The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18

sion would have to be done all over again
AZ an antitrust bill before the 18th OF
March and this would have TO De passed
Notwithstanding u 20 be measure ia .',pHa
~ the house would see no fun In this while
shs majority members IN the senate would
T.s,,, ansI' nse on TIE president.
From the standpoint Of the party y would
b. bad politics 20 call a special session, noI
trusta would only become nercer because
OF the continued agitation and the oeep
blue sea on the other side, In the Rersons
Of the people, would only become oeepeli
II bfli we're to be passed the party would
stand chance Of losing through me trusts,
II no bill were passed after me mater
was gotten 20 that point, II mlgnf stAha
chance Of losing through the people
From the standpoint OF the president me
calling Of ,, special ,r rssos sps peIsstenes
are much admired trnlts. charles a; Sul.
berson, when governor OF Texas calea a
special session Of the legislature 20 stop a
r,riYe hrht and won hls point. BE Is now /
In the United States senate.
Whatever the results may be IN 9shet
directions 1t is plain that the president I
is alternating a considerable faction q MS /
party by his present course Of procedure. I
Unless there Is some very maternal cnahse |
.n the situation q determined movement 70 /
defeat hin for the domination In 1904 WI! 4
be IN full swing before many moons An9
there are many conservative, wen I'M - !
pnAtlClaIN Ao u AAAAE sN4-~'N
cessful.
on. Of the allegations advanced In sup /
port Of the contention that Mr.. Roosevelt
is really In favor Of regulating the trusts
is that he does net believe In what might
be called the brutality Of wealth He Is not
/ fond Of display. according to the persons
who present this argument To any one VINO
has seen the rehAbiltated white House.
/ dnrnnrrafir than ever DO
| fore. and has witnessed the display In evi-
aenoe on such occasions as the presidential
racenttons. this allegation will not appeal
| with particular force. But II Is claimed that
au This gorgeousness Is necessary because
of the presidents ofhcial position and that
| there Is nothing Of the KIND IN nus pFiIH
| alleged and he does not love wealth Tor
the Injuries the display II hsAcs ~
sIble This, 100 - a 9Gssu0 but it is te-
ferred 20 here because II IS my ossHe ~ u"
full Justice to the president .
40 ~ MnssachuEetts one Of his closest
advisers, as e man built very -much ilke s4L;
Roosevelt So lar as ai s atoitun ~ this ns
sertluu they call attention t. speech dehY,
cred by the senator at the inaueufau oh o.
Carol ID. Wright as president oil LlurA ~ 90.
lept AlnssachuBetts, last October. Ihis
speech was mentioned TO me several days
alo aud I went 10 the trouble Of looking II
MI IL must be admitted that IL reads very
nicely We're II not FOR the general distiust
Of republican utteranees II might MAKE u
deep Impression. That part or 1t when par
tieulary refers TO the subject OF wealth 10
as follows g. -. :. ..,, {, ,ho,o
modern times Of ours that tue rich are
getting richer aud the poor poorer. This Is
not true All students know there has been
! great advance III the comfort education
and general well being OF society at large,
and that the condition OF the average man
is better and his earnings larger today than
| ave hpfOre Knit with this Improvement OF
the general condition 1t is undoubtedly true
that the great fortunes which have always
existed have now become larger In amount
: than the world has ever known. Whether
3 these immense nccumulatious OF wealth will
? prove to be OF advantage to society or
E whether they VIII become a most potent
= cause In the overthrow Of society aB II now
exists, depends in large measure upon what
the holders Of these great properties dc
a with them. II they lose sight OF the re
. probabilities which this wealth brings they
I become, In my Judgment, the greatest
y source OF danger which our modern timei
y | afford. IT, on the other hand, these greR
- fortunes are administered with a due sens
y Of responsibility to the community, who's
e laws have made their accumulation possible
Il they VIII not only be benefcent, but the.
y of progress. They can be their own hes
Is friends or their own worst enemies.
N when wealth expends in single evening
A. upon vulgar, brainless entertainment a
j. amount OF money, the income OF whic
~ would mean afiuence to thousands of fan
as HES when Il Is used TO promote corners I
n the necessities of life or for desperat
~ gambling in the stock market: when Il
~ engaged in an effort to debauch election
- or control legislatures; when IL consider
aL that everything ~ for sale, legislatures an
~ courts, public offices. the honesty Of me
aud the honor Of women II Is hard to owe
ne estimate the peril which Ii pOrtends Whe
st so used aud sought only for its own SAX
rh II puts weapons into the hands OF those vii
Id through envy, malice, ignorance or misfo
In tune seek the overthrow of society and I
lie produce the anarchy which would retur
i'd men to the savage state from which the
IS have so painfully climbed upward witt
ed out such misconduct Oh the part Of thos
81 VINO have great possessions the dangeror
" dlslnteErating elements In the social fabr
he are Wen nigh powerless, with them to moi,
no az they may easily become able TO accom-
~ push the worst purposes. But when wean
III realizes It's responsibilities when II iE mac
~, 70 relieve suffering, TO promote educntio
a. 10 bring works Of art within the entovmeI
~ OF az, thcn 1t is protection and
81 But for the assertion that the condItie
49, OF the average man is better and his ear
a. ings larger today than ever before-an n
ns sertion which is by no means borne out ;
~ tacts-this speech might very well ha,
~, been made by good democrat so
~ However that may be, the speech IL mi,
~ cd 10 as evidence OF the attitude Of Sem Il
ne Lodge, who IL sald to reflect the oninions
RS the president In this respect as We'll ns
to- others. "N' 10
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