The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-09

medicine: but II he tries 1t again I must
question his intelligence. UaughtelD.
II the people OF this country want to
20 back into the slough of despond out
of which we have so painfully emerged
IL they want to do that. why, under
the Constitution. 1t Is their inalenablc
right. But when they get back there,
do not let them advance the I did not
know 1t was loaded excuse. NaughtcD.
1t Is Of no avail to have good inten-
lions II we have not the common sense
TO put them into effect We must not
merely talk about things. but do them.
You know 1t Is said In Holy Writ that
the Lord commanded his people to do
righteousness: not to talk righteous
ness, but to do It. (Laughter) That
is what We want to see in our people.
Fundamentally, exactly the same
qualities nre needed in n nation as In an
individual. In the first place, honesty;
nothing takes the place Of that. One
OF the least admirable qualities OF any
people Is Modification OF mere smart
ness, unnccompanied by q sense Of
moral responsibility. Honesty first;
honesty In the payment of nll moral
obligations: honesty all through. That
is for the milton and that Is for the
man. And honesty is not enough. The
timid honest man Is of but limited ben
eft anywhere. and least OF all in n
community like ours. With honesty
has got to 80 couragc-courage in II
man to face difficulties: courage In n
nation: courage and honesty. Honesty
In the currency. and courage In stay
Ing TO do our duty In the Philippines.
cloud cheering and cries of Good"
"Good.D And courage and honesty
are not enough OF themselves. ] do
not care how brave n man Is, or how
honest, II he Is natural born fool you
cannot DO anything with him. You
have got to add the saving grace OK
common sense. Common sense, cour-
uge. honesty. those are the qualities
that you need In any nation. No ma
ton can succeed without them. amy
more than private individual can
without them make any success that Is
really worth achieving. I'D
1t Ia n safe rule TO dlstrust any man
with patent remedy for bringing the
millennium. We have been n great
many thousand years In struggling up
| TO where we are. and we are. not GO
Ing to get over the remainder OF The
distance In our march toward the mil
lenium by one jump. (Laughtor).
| sHN'N 'a'h w al hpu4 hShi Va MsilNlHh lic-
fore We get there. tRenewed laugh
teri. We can take long strides In ad-
vince: but we can do 80 only by fac
Ing the conditions rs they actually
are.
The Trusts.
Tho last paramount Issue that secms
TO have been developed on the other
side Is the isuc OF trusts. am only
going 10 ask your attention for Jtist
one moment to TINT. By trusts. OF
course. In now meant the great aggre-
gates OF corporate wealth which, AL
though not technically trusts, are slch
as We commonly understand the word
| In speaking one to another. tits .tlle
10 say that NIL these great corporations
do evil. II you knew them well. und
Understood the circumstances under
which they exist. you would never In
the world 30 back 10 Homc OF the con.
dltlpns that preceded the present sya-
tenn OF consolidation. Take. for in.
stance, the graf railway lines Ia iny
own state OF New York. At one time,
In order To get from sew York 10
Buffalo you Ind to change csira live
times and get on Ave different lines. II
was four times M uncomfortable ,And
three times az costly TO travel and shII
freight then as now. 4 measure "
great positive benefit came from Tho
consolidation. The whole Development