Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-15

ed the full protection of the law. and
each in turn is to be held to strict
obedience to the law, for no man is
above it and no man below IT, The
humblest individual is to have his
| rights safeguarded as scrupulously as
those of the strongest organization
FOR each is to receive justice, no more
and no less. The problems with which
we have to deal in our modern indus
trial and social life are manifold; but
| the spirit in which 1t is necessary to
| approach their solution Is simply the
| spirit of honesty. of courage, and of
| common sense
The action of the Attorney Gener-
al in enforcing the antitrust and inter
state comerce laws, and the action
| of the last Congress in enlarging the
scope of the interstate commerce law
and in creating the Department OF
! Comerce and Labor. with a Bureau
| OF Corporations, have for the first
| lime opened chance for the National
Government to deal intelligently and
adequately with the questions affect
ing society. whether for good or for
evil, because of the accumulation OF
| capital in great corporations. and be-
cause of the new relations caused
| thereby. These laws are now being ad-
ministered with entire efficiency: and
as. in their working. need is shown
for amendment or addition to them
whether better to secure the proper
| publicity, or better to guarantee the
rights of shippers, or in any other
direction-this need will be met -
so far as the rights of the indvid-
ual wage-earner and the individual
capitalist are concerned. both as re
l CARDS one an other. as regards the
public, and as regards organized cap
ital and labor. the position of the Ad-
ministration has been so clear that
there is no excuse for misrepresent-
ing it, and no ground for opposing II
unless misrepresented. Within the
limits defined by the National Consti-
tuition the National Administration
has sought to secure to each man the
tul 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 endeavor-
! ing to make good this guarantee. II
treats all men, rich or poor, what
ever their creed, their color, or their
birthplace, as standing alike before
| the law. Under form of government
the sphere in which the Nation as dis
| tinguished from the State can act Is
| narrowly circumscribed; but within
that sphere all that could be done
has been done All thinking men are
| aware of the restrictions upon the
of action of the national government
in matters. Being ourselves mindful
/ of them, we have been scrupulously
careful on the one hand to be moder-
ate in our promises, and on the other
hand to keep these promises in letter
and in spirit. Our oponents have
been hampered by no such consider
l atoms. They have promised, and
| many of them now promise, action
which they could by no possibility
take in the exercise of constitution.
al power, and which, IL attempted.
would bring business to a standstill :
they have used. and often now use,
| language of wild invective and appeal
| 10 all the baser passions which tend
| to excite one set of Americans again
st their fellow-Americans; and yet
whenever they have had power they
! have fittingly supplemented this ex-
| travagance of promise by absolute
: nullity in performance
This Government is based upon
j the fundamental idea that each man
! no matter what his occupation. his
race, or his religious belief. is enti-
| tied to be treated on his worth as a
| man, and neither favored nor dis
! criminated against because of any ac-
! cident in his position. Even here at
| home there is painful difficulty in the
| 'ffort to realize this ideal: and the
attempt to secure from other nations
acknowledgment of 1t sometimes en-.
| counters obstacles that are well nigh
| .nsuperable; for there are many ma
tons which in the slow procession OF
! the ages have not yet reached that
point where the principles which
4 FhhiNi iNbaiu hS OD-
ain any recognition whatever. One oil
| he chief difficulties arise in connec-
| tion with certain American citizens
| OF foreign birth, or of particular creed
l who desire to travel abroad. Russia
| Tor instance, refuses to admit and
protect Jews. Turkey refuses to ad-
nit and protect certain sects of
| christians. This Government has CON
'istently demanded equal protection
abroad for all American citizens.
! whether native or naturalized. On
March 27. 1899, Secretary Hay sent a
letter of instructions to all the diplo-
matte and consular officers of the Uni.
ted States. In which he said: This
! Department does not discriminate be-
tween nativeborn and naturalized
citizens in according them protection
while they are abroad, equality of
treatment being required by the laws
| of the United States -
| Speaking further of the protection
OF Americans abroad. the President
says:
1T is striking evidence OF our
| ODnOnentg' ingincerify in tbia rpat,ar =