The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-02
The Message.


To the Senate and House OF kepres-
entatiyos; s;-We still continue in a per
iod of unbounded prosperity. THIS
prosperity is not the creation Oh laW'
lint undoubtedly the laws under when
we work have been instrumental III
creating the conditions which made II
possible, and by unwise Legislation IT
would he easy enough TO destroy It,
There will undoubtedly be PERIODS ol
dcpressions. The wave will recedei
but the tide will advance. rms Natloh
is seated on a continent ilanked by
two great oceans. II is composed OF
men the descendants Of pioneers, Or
I'm sense pioneers themselves OF
mon winnowed out from among the
nations of the Old World by the energy
boldness, and love OF adventure louhd
i'm their own eager hearts. Such a
nation so placed. will surely wrest
success from fortune.
AS a people we have played large
part I'm the world, and we are Deht
upon making our future even larger
than the past. In particular lhe
events OF the last four years nave de-
fnitely decided that, for woe or TOT
veal. our place must be large among
the nations. We may either tall great
ly or succeed greatly; but we cannot
avoid the endeavor from which elther
great failure or great success must
come Even If we would, we cannot
play a small part. II we should Try
all that would follow would be that we
should play a large part ignobly ana
shamefully.
But our people, the sons of the men
of the civil war, the sons OF the men
who had iron IN their blood, rejoice III
the presenr and lace the future high OF
heart and resolute of Will. ours IL
not the creed OF the weakling ana the
coward; ours is the gospel of nope ana
OF triumphant endeavor. we do no'
shrink from the struggle before us
There are many problems for us 20
face at the outset OF the tWehtleth
century-graye problems abroad and
still graver at home; but we know tha'
we can solve them and solve them
well, provided only that we bring 70
the solution the qualities OF head ano
heart which were shown by the mel
who, In the days OF washington
founded this government, ana, IN th'
DAYS OF Lincoln, preserved H.
No country has ever occupied
higher plane of material wen Deiht
than ours at the present moment TINS
we'll being is aue 20 no sudden or ac
cidental causes, but To the play OF th'
economic forces in this country tol
over a century; to our laws, our sus
tanned and continuous policies; above
an. 10 the high individual average o
Gus citizenship. Great fortunes have
been won by those who have taken th'
lead In this phenomenal industrial de
yelopment, and most of these fortune
have been won not by doing evil, bu
as an incident to action which has ben
ehtted the community as whole. NeV
er before has material we'll being Oeel
SO widely diffused among our people
Great fortunes have been accumulated
and yet In the aggregate these fortune
are small indeed when compared Z
the wealth of the people as a whole
The plain people are better OF tina
they have ever been before. The II
surance companies which are pra'
tically mutual benefit societies-espe'
tally helpful TO men of'moderate mean
represent accumulations of capita
which are among the largest in thi
country There are more deposits 4
the saving banks, more owners q
farms. more wcllp paid wagc workers 4
this country now than ever before 4
our history. OF course, whom the COZ
ditions have favored the growth OF $
much that was good, they have ais
favored somewhat the wrogth of wha
WAS evil Al is eminently necessa