Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-01

flllSUuISu3 July IL ueOuOle hOOSo
yelt delivered last night the first po-
litical address that has come from
him since his return from Brazil. 1t
was divided, generally speaking, into
three partisan attack on the Wilson
administration, an Indictment of
bosses" and an exposition of the
principles of the progressive party.
The administrators tariff laws
Colonel Roosevelt hailed as colossal
failure, particularly hard on the farm
er; it's antitrust program he branded
as an economic absurdity. Its foreign
polly he styled as "wretched," but
upon this he did not elaborate. The
democratic tariff, he insisted, had
brought distress upon the nation, mad
not lowered the cost of living and had
chiefly benefited foreign rivals Of
American business. The solution rest
ed, he argued, in support Of the pro-
gressive movement and the enactment
~of laws providing for tariff revision
by a nonspartisan commission.
OF the "bosses" Mr. Roosevelt said
what he has heretofore, that they
thwarted the rank and file OF the re-
publican party by the nomination of
Taft at chicago and in so doing de-
liberately put the democratic organi-
zation and Mr.. Wilson into power"
In conclusion the colonel sketched
the progressive idea Of needed anti
trust legislation by properly empow-
cred commissions, contrasting such
proposals with legislatioplnow pend
ing at Washington, which he found
woefully inadequate. Such program
alone, he contended, proved the in
adequacy of the democratic party 1T
is and always will be" he said, "the
states rights party, the party-afraid-
of-power.'
Yet the colonel warned those dis
satisfied with the administration not
through their resentment TO throw
their support to the leaders he had
attacked. To do so, he said, would
only ensure a continuation of govern
ment by convulsion, of a government
Z. al seesaw between two sets Of poll
scies.'' - = =
ra% He spoke a word concerning those
whom the progressives would well
come to the party. I'VE will gladly
work. he said, awith any men who
will themselves with open sincerity
work for these Wrogressive) princi-
pies, provided that they are men of
such character as to justify conf
dence in their good faith. In this
spirit, he said, 1--WE ask all good citi-
zens to cooperate with us when, as
here in Pennsylvania, we hold aloft
the flag of good citizenship, and fight
to translate those sound and lofty
principles into governmental prac-
tice."
Colonel Roosevelt came here to
speak in support of the candidacy of
Dean Lewis for governor and of Gift
ford Pinchot for United States sena-
tor. Their qualification he touched
upon at the opening of his speech.
Thereafter he confined himself to the
national issue outlined.
"The present national administrae
tion," he said, "is prusuing a course
that prevents the existence of pros
perity, and that does not offer sin
gle serious OF ineligible plan for
passing prosperity around, should
prosperity in spite of the administra-
tons efforts, at some future time re
turn to our people.
Prevents Prosperity
This is true both as regards the
trust question and the tariff question.
AS regards both the only wise course
to follow is that set forth in the na-
tionai progressive platform. The ma
ton should deal with both by con
tinuing executive action through adj
ministrative commissions Of ample