THE PEOPLE AND THE TRUSTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 5

THE PEOPLE AND THE TRUSTS.

A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. ROOSEVELT'S DRAMATIC SPEECH " >' IN KANSAS. JOHN BROWN'S BATTLE-FIELD By Telejraph—Proes Association—Copyright. (Rec. September 1, 9.20 p.m.) New York, September 1. Mr. Roosevelt has made a dramatic speech in Kansas on the battle-field of Ossawatomie, where the .celebrated American anti-slavery leader John Brown fought a band of Missouri raiders in August, 1856. ' ~ ; He demanded a wide increase in the power of.the National Government, and declared that the issue _of the day was the struggle of the freoNjnan to gain another ■ hold ■' on self-government, as against the special interests which, wore twisting the Government machinery to defeat the popular will. .

"The Tirana" notes ft great change in American politics of late, and its Washington correspondent describes Mr. Tuffs recent successes as due to' the pressure of a new public opinion, largely created by Mr. Kooserolt. ■ He saya: "In Mr. Roosevelt's days tho. Conservatives still controlled Congress. Their control only begari to weaken for practical purposes' when tho tariif debates were wall under way , last summer. AVhen the small band of; Radical—or • 'insurgent , —Republicans threw party ties to the winds and voted .against • tho Tariff Bill, it meant that for, the first time in many years constituents and not party leaders had begun to dictate ,the casting of votes. The. force, of public opinion Jiad made its entry. The overthrow of Speaker Cannon and the bearding of Senator Aldrich was hut a question of time and'provutation."