The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-05

PRESIDENT Defends tho Workings of tho
Protective TariT-Construction OF the
Nlcaraguan Canal Urged, and the Lay
ing OF Cable to Hawaii and the
Phtiippines-Changes in the Present
Militia Laws Recommendod-The Navy.
comprehensive synopsis of President
Aooseveit's message to Congress is given be-
low:
TO the Senate and House Of Representatives:
The Congress assemblies this wear under
me shadow of great calamity On the sixth
OF September President Mckinley was shot
ey an nnaTchist while attending the Pan
american exposition at Buffalo, and died in
enaL city on the fourteenth of that month
" tue last seven elected Presidents, he is
sne third WHO has been murdered, and the
ki1y grave alarm among all loyal American
Eitizens. Moreover the circumstances of this.
me thira assassination of an American Presl-
1ent, nave peculiarly sinister Significance.
Both President Lincoln and President Gar.
aeld were killed by assassins of types unfor-
Ssunateiy not uncommon in history. President
Lincoln falling a victim to the terrible pas
sions aroused by four years of civil war
and President Garfield to the revengeful van.
ny Of a disappointed ofice-seeSer. President
criminal belonging to that body of criminals
VINO object to all governments, good and had
nrtnhs, VINO are against any form of popular
liberty II it is guaranteed by even the most
Just and liberal laws, and who are as hostile
10 the upright exponent of free peoples
s SOBER VIII as to the tyrannical and irresponsi-
Die despot.
ut is not too much to say that at the tina
OF President McKiney's death he was the
most most widely loved man in all the United
States; while we have never had any public
man OF his position who has been so wholly
tree from the bitter animosities incident to
PUPILS uplae II NE. There could be no personal
nut consideration for the welfare of others
no one could fail to respect him who knew
nm IN, IN public or private life. The defenders
excuse their criminaity by asserting that il
Is exercised fer political ends, inveigh against
Mealth ana irresponsible power. But for this
not be urged"
The President speaks in the highest terms
ef me personal and public virtues of Mr.. Nc
Alniey. Describing the nature of the assas-
snation and the motive that Inspired it, the
message continues:
Motive OF the Assassin.
The blow was aimed not at this presi
aeht, put at all presidents at every symbol Of
government. The anarchist, and especially
the anarchist in the United states. is merely
one type of criminal, more dangerous than
nny other. because he represents the same
uepravity In greater degree. The man who
any shape or fashion, or the man who apolo-
gizes for anarchists and their deeds. makes
ent, ann morally accessory to murder before
perverted instincts lead him to prefer confu-
zion and chaos to the most beneflccnt form
or social order. His protest of concern for
5als.ty; for If the political institutions of this
country do not afford opportunity to every
5onest and Intelligent son of toll, then the
door OF hope is forever closed against him.
Ihe anarchist is everywhere not merely the
enemy OF system and progress, but the dead
y foe e. Of liberty If eyer anarchy is triumph
mt It's triumph will last for but one red
moment, to be succeeded for ages by the
gloomy night Of despotisrn.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
II earnestly recommend to the Congress
That in the exercise of its wise discretion it
Should take into consideration the coming
tossing principles hostile to all government
end iustitying the murder of those placed
n authority, No matter calls more urgently
tor NE Wlsest thought Of tie Congress.
=, ne Federal courts should be given juris-
9lctloa over any. man who kills or attempts
70 XII the President or any man who by the
Sion for the Presidency. while the punish
nent tor an unsuccessful attempt should be
proportoned to the enormity of the offense
against our institutions.
ANARCHY is crime against the whole
human race; and all mankind should band
egainst the anarchist. His crime should be
Eade an otfense against the law of nations
pike piracy and that form of manstea!ing
known as the slave trade for it is OF far
blaeker infamy than either. 1t should be so
declared by treaties among all civilized now
ers.
Tho Trust Problem.
s+.The tremendous and highly complex
Industrial development which went on with
ever accelerated rapidly during the latter
half OF the nineteenth century brings US face
TO face, at the beginning of the twentieth,
with very serious social problems. The old
Jaws, and the old customs which had almost
the binding force of law, were once quite
,t1ta fho ,1o&.
distribution of wealth. Since the industrial
changes which have so enormously increased
fhe productive power of mankind, they are no
longer sufficient.
The creation Of great corporate fortunes
has not been due to the tariff nor to any
other governmental action, but to natural
causes in the business world OPERATING, in
other countries as they operate in our own
ut is not true that as the rich have grown
richer the poor have grown poorer. On the
contrary, never before has the average man,
the wage-worker, the farmer, the small trad
er. been SO well off as in this country and
at the present time. There have been abuses
connected with the accumulation of wealth !;
yet 1t remains true that fortune accun,u-
dated only on condition of comforting i'm
nense incidental benefits upon others. Sue
tcessful enterprise, OF the type which benefits
AL mankind, can only exist if the conditions
are such as to offer great prizes as the re-
wards of success.
the railway systems across this continent,
who have built up our commerce, who have
}deYeloped our manufactures, have on the
whole done great good to our people. With
out them the material development of which
I'VE are so justly proud could never have
taken place. Moreover. we should recognize
the immense Importance to this material
development of leaving as unhanpered as
rs compatible with the public good the strong
qnd forceful men upon whom the success
of business operations inevitably rests.
Caution Is Urged.
IAN additional reason for caution in deal
fug with corporations is to be found in the
international commercial condi tons of to-
day. The same business conditions which
have produced the great aggregations of cor
porate and individual wealth have made them
very potent factors in international CONNER
!cial competition. America has only just
begun to assume that commanding position
in the international business world which we
believe will more and more be hers 1t is
of the utmost Importance that this position
be not jeoparded, especially at time when
abe overlooking abundance of our own natu
ral resources and the skill. business energy,
and mechanical aptitude of our people make
foreign markets essential Under such con-
6itions it would be most unwlse to cramp
Or to fetter the youthful strength OF our
Nation.
Disaster to great business enterprises can
never have Its effects limited to the men al
The top. It spreads throughout, and while II
% bad for everybody, it is worst for those
bnrthest down. The capitalist may be shoru