
from Columbus to New York this even
ing Col Roosevelt will make a ten
minute stop at Cleveland at which
place he will address crowd that is
expected to greet him.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 21.-"Big
business the fitness of the American
people for safe government, the reca'l
of judges, and praise for the progres
sive legislation in Wisconsin instituted
and furthered by Senator Robert NJ.
La Toilette when he was governor
were topics discussed here today, be-
fore the Constitutional convention.
-eol. Bapsessat scisase as M A.
Charter of Democracy"
OF what he termed "bg business
Col. Roosevelt had to say:
1.-The anti trust law does good inso
far as it can be invoked against com
binations which really are monopolies
or which restrict production or which
artificially raise prices. But insofar
as its workings are uncertain or as 1t
threatens corporations which have not
been guilty of antisocial conduct it
does harm. There should be a fixed
governmental policy which shall clearly
define and punish wrong doing AMI
give in advance full information to any
man as to just what he can legally
and properly do.'
AS to the fitness of American peo
Pile for self government Col. Roose-
welt said
"Many eminent lawyers believe that
the American people are not fitted for
popular government and that it is nee
essary to keep the Judiciary 'independ-
end of the majority of the people,
take absolute issue with all those wno
hold such position"
~, rooon ,,Jros
"The question is one of expediency
merely. Each community has the right
to try experiment for itself in what
ever shape it pleases. I don It believe
in adopting the recall save as last
resort when it has become clearly evil
dent that no other course will achieve
the desired result
Senator La Toilette was mentioned
but once, as follows.
Following Senator La Toilette,
number of practical workers and
thinkers in Wisconsin have turned that
state into an experimental laboratory
of wise governmental action in aid Of
social and industrial Justice. They
have initiated that kind of progressive
government which means not only the
preservation of true democracy but the
extension of the people of the true
democracy into industrialism as well as
into politics.
Col Roosevelt said in part:
''L hold it to be the duty of every
public servant, and of every man who
in public or private life holds posi-
tion of leadership in thought or action,
to endeavor honestly and fearlessly
to guide his fellow countrymen to right
decisions, but I emphatically disse ut
from the view that it is neither wise
nor necessary to try to devise methods
which, under the constitution will pre-
vent the people from deciding for them
selves what governmental action they
deem just and proper.
cit is impossible to invent consti-
tutional devices which will prevent the
popular will from being effective for
wrong without SO preventing it from