The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

cles Tor d0lng the public BUSINESS an
incident Of this being giving the peo-
pie the right themselves to do this
public business if they find is impos-
sible to get what they desire through
the existing agencies. do not at.
tempt to dogmatize as to the machln.
cry by which this end should be
achieved In each community it must
be shaped so as, to correspond not
merely with the needs but with the
customs and ways OF Thought Of that
community, and no community has a
right TO dictate to any other in this
matter. But wherever representative
government has I'd actual fact become
noh-representatiye there the people
should secure to themselves the ini-
tiatiye, the referendum, and the re-
call, doing It IN such fashion as 10
make It evident that they do not in
tend to use these instrumentalities
wantonly or frequently but to hold
them ready for use IN order to cor
rect the misdeeds or failures OF the
public servants when il has become
evident that these misdeeds and fail.
ures cannot be corrected in ordinary
and normal fashion. The administra-
tive officer should be given full power,
tor otherwise he cannot do well the
peoples work; and the people shouli
be given full power over him
# do not mean that we shall aban.
don representative government; on
the contrary, / mean that We shall
devise methods by which our govern
meut shall become really representa-.
tive"
Roosevelt then paid his respects TO
the Republican national convention,
declaring THAT Tafts nomination was
obtained by fraud
Courts for the People,
Entering upon a discussion Of the
courts Roosevelt declared, the stickin
the bark lcgalism, the legalism that
subordinates equity to technicalitles,
should bc recognized as a potent enc
my Of justice" He asserted that "the
people themselves must be the ulti
mate makers Of their own constitution
and where their agents differ in their
Interpretation Of the constitution, the
people themselves should be given the
chance 10 settle what Interpretation
il is that their representatives shall
thereafter adopt as binding He
favored an immediate law or amend
meni Of the constitution, II necessary
TO give the people such power
Social Justice.
Social and industrial justice for 10.
wage workers was treated at length
by The speaker. he declared that "ir
no establishment should industry bs
carried on under conditions inimica
10 social welfare" Among the meas
ufes advocated were requiring th'
filing with constituted authorities q
wage scales and other data concern
ing industry; minimum wage commits
slons. Tie Massachusetts law belnl
made the starting point limitation o
women's work day to eight hours, pro
hibitiou Of night labor Of women an'
children, prohibition Of premature
child labor, worNmon's insurance, oil
age pensions, and womans suffrage
As to the latter he said, in thos
conservative states where there is gen
nine doubt as to how the women stan
on this matter, / would suggest tha
&c be referred to vote Of the women.
Col Roosevelt next took up IN
S question Of the farmer advocating IN
e revival OF the country life commissio
7 and measure lor making farm hi
q more attractive and remunerative. h
g then entered into an extended discu
e sion OF the control Of trusts, advoea
g ing n-tional Industrial coumissio
+ similar 10 the interstate com.nerC
commission, with ample administr
lfiYe powers he would maintain Il
B. antitrust law but exempt from its o
D. erations all corporations yolmtari
Q coming under the commission al
a obeylng fits orders. Roosevelt decla
d cd that the administration trust prt
'e ecutions had been a "trayesty up'
& Justice" and That the trust remedi
10 OF both the Democratic and Repub
Of can planormg were reactionary al
N foolish.
"a Views ON Ttarlff-
h- On the tariff the speaker declare
n y believe in a protective tariff, but
~ believe in ii as a principle, approa'
or ed from the standpoint Of the intere'
Id Of the whole people. and not as a bl
ed die of preferences to be given to Il
"N.A