The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-08
THE CONFESSION OF THE COLONEL

Colonel Rooseves Confession of Faith to the Bull
Moose herd he has assembled in Chicago is too long and
Touminous for the citizen to burdened with
especially since there is already outstanding hundred
or two three other tremendous proclamaons of the
colonel that the said average citizen has not yet been
able to consume 3.Ei1 xaa3m~
The Confession" takes up good deal of what the
colonel has said in other utterances modies much ig
nores some conradicts others and introduces
aratons. 1t is general quarry of political matter in
which almost anybody may something to his Xix
ing if he follows particular vein, and in which no
body find much satisfaction he attempts to blend
all the products-as nobody may be expected do.
The colonel doesn't think much of either the old
parties The republican party has gone the dogs
since it rejected him, and the democratic party
having accepted him. is utterly beneath confidence
of any decent shant have any consideration
or regard from MIN. So there is need party,
and here it is, made and owned by the colonel That
is the foundation the business and upon it. as
anyone may see pretty substantial structure might
be erected, of, for by one man. And it is all by
the colonels hand. And occupied, too, and held
| against all corners.
/ The people ought to rule says the colonel and as
they have been ruling in this country since they
over King George that is proposition will hardly
find serious dissent. Justice should prevail and
when the courts won't mete out the ought
il be disciplined. Not long the colonel wanted to
have judicial decisions recalled by popular when
they didn't suit the popular fancy but now he only
proposes to make the constitution easy of amend
ment and he doesn't purpose mpugn the courts not
by any means, only to emancipate them He's for the
recall, still, but mentions ii only in connection with ad-
minstrative Offices He is strong for social and indus.
trial justice to workers and has very long pro-
gram of legislation that should be put into effect to this
end, much Of which is respectable and desirable and
all of which should have the intelligent thought of the
people, something which the colonel has no time to
give to these any other matters
| On the tariff Colonel Roosevelt has at last made
but believe in it principle approached from the
standpoint Of the interests whole people and not
bundle of preferences to be given to favored in
iividuals." He thinks the tariff should be revised
whether downward or not the colonel doesn't say 1t
ought to be revised scientifically and there ought to be
commission appointed, such a commission as Mr.
Taft has had at work. of course, but commission with
out true and unfang solution of the whole problem
though it mustn't interfere either with the preroga-
tives of congress. And the tariff should be made
just right and the thing is done
The trusts oughtnt to be harried with prosecutions
TheyIought to be sorted the bad from the good by
some superior power-the discerning reader will guess
who that should be-and then the whole lot should be
made to behave themselves and stop depressing the
people