The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-01
nv NEEDS A RIssT.

that repeated advice from his ply
siciuns that he needs q Ions rest ls
sound and that the conditions on
which thcy base "a are aggravated
This be- the most significant thing In
connection with the Coloncrs hrst
formal political speech since b.s re
turn from h disastrous Brazilian
trip.
As his nrat speech or the cam
paign. asst nights address had beef
looked forward 10 eagerly by the
whole country. The speech has been
delivered. and even the Colonel's
warmost advocate must admit that
it falls No far below the Roosevelt
standard as TO be a shocking dis
appointment II lacks wholly the
ylgor. the ring, the force and drive
81 former days. II does not hit the
ball. In fact Il hardly seems 90 be
directed NJ the target The admin
iairatiou's tarin law b. hailed as a
colossal failure" The antitrust pro-
gram b. described as IAN economic
abNurdity," while tho administra-
TONS foreign policy Is dismissed. 20
thc surprise OF everyone. with a sin
STE sentence In which IL Is described
ds "wretched."
These very properly may he classed
az "slittering Ronoraiities." Yet, save
with the antitrust program, they are
NJ near to specific argument or ar
gument Of n kind as Colonel
Roosevelt comes in course OF n
speech covering many pages. The
attack upon tho administration AS
regards tho tariff. liz such as y
standpat Republican stump speaker
might Doe expected To reel on at $40
"a day and travelling expenses. The
attack ON the ''bossos" who dltchcd
him - Chicago and In 81 doing cree
a;cd the Progressive party" g. a
Federation OF what tho country IA
orally has come 20 class as "old
stun" with this marked difference,
hat whereas the old-time Roosevelt
was accustomed 10 sing cut with q
clarion call to arms hat always
drew a hand from the gallery, his
Pittsburgh attack upon Penrose.
Barnes, Lorimer and company has no
ring In n save that 81 the personal
grievance. and no force and drive
az all. II is pretty certain that this
speech will fan To- bring even a u
muir from the once devoted gallery
Tn what appears 10 be = deliberate
misstatcmcnt OF the provisions o. the
administrations pending antitrust
bills, Roosevelt elaborated somewhat
upon the Progressive program as re-
CARDS regulation Of big business
There has been more than a hint
that big business has been turning
Co Roosevelt ns its possible savior
from further interference by the
government. II this Is true, big
business. after reading the Roosevelt
speech will either turn from Roose-
welt utterly. or n viii have need Of
further assurance that now as In the
past Rooseyelt's idea Of regulating
business abuses Is TO talk loudly and
do nothing. For In place OF the
trade con mission ~ proposed by the
administration. formed 70 meet n
positive need. hut based upon con-
stitutlonai right ana IN harmony with
our form OF government, Roosevelt
proposes n commission above the
courts. utterly free from any re-
%stralning Influence or power ave rs
own judgment. and equipped with
dictatarial powers 20 DO az it pioascs
with business; 70 regulate or to de-
etroy. with n stroke OF the pen and
without any possible recourse. Big
busircss has complained OF govern
meat Interference with its rights. o.
Under tho Roosevelt program, the
only feature of his policies upon
which ne ~ clear IN his Pittsburgh
speech. business would have no
rights AZ a5l II would be absolutely
and irrovocably al the mercy Of a
commission whose powers would ex-
ceed those OF the most absolute die
tator the world has known. II BIG
business were willing to risk tho Gre
alton Of such n power In this gov
eminent IL IL certain the American
people are not.
The Pittsburgh speech, however Il
not likely 10 cause much of q EMS
ton a. a politioa, utterance. lts chief
Interest lies in the fact dlst some
thing has gone out OF the Roosevelt
we have been accustomed to- ths
picturesque. unusual forcefui. don't
pant figure that the whole nation ha'