Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03


While Roosevelt speaking 30 900 and Bos
ton, the crowd yelled, Tell about Perkins!
Roosevelt replied 'Im glad you asked that question: and
then answered it
He said that Perkins although rich man. had joined the
pressive party and interested himself in politics BECAUSE HE
HAS CHILDREN AND FELT THAT TT WAS HIS DUTY TO DO
WHAT HE COULD TO MAKE CONDITIONS BETTER IN THE
COUNTRY IN WHICH THE CHILDREN WOULD LIVE AFTER
THEIR FATHERS DEPARTURE
Roosevelt said that Perkins the
he wanted and wanted do something really useful
and worth while for the country at large.
This country glad of ability in the open,
work politically in the open, their influence and intelligence
the openinsad of working in the old fashioned rich mans
behind closed DOORS cash buy those Office pro-
mote legislation.
This country of ABILITY public affairs
something than getting Offices and dividing
them up something than collecting taxes and spending them
extravagantly.
This country needs all of the ability of its abest men
1t should have such j. Hill working for the nation,
instead of working however usefuy railroad builders for
The big rewards in this world attract the big and the able
And the small rewards outside of periods of national
excitement attract the small and the feeble
Our government has been Offering small rewards to its
poyee while industry railroad building great corporations
organizations of all kinds have been offering great
field and away from the field of politics and of
government
good sign Perkins as able as any of the
big organizers and decides that worth while
share in government than to make additional money.
Agassz the scientist preached whole when he
said 81 am too busy to make money
1t would be excellent thing America if the
ast men should tire OF the money making game Perkins
to have tired of it, and should find themselves too busy to
nue money making much interested in public and important
affairs to continue working for private profit.
The articles in the Hearst Magazine show us our collection of
senator's and other public officials acting oade and
handy for the big genuses of the industrial world
1t humatng to see the of the people and of
the government accepting the of industrial organizers and
ing the lackeys of those organizers
The country the work o H Hartman
powerful and enough build thousands thousands
miles of railroad in life that ended The country
the lmap uaIIn of Sucba
wasting his energies the accumulation of that does
him good and spending the money the accumulation
echons that will do him goodaough they may be useful to
the country n
man like Morgan were interested in the United States
instead of being interested in P Morgan and Company
this the canals roads and other facilities that
it needs
country served too long and too often by men
politics places government BECAUSE
THEY WERE FIT FOR NOTHING ELSE in PARTICULAR or
because of yercal half baked ambition nowhere
One hrscas BIG of the type that this country produces
in its industries and It's railroad building would keep half dozen
legislatures honest
One Perkins giving of the
people the and capacity that he has private
ness undertakings would be good new thing in politics. and
useful And the people bound they
proof the contrary sincere in his
advocacy of the partywhch has anagoned de-
noUnced by most of the rich and influential Perkins
proof of the value of Perkins in political organization was
given a the Roosevelt n Chicago
the Roosevelt party--LUCKIIY FOR THE PARTY
The Roosevelt convention hired the hall occupied previously
by the Republican convention 1t had the bands printed
finely engraved tickets
And the Roosevelt convention cost all together in Chicago
$1,000 whereas the regular Republican
the oldfashoned grating politicians COST MORE THAN
NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
In other words under odasioned political management
Republican convention about sevenv thousand dollars
500 per than exactly kind of convention
managed by 8 used to business undertakings
would be interesting $4,000 difference
IN the cost of the Republican convention.
The be convention
only only $1,000 compared with
FOR the Republican but the Roosevelt
$4,000 from the public which
really interested birth of Progressive party
Ard the convention the Progressive party
ca managed by Perkins had thousand than