New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29

10 let experts do the expert business TO
WnICh we assign them without fussy inter-
ference from us, But the expert must un-
derSta1d that he is carving out our gen
for it, NV ''''''"'"'e '''
ne leader must understand that he leads
20, uIdt ne guides us, by convincing US so
that We will follow him or follow hiq direc-
Won ne must not get 1t into his head that
~ MS business to drive us or to rule us.
COS rors business is to manage the government
LOT US. To illustrate what I mean, take the
T1ahama canal under Colonel Goethals.
mat has been the biggest Job OF the kind
yer undertaken by any nation. the biggest
IleCe OF engineering work ever attempted
IN the world. After trying several expert
ments we finally found in Colonel Goethals
ne man who could do the job. and we set
MN TO work. and he has nearly done it
ana no job Of the. size has ever been done
better. We have been delighted to give
MN free hand and lot him manage tho
mat We wanted a canal. and that We
wanted II In Panama. and that We wanted
~ or a given type. and then set Colonel
C'cethals to work to realize those various
wishes OF ours.
Well, what is true Of Colonel Goethals is
true OF all other public officials. from a
justice OF the peace and an alderman up
~ the President and the Chief Justice Of
tfcm who is ruling MS VIC are ruling our
serves. Each one OF them Is managing his
just exactly as Colonel Goethals Is manag-
Ing the building OF the Panama Canal in
the public interest. We rule ourselves and
we choose our repre- SeNtatives not to rule
us but 10 manage the public business for MS
along the lines we have laid down ana
approve. The men who disbelieve i'm the
rule or the people and who think that the
people should he ruled by a part of them
nor 70 call such q part "A representative
part Is entirely meaningless) treat the
Constitution as q stratiacket for re-
straining an unrulv patient-the peonIc.
We on the contrary. treat the Consiitu-
tion as an instrument designed to secure
Justice through giving fUll expression 70
The deliberate and VOL thought out ludS-
ment OF the people. They are false friends
OF the people and enemies Of true const-
tutonal government who endeavor to TWIST
the Constitution aside from this purpose.
We are engaged at the present day
IN great struggle Tor social and indus
trial justice in this country, and our
chief opponents In this struggle are tbs
powers Of pIlage, the powers that profit
by privilege at the expense OF the RIGHTS
OF the plain people as whole. advo-
cate genuine popular rule IN nation,
in state. In city, in county, as offering
tho best possible means for eliminating
special privilege alike in politics and in
business and for getting a genuine
equality Of opportunity for every man
to show the stuff there Is in him. | do
nv ucHdNu eou6IlIy Or reward
There ls wide inequality Of service, and
where this IS the case II is but just that
mere should be inequality Of reward. Tor
Z would he the rankest kind Of injustice TO
reward the man who renders worthless ser
vice as well as we strive. however made
Quately, TO reward him who renders service
that is literally priceless: But ! do ask
that we endeaVOr so 70 shane our govern
mental policy as 20 bring about a meas
urable equality OF opportunity for all men
and all women so as to do justice to man
END 10 woman: to big and to little, to rich
and 10 poor. ! believe il "a even more inn
portant for mon 10 pay heed 10 their duties
and to the rights of others than il is for
them to pay heed 10 their own rights But
| believe also they can only do their full
duty when they enjoy fully their rights.
| hold that we OF this nation are false
to our professions. false 10 the traditions
handed down 10 us by the founders and
make II in very truth n real Republic de
mocracy IN fact as we'll as IN name. q
democracy where each man stands on his
work as a man and is Judged as such de-
mocracy in which the people really rule
themselves. where their representatives 30
not rule them. but honestly and efficiently
manage the government for them
Colonel Roosevelt received A tumultuous
Welcome when he reached the armOry. All
the seats were filed and hundreds were
standing. As he mounted the platform the
people rose 10 their feet with cheer wav-
ing small flags which the Roosevelt com
mittee had distributed.
In appealing for control OF the govern
ment by the people, Colonel Roosevelt said
that the alternative was government OF the
people by the bosses cor by that meanest
kind of aristOCraCy that ever trod the
earth. the aristoCracy Of naked ana brutal
wealth"
In his address at the luncheon given by
the city club Colonel Roosevelt discussed
the recall OF judicial decisions. Six Judges.
four of them on the federal bench, were
seated at the table with him.
My proposition has been discussed by my
opponents in a frame of mind which makes
hysteria seem calm by comparison, ne
said. Somebody told me that | was right
on that proposal. but that ] shouldn't have
iuterjected # into a campaign. | said that
| wasn't in the least interested In the cam
paign except as q means OF getting justice.
ID million times rather lose the campaign
and get justice than win II without getting
Justice
The second speech was made A. the Mer-
chants Exchange. whore Colonel Roosevelt
discussed his proposal for the creation OF
an interstate business commission TO deal
with large corporations. Thence he went
10 the Coliseum looked in on the house
hold show and spoke for TWO minutes. The
other TWO speeches in tho armOry and N
East s.. Louis were delivered IN the even
ing
Governor Hadley. Thomas * Niedring-
haus and several others who are active In
the Roosevelt campaign attended the con-
ference at which the political situation IN
Was discussed