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that type of ..Insurgent for which Kan
sas is justly famous. • '.-- ; . iv
: of. those who heard Colonel
Roosevelt -announce -his policies insist
that he -went so far In the direction of
socialism ssUo bring himself into con
flict vith the teachings of the Catholic
Church regarding the rights of the indi
vidual and that were he again to come
before the people ■ candidate for an
elective office he would forfeit a large
part of that Catholic support which he
has always received. It is possible, how
ever,; that- on some future occasion the
former President will so modify his
declaration of to-day as to escape the
censure of that Church, which has been
pronounced the nation's greatest bulwark
against socialism. Th< re is no question
of bis personal popularity with Catholics.
ai.d many of them would gravely regret
any step on his part which would make
it seem their duty to repudiate one of
his important policies.
Fascinated • by Roosevelt's Smile.
When the rear end speeches had been
finished. Colonel Roosevelt, escorted by
the Governor and the mounted militia,
proceeded to the Masonic Temple, where
all who could gain admission had the
privilege of shaking his hand. Many
thousands passed In line, and all came
away fascinated by the Roosevelt hand
shake and the Roosevelt smile.
Before making his great speech of the
day. Colonel Roosevelt went out to the
State Insane Asylum, where he was the
guest at luncheon of the superintendent.
Dr. DhL Returning from there he dedi
cated, on behalf of the state, the John
Brown battlefield. where. % fifty years ago
John Brown and his associates repelled
the invasion of the Missouri Bush Rang
ers, who were determined to compel
Kansas to permit slavery within its
border*-. To a great concourse of people
Colonel Roosevelt delivered a speech
more impressive than any other of his
"Western trip, and, indeed, of any tour
tie now has in contemplation.
The ex- President's Speech.
Mr. .Roosevelt's speech follows:
There have been two great crises in our
country's history— lii-st. when It was formed,
and then again when ii was perpetuated.
The formative period included not merely
the Revolutionary War. but the creation
End adoption of. "the Constitution and the
iirst dozen years of work under it. Then
came sixty years during which we spread
across the continent— of vital growth.
but of growth without rather than growth
within.
Then came the time of stress and strain,
which culminated in the Civil War. the pe
riod of terrible straggle, upon the issue of
which depended the Justification of all that
we had done earlier, and which marked the
second great period of growth and develop
ment within. The name of John Brown
will be forever associated with this second
period of the nation's history, and Kansas
was the theatre upon which the first act
of the second of our great national life
dramas was played. It was the result of
the straggle En Kansas which determined
that our country should be in deed as well j
es in name devoted to both union and free- ;
dom, that the great experiment of demo
cratic government on & national scale
Bhould succeed and not fail.
It was a heroic struggle; and, as Is inev- ,
itable with all such struggles, it had also a I
dark and terrible, side. Very much was
done of good and much also of evil; and. j
as was inevitable in such a period of revo- j
lution, often the same man did both good •
and evil. For our great good fortune as a]
nation, we. the people of the United States I
as a who>. can now afford to forget the
evil, or at least to remember it without
bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride
i: the good that was accomplished.
Even in ordinary times there are very
few of us who do not see the problems of
life as through a glass, darkly; and when
the glass is clouded by the murk of furious j
popular passion the- vision of the best and
the bravest is dimmed. Looking back, we
ar« all of us now able to do justice to the
valor and the. disinterestedness and the i
love of the right, as to each it was given
to see the right, shown both by the men of
the North and the men of the South in that
contest which was finally decided by the
Utitude of the West- =»
Debt to the Veterans.
We can admire" the berate valor, the tin
rerity, the self-devotion shown alike by
the men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray; and our sadness that
such men should have had to nghl one an
pther is tempt red by the glad Knowledge
that ever hereafter their descendants shall
be found fighting side -i> side, struggling
In peace as well as In war for the uplift of
their common country, all alike resolute to
raistf to the highest pitch ■!" honor and use
fulness tne nation to which they $11 belong.
As for the veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic, they deserve honor and recog
nition such as is paid to no other citizens of
the Republic; for to them the,' Republic
owes its all. for to them it owes Its very
existence.
I do not speak of this struggle of the
past merely from the historic standpoint.
Our Interest is primarily in the application
to-day of the lessons taught by the con
test of hall a century ago. It is of little
use for us to pay lii' loyalty to the mighty
men of the past unless we sincerely en
deavor to apply to the problems of the
present precisely the qualities which in
other crises enabled the men of that day
to meet those arises. It is half melancholy
End half amusing to see the way in which
veil meaning people gather to do honor
to the men wm* i.i company with John
Brown, and under the lead of Abraham
Lincoln, faced and solved the great prob
lems of the nineteenth century, while at
the same time these same good people ner
vously shrink from or frantically denounce
those who art- trying to meet the problems
of the twentieth in the spirit which was
accountable for the successful solution of
•the problems of Lincoln's time.
Of that generation of men. to whom we
owe so much, the man to whom we owe
the most is. of course. Lincoln Part of
our debt to him is because he forecast our
present struggle and saw the way out. lie
taid :
"I hold that while man exists it is his
laty to improve not only his own condi
tion, but to assist in ameliorating man
kind." And aga'n. "Labor Is prior to and
Independent of capital: capital is only the
fruit of labor, an<i could never have existed
but for labor. Labor is the superior of
capital and deserve* much the higher con-
Bra Ltion Capita] ha its rights which are ,
as worthy of protection as any other rights. .
. . . Nor should this lead to a war upon
the owners of property. Property is the
iruit of labor: property .- desirable; is a
j>ositive good in ti." .-:-•, L»-t not him
■who Is houseless pull down the house of
nnother. but let him work diligently and i
liuild one for himself, thus by example
showing that his own shall be safe from
violence when built."
Destroy Special Privilege.
It acems to ii •- that in these words L.in
coln took substantially the till ide that
we ought to take; be showed the proper
tense of proportion In his relative esti
mates of ;. i-.ii and Labor, of human
lights and property rights. Above all in
this speech, as in EOftfiV ■•• ••■■. he taught a
lesson in wise kindliness and charity; an
indispensable lesson to us of to-day. Rut
this wise kindliness and charity never
vt-akened bis arm or numbed his heart.
"We cannot afford weakly to blind ourselves
to the actual conflict which faces us to
oay. The is>ue is joined, and we. must
Jight or tall.
In every wise struggle for human t» tier
ment on* of toe main objects, and often the
only object, has been to achieve in larger
measure t quality of opportunity, in the
struggle lor this great end. nations rise
from barbajitm to civilization, and through
it r>ec;>le ress forward irom one stag*- of
erilightexiir.ent to thy next. One of the chief
factors in progress Is the destruction •■!
FjMiCiai privilege The essence of any strug
gle for healthy liberty iias always 1-. en
and mast always be to take from some
one man or c!a.-s oi men tiie right to enjoy
power, <■• wealth, or position, or immunity
tvfclcb has not l»e.-n earned by service to
3:i< or their fellows.
Practical equality of ■■:;■.;■.■ n\\
c-; 7.' '. ivh«-H we achieve it, will have two
gTeitt results. First, • ■•»••! . man will have
li Jaii' chance ■•• make of himself all that
la him lies, to reach the highest point to
which his cripneiti'. s, unassisted by special
jirvilege of bis own and unhampered by the
*r*H-iul privileges of others, can carry'nim.
•ttl<] to pet for lii r.\ self and his family sub
stantially what !:• has earned. Second,
♦quaisty of oportunity means that the com
monwealth will get from every citizen the
highest service r.f which he is capable No
man who carries the burden of special
jirivilepes •* another can xiv- to the com
r*""' 1 • •■•'..■ service to which it is fair
ly entitled. . ;
.■ stand for ■„.■.- deal. }:, when I
cay that I am for' the square do:il I mean
Xiot merely that I eland for fair tilay under
the ■:»-••• rules of the gair}». hut that 1
BBBSH for hnving those rules changed so as
to work for a more substantial equality
of opportunity, and of reward for equally
poo<l service.
This means .that, our governments—na
t'ono! and s«r>tf — rQU>t he treed from the
FlniFlT- •'';.•;■• or control of special in
t-resTs. - Ext^UV as the special', interests
of option -and s^f.v.r threatened our po
litical Integrity before th« .Civil War. so
tow the great special business Interests' too
often control and corrupt the men and
methods of government for their own profit.
.We must drive the special interests out of
politics. That is one of our tasks to-day.
Every special interest is entitled to Jus
tice—full, fair and complete. Now, mind
you. if there were any attempt by mob vio
lence or in any other way to plunder and
work harm to the special interest, whatever
it may be that I most dislike, to the weal
thy man. whomsoever he may be. for whom
I h'avo the greatest contempt, 1 would fight
for him, and so would you, if you are worth
your salt. lit- should have Justice. Every
special interest ie entitled to Justice.. But
not one Is entitled to a vote in Congress, a
voice on the bench, or to representation in
any public office. The Constitution guaran
tees protection to property, and we must
make that promise good. But it does not
give the right of suffrage to any corpora
tion.
Must Curb Corporations.
There can be no effective control of cor
porations while their political activity re
mains. To put an end to it will be neither
; a short nor an easy task, but it can be
done.
We must have complete and effective pub-
I licity of corporate affairs, so that the peo
, ple may know beyond peradventure whether
j the corporations obey the law and whether
i their management entitles them to the con
s fidence of the public. It is necessary that
! laws should be passed to prohibit the use
j of corporate funds directly or indirectly for
i political purposes; it is still more necessary
i that Bt£h laws should be thoroughly en
i forced. Corporate expenditures for politi-
I cal purposes, and especially such expendi
tures- by public service corporations, have
{ supplied one of the principal sources of
I corruption in our political affairs.
It has become entirely clear that we must
I have government supervision of the cap
italization not only of public service cor
porations, including particularly railways,
| .but oi all corporations doing an Interstate
I business. I do not wish to see the nation
forced into ownership of the railways if it
can possibly be avoided, and the only al
ternative is thoroughgoing and effective
; regulation, which shall be based on a full
■ knowledge of ah the facts, including a
i physical valuation of the property. This
I physical valuation is not needed, or at least
is very rarely needed, for fixing rates; but
| it is needed as the basis of honest cap
; italization. ■■
We have come to recognize that fran
chises should never be granted except for
a limited time, and never without proper
provision for compensation to the public.
It is my personal belief that the same kind
and degree of control and supervision
which should be exercised over public ser
vice corporations should be extended also
: to combinations which control necessaries
of life, such as meat, oil and coal, or which
deal in them on an. important scale.
I believe that the officers, and especially
the directors, of corporations should be
held personally responsible when corpora
tions break the law.
Combinations Inevitable.
Combinations in industry are the result
of an imperative economic law wheich can
not be repealed by political legislation. The
effort at prohibiting all combination has
substantially failed. The only way out lies
not In attempting to prevent such'combina
tions, but in completely controlling them in
the interest of the public welfare. For that
purpose the Federal Bureau of Corpora
tions is an agency of the first importance.
Its power, and therefore its efficiency, as
xvell a_s that of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, should be largely increased. ;
We should be as sure of the proper conduct:
of interstate railways and the proper man- \
agement of interstate business as we are
now sure of the conduct and management
of the national banks.
There is a widespread belief among our
people that under the methods of making
tariffs which have hitnerto obtained the
special Interests are too influential. Prob
ably this is true of both the big interests
and the tittle interests. These methods
have put a premium on selfishness, and
naturally the selfish big interests have got
more than the selfish small interests.
The duty of Congress is to provide a
method by which the Interest of the whole
people shall be all that receives considera
tion. To this end there must be an expert
tariff commission, wholly removed from
the possibility of political pressure or of
Improper business influence. Such a com- |
mission can find out the real difference be- i
tween cost of production, uiiich Is mainly j
the difference of labor cost here and !
abroad. As fast as its recommendations I
are made I believe in revising one schedule j
at a time. A general revision of the tariff ;
almost inevitably leads to log rolling, and |
the subordination of the general public in
terest to local and special interests.
The absence of effective state, and espe
cially national, restraint upon unfair money
getting has tended to create a small class
of enormously wealthy and economically
powerful men. whose chief object is to
hold and increase their power. The prime
need is to change the conditions which en
able these men to accumulate power which j
it is not for the general welfare that they j
should hold or exercise. We grudge no
man a fortune which represents his own I
power and sagacity, when exercised with i
entire regard to the welfare of his fel- j
lows But The fortune must be honorably I
Obtained and well used. It Is not even
enough that it should have been gained
without doing damage to the community.
We should permit it to he gained only
so long as the. gaining represents benefit
to the community. This. i know, Implies
a policy of a far more active governmental
Interference with social and economic con
ditions In this country than we have yet !
had, but I think we have got to face the j
fart that such an increase in governmental
control is now necessary.
Favors an Income Tax.
No man should receive a dollar unless
that dollar has been fairly earned. Every
dollar received should represent a dollar's
worth of service rendered Tt.e really big
fortune, the swollen fortune, by the mere
fact of its size acquires qualities which dif
ferentiate it in kind as well as in degree
from what is possessed by men of rela
tively small means. Therefore I believe in
a graduated income tax on big fortunes.
and in another tax which is far more easily
collected and far more effective, a gradu
ated inheritance tax on big fortunes, prop
erly safeguarded against evasion and in
creasing rapidly in amount with the size
of the estate.
The people of the United States suffer
from periodical financial panics to a degree
substantially unknown among the other na
tions which approach us in financial
strength. There is no reason why we should!
suffer what they escape, it is of profound
importance that our financial system should
be promptly investigated, and so thorough
ly and effectively revised as to make It
certain that hereafter our currency will no
longer fail at critical times to meet our
needs.
It is hardly necessary for me to repeat
that I believe in an efficient army and a
navy large enough to secure for us abroad
that respect which is the surest guarantee
of peace. Justice and fair dealing among
nations rest on principles identical with
those which control Justice and fair deal
ing among the individuals of which nations
are composed, with the vital exception that
each nation must do its own part in inter
national DOlice work. National friendships,
like those between men. must be founded
on respect as well as on liking, on for
bearance as well os upon trust. In all this
It is peculiarly the duty of the United
States to set a good example
I have spoken elsewhere of the great task
which lies before the farmers of the coun- i
try to get for themselves and for their !
wives and children not only the benefits of
better farmliu?. but also those of better bus
iness methods and better conditions of life
on the farm. The burden of this great task
will fall as it should, mainly upon the great
organizations of the farmers themselves. I
am glad it will, for I believe they are well
able to handle It.
In particular, there are strong reasons
wbv the departments of agriculture of the
various states, the Uniu-d States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the agricultural
roller^; and experiment stations should ex
tend tTieir work to cover all phases of life j
on the farm, Instead of limiting themselves, j
as they have far too often "limited them- i
selves in the past, solely to the question i
of the production of crop?
The Regulation of Wealth.
Nothing is more true than that excess 01
every kind is followed by reaction; a fact
wtaicn should be pondered by reformer and
reactionary alike. We are face to face
with new conceptions of the relations 01
property to human welfare, chiefly because
certain advocates of the rights of property
as against the rights of men have, been
pushing their claims too tar. The man
who wrongly holds that every human right
is secondary to bis profit must now give
way to the advocate ot human welfare,
who rightfully maintains that every man
holds his property subject to the general
right of the community to regulate Its use
to whatever degree the public welfare may
: ■ , i.i «• it.
But 1 think we may go still further. The
right to regulate the use of wealth in the
public interest is universally admitted. Let
us admit also the tight to regulate the
terms .••.n't conditions i if labor, which is the
chief lenient of wealth, directly in the in
terest of the common good. The funda
mental thing to do for every man is to give
him the chance to reach ■ place in which
he will make the greatest possible contribu
tion to the public welfare. No man can
be a good citizen unless be has a wage
more than sufficient to cover the bare cost
of living, and hours of labor short enough
bo that after bis day's work is done he will
have time and energy to bear his share In
the. management of the community to help
in carrying the general load.
We keep countless men from being good
citizens by the conditions of life with which
»•» •- surround them We need comprehensive
workmen's compensation arts, both state
and national laws to regulate child labor
and the work of women, nnd especially we
need in our common schools not merely
education in book learning, but also prac
tical training for daily lite and work. We
nee 4to enforce better sanitary conditions
for our workers and to extend the use of
safety appliances in industry and com
merr-e, both within a*d between the states.
Also, friends. In the interest at the work
inßinan himself we need to set our faces
like flint against mob violence just as
against corporate greed; against violence
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and Injustice and lawlessness by wage
workers just as much as against lawless
cunning: and greed and selfish arrogance of
employers.
If I could ask but one thing of my fel
low countrymen, my request would be that
whenever they go in for a reform they al
j ways remember the two sides, aid that
they always exact Justice from one slue
as much as from the other. I have ami:;
use for the public servant who can always
see and denounce the corruption of tats
capitalist, but who cannot be persuado.i,
j especially before election, to say a word
about lawless mob violence, and I have
eoually small use for the man. be he
juwge on the bench or editor of a great
paper or wealthy and Influential private
citizen, who can see clearly enough and de
nounce the lawlessness of mob violence,
but whose eyes are blind when the question
Is one of corruption In business on a gigan
tic scale.
I do not ask for overcentralization, but
I do ask that we work In a spirit of broad
and farreachinK nationalism when we
work for what concerns our people as a
| whole. We are all Americans. Our com
mon interests are as broad as the continent.
I speak to you here in Kansas exactly as I
would speak in New York or Georgia, for
the most vital problems are those which
affect us all alike. v
. The national government belongs to the
whole American people, and where the
whole American people are Interested that
interest can be guarded effectively only by
the national government. The betterment
which we seek must be accomplished, I be
lieve, mainly through the national govern
ment.
Nationalism Demanded.
The American people are right in de
manding that new nationalism 'without
which we cannot hope to deal with new
problems. The new nationalism puts the
national need before sectional or personal
advantage. It is impatient of the utter
confusion that results from local legislat
ures attempting to treat national issues as
local issues. It is still more impatient of
the impotence which springs from the over
division of government powers, the impo
tence which makes it possible for local sel
| fishness or for legal cunning, hired by
wealthy special interests, to bring national
activities to a deadlock. This new nation
alism regards the executive power as the
steward of the public welfare. It demands
of the Judiciary that it shall be interested
primarily in human welfare rather than in
property, Just as it demands that the rep
i resentative body shall represent all the peo
ple rather than any one class or section of
the people.
I believe in shaping the ends of govern
ment to protect property as well as human
welfare. Normally, and In the long run,
the ends are the same, but whenever the
alternative must be faced I am for men
and not for property.
Need of Direct Primary.
If our political institutions were perfect
they would absolutely prevent the political
domination of money in any part of our
affairs. We need to make our political rep
resentatives more quickly and sensitively
responsive to the people whose servants
they are. More direct action by the peo
ple in their own affairs under proper safe
guards is vitally necessary.
The direct primary is a step in this direc
tion if it is associated with a corrupt prac
tices act effective enough to prevent the
advantage of the man willing recklessly
and unscrupulously to spend money over his
more honest competitor.
It is particularly important that all
moneys received or expended for campaign
purposes should be publicly accounted for
not only after election but before election
as well. Political action must be made sim
pler, easier and freer from confusion for
every citizen. I believe that the prompt
removal of unfaithful or incompetent pub
lic servants should be made easy and sure
in whatever wav experience shall show to
be most expedient in any given class or
One" of the fundamental necessities in a
representative government such as ours is
to make certain that the men to whom the
people delegate their power shall serve the
people, by whom they are elected and not
the special interests. I believe that every
national officer, elected or appointed, should
be forbidden to perform any service or re
ceive any compensation directly or indi
rectly from Interstate corporations, and a
similar provision could not fail to be useful
W The ob jecf "government Is the welfare
The ohiec? of government is the welfare
of the people. The material progress and
prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly
so far as they lead to the moral and ma
terial welfare of all good citizens Just in
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far and no further we may count
Ci ro K°aveiraie 3 ve we have already
a genuine and permanent moral awaken
ing Without which no wisdom of legisla
tion or administration really means any
resn and all our people must be genuine!.
progressive.
Greeted by 15.000 People.
The John Brown battlefield, where Mr.
Roosevelt delivered his address to-day.
te now used as a picnic ground, ami
when the former President reached
there he found a great concourse, vari
ousy estimated at from 15,000 to 25.000.
gathered to hear him. The grounds
were wet and soggy from the long rain,
but with that luck which seems always
to attend Mr Roosevelt the rain had
ceased just as his train reached Ossa
watomie. and it held off until he had
finished his lons speech. He received a
great demonstration when he reached
the grounds, another when he mounted
the Platform and the greatest of all
when he had finished. For one hun
dred feet in every direction from the
stand the people stood packed like sar
dines while every vantage point in
trees, on the roofs of the amusement
«heds etc., was occupied. It was im
possible to make all of the crowd hear,
but all who could get within the sound
of the speaker's voice remained there
throughout the speech, fearful almost to
shift their positions lest they would be
crowded further from the stand. On
the stand with the former President
were Governor Stubbs, Senator Bristow,
Messrs. Garfleld and Pinchot and a
number of the local politicians, each of
whom was cheered as he mounted the
steps and came in sight of the crowd.
Mr. Roosevelt spoke for nearly two
hours, finishing at 4 p. m.. when the
start for Lawrence was made, while
thousands of citizens cheered the for
mer President as. standing on the back
platform, Ye waved his hat in all direc
tions.
In the course of the day an elderly
negro woman was cordially received by
Colonel Roosevelt. She was Mrs. Mary
Leery Langston. of Lawrence, Kan. Her
first husband. Louis Leary, was with
John Brown In his Harper's Ferry raid
and was killed at that time, being
drowned in the river there.
After the dedication of the battlefield
and the delivery of the address of thf
day Colonel Roosevelt and his party
proceeded to Lawrence, Kan., where they
were guests of Governor Stubbs of Kan
sas at the Executive Mansion.
Most Remarkable Tribute.
The gathering at Ossawatomie to-day
was on.- of the most remarkable tributes
ev«r paid to a public man. The people
had come from all parts nf the state, and
al] day th<- excursion trains continued to
arrive. The town itself was far too
small to afford them anything like ade
quate accommodations, and most of
them stood in the streets and around the
railroad station all day, except when
Colonel Roosevelt was delivering his
Bpee< h. all apparently content to be near
him, even when they could not see or
h<ar him. Meals were at a high pre
mium, and a majority nf th<- people were
Obliged to content themselves with sand
wichea, peanuts, etc, bought at the
stands which lined both sides of the main
street.
The heavy rain which had been falling
all night and most of yesterday had left
the streets a sea of mud, through which
the people waded, apparently oblivious
of the fact that they all were dressed In
their "Sunday beat." White and* parti
colored shoes and hose to match, of the
most delicate shades, are greatly in
vogue in Ossawatomle, and feet clad In
delicately tinted blues and pinks and
coated solidly with mud were the rule
rather than the exception.
This Is a strictly agricultural country,
and the picturesque features furnished
by the cowboys In the country further
west were lacking, the men presenting a
decidedly prosaic appearance. A drum
and fife corps and a few companies of
the national guard, mounted and in
khaki uniforms, however, lent some
measure of military display to the day's
celebration. Colonel Roosevelt's recep
tion began almost before dawn, and the
pouring: rain appeared in no way to
dampen the ardor of the Kansans. Be
fore (y o'clock the first stop was made,
and the former President was compelled
to don a raincoat over his pajamas to
respond to the demands for a speech.
From then on every step was the occa
sion for a brass band serenade and a
few words of greeting from Mr. Roose
velt. G. G. H.
INDORSES MR. ROOSEVELT
District Committee Urges Him
for Temporary Chairman.
At a meeting of the Republican district
committee of the 33d Assembly District last
night at the clubhouse. No. 2005 Amsterdam
avenue, resolutions were adopted indorsing
the progressive stand taken by Lloyd C.
Griseom, president of the New York Coun
ty Committee, and pledging the delegates
from the district to the state convention to
vote for Theodore Roosevelt for temporary
chairman and for a direct nomination plank
in the platform. This district, of which
Collin H. Woodward, vice-president of the
county committee. Is leader, is the biggest
In New York County. It has twelve dele
gates to the convention.
Resolutions also were adopted at this
meeting highly commending the services In
the Legislature of Senator Josiah T. New
comb and Assemblyman Frederick A. Higf
gins. The resolution indorsing the Pro
gressives read:
"The Republican district committee of
the 23d Assembly District, hereby indorses
the courageous and patriotic stand taken by
the Hon. Lloyd C. Grlscom, president of the
Republican County Committee, in support
of the policies of President Taft and Gov
ernor Hughes and in favor of progressive
party leadership and clean government in
this state. We especially commend his in
sistence that a direct nominations plank
should be included in the platform We
denounce the trickery and misrepresenta
tion which resulted in the temporary de
feat of Colonel Roosevelt before the state
committee, and hereby urge the delegates
from this district to the Republican State
Convention to vote for Colonel Roosevelt
for temporary chairman."
ATTACKS ON MR. ROOSEVELT
Socialist Delegates Criticise His Views
on Armament.
Copenhagen, Aug. 31. — Former President
Roosevelt was severely criticised incidental
to the discussion of anti-militarism at to
day's session of the International Socialist
Congress. Several speakers opposed his
views, the most bitter attack being made
by George Ledebour. a Socialist member of
the German Reichstag, who described him
as a "political drummer." Among other
things, Herr Ledebour said:
"He has forgotten that he represents a
democratic nation whose existence was due
to a revolution. Shame on him for join
ing the British rulers against Egyptian
patriots."
EAST SIDERS HEAR SULZER
Rousing Meeting to Help Along
Candidacy for Governor.
Congressman Sulzer did some fizzing in
Avenue A last night. The occasion was a
mass meeting of Kast Siders in the Prog
r , -^ s Assembly Rooms to advocate his nom
ination as Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. The atmosphere was charged; so
were the speeches, the voices and the
names, the whole giving the effect of a
soda water fountain.
But it was not a strictly temperance af
fair, since Colonel Alexander S. Bacon
waded into Mr. Roosevelt with an abandon
■which left him, the assailant, weak and
shattered. When he finished the crowd
seemed to be with him, but its support of
the periods as they exploded was hardly
satisfactory.
Being the first speech. Colonel Bacon's
peroration effectually shut off the kind re
marks of the Rev. Madison C. Peters, who
had prepared to say, "Theodore Roosevelt's
policies are setting the nation wild: Will
iam Sulzer stands for all that Roosevelt
stands for. and more, too." Instead. Mr.
Peters said that Congressman Sulzer, if
elected Governor, would carry out Gov
ernor Hughes"* reforms.
The Congressman mentioned neither Re
publican. He devoted half of his speech
to an attack upon the tariff and the other
|o his qualification for the office he seeks.
Mayor Gaynor's name was not uttered by
him.
BLAMES HIS^ SECRETARY
Sibley, 111, Says Employe Man
aged His Campaign.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune ]
Franklin. Perm.. Aug. 31.— Joseph C. Sib-
Ipv. who spent $42,500 to get the Republican
nomination for Congress in the Penn
sylvania District and then withdrew, is
sued a statement to-night explaining his
large expense account and defending him
self against the charge of conspiracy to
corrupt voters in Warren County. Being
sick during the campaign, he says, he left
r.is candidacy wholly in the hands of His
secretary, Frank H Taylor.
"From the day the campaign opened un
til fifteen days after it closed, I knew of
but two payments of money made from,
my account, and until the day of filing my
account I had no intimation, knowledge or
belief that the total expense of my cam
paign had exceeded $30,000." says Sibley.
Sibley denies that he had any negotia^
nons whatever with the men with whom
he is accused of conspiring. He says he
makes the statements fully aware that he
Is "standing on the borderland of another
country" and that he may not live to tes
tify in court.
SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
Second Election Necessary to Settlo
Liquor Controversy.
Columbia. S. C, Aug. SL -Local optlon
ists and state-wide prohibitionists will meet
in a second primary two weeks from now,
according to nearly completed returns from
yesterday's Democratic primaries for state,
county and congressional officers. Three
• 'ongressmen -Patterson, In the 2d District;
Finley. in th* sth District, and Ellerhe, in
the 6th— will enter second primaries unless
there are unexpected upsets In the returns
still outstanding. The other Democratic-
Congressmen were renominated.
With 80,000 out of a total vote of 90,000
already In, It appears certain that for the
nomination for Governor, Coleman Le
Blease, of Newberry, loca] opttontet, will
enter a second primary with ("yprian C.
Featberstone. of I.aurens, prohibitionist.
For lieutenant-governor. Charles A Smith,
of Lorence, has a lead which probably will
make a second primary unnecessary.
NEW CLUB GIVES SMOKER.
Tho Knickerbocker Republican Club, an
organization of young men in the 23d As
sembly District, held its first smoker last
evening In Central Hall, at 155 th street ana
Eighth avenue. Over a thousand members
and their friends were present. There was
a vaudeville entertainment.
FIGHT IN 15IH GEIS HOT
Taylor Urges Bennett to Quit
"Dual Candidacy" at Primary.
FAVOR DIRECT NOMINATIONS
Assemblyman Replies That "In
Their Hearts" Taylor People
Don't Mean It.
John H. Tnylor. the Olcott candidate
for leader of the Irith Assembly District,
last night sent to Assemblyman Wlllinm
M. Bennett, his opponent, a letter ex
pressly declaring himself in fnvor of the
amended Cobb direct nominations bill
Mr. Bennett has been declaring that Tay
lor was on record against direct nomina
tions, and promising to prove his case by
producing a postcard signed by Taylor
making such a declaration. Bennett men
say the Olcott candidate hasn't asked for
the production of that card, but has been
"pmokt'd out" on the direct nominations
issue.
Mr. Taylor's letter contained this state
ment of his views:
"I am in favor of a direct nomination?
bill along the lines of the amended Coro
bill, which received the approval of Tat.
Roosevelt. Hughes and Griseom.
which has the merit of making fusion pos
sible In this city and of enabling us to
fight Tammany Kail successfully, as we
did last year.
"I am not in favor of a bill, no matter
what its title may be. that will render
fusion in this city impossible. Moreover,
the amended Cobb bill was supported ry
Harry W. Mack, the state committeemm
from our district, who assisted in drafting
Its final amendments, and who is oppose. l
to your dual candidacy for leader of the
15th Assembly District and for Congress,
and who is in favor of the renomination of
the Hon. J. Van Vechten Olcott.
"I desire to call this to your attention,
as your are endeavoring to give the voters
of our district the mistaken impression
that you and your following alone are in
favor of direct nominations, and that this
constitutes a vital political issue between
us. That this is not the case is shown by
my endeavors to have the primary flghi
settled by your accepting a renomination
to the Assembly, where you could fight for
the principles in which you say you be
lieve."
A meeting of the executive committee of
the district committee was held last night.
at which the Taylor men prepared a pri
mary ticket.
This is headed by Taylor's name for ex
ecutive member, and carries the names of
delegates to the Congress convention
pledged to vote fcr the renomlnation of
Representative J. Van Vechten Olcott. and
to tho state convention pledged to support
a direct nominations plank along the lines
approved by President Taft. Governor
Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt.
The Tayior-Olcott people expect the dis
trict committee to ratify this ticket
Assemblyman Bennett didn't setm much
interested in this move of his rival"*,.
"If Taylor and his outfit say they are for
direct nominations they say what they
don't mean, down In their hearts." he said,
"'and they say it only because I have
forced them before the public on this issue.
"I have letters from Taylor, Henry Wise
and many others of the Tayior-Olcott
crowd declaring against direct nominations.
Olcott was asked to sign the petition to the
Legislature to make the Cobb bill a caucus
measure, hut he wouldn't do it.
"If Taylor's primary ticket goes before
the voters of the district there will be
two, for one headed by my nume and
bearing the names of delegates to the con
ventions who really favor the principles
they say they favor will be In the fieWr
Then It will be up to the voters to make
their choice, and I don't believe they'll be
;ooled much."
FAVOR INLAND WATERWAY
Well Known Speakers Discuss
Subject at Providence.
Providence. Aug. 31. —"With worda of en
couragement and reports cf progress from
many speakers' of national importance, the
century-old movement for an inland water
course along the Atlantic received a strong
impetus at the initial sessions of the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Association's
third annual convention, in this city to
day.
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith of the
Bureau of Corporations. Washington, urged
the delegates to give consideration to the
docks and water terminal facilities; Com
mander Alfred Brooks Fry. chief, engineer
of the United States Treasury service, gave
information about trie development or"
waterways in Kurope; President Lloyd D.
Chamberlain of the Massachusetts State
Boards of Trade pointed out the ad
vantage? which New England would gain
from the waterways, while different phases
of the subject were discussed by other ad
vocates of water transportation. The
speakers at the day sessions also included
Congressman W. S. Green, of Massachu
setts; John H. Small, of North Caro
lina; J. Hampton Moore, president of the
association, and State Railroad Commis
sioner Joseph F Gr*>y of Georgia. A paper
by Calvin Tomkins, Commissioner of
Docks. New York City, was read by Con
gressman Joseph A. Goulden. of New York
State.
BENNET AND WISE SITE TAFT
New York Situation Again Discussed
at Beverly.
Beverly. Mas*.. Aug. 31.— Representative
W. S. Bennet. of New York, spent an hour
with President Taft this afternoon. Mr.
Bennet said he came to Beverly to take up
some matters affecting his constituents.
He said these matters had been pending
for some time and could be delayed no
longer.
Henry A. Wise, United States Attorney
for the Southern District of New York,
also came to Beverly to-day. He did not
know of Mr. Bennet's presence until he got
here. They journeyed out to tho Presi
dent's house together, and while tht-re they
discussed the New York situation.
Mr. Bennet had nothing to say regarding
his Governorship •"boom." Mr. Wise was
quietly uncommunicative as to his mission.
It was said that the Sugar Trust prosecu
tions were mentioned.
REGULARS IN DELAWARE
President Taft and His View on Tariff
Revision Indorsed.
Dover, Del., Aug. 31.— The Delaware Re
publican State Convention met here this
afternoon and unanimously renominated
Congressman William H. Heald, of Wil
mington. Although Congressman Heald
supported Speaker Cannon during the con
test over the change in the rules of the
House of Representatives, the platform
adopted approves the changes made as
the result of the struggle.
The platform also Indorses the admin
istration of President Taft, approves the
work of Delaware Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress and ratifies the Re
publican national platform of 1!X»S The.
platform approves President Taffs views
on tariff revision as made public in his
recent letter.
IDAHO PRIMARY RESULTS.
Boise. Idaho. Aug. 31.— Indications are
that James H. Brady. Republican, was
nominated for Governor by about 2.500
majority nt yesterday's primaries. The
race for Congress is go close between Ha
mar and French, Republicans, that the
result is still in doubt. Many Boise Dem
ocrats voted for O'Neill, Republican for
Governor. .._ ■ ■ -
BARNES TAKES CHARGE
Tontinnrd from flr*t p»«r*.
angle on the affair. TVhen Mr. Barnes's
remarks were called to his attention he
x pressed sincere regret that the Vice-
President had permitted himself to be
manoeuvred into a position where he
seemed to be aligned against the Presi
dent, the ex-President, the Governor of
his state and a goodly body of his fel
low Republicans. Mr Griscom said he
hoped that Mr. Sherman would listen
rather to his good friends than to the
"old guardsmen" who have most to gain
by keeping him In a false position.
His formal statement was as follows:
No one deplores more than I that the
Vice-President of the United States should
have permitted his name to be used in an
effort to perpetuate the power of a par
ticular faction of the Republican party In
this state, or that he should have disre
garded the advice of the President to con
sult with Mr. Roosevelt before the meet-
Ing of the state committee on August 16.
Mr. Sherman telephoned the President on
August 15 and Informed him that it was
proposed to oppose Mr. Roosevelt's selec
tion as temporary chairman with Mr.
Root's name. The President's reply is set
forth in his letter to m- of August 20:
•'I protested against the idea of a contest
on such a matter, peremptorily declined to
be drawn Into a contest against Mr Roose
velt, and again renewed my urgent advice
that there be a prompt and full conference
with Mr. Roosevelt before th« committee
meeting, with a view to securing harmony
and victory for the party."
Sherman is Surprised. .
It Is a matter of public knowledge thai
Mess. Sherman. Ward, Barnes and Wood
ruff avoided all conference with Mr. Roose
velt before the meeting and thrust Mr.
Sherman's name before th» committee
without previous consultation with myself
and a large proportion of the committee.
The misuse of President Taft's name
which brought about the election of Mr.
Sherman is also a matter of public knowl
edge. I still confidently hope that Mr.
Sherman and his best friends will see that
he cannot accept an election surrounded
by such deceit. Mr. Barnes and his friends
have drawn Mr. Sherman into an untenable
position, and I can well understand that
they would like to make further use of
him. I am sure that Mr. Sherman's real
friends will not welcome Mr. Barnes's
statement.
To which sentiments Mr. Barnes made
answer In these words:
"I am entirely content with the part I
have played in this affair, and I trust
Mr. Grisrom Is as well satisfied with
his course in dealing with President
Taft and Mr. Roosevelt."
Evidently Mr. Oriscom was. At least,
he said:
"B#th Mr. Roosevelt and President
Taft know the part I have played and
why I played it."
State Chairman Woodruff had nothing
to say, particularly or in general.
L'Hommedieu's Troubles.
Ex-Senator L/Hommedleu. who last
autumn and at the recent Orleans con
vention strug-gled Ineffectually to re
strain his violent desire for the enact
ment of a direct nominations law and
other Taft-Roosevelt-Hughes policies,
wrote yesterday to Mr. Griscom about
the queer situation in his county.
At first it was reported that the entire
delegation from Orleans County to the
state convention had been Instructed to
support Roosevelt and direct nomina
tions. Next It was reported that no such
instructions had been adopted, and that
the delegates, beinsr Wadsworth men,
lieutenants of his in other years when
L'Hommedieu seemed to be a Wads
worth man. were against Roosevelt and
direct nominations.
Mr. L'Hommedieu told the New York
leader that there was a tremendous sen
timent for Roosevelt and progress in
Orleans County, and tha£ h«« exported
the Orleans delegates would be Pro
gressives in the convention. Apparently
the Progressives aren't taking the situ
ation there much to heart. Their pres
ent attitude evidently is that Speaker
Wadsworth can have the L'Hommedieu
aggregation if it will do him any good.
CORONER SAYS ACCIDENT
Friends of Editor Insist He Was
Robbed and Pushed Off Boat.
Coroner Peterson of Cotchogue; Long
Island, announced yesterday that John H
Bangs, editor of "The White Plains Rec
ord," had been accidentally drowned. No
marks of violence were found on the body,
and the verdict rendered took this into
consideration. Some friends of Mr. Flangs.
however, still cling to the Idea that he had
been robbed and pushed off the stf-amer
Into the waters of the Sound, although his
wife, saying lie had no enemies, said she
thought his death was accidental The Cor
oner himself admitted that this might have
been true, but said that as he was not co's
nizant of it his verdict was correct. As told
exclusively in The Tribune yesterday morn
ing. th« body of Mr Bangs was form.l on
Monday afternoon by a fishing party. It
was taken to I'lum Island and then to
Cutchogue.
It was said yesterday at the offices of the
Metropolitan Steamship Company thax the
dead man's suitcase was found in one or
the staterooms on the Yale, which left N'evv
York on Sunday night, due In Boston early
the next morning. In the suitcase were
found a couple of shirts, a ptraw hat, two
razors, tobacco and other small articles. It
Is supposed that Mr. Bangs was walking In
a lonely portion of the deck some time on
Sunday night or early on Sunday morning
and fell overboard. None of the Yale's
crew knew of the accident.
William C. Pells, partner of Mr Bangs,
who went to Cutchogue when he hearrt
that the body had been found, returned
w i t h it yesterday, and reached New Ro-
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PARKER DEFENDS COURTS
Former Judge Replies to Mr.
Roosevelt's Criticisms.
Judge Alton B. Parker, who wrote tat \
prevailing opinion of the Court of Appeals
of New York In the "bakeshop case," m .
tion of which was made by Th»odor» '?
Roosevelt In his recent address to th*)
Colorado Legislature. In which the A — m
President criticised the Supreme Court olij
the United States, made the tc&aynaf*?
statement yesterday in defence of the Su-;
preme Court: . $
"It is safe to assert that the attack upoa;
the Supreme Court of the United States by'
Mr. Roosevelt In his •-.■•- L*gis-'
lature of Colorado will not be approved M
the bench and bar and the- thoughtful peo
pie of this country, who appreciate the In-;
portance of the Judiciary in our govern
mental system and the necessity for a con
tinuance of the existing public confidence
in and affection for our courts.
"It happens that in the case of the Peopl*
agt. Lochner, referred to in ib« address as;
the 'bakeshop case.' the prevailing opinion
of the Court of Appeals of this state was:
written by myself, with concurring opin- !
ions by Judges Gray and Vann. Judges
O'Brien and Bartlett wrote dissenting opin-*
ions, so that in all five opinions were writ-*
ten in the Court of Appeals, showing tftal
appreciation by that court of ■•■- fact that*
the question was a very close one abo«
which minds must differ; indeed, this fact?
v a.-- made very prominent in the interesting;
debates around the consultation table a'
well as in the opinions v.-ritten. ,;
"The h «tory ot this ca.-e indicates howy
narrow was th« dividing line between up- j
holding and rejecting the statute. The trials
judge held the statute constitutional; th«
Appellate Division affirmed his decision by
a vote of three to two. and the Court of
Appeals attirmed the Appellate Division
by a vote of four to three. The Supreme -
Court of the United States reversed tha
Court of Appeals by a vote of five to four.
"Every Judge in every court gave to tni3
important question his best effort, willed
is strongly evidenced by the differences
of view of the members in the several
courts. That fact should be quite sufficient
to protect the greatest court in the worW
from offensive criticism from any source.
and especially from one who heretofora
manifested his dissatisfaction with ■ de
partment of government which was per
forming the Independent fund : con
ferred upon it by the Constitution so as
to neither encroach upon its co-ord!na:«
departments of government nor to allow
them to encroach upon It."
ONE JUROR SELECTED
Eleven Men Now in Box — Addi
tional Panel Ordered.
Albany. Aug. 31.— "With eleven jurors se
lected, the trial ot Frederick Skene, for-.
mer State Engineer, on charges of alleged^
irregularities in the award of good roads
contracts during h!3 administration in ISOI
and IP 1 was adjourned to-day until to
morrow because tire first panel of sixty
jurors was exhausted. Justice Cornan,
who is presiding, 'ordered an additional
panel of twenty-five jurors, and it is ex
pected the jury will be completed to
morrow.
District Attorney Jones, of Ren?se>!aer
County, is expected to be in court to-mor
row to furnish information relative to the
statement of ex-District Attorney "William
T. Jerome, counsel for Skene. that he un
derstood the case on trial, in which John
E. Russell, of Mount Vernon. is named as
co-defendant with sken». was some time
ego presented to the Rensselaer County
Grand Jury and the charge dismissed. For
that reason Mr. Jerome at the opening of
the trial moved to have the indictment
dismissed- Justice Coman said he would
grant the motion if Mr. Jerome could sub
stantiate his statement. There are sixteen
other indictments against Skene.
Both' sessions of the court to-day w»r»
devoted to the examination of juror?, only
one. a resident of Albany, being accepted.
Last of the Season
$2.50
ATLANTIC GITY
AND RETURN
Sunday, September 4, 1910
Pennsylvania Railroad
SPECIAL, TRAIN
Leaves West 23d Street 8.45 A. 31.
Desbrosses and
Cortlandt Streets 7.15 A.31.
Hudson Terminal 7.20 A.SL
Returning
Leaves Atlantic City 7 V> p. 31,