Evening times-Republican., 1903-10-15

! saturated with the indecent demands
of selfishnessa More than this, can any
! of us doubt the existence of still more
odious and destable evils which, with
steady cankerng growth. are more
directly than all others threatening our
/ safety and national life?
/ Il speak Of the corruption of our suf-
frage, open aud notorious. of the buy
ing and selling of political PLACES for
money, the purchase of political favors
and privileges, and the traffic IN Off
cia duty fer personal gain
| .sThsse things are coufessedl.f COM
mon. Every intelligent man knows
that they have grown from snail be
ginnings until they have reached
lflightful proportions OF maley olence:
| and yet respectable citizens by the
thousands and hundreds of thousands
have looked on with perfect calmness,
! and with hypoeritical cant have de-
iclared they are not politicians, or with
Isilly pretensions of faith IN our
lstrenglh and luck have languidly
| claimed that the country was prosper
| Gus, equal to any emergS ncy. and proof
against all dangers.
| Resulting from these conditions. in
a manner not difficult to trace, whole
some national sentiment is threatened
! With utter perversiou. Al sorts of mis-
conceptions perwade the public thought
land jealousfes rapidly taking on the
complexion of class hatred are found in
every corner of the land. A new mean
ling has been given to national osper
iity.
| With a hardihood that savol,s of In
science an old preteXt which las pre-
ceded the doom of ancient experiments
lin popular rule Is daily and hourly
|dinned in our ears. We are told that
the national splendor we have Quilt up
on the snowy ventures of speculative
wealth is badge of our success.
Prosperity Not General.
"Unsharing con.entment is enjoined
iupon the masses of our people. and
they are invited. in the bare subsist
enee of their scanty homes, to patrioti-
cally rejoice in their country's prosper
llty.
This is too unsubstantial stn enjoy
ment of benefits TO satisfy those who
have been taught American equality;
land thus has arisen, by a perfectly
natural process, dissatisfied insist
ence upon better distribution of the
results of our vaunted prosperity
we now see It's worst manifestation
| IL the apparently incorrigible disloca-
ton of the proper relations between la :
Dor and capital This Of itself is suf-
ificiently distressing: out thoughtful
men are. not without dread of sadder
Developments vet to come.
There has also grown up among our
people a disregard for the restraints
of law. and disposition to evade is
Limitations. while auerulous structures
concerning the action of the courts
| tend to undermine popular faith In the
course Of Justice: and last, but by no
means least. complaints of imaginary
or exaggerated shortcomings IN our IL
nancial policies furnish an excuse for
the ilippant exploitation of OIL sorts OF
monetary nostrums.
Denies He is = Pessin,ist.
| II hasten to give assurance that !
have not spoken in a spirit of gloomy
| pessmsn. | shall be the last of our
| people TO believe that the saving grace
| of patriotism among my countrymeE IS
| dead, or will always sleep.
| II know that its timely revival ana
activity means the realization OF the
| loftsest hopes of a free nation. ! have
faith that the awakening Is forthcom-
ling. and on this faith build a cheer
ful hope for the healing of all wounds
inflicted In slurnber and neglect.
| Every citizen should be- politician
enough to bring himself within the true
meaning of the term as one who con-
Germs himself with the regulation or
Government of a nation or state. for
| the preservation of its safety. peace
and pros perity' This is politics in It's
hes. sense. and this is good citizenship
| and In every sentence and every lina
| of this creed of good citizenship the
| lesson should be taught that our coun-
Try is a beautiful and productive iiele
10 be cultivated by loyal Americans
| who. with weapons near at hane'
whather they SOW and reap. or whether
| they rest, will always be prepared 70
Iresist, these who attempt TO despoii
by aay. or pilfer in the night.
II am by no means unmindful OF the
axtent to which the American people
are in "A certain sense governed by par
t,as and | am quite willing to confess
a strong party allegiance. l speak Oh
L
| than party-of a higher law. under
wbosa sanction all parties should exist
and by whose DEGREES all partles shouio
be judged.
~ would have the mass of our voler''
so constantly impressed by TINS law
and so insistent upon its Observance
| as to force upon the managers OF parry
| organizations the necessity and eXped-
iancv OF it's recognition. Within the
limits of this law of patriotic Amerl- :
ran good citizenship, there Is abundant
room for intelligent party actlVlty'
hut this activity must be clean ana uh-
corrupted-sincer In it's Intentions
frank in the declarations OF lts pur-
| noses, and honest in the affairs OF 'he
people
Corn Contest Was Success.