Arizona republican., 1912-09-18

when governmental power existed ex- clusively in either the king or certain great baronS, when that was true the people had nothing to do with the gov erment; then the liberty of the people was deeply concerned in limiting gov ernmental action for the government was of the king and the barOns against
 the people and it was to the lib- erty and the interest of he people that the government should be curtailed and limited. Now the government is in the hands of the people and here in this country the kings and the barons with whom we have to do are the great potentates of finance the great men of business, the men untitled, un-
 known to the constitution who have gained dispropOrtionate power be-
 cause their activities where wholly un-
 checked, and because our state laws,
 are usually framed and limited, sub
 ject to his convenience and violence =
 Continuing, MT. Roosevelt said ::
 Now, friends, I don't think l need say
 to you, but I will say it out of abund- that I would stand for the rights of l
 for the rights of the poorest man. I would not sanction any attack on a
 man because he was rich. I have as
 much contempt for the species of men of mean envy and hate toward a man because he is rich as I have for the brutal arrogance which looks down on a man because he is not rich. The two fields are simply the different sides of the same shield, and the man who. if poor, meanly hates and envies whoever is rich is exactly the man who. if rich would look down with ar rogance and contempt upon the poor. So that I am anxious and would anx- iously serve the rights of the b.g men in politics. The big mans rights are to cast one vote. Now, I will do every same right to cast his vote as any one else has, but he mustn't cast any one else's vote. He must not cast the vote of 1 a congressman a senator or judge. | And in business, any business, if he is | big enough, we have got to exercise l come control over him. Understand 1 do not mean to penalize him because | he is big, I do not draw the line on | size. I draw it on conduct
 i People have said that I attacked i wealthy men. I have attacked wealthy l crooks, that is all. And l did not at I tack them because they were wealthy, 1 I attacked them because they were ! crooks I have never preached class | hatred in my life, excepting the class l of crooks, big crooks and little crooks | all of them Now, here is why 1t IS | necessary to exercise supervision over | the business use of the wealth of the very wealthy men who establish the very wealthy corporations Take our
 ordinary business life, you and l in
 business here, that it whatever the
 business is, ranchman, stock grower
 carpenter, storekeeper, plumber, each in his own sphere, these can deal and
 the relations live without any diff cultv with his neighbors. The ranch man can deal with the butcher, anC | with the grocer, and with the carpen-
 ter or any one of these because they
 are about his size. If I didn't pay
 the grocer he wouldn't give me any
 groceries, and if he gave me bad groc
 cries I would change the grocer, anC | the same with any one else But If tht
 grocer makes a great deal of money
 and becomes a captain of industry ant
 joins with other captains of industr!
 and makes a great company and builds
 railroad or forms a Standard Oi
 company. or whatever it is, then it i
 we begin to deal with big artificial creations tha are not our size Tn individual man is so small compare' to the giant corporation, such as tn Standard Oil company, the Tobacc Trust, the Sugar Trust, or whatever is, that there is no longer chance o ! dealing with him on even terms
 $l Further, on the subject of corpora ] tions, said MT. Roosevelt;