Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-03
NEW ENGLAND Yesterday
TURNING WEST IN CONNECTICUT
M SPEAKS IN sT LOUIS
TODAY.
ADVANCES new THEORIES


ALBANY, Sept 2.-Colonel Roose-
Welt struck out on the trail Of tho
bandanna handkerchief today to fol-
low II on months journey into tho
four corners of the country. His first
days trip took him into Connecticut
and Massachusetts. Then he turned
towards the west. He was greeted to-
day by large crowds.
Colonel Roosevelt discussed social
ism, one Of Woodrow Wilson's speech
es the tariff, the democrats and tho
weather. lie spoke feelingly Of tho
weather for he made some
OF his speeches standing bareheaded
in the rain,
I'm sorry you should suffer so
much from the wet" he told the
crowd I'm Hartford. Conn. I'm
glad to see, though, that the progress
sives of Connecticut do not suffer
from cold feet"
The colonel announced his belief
that the national government should
help tighten expenses of political cam
paigns. He declared himself in favor
OF control Of insurance companies by
the national government and said
school houses should be used for po-
litical meetings.
II want to touch on the text OF tho
government exercising it's powers to
help voters to get more control over
their machinery than at present. he
said at Hartford
Use the SchOolhouscs.
zone Of the ways by which I would
see that done Is by having greater
use of tho schoolhouse by getting tho
government to utilize them as they
have never been utilized. For exam
pie the polling places ought all to be
in tho schoolhouses. At present we
have the polling places in sheds bar
Der shops saloons, everywhere.
"But the schoolhouse should be
utilized much more than that. They
should be thrown open to all citizens
for public meetings and especially po-
litical meetings. That means that
either the school principal or some
other school officer should have It
made a part Of his duty to provide
for opening school buildings when
ever needed for public meetings ard
should if necessary, provide means for
having memoranda made of the meet
ing.
AT first blush, this will strike you
as rather radical move. But | am
sure we shall have to have the gov
ernment assume for all parties some
Of the expenses of our political meet
ings 1t ought not to be necessary
for the parties to hire buildings in
which their candidates are to speak
We have schoolhouses in which they
can speak. We can make each school
house a senate chamber Of the plain
people.
Think of how this would reduce
the expenses Of campaigns.
Everything should be done In the
line of making the government limit
what Is necessary to be spent and
what can and shall be spent on cam
paign, and also to make the govern
ment provide further legitimate
means Of reaching the people by ar
guments which ought to be the real
end of every campaign"
In speaking Of control Of insurance
companies Colonel Roosevelt said:
THE government must inevitably
assume the control over business op-
erations Of many kinds that it never
before has touched. For instance, the
national government will have 20 us-
sumo control oven Tie Insurance bus
mess not TO the extent of Interfering
with the taxing power OF the states
but so as to properly both regulate
and protect the insurance c mp MES
Colonel Roosevelt began his tour
with the announced intention of max
ing one speech in most of the stata-
he is TO visit. The only speech n
had planned to deliver today was In
Hartford, although a few laws
he promised TO stop at NrdgelVrt
Connecticut for an hour bu, a ~
most averv stop alone Tho lnc b
M which cheercd uull Isl
made a speech.