The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-03

manded that he preach the gospel of dis
content, of distrust and distraction, and
that unless he could convince the people
that they are slaves they would never
elect him president.
But let US turn to another picture. Let
US study the remarks OF Vice President
Roosevelt, vigorous, healthy minded,
hopeful, Woodworking, patriotic Ameri-
can, full of confidence and hope willing
to work, and convinced Of the dignity
of labor and it's ability to demand and
secure every right and privilege essen.
tial to happiness and freedom as guar
anteed by the constitution Of the
fathers. The report says:
Vice President Roosevelt, in beginning
his address, paid a high tribute to the
character and energy Of the men
descended, he said, from race Of pio-
neers which had pushed westward in the
wilderness and laid the foundations for
new commonwealth. The men with axe
and pick and plow, who, he said, had
pushed to completion the dominion Of the
people over the American wilderness. had
shown by their qualities OF daring, en-
durance and far sightedness that they
recognized in practical form the funda-
mental law Of success in American life
the law Of worthy work; the law Of reso-
lutte, high endeavor.
Continuing, he said: ut seems to me
that the simple acceptance of this fun
damental fact Of American life will help
us to start Alright In facing not a few
such problems that confront US from
without and from within. We cannot
possibly do our best work as nation
unless all of us know how to act in
combination as we'll as to act each in
dividually for himself. This acting in
combination can take many forms, but,
of course, its most effective form must
be when it comes in the shape OF law;
that is, Of action by the community as
whole through the lawmaking bodies
1t is not only highly desirable, but nee
essary, that there should be legislation
which shall carefully shield the interests
of wage workers and which shall dis
criminate in favor of the honest and hu-
name employer by removing the disad-
vantage under which he stands when
compared with interruptions competitors
who have no conscience and Will do right
only under fear of punishment. Nor can
LEGISLATION stop with what are termed
labor questions. The vast Individual ana
corporate fortunes, the vast combinations
of capital which have marked the deVel-
opment of our industrial system create
new conditions and necessitate a change
from the old attitude of the state and ma
ton toward prosperity
There was. he contended. but the
scantiest justification for most OF the
outcry against men of wealth, as sucn'
and it ought to be unnecessary, he salo'
| to state that any appeal which finally
entails the possibility of lawlessness ano
violence was an attack upon the funda-
mental principles of American citizen
ship.
| "Our interests are at the bottom COM
mon." he continued. "In the long run
we go up or down together. More and
more it is evident that the state, ano' II
| necessary, the nation, has got to possess
| the right of supervision and control a.
regards the great corporations which are
it's creatures: particularly as regards thu
great business combinations which de-
4 rive a portion Of their importance from
the existence of some monopolistic ten
dency."
AS to the relations Of the United States
with foreign powers, Vice Presiden
i Roosevelt said that this nation. whil
first of all seeing to it's own domesti
wellbeing, must not shrink from playing
it's part among the great nations with
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