Evening star., 1912-09-15
DOCTRINE NOT ADAPTED
THIS AGE, HE CLAIMS
Asserts Progress Is Shown in In
crease of Governmental Power.
CONDEMNS CONTRARY VIEW
Holds That No Progressive Can Sup
port the Teachings of the
Democratic Candidate.

SAN FRANCISCO, September a.
Woodrow Wilson has advanced a pro-
gram in relation to social and industrial
justice" Col. Roosevelt said in a speech
here tonight, which is either a promise
that is not to be kept, or else it means
the undoing of every particle of social
and industrial advance which we have
made
He declared that Gov. Wilson Stands
for a policy which necessarily means, if
| that policy is honestly put into effect, that
he must be against every single pro-
gressive measure
THE trouble with Mr. Wilson," said
Col. Roosevelt. lis that he is following
| an outworn philosophy
The colonel declared that "in view of
the democratic platform and of the ut
terances of Mr.. Wilson no man can claim
to be progressive who supports Mr..
Wilson on that platform and backed by
that party.
Col. Roosevelts speech was delivered
before large crowd in the Coliseum, to
which he went Immediately on his ar
rival in San Francisco. He was on the
train all day, except for a stop Of an
hour in Reno, New, where he delivered
an address.
vi. IAOOSeNtlt DGSeu Ills cflllClSIl VI
Gov. Wilson on a recent speech of the
governor before the New York Press Club.
The other day in New York Mr.. Will
son came out in a sweeping assault on
the progressive platform and programme
and defined his own position as to social
and industrial justice" said the colonel.
Gov. Wilson's Contention.
According to the stenographic report
of his Sneanh Mr. ASJlcnn toa hot
there is no hope for social reform through
the platform of the progressive party
saying: In the very platform itself is
supplied the demonstration that il is not
serviceable instrument. They do pro-
pose to serve civilization and humanity
but they cannot serve civilization and
humanity with that kind of government
The history of liberty is a his
tory of the limitation of governmental
power, not the increase of it,. And he
then continues to uphold what he calls
representative government and represent
atlye assemblies as against the platform
tnat We propose, and also to uphold the
democratic proposals for dealing with la
Dor and the trusts. as against the pro-
gressive proposals.
"The key to Mr.. Wilson's position is
found in the statement / have quoted
when he says that the history of lib
erty is a history of the limita ton of gov
ernmental power, not of the increase of
it,
This is a bit of outworn academic doc
trlne. which was kept in the schoolroom
and the PROFESSIONAL study for a genera
ton after it had been abandoned by all
who had experience of actual life 1t can
be applied with profit, if anywhere at
all, only in primitive community under
primitive conditiOnS-in community such
as the United States at the end of the
eighteenth century. To apply it now in
the United States at the beginning of the
twentieth century with it's highly organ
lied industries, with it's RAILWAYS feie
graphs and telephones, means literally
and absolutely to refuse to make a single
eHort to better any one of our social or
industrial conditions.
Says Wilson is Wrong on HISTORY.
Moreover, Mr.. Wilson is absolutely in
error in his statement from the historical
standpoint. So long as governmental
power was exclusively for the king and
not at all for the people then the history
OF liberty was a history of the limitation
OF governmental power. But now the
governmental power rests in the people
and the kings who enjoy privileges are
the kings of the financial and industrial
elimination of governmental power and
what the people sorely need is the extern
sion of governmental power.
III Mr.. Wilson'S statement means any,
thing IT means that every law for the
promotion OF social and Industrial justice
that has been put upon the statute books
ought to be repealed and every law pro-
posed should be abandoned, for without
exception every such law represents an
increase of governmental power
The Interstate commerce commits
sion law represented a great Increase
Wilson mean to repeal it? If not
does he deny that it represents a great
increase or governmental power over
the railroads? Let him take whichever
horn OF the dilemma he chooses
Every progressive state in the
Union has passed laws for factory in
spection every such law means an in
crease of governmental power.
Again, We propose to limit the
hours of working girls to eight hours
| day; we propose to limit the hours
| Of workingmen in continuous industry
| to eight hours day and to give them
| one days rest week Does Mr.. VIII
| son mean that he is against this ex-
| tension of governmental power?
| The trouble with Mr.. Wilson is that
he is following an outWorn Philosophy
| and that the history of which he is think
ing is the history of absolute mOnarchteS
| and oriental despotism. If Mr.. Wilson
! really believes what he says. then Mr..
| Wilson has no idea of our govorement
| In its actual workings.
| You can adopt one philosophy or the
| other. You can adopt the philosophy of
| limitation of governmental power and
| turn the industrial life of this country
into a chaotic scramble of selfish in
| terests, each bent on plundering the
others, and. all bent on depressing the
wage worker. This is precisely and
| exactly what Mr.. Wilson's proposal
means and it can mean nothing else.
! The reverse policy means an exten-
sion instead of a limitation, of govern
| mental power, and for that extension we
| progressives stand"
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