The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-30
TEDDY AFTER
 THE FARMER
INSERTS NEW PLANK IN HIS AL READY VoLUMiNoUs PLAT
 FORM OF PRoGREssiVEisM.
"Welfare of the Farmer" Comes in for Discussion at St. Paul--He Speaks in the Open Air in
 Minnesota Towns.

St Paul, Mnn., March 29-Anoth- CT plank in the platform upon which Colonel Roosevelt is fight out his campaign was brought forth in a speech delivered tonight on welfare of the Farmer"
 Colonel Roosevelt said the move ment for conserving the country 8 natural resources and for bettering country life had not been carried for ward since his administration. He advocated a policy of governmental activity in this direction.
 Colonel Roosevelts address was de- livered toward the close of a day in which he travelled across Iowa and part of Minnesota and made a dozo A speeches. On reaching St. Paul he conferred with political supporters and in the evening went to the Audi toriun, where he made his principal speech of the day. He then went to Minneapolis to make short speech before starting for Chicago
 At Albert Lea, Mnn., he left his train to address an open air meeting of such size that many persons were unable to get within ear shot of the speaker
 The impromptu meeting at railroad stations today were among the largest of Colonel Roosevelt's tour through the middle west and on no previous day did he find the crowds more demonstrative.
 Colonel Roosevelt's entrance to the Auditorium here was spectacular Seated in an automobile from which dozen flags were flying, he was driven through rear door onto the floor of the building and into the fringe of the crowd All of tho seats in the auditorium were occu pied and the people streamed in unti l there was no more standing room Colonel Roosevelt said in part:
 Tn the fight in which we afe nov engaged the lineup is clear. We stand for the plain people against the boss es. We stand for the rights of the many against special privilege.
 Well meaning men at their head the president of the United States himself, have continually been in sisting on the shortcomings of the rule of the people, have announced they are against the decision of the rule of the people, have announced they are against the decision of vital questions by the people because they distrust the 'impulsive action of the people and have insisted that Abra- ham Lincoln was wrong when he said this should be a government of, for and by the people, by a part of the people. In one of his closing debates with Douglas 54 years ago, Lincoln spoke as follows:
 That is the real issue That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues e Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent It is the eternal struggle be- tween these two principles-right and wrong-throughout the world, They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the begin ming of time and will continue to struggle
 If Lincoln was right is this speech then the president and all who fol low and support him are wrong in upholding the doctrine that it is un.  safe to trust the people and that a part of the people should rule the least.
 "The privilege which once took form as the divine right of kings, which in Lincoln's day took form as the divine right of the slave owner now takes form as the divine right of the great special interests.
 Our opponents are those who dis believe in the right of the people tc rule and who regard wrong done to the helpless as of infinitesimal i'm portance when weighed in the bal ance against the fetich of adherence to formulas of q dead legalism
 "But whatever form the contest may take it is fundamentally fight between those who strive to get jus tice through doing justice and strive to secure the rights of every man and every woman through the genu inc rule of the people and those who seek to bestride the people in theil | own interests and to live and gain profit in politics or in finance by tho fruit of the labor of others.
 LEWIS CASE CLOSING.