Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-13

ton OF the department of Justice under
the present administration,
So far as the rights of the individ- |
ual wags-worker and the individual
capitalist are concerned, both as re-
CARDS one another, as regards the
public, and as regards organ
lied capital and labor, the position
of tno administration has been so clear
that there is no excuse for misrepre-
senting it, and no ground for opposing
it unless misrepresented. Within the
limits defined by the national censti-
tuition the national administration has
sousht to secure to each man the full
enjoyment of his right to live his life
and dispose of his property and his
labor as he deems best. SO long as he
wrongs no one else 1t has shown in
effective fashion that in endeavoring
to make good this guarantee, it treats
all men. rich or poor. whatever their
creed, their color. or their birthplace,
as standing alike before the law. TN
der our form of government the sphere
in which the nation as distinguished
from the state can act is narrowly cir
cumscribed; but within that sphere all
that could be done has been done. All
thinking men are aware of the restric.
tion upon the power of action of the
national government in such matters.
Being ourselves mindful of them, we
have been scrupulously careful OH the
one hand to be moderate in our prom
Uses, and on ,le other hand to keep
these promises in letter and in spirit.
rur opponents have been hampered by
no such considerations They have
promised, and many of them now pro-
mise. action which they could by no
possibility take in the exercise of con
stitutional power. and which, II at
tempted. would bring business to
standstill; they have used and often
now use, language of wild invective
and appeal to all the baser passions
which tend to excite one set of Ameri
cans against their fellow-Americans
and yet whenever they have had pow
er they have flttingly supplemented
this extravaganza of promise by abso-
lutte nullity In performance
Fair Treatment For All.
This government is based upon the
fundamental idea that each man, no
matter what his occupation, his race,
or his religious belief, is entitled to be
treated on his worth as man. and
neither favored nor Disseminated
against because Of any accident in his
position. Even here at home there is
painful difficulty in the effort to real
ize this ideal; and the attempt to Sc.
cure from other nations acknowledge
ment of 1t sometimes encounters OBJ
| stacles that are well nigh insuperable;
for there are many nations which in
the slow procession of the ages have
not yet reached that point where the
principles which Americans regard as
automatic obtain any recognition what
ever. One of the chief difficulties
arises in connection with certain
American citizens of foreign birth, or
of particular creed. who desire to
travel abroad. Russia, for instance re
fuses to admit and protect Jews. Tur-
key refuses to admit and protect Ger,
tain sects of Christians. This govern.
ment has consistently demanded equal
protection abroad for all American cit
| liens, whether native or naturalized
On March 81, 1899, Secretary Hay sent
8 letter of Instructions to all the dip
| lomatic and consular officers Of the
| United States, in which he said: This
| department does not discriminate be-
tween native-born and naturalized cit
| liens in according them protection
while they are abroad, equality OF
treatment being required by the laws
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