Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1909 — PUTS BLAME ON ROOSEVELT [ARTICLE]

PUTS BLAME ON ROOSEVELT

Joaquin Miller Says Strenuous Life Is Cause of Crime. San Francisco, Oct. 19.—Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, in an address to convicts at San Quentin prison, said that former President Roosevelt and his policy of the strenuous life were responsible for more evils and crime in this country than any other cause. “Roosevelt has Infected us with a sort of insane activity,” said the poet. “American madness is energy. It is a mania peculiar to us and Roosevelt is responsible for much of It.”