Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-03
NEW FREEDOM" Or
WILSON IS OLD
LICENSE, SAYS
ROOSEVELT
Points to West Virginia Goa,
Strike as Proof Of Need Of
New Deal Demanded BY the
Progressive Party.
URGES HARNEssING OF
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI


mand In the fsrst national platform Or
the Progressive party for regulation
Of corporations and combinations 70
insure their doing Justice 20 their
rivals 10 their customers ana 10
their employees has been emphasized.
Theodore Roosevelt declared yester-
day afternoon. ID the clam hake.
which opened the national confer
ence Of the Progressive party. by
what has occurred since election IN
the West Virginia bituminous coal
neldn
In opening his speech Colonel
Roosevelt pointed 90 the Progressive
platform upon which he ran Tor the
presidency last fall as document
which upholders of social and indus
trial Justice Ia the fusnre viii recoB-
nize as ona ~ the great Documents
of American political history. From
u he cited two demands---tho tixst.
that the national government under-
take on q gigantic scale the work Of
harnessing the Hood waters of the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. using for
that purpose the outfit that has been
used I'm the construction OF the Pan
anna canal The second demand, ul-
ready referred 20. Colonel Roosevelt
dweit upon 81 considerable length.
He quoted from court decisions and
declared that he wished he could
make tho men OF property under
stand that Ia lighting such decisions
and such conditions as IN West vlr-
ginip he was flKhting ugainst am
archy IN favor of law ana order and
Tor property.
"rae utter futnity o. the plan oe
action. or rather nOn-action. adv0.
Gated Ia both the Republican and
Democratic platforms last year and
thristened by President Wilson with
magniloauent vaeueness the new
freedom. has been strilSlnRly shown
by what has thus occurred Ia West
Virginia." Colonel Roosevelt de-
clared.
The new freedom II nothing
whatever but the right OF the strong
To prey on the weak. OF the big men
to crush the little men and 10 shield
their lniquity beneath the cry that
AtNN MNt A-NfINNNfiAA AAtfMUfNls
Colonel Roosevelts speech sound
ed the keynote of the Progressive
policies and opened the discussion Of
party Ideals and ideas that VIII con-
tlnue two days. Referring asnin 20
President Wilson'S article on "The
New Freedom" Colonel Roosevelt
said
"a careful study OF the articles
tina, have appeared by President
Wilson dealing with this subject since
he was president has left me puzzled
as to what he really does mean. but
of course | assume that there must be
meaning. and II this assumption 10
warranted the The New Freedom
means nothing whatever but the old
license translated into terms Of pleas
ant rhetoric
Dealing with the regulation OF cor
porations and combinations and gs-
ing tine West Virginia strike as the
basis for his arguments for the ndop- |
tic" Of Progressive principles. Colonel
Rockwell said IN Part
what Is needed ~ the thorough
roofing out OF the conditions which |
brought about the dreadful state Of
AFFAIRS Ia the West Virginia bitumln-
ous fields. In the district where the |
rioting has occurred. the employing !
operators have ondeayored 20 keep
the miners in D state OF practical
serfage by the use OF the company
stores. This fact has been rooog-
uized and the practice forbidden in
most civilized countries; Ia England,
for Instance, legislation was pasaed
forhiddins this practice more than
seventy years ago.
"Our proposal n 90 put the gov
crnmcnt, acting for the general pub-
lie, IA such shape that Ii viii not
ask Justice as a fayor but demand Il
as q right which Il is ready and able
90 enforce. The constitution belongs
to the people and not the people 10
the constitution. and the courts are
the servants Of the people precisely
az - true of all other public seryants.
legislative and executive alike n is /
for the people and not the courts %
say whether We shall have such laws
In the interest of social and Indus
trial Justice. acts providing for cash
payment In wages and ahoiishing
these company stores
In the words of Abraham Lin
colin. We propose that the people shall
control both the legislatures and the
courts. not % peryert the conslitu-
ton. but 90 overthrow those who
themselves pervcrt the constitution
into an instrument FOR ncrpeluatlna
injustice, instead of making lt what
Il must ANA shall be made. the most
effective Of an possible means tor se-
curing 20 the people of the whole
country the rishs everywhere 10 cre-
ate conditions which viii tend for the
uplifi 90 the ordinary. ihe average
nen. women and children ~ tho
United states"