New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-07
COL. ROOSEVELT HAS
GREAT DAY AT CHICAGO
Confined from first pa1e.

call Of judicial decisions. Discussing
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
he said that II firmly believe that II the
power Of the commissioners grows
greater il will be necessary 70 make
them and their superior, the President
even more completely responsible TO
The people for their acts" And finally,
in his summing UP. the colonel said:
our government system should be so
shaped that the public servant. when
he cannot conscientiously carry ont the
wishes Of the people. shall at their de-
sire leave his Office. and not misrepre-
sent them in office, and I hold that the
public servant can by so doing. better
than in any other way. serve both them
and his conscience"
There was striking parallel between
the views Of President Taft and those
advanced by Mr. Roosevelt with regard
10 the tariff Indeed, all that Mr.. Roose-
Welt had to say on that subject had
been expressed repeatedly by President
Taft. with the exception OF certain re-
Elections on the existing Tariff Board
and the Payne tariff bill.
ENCOURAGEMENT for Socialists.
The enthusiastic socialist will hnd i'll
the Roosevelt confession reason for
qualification. for, aside from several
propositions which socialists enthusi-
astically approve. the cOloners declara-
tion that ultimately We desire TO use
the government 10 aid. as far as can
safely ne done, I'm helping the industrial
tool users 20 become in part tool own
ers. Just az our farmers now are" can
not b. construed AZ other than a recog-
milton. even If faint one. of that
fundamental tenet Of socialism that
tools are synonymous with capital, and
social salvation depends on the transfer
Of such capital to the worker or TO the
government TO be held for the worker.
SO, too. the single taxer. the disciple
Of the late Henry George. will perceive.
or believe he Dercelves in certain OF the
colonels propositions glimmering
sense Of appreciation OF the correctness
Of the single tax philosophy. This is
shown most notably IN the declaration
that steps must be taken against
absentee landlordisnl and tenant farm
Ing" and the further assertion that
among the wrongs which remain 20 be
righted is wrong taxation. including
failure to tax unused land and other
natural resources held FOL speculative
PURPOSES" this being the essential prin-
ciple Of the single tax philosophy.
But although il would have been
difficult TO devise a party declaration
better calculated 10 enlist the sympathy
and support OF men Of all shades Of
economic belief, the fear remains among
loyal supporters OF the new party that
many will be estranged by this very
adrnixture az more or less novel the
cries. many OF which the average man
has long been disposed 10 dismiss with
the assertion that they we're anarchistic
or socialistic according "a one term or
the other represented 10 his mind the
most dangerous form OF attack on con-
stitutional government and on tho re-
public.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself remarked after
his discussion Of the courts and his ad-
vocacy Of the recall IN all its forms,
that he was well aware that every up
holder Of privilege, every hired agent
or beneficiary Of the special inter
ests," would denounce his programme