The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-12

So much for what our opponents
openly or coyertly advance in the
way of an attack on he acts of the
administration. When we come to
consiler tho policies fol which hey
profess to stand we are met with the
difficulty always arising wher state
mems of policy are so made that they
can, be Interpreted in dinerert ways
On some Of The vital questions thar
have confronted the American peo-
pie in the last decade our opponents.
take tie position that silence is the
best possible way to convey their
views. rhey contend that their luke
warm attitude Of partial acquiescence
In what others have accomplished en-
titles them 10 be made the custodians
of the financial honor and commercial
interests which they have but recently
sought to ruin. Being unable 70 agreo
among themselves as to whether the
gold standard Is curse OF a blessing.
and as to whether we ought or ought
not 10 have free and unlimited roinage
Of silver, they have apparently thought
II expedient to avoid any commital on
these subjects, and Individually each
to follow his particular bent. Their
nearest approach to d majority JUG
ment seems to be that it Is now inev,
pedient o assert their convictions one
way or ,he ether, and that the estab-
lishment OF the gold andard by the
Republican party should not be dis
turbed unless there is an alteration
in the relative quantity Of pro1uo ion
OF silver and gold. Men who hold
sincere convictions on vi al questions
can respect equally sincere men with
whose view they radically differ; and
men may confess a change Of faith
without compromising their honor or
tLeir self respect But i. is difficult
to respect an attitude Of mind such
as has bcen fairly described above;
and where there Is no respec! there
can Re nc trust. A policy with so
slender basis OF principle would not
stand the strain u a single year Of
business adversity
Discusses Labor and Capital.
AS for what our opponents say in
reference 10 capital and labor indi-
vidual or corporate, here again all
we need by way of answer is to point
to what we have actually done. and
to say that If continued in power we
she'll continue to carry out tho policy
we have been pursuing, and to exc
cute the laws as resolutely ard fear
lessly in she future as We have exc
cuted them in the pas
+ So far as the rights Of the individual
wage worker and the Individual cap.
italist are concerned, both as re-
CARDS one another as regards tho
public, and as regards organized cap
ial and lanor, the position OF he ad
ministration has been 50 clear that
there is no excuse for misrepresent
ing it, aud no ground for opposing il
unless misrepresented Within thg
limits defined by the national consti
tuition tho national administration has
sought tc secure to each man The ful
enjoyment of his right to live bis life
and dispose Of his property and his
labor as he deems bes SO long as Il.
wrongs no one else, II has shown II
efleclive fashion that in endeavosing
to make good this guarantee, II treat'
all men. rich or poor, whatever thei
creed. their color, or their birth place
as ending alike before the law. IND
er Or form OF government the sphere
in which the nation as distinguished
from the state can act is narrow.
circumscrited; but within that spher,
all that could be done has been done
Al thinking men are aware of tn
restrictions upon the power of action
, of the national government in sus.
! matters Being ourselves mindful O
them, we have been scrupulousl,
careful IN he one hand to be modeI
. ate in our promises, and on the othe
hand o keep these promises in iette
. ard in spirit. Our opponents hay
! been hampercd by no such considera
, ticns. Thcy have promised and max
, OF then. now promise action whIc
they could by no possibility take d
. the exercise OF constitutional power
r and which II attempted. goula h-ln
business saudsull; they hay
used ana often now use, language
3 Wild invective and snpeal TO All th
3 bascr passions which tend TO eXcit
Z one set oi Americans against ihel
I fellow AUericars; and yet wheneye
I they have had power they have fiuins
Z ly supplement ed this eXtravagAnce q
q promise by absolute nGility In PEI
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