Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-03-04

larceny, nod the government which
permits such Ii state OF airairg TO
legally exist ie guilty OF highway rob-
berry. care not what tho proportion is.
tho principle is the same. The people
in this county are vitality interested
in this matter, and We arc all concerned
In roofing 1t out. There is nothing you
eau leave your children that is equal in
value to just government. i know it
il difficult TO convince u man that any.
thing. 10 bad which brings him in q lit
lie money. Wo havo no right to consider
whether we will make money out Of
law, but whether that law will be
beneficial or not. 1t is not only in the
making OF u law that injustice is done.
but also IN the enforcement thoreof. |
call your attention 10 these matters so
that you can apply the principle OF
equality in framing your laws. Jefier-
son said ono OF tho duties OF govern
ment wac tine duty of restraining men
from injuriug ohe another, and this be.
comes more evident every day. Thore
are injuries which do not come under
the definition, and / believe that 1t is
the duty OF every man to protect his
fellow citizen from injury. No matter in
what shane it may come. We have the
corporation, which you have often
heard called soulless. The corporation,
my friends, sssoulleBs. IL does not live
,bsyoud this life. { If it does [ hope
there will he some restraints put upon
il in tine hereafter. If you treat cor
poration better than you do an 10
dividual YOU are doing more for the
works for your own hand than you are
fer the works of God. An individual
may contribute to campaign fund
because he bas political views, but a
corporation can have no political views
according to law. 1t can, in fact, but
not according to law.
aSuppoas bank contributes money
10 campaign fund and fails, Their 1T
Is the depositors' money that was con.
trihuted and not the banks money,
The duty OF d legislator 10. "a diffi'
cult one, the main difficulty being to
stand as an impartial arbiter between
the people and the few who are always
around Legislative bodies. In this con-
nection / want to speak OF the worst
influence legislator has to contend
against. The great bane of legis-
lators, city, county State or national, is
| the lobbyist Not the man who COMES
| to point out defects in measure, but
| tllb WIN INV
| legislators ear. or still more quietly
| inserts it in mis- pocket. The influence
that turns more than bribery is the
| institution that uses enormous sums to
| procure, or to prevent legislation. II q
CORPORATION contributes enormous sums
to a mans ELECTION it has hold on
| that man aud while he is in Office he is
| threatepea with political decapitation
II ne, dares to, exercise his own judg.
ment 10 any matter in which tho cor.
poration is interested. In Nebraska nc
4 bill can pass the Legislature unless the
roll 10 called and majority Of those
elected to both branches Of the Legis'
lature vote Automatically. | have known
mon TO vote one way on a bill upon
| rising vote which was not recorded,
and when. the same measure again
came Up under call for the yeas anC
nnys o7rote directly oppositr, because
his vote would bo matter of record.
81 am one OF those who have never
denounced ambition, nor have l evel
even denounced selfishness IL it wal
sufficiently comprehensive in its scope
II. | look out for myself and everybody
else looks out for himself we would
come out all right. But we should pu
a. limit upon seifishness, so that ont
cannot ohtair. an undue advantage o
another. | have sometimes though
that the summit Of seliishness can b,
found in the commandment, "Thol
shalt love thy neighbor as thysef. "
"There is a laudable sslfishness. |
laudable ambition, and that is TIN
principle which teaches u man to lif
up his neighbor with himself. / wan
YOU TO be selfish, but / want you f
recognize that above all is the know
ledge that the trust placed in you
hands as Legislators has been we'll dom
and well protected. Every legislato
will learn that even in politics there i
something greater to DO sought thai
great riches. Whenever come befor
| Il body whose political complexion i
the came as my own feel that
can speak to them with frankness
Remember you cannot always fool th
people. Those who make laws mus
recognize that the people who electeI
them have right TO exact that the
Fhal justify them in their elevation
Those Who have power must remembe
that Opportunity is tho measure o
their apility.'T =
"Myiffiehds,hI believe we are enter
ing upon a new era. believe the cam
paig6 Through (which We have jus
pissed. has lhatio the people think.
can excdso a. fns'n if he refuses {
accept 1irny conclusions, but knot
that in the long run whether it DO you
way or my way, we will eventually b
able to solve every problem of govern
ment.
AT tho conclusion of the address Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan and their littl
daughter were driven TO the sairoa
station and boarded the g. expires
north.