The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

OPPOSING THE COLONEL.

when any man actually opposes to his
face Colonel Roosevelt, or dissents
openly from any opinion that the Col
onel may sec fit to deliver And so
they are making much of the opposi-
tion by Joseph Walker in Massachu-
setts to the military talk that Colonel
Roosevelt made at Progressive
clambake in Newport. Mr.. Walker di,
rectly opposed that talk. But who is
Joseph Walker? To begin with, he is
an EX-Speaker of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives. Last year
he was the Republican candidate for
Governor Of Massachusetts, but was
beaten by Governor Foss, Democrat,
After the election, Mr. Walker de-
clared against the election of John w.
Weeks, Republican, to the United
States Senate, and on the election Of
Weeks he left the Republican party
and joined the Progressives. He is
still In the Progressive party, and
this adds TO the wonder as expressed
that he would have the nerve to op-
pose any public utterances OF Colonel
Roosevelt on a public platform and i'm
mediately after that utterance.
Colonel Roosevelt in his address at
Newport, ridiculed the "mollycoddle -
idea that the Navy should be neglected
or that we should refuse to fortify the
Panama Canal or allow outsiders to
have any say in fixing the tolls, or that
we should permit any foreigners to in.
huence us as TO what conditions we Will
impose upon immigrants, and what
class of immigrants we shall allow TO
come into this country.
Immediately upon hearing this war
talk from Colonel Roosevelt, Mr..
Walker, who had prepared speech to
deliver Immediately after Colonel
Roosevelt on the programme, made a
dash for stenographer and dictated
a postscript to his prepared speech,
taking issue directly with Colonel
Roosevelt against his miitarism. ]"
The report of what then occurred
states, that standing within almost
reaching distance of the founder and
leader Of the Progressive party, at
the head of the table at the clam
bake, Mr.. Walker shouted his opposi-
tion to the Colonel's bellicose talk.
and warned the new party of the dan
ger ahead if it adopted the Colonel s
warlike policy"
1t is added that Colonel Roosevelt
and the othe. Progressive leaders were
surprised at Mr.. Walkers s remarks 1t
was the first time THAT prominent
Armageddonite had ever publicly diff
fered with the Colonel Another ac-
count, evidently in Walker s interest,
reads, "Mr. Walker IS difference with
the Colonel, however, seemed to please
the women members of the party, for
they applauded him literally" Mr.,
Walker addition TO his speech, die
tated upon hearing Colonel Roose-
welt s military talk, is thus given:
I intended. when the speech was writ
ten, to close my remarks with the SEN
tence which ! have Just uttered. ! am
convinced, however. that ] owe ii to my
country, TO the Progressive party to my
self, TO make my position clear on the
subject Of this mornings discussion. and
10 warn the Progressive party against
the danger of militarism, which today is
raising It's hnTid head so high among the
nations Of the earth / for one. am a
firm believer in the settlement of inter
ma tional disputes by peaceful means
alone. am in favor OF general arbltra-
tion treaties. under which all iustiia BILE
disputes, even those involving national
honor and vital interests shall be sub
mitted To arbitration. / am In favor of
whether a particular dispute is justifiable
or not, | stand unhinchingly for the
reign of law among nations. The time
has come TO establish treaties limiting
and lessening military armamentS. The
time has come for the United States TO
show her moral courage by firmly refus-
ing to be drawn into wasteful and
wicked rivalry among nations in building
up their military strength. The time has
come for the United States to take her
stand the principle, enunciate by
Lincoln. that right makes might: ], for
one, am ready to act upon the belief that
no nation Will attack the United States
or infringe her rights so long as she her
self pursues a course based on right and
justice.
For all that. however, Colonel Roose.
welt was clearly right on all the points
involved in this expressed difference
And because of this, and because of
the fact that Colonel Roosevelt is nat
urally "quick on the trigger" in re
ply to any criticism upon what he has
to say, it was expected that he would
make a blistering reply to Walker.
But he refraiDed. The account says
that he "showed his teeth and looked
painfully surprised. " That was all
There was. however, ample material
from which he could easily have turned
and made a crushing reply to Mr.,
Walker, and there are plenty who will
regret that he did not at once over
whelm Walker with the plain and
patriotic vehemence that the occasion