The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-05-10
ROOSEVELT TALKS
STRAIGHT At YOU
Tells His Hearers Plainly lust
Where He Stands.
Some Of His Recent Utteranecs in Re-
ply to the Attack by Mr.. Taft on
the Man Who Made Him President
Political. Social and Industrial
Conditions as IT. r." Sees Them.


Conditions as IT. r." Sees Them.
'Mr. TAFT has announced that am
trying to stir up class hatred and ex-
cite discomfort ! ask you to look for
yourselves
Il ask you to see IL you can find
anywhere in that speech any appeal
TO class hatred, except hatred of the
class of crooks-political and financial
alike. See IL you can find any stirring
up of discomfort In 1t excepting OF dis
content with trickery. with political
chicanery, with cheating. with oppres-
SION
Il have preached adherence of Mr..
Lorimer and OF all that for which Mr..
Lorimer stands. and of the kind OF
crooked politics and crooked finance
which. In combination. are responsible
for the production of Mr.. Lorimer But
as regards most. even OF the bosses
whom I oppose. l have not preached
hatred of them. do not hate them;
] merely wish them to retire to private
life and quit misgoverning us.
Mr.. Taft says that / preach class
hatred and excite discomfort. Does
Mr.. Taft regard me as stirring up
class hatred because | ask for a law
In New York to prevent women from
being worked for excessive hours in
factories?
Does Mr.. Taft regard me as stirring
up class hatred because stand for a
workmen's compensation act? Does
he regard me as stirring up class
hatred because | demand that the
state and the nation cooperate to
make the conditions of life and labor
better for wageworkers; because |
demand that state and nation coop
crate TO help the farmer"
Il am advocating action which will
be the most effective kind OF antidote
to class hatred: whereas. If Mr.. Taft's
policy of flabby indecision and help
less acquiescence In the wrongdoing
| of the crooked boss and the crooked
fnancier is permitted to continue.
| there will really grow up class hatred
| in this country. There will grow up a
! very uncomfortable and very ugly feel
ing OF discomfort with political, social
and Industrial conditions"
| IF II Is any comfort to Mr.. Taft to
call Messrs. Lorimer. Cox. Penrose.
Guggenheim. Calhoun. Gallinger and
the rest patriotic leaders. instead OF
bosses. let him do SO: but earnestly
hope that the plain people will vote
against that particular type OF patri.
otto leader"
| IF you don't rule yourselves, be sure
someone else will rule you. The boss
will do it
Il believe in a protective tariff. but
| I want to see the benefits get past
! the Office into the pay envelopes. II
| Is all right to have a reasonable share
stop In the office. but not too much.
! ! would like to see a national bureau
whose business II would be to see that
where protection is given to any In
/ dustry. the wage-earners get a reason
able share"
/ Law and order Is but a means to
Justice. and unless IL tends toward
justice. law and order must come first,
justice second"
Every standpatter loves a progress.
sive who Is dead"
We want to apply Lincoln's prin
ciples TO labor problems"
Il am against any attempt to re
vive the reciprocity treaty, and | viii
be against any similar treaty that i'm
properly sacrifices the interests OF oul
farmers and fishermen"
This Is a lineup between the plain
people and the great moneyed inter
ests. We have against Us the sole
Republican machine. the money power
l
subsidized. There is no one with u.
but the plain people"
Everything on the level and trea
everyone on the square!"
The man who incites the laborini
man to overstep the law is the labor
ing mans enemy. Every other ques
ton must be held in allegiance unit
law and order are restored: then jus
tice must be obtained. The countr.
cannot permanently succeed unies
more than a mere living wage i
granted"
The permanent prosperity Of on
J country can only be assured by oil
derby liberty under the law. A man
an enemy who incltes the workers I
disorder. But We cannot succeed i
this country unless the wage-earner
are paid more than living wage"