Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-04
TEDDY SAYS TAFT
IS REACTIONARY
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and with these men stand those olher
men who dstrust the people, but
wish to keep them helpless 50 as to
exploit them for their own benefit.
Merely 10 announce ones belief
in the rule of the people, while open
/ ly or coyertly trying 10 prevent such
rule from being effective, would be
| demngogy Of peculiarly mean type
These persons must be judged by me
way they square with their actions
The doctrine Of the rule Of the poo
Pile amounts to sheer nothingness II
we are forbidden 10 apply II when
the failure to do 50 means the failure
10 get and to do Justice"
As 10 Court Actions.
Referring to the method he has
evoked of letting the people Of a
state decide upon the constitutionality
of certain acts of their courts, Colo
mel Roosevelt declared:
"To denounce such proposition
as putting the axe to the tree OF free
dom without proposing any more
or better remedy. is to champion the
cause of the special interests in whose
favor, us kainst the people and
against the cause of Justice, the courts
have decided.
"Whon the president supports those
courts which declare that the people
have no right y do so, and when he
opposes the effort to give to the sober
judgment Of the people due effect as
] . 10,
airy court, then he shows himself
reqctlonary. When the president
characterlzes a moderate proposal to
render effective the sober judgment
of the American people as against In
defensible in roactionary court de-
cisions in favor . of the priviledged
classes as laying the axe at the foot
OF the tree of well-ordered freedom,
then the president is simply stand
ing against the sane and moderate
movement for social justice and In
favor of privilege and he ranks him.
self against the progressives, against
the cause Of justice for the helpless
and wronged and on the side or the
reactionares, on the side Of the bene-
flcaries Of privilege and injustice.
Four Years Ago.
-Four years ago the progressives
supported Mr.. Taft for president and
he was opposed by such representa-
tiVes of special privileges as Mr..
/ Penrose Of Pennsylvania, Mr. Aldrich
Of Rhode Island, Mr.. Galligner Of
| New Hampshire, Messrs. Turner,
! Cannon and Mckinley of Illinois; he
was opposed by practically all the
men of the stamp of the Guggen-
helms and Evans In Colorado and Mr.
| Patrick Calhoun a San Francl1co.
These men were not progressives then
and they do not pretend to be pro-
gressives now. But. unlike the presl-
dent, they know who is a progressive.
| Their judgment I'm the matter Is good.
ISOLATION with and knowledge Of the
president these and their fellows are
now the presidents chief supporters
The president says he is a progress
sive. These men regard him as be-
/ ing precisely the kind of progress
] NlNt W Nun lli'A 'HPi'N'' ''pNN -
good the presidents intentions I be-
| licve his actions have shown that he
/ Is entitled to the support of precise
" these men.
Party Facing II Crisis.
The republican party is now fac
/ ing a crisis 1t is to decide whether
/ it will be the party of the plain peo-
Pile or whether 1t will be the party
of privilege and u special interests
Prosperity can only come to this
country on basis of honesty and
of fair treatment for all. Those men
of enormous wealth who bitterly op-
pose every species of effective con-
troll by the people through their gov
ernmental agents are, | believe, most
short-sighted as to their own ulti-
mate interest. Most surely If the wise
and moderate control was advocated,
these men or their descendants Will
have to face the chance OF some move,
ments really dangerous and drasri.
of character directed against them.
81 stand for the adequate control.
the reason of all business. and espe.
cially of all monopolistic big business.
where 1t proves unwise to break out
the monopoly. notably the Standard
Oil and Tobacco trusts, under the
sherman law. should be kept on thu
books to be used wherever possible
against monopoly. 1t was, by Itself,
wholly unable to afford the relief de-
manded by the American people"