The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-15

1t should recognize in the wide distribution
of capital and industrial enterprises the best
assurance of intelligent, wholeSomely n
tereSted political conduct, and should cox
denim unnecessary, unnatural and specula-
tive combinations in trade or enterprise as
teaching false business lessons and putting
our consumers at their mercy. 1T should
insist that our finances and currency con-
Germ not alone the large traders, merchants
and bankers of our land, but that they are
intimately and every day related TO the
welIbeing of our people in all conditions of
life; and that, therefore, IL any ADJUST
ments are necessary. they should be made
in such manner as shall certainly maintain
the sOundness of our peoples earnings and
the security of their savings. 1T should
enjoin respect for the law as the quality
that cements the fabric OF organized socie-
ty and makes possible a government by
the people. And in every sentence and every
line of this creed of good citizenship, the
lesson should be taught that our country
is a beautiful and productive field to be
cultivated by loyal Americans. who, with
weapons near at hand, whether they sow
and reap or whether they rest, Will always
be prepared TO resist those who attempt
to despoil by day or pilfer in the night.
LOFTIER THAN PARTY.
ST am by no means unmindful Of the ex-
tent to which American people are in a
certain sense governed by parties; and I
am quite willing to confess strong party
allegiance. / speak tonight of something
law under whose sanction all parties should
exist and by whose DEGREES all parties
should be judged. 1 would have the mass
of our voters so constantly impressed by
this law, and so insstant upon it's observ-
ance as to force upon the managers of
party organizations the necessity and ex-
pediency of recognition. Within the limits
of this law of patriotic American good citi-
zenship there is abundant room for intelli-
gent party activity, but this activity must
be clean and uncorrupted-sincere I'm its
intentions, frank in the declara tons of Its
purposes and honest in the affairs OF the
people.
lit is as clear as MONDAY that IL the
patriotism of our people is to be aggressively
vigorous and equal to our national preServa-
ton and if politics is to subserve q high
purpose instead of degenerating to the level
of cunning game, our good men in every
walk of life must arouse themselves to con-
seriousness that the safety aud best inter-
ests of their country involve every other in
terest, and that by service in the field Of
good citizenship they not only do patriotic
duty but In q direct way save for them
selves the share of benefits due them from
our free institutions. If our business men
in their hard struggles for accumulation
will remember these things and admit
their country's veal to a share I'm their
struggles; If scholars and educators will
not only teach patriotism, but will emerge
from theoretical contemplation and give
proof by their examples that their lessons
mean practical care for their country; and
If in every way possible our people are re-
minded of the value of the government
they hold for themselves and in trust for
their children, and are stimulated TO intel
ligent activity in its protection, we may
confidently look for the conditions and re-
suits treasured up in a divine purpose, and
prophesied through faith in God, at our
Nations birth.
'In the day when all shadows shall have
passed away and when good citizenship
shall have made sure the safety, perma-
nence and happiness of Nation. how
small will appear the strifes of selhshness
| in our civic life and how petty will seem
| the Vaccinations of degraded politics. There
shall be set over against them in that time
| reverent sense of cooperation in heaven S
| plans for our peoples greatness, and the
| Joyous pride of standing among those who
| In the comradeship of American Good
| Citizenship have so protected and de-
| Tended our heritage of self-government that
| our treasures are safe in the citadel OF
patriotism, where neither moth nor rust
Doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal. -