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Show FQHAKER GOES I FOB ROOSEVELT I Former President's .Scheme of New Nationalism Hotly Scored by Ex-Senator. PK0N0UNCED "TREASONABLE H AS SECESSION ITSELF!T H Has Saving Grace of Being So Absiird as to Excite Ridicule. By Lcnaed Wire to The Tribune. MABYSVILTiE, Ohio, Oct. 22. Former United States Scnatqr Joseph Benson Foralccr, in opening tho Hepub-lican Hepub-lican etato cumpaipn here this nftor- jH noon. doiu)uncod tho ''new national-ism" national-ism" of Thcoaoro Eooaevelt as "trca-soAablo "trca-soAablo as ueccssion itself.7' Ho snid: "Wo have lately had a new jJ declaration of political principles. They aro politcally baptized as tho doctrino of a ' noTV nationalism.' Thoy aro set forth, in tho naturo of a platform for a new party. Possibly they are intended for that use only in the ovent that tho distinguished author be not nominated for the presidency by oitbor of the old parties. "Hoirover that-may be, it is well to jH noto that they violate our excellent form of government by arrogating to IH tho national government tho control of nintters so local that they purely be-long be-long to tho jurisdiction of tho stateB Compared to Secession. ''Asido from all other objections, this now doctrine is as certainly dc-structivo dc-structivo of our institutions as any invoked in the namo of tho southern confeioracj. "Such a preachment is not national- lfl ism, either new or' old, but imperialism pure and simple. It is, iu spirit at least, as treasonable as secession itself." Mr. Poraker continued: "There is fl vastly moro involved than a choico bq- twocn Governor Harmon and Mr, Hard-ing. Hard-ing. ' Especially is this true as to tho Republicans, for tho Republican party IH isf.onguged not" -duly ''"Ohio" ' -bift throughout tho whole country in a coo-test coo-test most serious, and of tho most far- jH reaching conscqubucos. . Party Fighting for Llfo. "It is not only lighting for -victory, but it is fighting fur its life. Tt is bo- fH Rot by foes witliiu and -without. It is IH no.t only confronted by its ancient enemy, but it is weakened and menaced by internal dissensions thut threat eu its vcry existouce. "Tu view of existing conditions," he continued, "1 don't kuow of anything VA worse that could happen. Wo have not yot recovered f rum the panic of 1907 and no one can predict when the end will come. "Jt would come at once if it wero IH not for the restraining hand of a cru-sade cru-sade against business that has luen car-ricd car-ricd so far beyond ust ground that it has become well nigh intolerable. "The programme of Now Nationalism has one saving feature, however. There jH is about it all such a proposterouB ah-surdity- and such an insufferable egotism as to excito not only condemuation but ridicule." TEDDY MAKES TRAIL OVER NEW HAMPSinEE jH By Associated Press. If NASI I A U, Oct. 22. Ylicodoic Iloosovclt went campaigning across New Hump- shire today und urged. I he election of "Rob- IH ort P. Bass. RcpuHcun candidalo for IH govornotv and the rest of tho ticket. Be-ginning Be-ginning wltli a .spcofli in Coiu-oni, Iir-slopped Iir-slopped off at. Winchester and wound Up tht day with an addi-cas In NuhIiuo. IH Mr. Bass obtained his uomlnallou in IH a campaign against what he character- jH h'cd the domination of (ho Htate by rail- IH road Influence. Colonel Roosevelt spoko IH of tho ificont, statement of ('hurlcH S. Mellcti, prealdent of the Now York, New Haven & Hartford railroad hud of the IH Boston Si Maine, thai hereafter the rail- roads would tukn no pari In politics In IH New Hampshire. IH He told the people that while ho was slad Mr. Mellon had uaid what hn did. Il th;y otiht to ee to 11 thut the- railroads IH kcpl out of polities iu the future, not bo-caiisd bo-caiisd they wished to, but because they At Manchester Colonel T.ooacvcll talked bareheaded while the raindropo pattered down. In Ihiu speech hu omphaslzed IH Continued on Page Two. F0RAKER GOES FOR' ROOSEVELT Continued from PaRo One. "new nationalism." Ho described his attitude at-titude toward control of corporations in this way: , . . "All I want to son uncle 3am do is to say to tho corporations, 'Come, como, you tote fair.' . ... ,, "I never believed I had any gonlus. tho colonel said at Nashua. All I nave done !s to apply to governmental proD-lemn proD-lemn Just the same qualities we expect n decent man to show In his business dealings. I have been surprised at flic support I have obtained and at the animosity ani-mosity 1 have aroused. That group or financiers known ns Wall street has got to a condition whoro It lo seeing things at night. "The New York papers which supported support-ed Wall street." he said, "oven say I want to be king " He said tho vast majority ma-jority of very rich men in New York wero supporting the Democratic ticket "because they say they - aro afraid of me. Well, they needn't be afraid of me unlem; they want to do something crooked." |