The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-08
SEVERE IN CRITICISM
or BOTH OLD PARTIES
See Need OF Far-lteaching Con-
structivc Policies.
MAKES TALK At NEW ORLEANS
Republicans Want Rank and File
Shackled and Under Control OF
Bosses, and Democrats Are BOT
Fit to Run Government.

NEW ORLEANS. septambcr r.
Theodore Roosevelt III a speech at the
French Opera House tonight decried
III. backward and roactionary" policy
Of the government I'm handling the
tariff question. particularly AS IT ar
fccted the Louisiana sugar interests.
reiterated his charges that paying
s25.o00.o00 10 Colombia as a result of
the deal whereby the United States
Obtained the Panama Canal Zone would
be blackmail. and left late tonight for
p ore-day campaign in the Third Louis J.
lana Congressional District. The Thrill
District comprises the largest sugar
growing section of the State.
Admission TO the opera house was
gained only by cards. which had been
issued by the local Progressive com
!nlttec. Some time before the former
President began his address. tho place
! va. filled, the doors were closed
In the afternoon. at a Labor Day pic
mic, he emphasized that labor unions
In principle were all right, and If led
bS the right sort or men. worked to-
ward good end
There are little crooks as well as big
crooks. and the Progressive party Is
after all Of them" he said.
Colonel Roosevelt urged that this
government. instead OF paying s25 900
900 blnckmail to alien wrongdoers and
their heirs" as proposed In the dispute
with Colombia over the Panama Canal
property. should use that $40. 900. 900
and the plant OF the Panama Canal. and
al many scores of million1 extra as arc
necessary. TO take control of the Mis-
sissippi and 80 develop all it's possi-
bilitics OF usefulness from tho head
waters to the dclta."
Colonel Roosevelt made particular
point Of the food problem. which he
eAtd must be mot not only BY levccs but
which would not only stop the floods,
but serve we'll for Irrigation purposes
He reminded his hearers that he had
been an advocate OF Federal control OF
tho river for "A long time. Il insisted
upon II when J was President" he said
But neither Of the old parties adopted
" II Is only the Progressive party
that has seen the need of such far
reaching constructive policy
lie spoke warmly. OF the Progressives
IN Louisiana. There were no Other
members OF the party. he said who
more emphatically deserved we'll Of
the party than the Progreseives or
Louisiana He spoke Of the old RE-
publican party as having a deliberate
purpose 10 become the buiwark OF
Sonrbon an,aSohism - advance
throughout the nation" and said the
DEMOCRATS were welded To ourwurn
principles OF government. and dead
and buried economic theories"
Tho day vas Labor Day. which led
him 10 discuss the Industrial and
economic situations Both III. old par
tics are welded 10 their idols The
Republican party by every action II
has taken during the past two years
has made IL evident that II intends 10
see that the rank and flc are shackl.d
and are put under the control Of the
great bosses OF the stamp or Mr.
Barnes and Mr.. penrose. on the
other hand, the Democratic party.
which has possessed absolute power
in Washington for the last two years,
has shown not the faintcst symptom
81 real understanding OF the needs
81 the people. II has done nathing
Whatever for labor, and its elton on
the trusts and tho tariff have shown
that IL Is not 1T TO run the govern
nS,nt. With the trusts they have
adopted the policy or frlng 80 rs to hit
II II II is bear and 10 miss 1t II i; Is
? calf"
He told his audience that the people
ri Louisiana We're among those hardc = /
hit Ivy the backward and rcactionary
policy which the government had
adopted As regards the tariff. He as-
serted that the promise 10 break up
the trusts and reduce the cost Of living
mad not been realized. He took up in
detail the matter Of sugar with which
Louisiana is closely identified The
removal OF duty or this mmodity, he
said, has been a big contributing cause
10 the present high prices for sugar.
not only seriously affecting the sugar
industry. but causing damage upon the
whole public