The evening world., 1912-05-23

any svery representative Of TIE aaiiauc
between crooked business and crooke
poiltics which has bean the most fsrtii
source Of corruption in American life.
I'VE also have against ua all tina
portion OF the press. Including the ma
tority OF the great New York daiiiei
which. whether from conviction or les
proper reasons, represent Wall stree,
For instance, II IL a curious fact, an
Illustrates how entirely Indifferent /
any politics except those of the Till tn
newspapers OF this type are. that tn
same papers. including the great ma
5ority OF the big metropolitan dailies
which as Democrats championed Juds
Parker for the Presidency against I'M
In 1904 In che election. are now cham
pioning Mr.. Taft against me for IN,
nsmination within the Republican
party.
But we have also against Us mani
sincore and woli-meaning men who ar.
misled because the channels OF informa
ton are choked. or who are frightened
because they DO not entirely under
stand OH position. TAo-e men hare n,
cAuse for fear. and they should be with
us. We are revolutionary only IN the
sense that washington and Lincoln and
thsir colleagues were revolutionary. We
class Of crooks, and even in that case
We hate the crookedness and DO not
wish 10 hurt the crooks unless II II
absolutely necessary in order 70 stop
the crooke1ness. We preach discon-
tent only with injustice and wrong
doing.
Let me illustrate by two or three ex-
amples just what I moan. We wish the
people to rule. That means that we
wish direct primaries for nominations.
We are against the convention system
because IN actual practice at this very
moment the men who manage the con-
ventions have shown that they use them
not 10 represent but 10 misrepresent the
voters behind them. In the Same way
We wish to see Senators elected by
popular vote. We think that the people
cAn choose their own Senators better
than the politicians can choose them
for them. 30 a. regards indudrial Jus
t1cA
STATES Hts posIrioN ON THE
TARIFF.
In the tariff. far instance. believe
n . protective tariff but wish 20 see
the benefit get into\ths pay envelope Of
tho workingman a. well AZ appear
among the dividends For this reason
advocate the creation Of Q national bu-
rsau. whose business II shall be 10 In
vsstigate protected industry and see that
the protection does really benefit the
workinsmau. Do we believe in work.
fnsn's compsnsation laws. in laws to
secufo better conditions IN tenement
houses. lave 70 prevent women from
working over hours, or children work.
Ing At all.
Therefore, we believe IN establishing
over all big Industrial enterprises en-
gaEed IN Interstate commerce a super
vision similar TO that which now OBJ
tains over all big buainess concerns en-
yased In interstate transportation and
over national banks. The Antitrust
law can thereby be made really ef-
lective instead OF. a. now, . sham when
nssd against biz interstate business that
has been ruby Of sNdndling practices.
Ind At the sass~ tlass honest business,
Big and small. win DO protected,
we do not propose TO hurt any bust
meas man. but We recognise the fact
hat big businsas contains within itself
Duch Possibilities OF menace to the gen.
1ral public. both to the employees OF the
buslness concerned. to Its competitors
md to the purchasers Of its product. a.
10 necessitate q thorougheoing super
Vision and control In the interest OF the
public; and such law We propose to
enact and TO enforce"
Th> Colonel, made . sop ct Lodi.
where he made 4 short speech. The
town was decorated with italian and
American nags.
In the assembly hall Of, the Passaic
High School Mr.. Roosevelt addressed a
crowd Of $500. most Of them pupils. He
SAID. ~ he did in Patterson. that he
wanted the profit OF = protective tariff
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