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Show WHY ROOSEVELT IMS Nffl CREED Former President Stoutly Defends De-fends His "New Nationalism" in Fair Grounds Speech. DENIES MAKING APPEAL TO THE MOB SPIRIT Does Not Forget to Roast the Newspapers Whose Views Are Not His. OYSTER BAY, N. Y Sept 15. Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt said today that he is not talking revolution in declaring his new political creed. Neither is he making an appeal to mob rule. In a staunch defense on his doctrine of the "new nationalism" he declared that he w'as merely urging the application applica-tion of old moralities to modern conditions. condi-tions. At the same time, he replied with spirit to those who have been opposing him and hotly denounced newspapers which he said attacked honest public men. Colonel Roosevelt's address was delivered deliv-ered at the Suffolk county fair at River-head, River-head, L. I. He rode about 120 miles in an automobile to and from Rlverhoad. aril spoke to a great crowd on the fair grounds. Pointed in Reply. The colonel's exposition of "new nationalism" na-tionalism" came at the close of a speech In which he also denounced hlshoncst corporations, dishonest men of wealth and political bosses. Ho made no reference refer-ence to the New York state political situation. sit-uation. "I have noticed a good deal of comment on my speech on new nationalism." nation-alism." he said. "All that now nationalism national-ism means in the application of certain old-time moralities to the changed conditions con-ditions of the day. "I wish to see greater governmental efficiency because we have' to deal with a greater business efficiency. Simple laws are all that are necessary In small communities when there Is no big business busi-ness and each man works for himself. When you get masses of wealth gathered gath-ered together and great corporations developing, de-veloping, conditions then become so changed that there must rc an Increase in governmental activity to control tho wealth for business efficiency. Same Old Story. "I would not do any wrong to the great corporation, but I don't intend to rely only on the big corporation's good nature to see that tho corporation does not do harm aguinst us. I want to see such control of the wealth now gathered for business uses as to favor the honest man who uses the wealth genuinely for the service of tho public and to make the dishonest man fool that ho has to do what Is right; and If he does not feel it, we shall see to It that he does. "That is my whole creed. That Is all there Is to It. There Is no revolution in it. There is no appeal to mob rule. On the contrary, I recognlzo mob violence vio-lence as an enemy of the public good Just as much as lawless wealth. I am against the poor man who Is guilty of the crime of lawless violence, and when it is in my power I shall try to punish him for his misdeeds, Just as whenever I have the power, I will Join with those that seo to it that the corrupt man of wealth Is good, not because he likes It, but because he has to be." Stirs Great Audience. Colonel Roosevelt spoke with even more than customary earnestness. Hla words were rocoived with cheers. "I now want to speak to you as citizens citi-zens on the great problems that concern all of us. I think every citizen of a free Democracy ought to distrust above all others the public man whose deeds do not square with his -n-ords. "That has two sides. It has to do with, tho politician who makes his promises that he does not keep, and it has to do with newspapers that say what they know is not true. Mark Twain said that there are SCO different kinds of lies, but the only one which was authoritatively forbidden was that of bearing false witness wit-ness against your neighbor. There are one or two metropolitan dailies which would do well to print that at the head of their coHimns and then try to live up to It. I withhold their names, but omission Is easily supplied. Analyzes Problem. "Thero are two prime difficulties in getting good govermnonl. One arises from the dishonest politician. 1 think the corrupt politician no worse an enemy of the people than tho man who lies about the honest public servant. The damage he does Is to tho public, In so confusing the public by attacking the men who are honest that the public ceases to bo able to recognize and to war against men who are dishonest. Such a man Is of the greatest advantage to the thief. "The corrupt politician is no worse than that corrupt politician's mainstay, the nowspaper which says what Is not true about men in public life. Honesty, truth, courage you need them Just as much in puhllc as In private life." In concluding his speech, he urged greater respect for manual labor. As for rich malefactors, ho believed that, the railway man who gets rich by gambling In the securities of the road he operates In trust for his stockholders should be punished and that if It is impossible to punish him under present laws, the laws should be changed. |