New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-25

that the smoke would affect his voice.
Occasionally on a crowded street cor.
ner a few railroad employ $, friends OF
the Adamson bill, would shout "Hurrah
for Wilson," but these incidents were
casual exceptions TO the most whole-
hearted, genuinely enthusiastic wei-
come that the Colonel has had on MS
speaking tour.
We're for you, Teddy, but not for
Hughes" q man shouted from stoie
window this morning. Ia
ar YOU'RE for me you've got 70 De
for Hughes this year." the CoIoneI re-
piled. rising TO bow to his admlrer.
After meeting prominent RepuoHeans
and Progressives at his headquarters
the Brown Palace Hotel, Mr. RooseVelt
was taken in an automobile eighteen
miles 10 John c. Skaters ranch fot
luncheon. On the journey passing
machine splashed the ex-rresideht
with mud. but he smiled, wipea ,he
brown speckles from his face ana saiu'
"That was perfectly fine, ar cs
He had a long talk with Mr; 9hahei
on the Republican outlook IN Coiorado,
returning 70 the Auditorium just IN
time for his afternoon. address, ,, ne
was introduced by Mrs. Allce PolK mn
county chairman OF the CCiofauo
Woman Suffrage organization -
Greeting Judge Ben Lindsey IN inc
hotel corridor tonight, the GoioneI
said: "Ben, you're the only wilson
supporter | favor"
The Colonel had dinner tonight with
the speakers on the women's hughes
train. He leaves at S45 tomorrow
morning for Chicago, where he is
scheduled to make two speeches, on
Thursday. lie will arrive in New
York Saturday, to speak in Brooklyn
at night.
Colonel Roosevelt said in part:
Wants Universal Training
az believe in universal military
obligatory training Of all our young
men in time Of peace; and, in time OF
war, in universal military service for
every man and every woman In what
ever position II Is deemed that man or
woman can best render such service TO
the nation.
AT present, In the event OF the out
break of war, the officers commissions
must, rightly and properly, be gwen TO
the boys who have fitted themselves for
the Jobs. Therefore, under the present
system, instead of having all the boys,
without any regard to whether their
parents are or are not people Of means,
treated alike and the best men made
officers. we find commissions limited to
those who can afford 10 pay for their
training. In addition TO this, the shlrk,
the coward, the mere money getter, the
creature without. patriotism, would stay
at home and would try for the JOB the
patriotic man left when he went to tn
summer. cases where men who have
been sent to the front in the National
Guard have had their jobs taken by
men whom, | am sure, no mere appeal
to patriotism would ever be able to get
to the front.
"The democratic thing Is to give all
of the men, rich and poor, chance on
equal terms to prove the stuff there is
in them, so as to secure, each man HIS
rights. Then, in order to exact from
each man the full performance of his
duty. make the lazy man, the selflsn
man. the mere greedy money getter,
the poltroon and the pacihst do their
mart of the work of war, when war
comes. and run their full share OF the
danger, instead Of sitting at ease %
home to profit by the courage and sell
sacrifice of their more patriotic Droth-
ers.
Playing for Both Sides
"Nr. Wilson has endeavored TO sat
isfy both the professional paclhsts and
the men desiring preparedness by per
suading each side that he stood Tor
something the other did not want. lie
Is making a similar effort as regards
labor and business. The solid South
is ultra conservative; but inasmuch as
in the South the negro and the poor
white laborer are both OF them unor-
gained an appeal to the class follow
ers OF trades unionism in the North
does not disturb Mr.. Wilson's power
in the South. In consequence, the
Democratic party under Mr.. wilson's
leadership seeks to develop as a radi-
cal labor party in the North, so as
there TO capitalize the labor vote, while
remaining reactionary in the South,
and endeavoring 10 reassure the big
money interests because OF what the
South can do in national matters. The
result of such efforts cannot be for the
ultimate good of the nation: but it is
attractive to politicians who
think only of the moments success.
ave must raise, collectively and In
our industrial standard. We
must develop the power of self-help,
and we must supplement this power by
the wise use Of governmental power
We must ourselves organize and fur
nish the use Of satisfactory state and
national governmental machinery to
accomplish those things that labor can
not accomplish for itself, and which 1t
sometimes attempts TO accomplish in
ways that would be destructive to it.
self and 20 all of US. Bismarck car
ried such programme through in Ger
many, with tho result that Germany
has achieved literally phenomenal
industrial success, together with an
exceptionally high standard Of average
wellbeing.
Remember always that this effort to
secure for each man his rights will be
a failure unless at the same time we in
sst upon the full performance OF duty
by each. Neither farmers, laborers nor
business men deserve any consideration
for their rights, save in so far as they
fully and intellectually recognize
their duties to the state and TO their
fellows, and perform these duties
GERARD REPORTS