The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-24
CONGRESS HAS THE POWER
The Need of Supervision is
Clear, He Says.
At the Same Time Blind Antagonist
to All Interpretations is to Be
Deplored-The Outcome of
the Progress of the
Nation.

Newport, r. l.. Aug. 23-President
Roosevelt closed his second days journey
through New England a Newport to-
night, where he is the guest of Mr.. Win
throp Chanler. Upon the conclusion OF
his speech at Providence was driven to
the dock where he boarded n private
yacht for the residence of Senator Aid
rich at Warwick. Newport was reached
at $50. He was at once taken to the
Chsnler residence and while there he Will
attend the christening of the Chanler
taby.
Since starting from New Haven his
progress through Connecticut and Rhode
Island has been marked by greetings, the
warmth of which hardly could be exceed
ed. The weather has been all that could
be desired. The President arose early to-
day in Hartford and arrived at the sta
ton some minutes before the hour OF de-
parture. The handsome special train on
which he is travelling is maintaining it's
schedule. The Presidents democratic
ways are constantly referred and in his
speeches he seems to reach the people
at once.
his carriage in the public square his re-
marks were referred to by several as a
heart to heart talk. Perhaps the most
enthusiastic reception accorded to him by
the smaller places was at River Point,
r. l., in the Pawtucket Valley Pastime
Park which a6joins the railroad track
was thronged with people, among them
being hundreds of Grand Army veterans
who formed semi-circle in front of the
platform.
The President quickly captured his au-
Siience which asSnlauded his tribute a
the veterans of the Civil war for the,r un-
awerving valor and devotion to duty.
Demonstration at Providence.
The demonstration at Providence was
the climax to an eventful day. The null
titude which gathered around the plat
form in front of the city hall gave vent
10 their feelings time and time again
throughout the course of his address and
at its conclusion he was overwhelmed
with congratulations.
At Providence the President spoke as
follows
we are passing through a period of
great material prosperity and such Pc
riod is as sure as adversely itself to bring
mutterings of oiscontent At time when
most men prosper somewhat, it also al
greatly and it is as true now as it was
when the tower of Sloan fell upon all
who were under it. that good fortune does
not come only to the just nor bad fortune
only to the unjust. When the weather is
good for crops it is also good for weeds
Moreover not only do the wicked -four
ish when the times are such that most
men flourish. but what is wrse, the
spirit of envy and jealousy and hatred
springs up in the breasts of those who
though they may be doing fairly vel
themselves, yet see others who are nc
more deserving, doing far better.
Wise laws and fearless and upright
administration of the laws can give the
opportunity for such prosperity as thai
we see about us. But this is all that they
can do When the conditions have beer
created which make prosperity possible
then each individual man must achieve
it for himself. by his own thrift, intelli
gence, energy, industry and resolute pur-
pose If people go into wild speculation
and lose their heads, they have lost thai
which no legislation can supply and the
business world will suffer in consequence
If in a spirit of sulen envy they inss
upon pulling down those who have prof,
tied most by the years of fairness. they
will bury themselves in the grasp of this
common disaster. 1t is difficult to make
our material condition better by the bes
laws, but it is easy enough by bad law.
to throw the whole nation into an abys.
of misery
The Demands of Prosperity.
Now the upshot of all this is that il /
peculiarly incumbent upon us in a tim
of such material we'll being, both collec
lively as a nation and individually. eacI
on his own account. to show that we pos
sess such qualities as providence. self
knowledge and solf-restrant. In on
Government We need. above all things
stability, fxity Of economic policy, Will
remembering that this hxity must no
he fossiization, that there must not b
inability to shape our course anew +
meet the shifting needs of the people a
these needs arise
There gre real and great evils in GU
social and economical life and these evil
stand out with ugly badness during goo
times, for the wicked who prosper ar
never pleasant sight. There is ever
need of striving in all possible ways. in
dividualIy and collectively. by combina
tons among ourselves, private life an
through the recognized organs of gov
erImcnt for the cutting out of thes
evils. Only let us be sure that we do nc
use the knife with an ignorant zes
which would make it more dangerous
the patient than to the disease
One Of the Great Dangers.
One of the dangers of the tremendou
Industrial growth of the last generatio
has been the very great increase in Iars
rrivate. and especially in large corpora
lions fortunes. We may like this or no
lust as we please but 1t is a fact never
theless, and as far as we can sec. ii
an inevitable result of the working {
nio,,s causes prominent among vhic
has been the immense Importance stea1
and electricity have assumed In moo
ern life Urban population has grow
in this country. as in all civilized cour
tries much faster than the population
ss 4 whole. during the last century, an
where men are gathered together in gres
Masses il inevitably results that the
r,ust work far more largely hv NEAR
~ combinations among themselves tina
when they live Isolated from one anoti
sr. Now, suppose that. most of US Pre-