The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05
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tees OF our public men. 20 II Il in deal.
ing with the great questions OF public
property. OF rights Of property and OF
the abuses committed by the men of
means. the questions which form one Of
the roots OF the social problems with
which We have to deal IN all OF our
great industrial centerA 1t the present
moment II there - one thing which
! should like 70 eradicate from the char
acter OF any American, II 10 the dreadful
practice OF paying . certain mean admiya-
ton and homage to the man who, wheth-
er In buainess or In politics. achieves
success At the cost Of sacrificing ali those
principles for the lack Of which. in the
eye Of righteous man. no possible achieve.
ment Of success can In any way compen-
safe. That applies just as much to the
smart politician who by bribery and
misuse Of public Office. by mendacity, by
clsverness in hoodwinking the people.
rises to his station. as II applies to the
INSCRIPTIONS man of affairs who makes
q fortune, not iegstimately. but illeg1ti-
mateiy In some form Of gambling. which
Is not merely gambling but gambling
with loaded dice. and who can count upon
having. from no inconsiderable section
OF our people. the same admiring homage
that would be gained by the most respect
ed business man whose success has been
even more beneficial to the community
than to himself.
Woe to the men who condone such
form Of success. and woe no less to the
men who In condemning such success.
MIX with their condemnation OF that also
condemnation of legitimate success. Woe
to the men who help to make all poll.
tic.ans scoundreliy by indiscrtminate crit
tcism OF all alike. whether they be good
or whether they be bad: and woe to the
men who put q premium upon rascality
in business by condemning all men OF
means. all successful men Of business
alike, whether their success has been at
tanned In ways Of which we should all
feel ashamed or whether their success has
been attained by working along lines
which have made them the benefactors OF
the entire community.
"A public man here II bound to repre-
sent his constituents. but he IL not less
bound to cease to represent them when,
II on n great moral question Of right or
wrong. he feels that they are taking the
wrong side. Let him 90 out of politics
rather than stay in at the cost Of doing
what his own conscience forbids him to
do. and while upholding that principle In
theory do not forget to uphold II In pran.
tics.
II am going TO speak az you would
have the right to expect me to speak. Of
what affects US ut the present moment
here in this state, OF one Of those prob
lens with which we. who are for the
time being your servants and represent
tatives in public life, are trStrG etp deal
New, take the very question that you
have seen advocated and which you will
see advocated some more during the next
ten days the question or the taxation Of
franchises. On the one hand we have the
perfectly simple savage. who believes that
you should tax franchises TO the extent
OF connscating them. and that /, Is the
duty of all railroad corporations to carry
everybody free and give him a chrome
On the other hand, We have the scarcely
less primitive mortal who believes that
there Is something sacred in a franchise
and that there Is no reason why II should
pay It's share OF the burdens at ALL Now.
gentlemen, remember that the man who
occupies the last position inevitably
tends to produce the man who occupies
the first position, and that the worst
enemy OF property Is the man who.
whether from unscrupulousness or from
mere heedlessness and thoughtlessness.
takes the ground that there shall be
something sacred about all property, that
the owners Of II are TO occupy a different
position In the community from all others.
and are To have their burdens not in
creased. but diminished, because OF their
wealth. Oh. IL could only impress upon
you. II only had the eioquence and the
power of enforcing conviction upon you
to make you undervtand the two sides
OF the quest.on-not understand IT, YOU
may do that in theory now--but TO make
you realize IL; the two sides. that the
rich man who buys a privilege from a
board OF aldermen for a railway which
he represents. the rich man who gets a
privilege through the legislature by birth.
cry and corruption for any corporation,
that man is committing an ofYense against
the community which II IL possible may
some day have to be eondoned for In
bleed and destruction. no, by him, not
by his sons. but by you and your sons.
II could only make you understand that
on one side. and make you understand
on the other-make the mass OF our people
make the mass OF our voters understand,
on the other-fhat the worst thing they
can do IL 10 choose a representative who
shall say. am against corporations; I
am against capital and not a man who
shall say. I stand by the Ten Command
ments; I stand by doing equal justice 20
the man OF means and the man without
means: I stand by saying that no man
shall be stolen from and that no man
shall steal from any one else: / stand
by saying that the corporations shall not
be hlsckmaiied on the one side and that
the corporations shall not acquire any Inn
proper power by corruption on the other:
that the corporation shall pay its full
share OF the public burdens. and that
when II does II shall be protected in
its rights exactly a. any one else In pro.
tected.' In other words. II could only
make our people realize that their one
hope and one safety in dealing with this
problem Is 10 send into our public bodies
men who shall be honest. who shall real.
TIE their obiiga tons. not their obligations
to the rich man and the poor man. but
between the honest man and the dis
honest man"--New York Sun.