The Ely miner., 1902-07-11

governmental agencies of municipal, state
and nation. Especially great especially
difficult are the problems caused by the
growth and concentration of great in
dividual, and above all, great corporate for
tunes.
''It is immensely for the interests of the
country that there should be such in
dividiual and corporate wealth as long as it
is used right, and when not used right then
it becomes a serious menace and danger
The instruments and methods with which
we are to meet these new problems must
in many cases, themselves, be new, but
the purpose lying behind the, use of these
methods of those instruments must if we
are to succeed, be now, as in the past, sim
ply in accord with the. immutable laws of
order, of justice and of right. We may
need and in my belief will need, new legis-
lation, conceived in no radical or revolu-
tionary spirit but in spirit of common
sense, common honesty and resolute de-
sire to face facts as they are. We will
need, then, new legislation, but while laws
are important it is infinitely more impor-
tant that they should be administered in
accordance with the principles that have
marked honest administration from the be-
ginning of recorded history.
Character Is Needed.
"Oh, my fellow countrymen,. as. we face
these infinitely difficult problems let us
ever keep in mind that though we need the
highest qualities of the intellect in order
to work out practical schemes for their So
luton, yet We need a thousand times more,
what counts for many, many times as much
as ineffective need character. Charac-
ter that compound of honesty and courage,
and common sense, will avail us more in
the long run than any brilliancy on the
stump or any advising legislative means
Tho h,.i11 1ioy ic
need the Intellect; we need the best in
tellect we can get; we need the best in
telligence, but we need more still, charac-
ter. We need common sense, common hon.
esty and resolute courage. We need the
character that will refuse to be hurried into
any unwise or precipitate movement by
any clamor. whether hysterical or dema-
gogic, and on the other hand, the character
that will refuse to be frightened out of the
movement which he thinks it right to un-
dertake, by any pressure, still less by any
threat, expressed or implied.
Must BE Solved by Degrees.
Gentlemen, we have great problems.
We can only solve them by degrees. We
can only solve them by doing well each
particular bit of work as it comes up for So
luton. Much can be donetalong the lines
of supervision and regulation of the great
industrial combinations which have be-
come so marked a feature in our civiliza-
ton, but if we recklessly try without prop
er thought, without proper caution, to do
too much we shall do nothing or else we
shalr work ruin that will be felt most
acutely among those Of our citizens who
are most helpless. 1t is no easy task to deal
with great industrial tendencies. To deal
with them in a spirit of presumptious and
rash folly, and above all to deal with them
in a spirit of envy and hatred and malice
would be to invite disaster, disaster which
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would rCl;k its foundations. The Mississip-
pi sometimes causes immense damage by
flood. If you cannot dam it and stop the
floods, you can regulate them and control
them by leveeS. You can regulate and
control the current; you can eliminate its
destructive features, but you can do it only
by studying what a current is and what
your own powers are. 1t is just exactly so
in dealing with the great tendencies of our
industrial civilization. We cannot turn
back the wheels of progress. If we could
it would mean the absolute destruction of
just such industrial centers as this. We
will either do nothing or we will do damage
if We strive ignorantly to achieve the i'm
possible.
But that fact does not excuse us for fall
ure to strive to Go what is possible. Spe-
cial legislation is needed some of that legis-
lation must come through municipalities,
some through states, some through the ma
all legislation We need honest and fearless
administration of the laws as they are on
the statute books. Honest and fearless
administration of those laws in the interest
neither of the rich man as such, nor of the
poor man as such, but in the interest of ex-
act and equal justice to all alike"
President on Way to Oyster Bay.
Harrisburg, Pa, July IA special
train carrying President Roosevelt and
party from Pittsburg reached Harris
burg at 9:35 Saturday morning, en-
route to Oyster Bay, l.. I. During the
ten minutes wait at the Union station
to change engines and crew the pres
ident and Attorney General Knox
walked constantly up and down the
platform. A large crowd of railroad
men and spectators gathered and to
these the president smiled and lifted
his hat.
A party of secret service men was
with the president and carefully
guarded him and Mr.. Knox from the
time they left the train until it started
on its journey east. Mr.. Knox left the
party here, and after wait of so min
utes started for Washington.
Philadelphia, July president
Roosevelt left here at 1916. He is
due in Jersey City at 2:40.
Oyster Bay Plans Salute.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 7.-Uncer-
tainty as to the time of President
Roosevelt's arrival here has spoiled
the plan to give him formal recep-
ton on his return home. A national
salute will be fired on his arrival, but
there will be no public demonstration
or formal reception.
TEDDY JR., HURT.
Patriotic Scion of the President Has