Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

of the tasks which this generation had to
face. 1t Is only one. We have great prob
lens at home to face. | am speaking IN
one of the great industrial centers, not
merely of America, but of the world. ZAP
A million people stand grouped in a small
radius around this spot where we are now
ssembled, The growth of your cities
within this radius has been one OF the
most striking phenomena of this day, ana
here, therefore, you are brought face to
face with those problems which anected
our entire civilization at the opening OF
The tremendous rush Of our industrial
development, which has brought in its train
sity brought some that IS evil, the very in
tensity of the progress that has been mace
has meant that new and Infinitely dimt
strive 10 solve as best we may. "a
Under our form of government with its
tthheessee problems must be solved through
the work of private individuals working py
IT, emselvesi others by the association into
waite citizens, and others yet through the
various governmental agencies or munich
pal. state and nation.
Difficult Problem to solve.
Especially great, especially difficult, are
s s6Soa pFSnls%s caused of srea az ihdiv faGSl.h a sni
immensely For the interests Of the country
corporate wealth as long as It is used
right, and when net used right then IT be-
comes a serious menace and danger. Jap
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 these instruments, must, II we
are to succeed, be now, as In the past
OF order, OF justice and of right. We may
need, and in my belief will need, new leg
isla tion conceived in no radical or revo-
/ lutiOnarV shirt hut In q, Spirit OF common
sense, common honesty and a resolute de-
sire 10 face facts as they are. Applause.
while laws are important il is Infinitely
more important that they should be ad-
ministered IN ~eoordanSSe N WITH tn aSm PTln.
tration from the beginning otArecorded HIS
tory. .(Applause.).
department of civilized government is the
department of justice. Think what Il
means.
Honesty Better Than BriIIiancy.
The department of ~justice-justice tina
means that each man, rich or poor, strong
or weak, shall have his rights and shall
not be allowed to do wrong to his fellows
(Applause) And you, here Of this city
Sentative nSXs in the Cabinet, the man uhde
whom We can guarantee that the depart
ment OF justice will be such In fact as wei
Cries of "Knox! Knox!'O When 1t come
to practice, the ounce of performance out
| weighs the ton OF prdcICe. ana unueT MI
Knox there has been very much more thai
an ounce of performance. (Applause) Oh
my fellow countrymen, as We face thes
Infinitely difficult problems let US ever keeI
in mind that though we need the highes
qualities of the intellect In order to worl
out practical schemes for their solution
yet we need a thousand times more, wha
counts for many, many, many times a
much as intellect. We need charaeteI
(Cries Of That is II" and applause.) Char
acter, that compound OF honesty and couT
age. Common sense will avail us more 1
the long run than any brilliancy on IN
stump or any advising legislative mean
and methods. The brtlliancy Is good; W
need the intellect; we need the best n
gene. but we need more character; we nee
honesty and r%esolute courage. applause
Character L. Most Needed.
We need what Mr.. Knox has shown-th
character that will refuse TO be hurrie
into any unwise or precipitate moVemer
by any ,lamor, whether historical or den
ter that will refuse to be frightened OF
of the movement which he thinks II
right to undertake, by any pressure, sti
/ less by any threat, express or implied
(Cries OF Hear Heart" and applause)
Gentlemen. we nave great problems; "
can only solve them by degrees. We ca
; only solve them by doing we'll each pa
ticular bit OF work as II comes up for s,
} luton. Much can be done along the line
/ of supervision and regulation Of the gres
5 industrial combinations which have becon
= so marked a factor in our civilization, bl
II we reeklessly try without proper though
( without proper caution, 70 do too much v
ruin that viii be felt most aeutelY amo