The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-13

which enabled them to act wisely IN
the Philippines. and in Cuba. also en-
abled them to do their duty as re-
CARDS the problems connected with
the trusts. and TO secure the build
ING of the Istllnlian canal. We are
content to resi- our case before the
American people upon the fact that
to adherence to lofty ideal we have
added proved governmental ef7cien-
cv. Therefore, Our promises may
surely be trusted as regards any is
sue that is now before the people;
and we may be equally trusted to
deal with any problem which may
hereafter arise.
The men who fought for union and
for liberty in the years from 1861 to
1866 not only saved this nation from
ruin. but rendered an inestimable SER
vice to all mankind. We of the Uni
ted States owe the fact that today
we have country to what they did;
and the nation has decreed By law
hat no one of them, if disabled from,
earning his own living, shall lack
the pension 20 which he is entltle>s.
not only as matter Of gratitude, but
as a matter of justice. 1t is the pol
icy of the republican party. steadily
continued: through many years, to
treat the veterans of the Civil war in
a spirit of broad liberality. The Or
der in question carried out this pol
icy. and is justified not merely on
legal grounds, but also on grounds
of public morality. 1t is matter
of common knowledge that when the
average man who depends for his
wages upon bodily labor has reached
the age of sixty-two his earning abll-
ity is in all probability less by half
than it was when he was in his prime:
and that by the time he has reached
the age of seventy he has probably
lost ali earning ability. If there is
doubt upon this point let the douhter
examine the employees doing manual
labor in any great mandatory Or on
any great railroad, and find out how
large is the proportion of men be-
tween the ages of sixty-two and
seventy, and whether these men are
still employed at the highly paid
tasks which they did in their prime.
As a matter of fact, many railroads
pension their employees when they
have reached these ages, and in ma
tions where old age pensions prevail
they always begin somewhere be-
tween the two limits thus set. 1t
is easy to test our opponents SINGER
ity in this matter. The order in
question is revocable at the pleasure
of the Executive. If our opponents
come into power they can revoke this
order and announce that they will
tfeat the veterans of sixty-two to
seventy as presumably in full bod
lily vigor and not entitled to pensions.
VIII they now authoratively state
that they intend to do this? 1t so,
we accept the issue. If not, then
we have the right to ask why they
raise an issue, which when raised,
they do not venture to meet.
AS for what our opponents say in
reference to capital and labor, in
dividual or corporate, here again all
we need by way of answer is to point
to what we have actually done, and
say that if continued in power we
shall continue to carry out the policy
we have been pursuing, and to exc
cute the laws as resolutely and fear
lessly in the f.: as we have ex-
ecuted them in the past.
The action of the attorney-general
in enforcing the antitrust and inter-
state commerce laws, and the action
of the last congress in enlarging the
scope of the interstate commerce law.
and in creating the department OF
commerce and labor, with bureau
of corporations, have for the first
time opened a chance for the national
Government to deal inte1lieentlY and