Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-03
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Theodore Roosevelt Sends toConeress His
First Executive Message.

petrate q crime, anu lIiS iah siloulu SAA
sure their rigorous punishment. they
and those like them should be kept out
of this country; and If found here they
should be promptly deported to the
country whence they came; and far
reaching provision should be made for
the punishment Of those who stay. NO
matter calls more urgently for the
wisest thought of the congress.
The federal courts should be given
jurisdiction over any man who kills or
attempts to kill the president or any
man who by the constitution or by law
is in line of succession for the presiden-
cy, while the punishment for an unsuc-
cessful attempt should be proportioned
to the enormity of the offense against
our institutions.
Anarchy Is crime against the whole
human race; and all mankind should
band against the anarchist. His crime
should be made an offense against the
law Of nations, like piracy and that
form of man stealing known as the
slave trade; for 1t is Of far blacker in
fanny than either. 1t should be so de-
clared by treaties among all civilized
powers. Such treaties would give to the
federal government the, power of deal
ing with the crime.
A grim commentary upon the folly OF
the anarchist position was afforded by
the attitude Of the law toward this very
criminal who had just taken the life OF
the president. The people would have
torn him limb from limb IL 1t had not
been that the law he d,sfied was at once
invoked In his behalf. So far from his
deed being committed on behalf of the
people against the government, the
government was obliged at once to exert
its full police power. to save him from
instant death at the hands OF the peo-
pie. Moreover, his deed worked not the
slightest dislocation in our government
al system. and the danger of a recur-
renee Of such deeds, no matter how
great it might grow, would work only
lin the direction of strengthening and
giving harshness to the forces of order.
No man will ever be restrained from be-
coming president by any fear as to his
personal safety. II the risk to the pres
lident's life became great, 1t would mean
that the office would more and more be
filled by men OF spirit which would
make them resolute and merciless in
dealing with every friend of disorder.
This great country will not fall into an
archy, and if anarchists should ever ba-
come serious menace to It's institu-
tions, they would not merely be stamped
out, but would invove in their own ruin
every active or passive sympathizer
with their doctrines. The American
peope are slow to wrath. but when their
wrath is once kindled 1t burns like a
consuming flame.
Stock Gambling.
During the asst five years business
confidence has been restored, and the
ia ton is to be congratulated because of
its present abounding prosperity Such
prosperity can never be created by law
alone, altho it is easy enough to destroy
1t by mischieyous laws. If the hand OF
the Lord is heavy upon any country, II
flood or drought comes, human wisdom
is powerless to avert the calamity.
Moreover, no law can guard us against
the consequences of our own folly. The
men who are idle or credulous. the men
who seek gains not by genuine work
with head or hand but by gambling In
any form, are always q source of men,
ace not only to themselves but to others.
II the business world loses It's head, 1t
loses what legislation can not supply.
Fundamentally the welfare Of each citi-
zen. and therefore the welfare of the ag-
gregate OF citizens which makes the ma
tion, must rest upon individual thrift
and energy. resolution and intelligence.
Nothing can take the place of this In
dividual capacity; but wise legislation
and honest intelligent administration
can give it the fullest scope, the largest
opportunity to work to good effect.
Trusts and Millionaires.
The tremendous and highly complex
industrial development which went on
with ever accelerated rapidity during
the latter half of the nineteenth century
brings us face to face. at the beginning
OF the twentieth, with very serious so
cial problems. The old laws, and the old
customs which had almost the binding
force Of law, We're once quite sufficient
to regulate the accumulation and dis
tribution of wealth. Since the industrial
changes which have so enormously In
creased the productive power OF man
kind. they are no longer sufficient.
The growth of cities has gone beyond
comparison faster than the growth of
the country and the upbuilding of the
great industrial centers has meant a
startling increase, not merely in the ag-
gregate Of wealth, but in the number Of
very large individual, and especially Of
very large corporate, fortunes. The Gre
alton of these great corporate fortunes
has not been due to the tariff nor to any
other governmental action, but to nat
ural causes in the business world, oper-
a finer In other countries as thew opera I q
in our own.
The process has aroused much antag-
onism, great part of which is wholly
without warrant. 1t 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
trader, been so well off as in this coun-
try and al the present time. There have
been abuses connected with the accu-
mutation of wealth; yet it remains true
that a fortune accumulated in legiti-
mate business can be accumulated by
the person specially benefited only on
condition of comforting immense Incl
dental benefits upon others. Successful
enterprise, of the type which benefits all
mankind, can only exist If the condi-
tions are such as to offer great prizes
as the rewards of success.
An additional reason for caution in
dealing with corporations is to be found
in the international commercial con-
ditions Of today. The same business