The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-27
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

versary of the birth of Theodol
Roosevelt, patriot, soldier, autho
statesman. In every state in this glo
ious union of ours and all over E
rope busy people will pause this da
and do reverence to a great America
figure in the world, who at one tin
was the most popular leader in Amer
ca.
Many of us differed in small way
with some of the ideas Of sBopsefelt
none bf us doubted his ability, hi
sturdy character, his power to awake
the conscience of the people and hi
intrepid bravery and honesty of pu
pose.
On Monday, last, the New Yior
Times published a heretofore unprin
I'd letter from Col Roosevelt to d.
Lyman Abbott, editor-in-chief of TIL
Outlook, dated September 2, 1871
The letter was written when the grea
cotton mills of the East were on strik
and when the rail unions were threa
ening strike, as they are today. ]
is interesting and it shows so well tn
real Roosevelt theories that we ar
going to reproduce it today, In tn
hope that we may think and ponde
over the great question his discusses
Here it is:
September ., 1916.
My Dear Doctor Abbott:
| hope you liked my speech at
Lewiston. | wish to express my
obligation to you for the admira
BILE suggestions you made to me,
and which | worked into the lat
ter part of the speech.
Now word as to the acrloD oil
Wilson in the railroad strike mat
ter. | had prepared ar interview
to give out, and read it to Gibson
Gardner, and then on talking it
over with him and two or three
others, came to the conclusion
that it would do MO good, and
might embarrass Hughes, and
might also interfere with Wilson,
and yet without accomplishing
anything myself. In case Of doubt
as whether to speak or remain ST.
lent, it Is better to be silent, so |
kept silence. But / feel very
deeply and very Indignantly at
what Mr.. Wilson has done.
think 1t is as foolish and as wick
ed to back any labor union which
is wrong as to back any great cor
poration which Is wrong. 1t makes
no difference to the State wheth.
err we suffer from White Ter
ror or Red Terror; whether the
tyranny Is that of the ministers
OF Louis XIV, or that of Robes
pierre, Danton, and Marat.
| have a right to say what Will
son should do; because | would
ask him to do nothing more than
| did at the time OF the anthra-
cite coal strike. Then the mine
owners said there was nothing 10
arbitrate. / got the consent of
commission, with Grover Cleve-
land au the head, TO serve, and ar.
ranged for the United States ar
my to run the mines II there was
any delay In accepting the arbi-
tratian In such cases the three
parties in interest are, one, the
property owners: two. the labor.
ers: three, the public; and the
President should act primarily
as the representative OF the pub.
Tic, Of the people of this nation as
whole: for this Is national
question. Here / should tell the
railroad owners and the heads Of
the brotherhood that ! would ap
point a. commission which would
have included men like RAYMOND
Robins and Patrick Morissoy, and
that every question, including the
eight.hour-law question, without
any reservation would be put be
fore that commission, and that
would tolerate no action by Con
gress in advance OF the report ot
that commission, and that | would
tolerate no tie.up OF the transpor-
tation systems of the country, aud
that / would use the entire armed
forces of the country IL neGes-
sary 20 run the railroads pending
the decision OF the commission.
would hare also stated that
would see that the commission
had the power to interpret and
enforce It's DEGREES, so shat the
men need have no fear that the
railroad managers and owners
would twist that arbitration SO as
20 bear against them. | would
also have had the commission
look into the whole question Of
rates. which must necessarily be
considered in connection with the
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