Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
ROOSEVELT HITS
At BLOCKING OF
BULL MOOSE BILLS
Declares in Wichita Speech
Congress Erred in Defeat of
Pet Legislation.

WICHITA, Kas., Sept. 19.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, addressing a
Statewide meeting of Progressives
here today, elucidated his position on
important subjects of legislation. He
discussed the relations of capital and
labor at some length, pointing to the
Colorado labor troubles as illustrat-
ing the failure of national and State
governments to enact and enforce
effective laws, and pointed to the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road scandal as an example of capital
gone wrong in the absence OF proper
governmental control.
Business, he asserted, is entitled to
It's profits, and we must learn to ac-
cept the principle of combinations of
capital as of the highest economic
value. But this acceptance, he insist
ed, must carry with 1t fair share of
the profit to the employe. The indus
trial situation has greatly changed in
the last twenty-five years, he said,
for whereas at the beginning of the
period mentioned only about 25 per
cent. of the people were employees, at
this time, he said, half of them i've on
their wages. He quoted "Dooley" in
illustration. Jefferson was a good
man." said Dooley, but he lived be-
fore the days of open plumbing"
Congressman erred in defeating re,
form measures proposed by Progress
sives, the speaker asserted, mention
ing the Murdoch trust bills the tariff
commission bill, the Federal employ
ment bureau bill and the b-.I /. + the
hnlifinn M child Ia hnfs % M 90
which, he said, were blocked by oppo-
nents of the Progressives.
Political Machinery Needs Reform.
This opposition, he said. empha-
sized the need of our demand for q
reform of the political machinery,
notably the reform of the presiden,
tial nominating system. Expanding
the labor theme, Colonel Roosevelt |
said:
There must be full participation
in the industry of the three big fac
tors-adequate capital, successful
management. and highly paid and
highly efficient labor. There must |
be full and ungrudging recognition
of labor's rights in industry, and on
the other hand no less recognition |
by labor of its responsibility as to |
output and its share in the RESPONSE
bility to the public for stability and |
peace in industry.
''Not only must we now insist on |
certain types of legislation but we |
must take the lead in educating the |
public, in educating our people as a |
whole because there can be no legis- |
lation until We have an intelli"ant |
and aroused public opinion. Often |
the difficulties come not so much |
from a conflict between right and |
WI oa conflict hot ON
right and another.
''On the other hand we often have |
10 face situation In which both |
sides have done wrong, although one |
has done more wrong than the other. |
In such cases government authori- |
ties should interfere, doing impartial |
Justice 70 both and exacting Justice |
from both"
Strike Violence Must BE Downed.
Referring to the violence accom- |
panying the strike certainly on tho |
part of the employees and probably |
on the part of the agents of the en-
ployer," he declared:
"Such law'essness and brutal vio-
lence must be put down by the strong
hand of the law and obedience to the
law must be exacted not as a favor,
but as a right.
Everyone should belong to the
party of law and order But there
can be no permanent reign of law
and order unless it is based on and
results on the reign of Justice. 1t is
the duty of the State. the duty of I
the government, to put down rioting,
lawlessness and violence, whether by
the strikers or agents of the corpora
tions.'
The colonel said he believed in full
recognition of the corporation as
well as the trade union. but did not
believe in imposing responsibility |
upon unions in such a way as to
cause them to lose the power they
have.
81 do not believe" he said. "in