New-York tribune., 1898-01-28

propounder of facts that have determined to take
warning at the prcmonitory shudier ~ the audi
and address my self to a phase OF the question
which seems to me as vital "a 1t has been insufi-
cicntly considered.
The relation OF capital to labor. the organization
OF industry a. affecting problems of government.
the economies of trusts-these questions have been
until our ears are weary OF the ain; bu. tho in
direct results OF Industrial legislation It's effects
upon the individual as member or society and
upon his attributes-n other words. the psychology
OF the matter-ths IN subject well worthy the
attention Of those mOralists who in their plans for
the redemption Of the world by legislation have
treated man entirely as unit In the social scheme
and singuarly omitted TO take account OF human
nature.
years having deeisiVely solved all problems of gov
ernment, they now with increasing procliyity
turning their attention TO or private "iiA.rs ana
ccnse 6l,ls nntrlacose anti-oleolnargarine sleep
ing-car-bcrth bills and factory inspection bills
threaten us on every side. H.aughterl
to abolish IS the acquisition Of wealth. and the
odium or at least the presumption Of moral quit
is now attached to thosa who are prudent thrifty
or astute enough get ahead OF their fellows But
are We that they who axe 80 alarmed about
the getting of wealth are any better than they VINO
get t. or. If II be felony to get wealth. that they
would not be willing to compound any number of
themselves? Most of the penalties for the getting
income lax and the graded collateral inheritance
tax are just that-are measures intended not -
much 10 prevent the acquiring Of wealth a. 90 give
nus Is not slain with vorpal sword. but placed
cage and shearcd annually for the benefit OF tho
community. In short, no one OF us objects to
luxury II he can have some too. daughter and APP
plause) , - - ,.
manifestations of this desire TO NEEDLE I'm our
private affairs and TO make us happy against our
WHISKY legislation. To compound drugs for eight
and one-quarter hours n day. TO be shaved 10y an
unlicensed barber, TO permit mill operatives to
work longer than State Senators think they should
properly wish 10, TO ride IN carriage drawn by
a horse shod by an uneyamined Blacks itl-,ail
nal sins which Of themselves have already proved
sufficient to yex humanity, and the recol ecii9n o,
"the crime OF 73' VIII be lost IN the muititlde OF
other economic crimes which We shall be liable to
commit school board sIns. factory act sins. viola
tion of license sins VIII become common and ~,
spectors with notebooks and onciai badges viii
swarm about our our pr,yts pnay. % or m and d brng
home to US the delights OF ''the nsoence Of Office"
For myself do not care for these temptations 10
sin My Inherited creed IS 50 orthodox that the
Decaloguc provides enough rock and shoals for
II os the Old lady said. King James, Version
good enough FOR 81. Paul IT is good enough for me-
There IS serious result to be considered the in
difference TO crime where there IS no moral index
composure as the offence OF working overtime. 1t
is 4 true proyerb that Il you I've Win lame
be the possession OF the individual but. TO use the
jargon OF tho courts, "a matter affected with 4
Without a conscience as surely as we are becoming
anatomIes without yermiiGrm SppeHdN. hut
contemplation. 1t IS enough II we consider the
dlscomfors. the red-iape, the 2inciaiuom' ,ne re-
ore ~ tbe made man ana his virtues Of cour-
age ambition and steadfastness which We 50 much
odmirc We should be helped and waited on and
guided and pushed hithcr and yon and generally
cottoncd up against our wills
| sympath.ze with frieAd who has lived for sew
eral wears i'm Germany. 4 wearicd," Ae said cot
inspectors and officials and servants. could not
ca fo a railroad station Tor my own trunk take
= walk without passing through gatcs and turn
stiles and nclosnres 10 Keep me IN the proper way.
l ionged FOR America and the freedom Of doing a.
| pleased. When | got back hero felt deeply
grateful TO the hackman who tried To kldnap M
bodily and when | stepped on a SiNth-oVe. car
Violently IN the stomach and said. Get out or tho
wav YOU damned foil could have kissed him" "
Great laughter ana SPpause'l nsdr loo,,, sine varv
In Iin,r.ut iursdictious What Is to become Of the
Unhappy commercial traveller II the same course
OF behavior viii prepare him Tor heaven IN ONO.
As We now 80 TO Jersey TO form our corporaton3
and cscaue taxation. Will rot hereafter the most
faint hearted of IA flee from such laws 10 West
Virginia Idaho that We may not become dis
qualified for salvation?
These are some OF the queries that would raise
I'm the minds OF the statesmen or our l"gisatures.
This Is the psychology the human nature OF tho
problem which l. perhaps as important as the
eronoulIcs OF legislation. The remedy lies i'm dis
tinguishlng the fault Let US not be too sure we
know everything OF too cocksurc tnal We know
unor ma lorltles as Justification OF truth. As Mr..
Gage trrnc hantly put II: THE opinion OF a ma
iorlty H. worth no more than the opiaion OF the
wisest man among them And & iet uS heea mos ,T,
dogma Of the divine right OF kings Let ~ not fall
INTO the equally p,rnrlons error that mu tltude Is
divine because !, ls 4 multitude" prolonged ap-
piaus"l
As the coffee and cigars began TO appear. the
galleries hed up raridly. and when the toast
master let fall the gavel every box In the two