The Cairo bulletin., 1904-11-20

axiety, but V removes from HIM nc
Hnding influence % seinan ainbi
on. Unless he Is re- trained ~ obli
cations consciously or uncoasciously
incurred he can devote himself 10 the
luties OF his office with an eye singiy
20 his position in history.
| He Is too much a student of public
affairs no. TO be aware of the growing
issue between democracy on the one
| side and plutocracy on the other be
tween the masses. interested In good
government and in equal opportunity
! and the privileged cases, fattenins
| upon governmental favoritism BE
ing aware OF this struggle he must
take his stand upon one side or the
other He must contribute TO The tr
umph that mus ultimately come 4,
The people or stand as The champio
If organized wealth The settlement
Of this issue win have q larga bear
ne upon the future Of the country
Except insofar as he is influenced by
gratitude or by a desire TO repay those
Who have contributed 10 his campaign
fund, his conduct will be determined
by his sympathies If his sympathies
are with the struggling masses he
will view every question from the
standpoint and use The influence Of tbs
executive to furthe their interests
his sympathies are with the Well
o-do" and the thrifty he will nat
rally look questions from theil
standpoint and throw The influence Of
he administration upon their side
Ills writings have raised the suspici I
that he Is Hamiltonan rather thar I
Iefersonian in his ideas aud bias /
hamilton believed hat the vel -borI |
we're born 10 rule aud that the moi I
TOO wel.born were born TO he ruled
that the wellbofn must conduct the I
government in their own IN erests anf
also. Of course, in the interest OF those
born To be governed, He also he
lieyed that the government ought L
Sc strong and centralized Hamilton
had a greay deal more faith in the
wisdom and patriotism of the wealthy
than in the wisdom and patriotism Of
the poorer classes. Jefferson, on the
other hand, believed in the people,
rusted the people and defended tnc
people He did no. object 70 a mans
having wealth, but he insisted that a
nan must be measured not by his
Worldly goods but by his character
nd that his influence In government
should depend upon his inailenable
lights and not upon the number Of
dollars thai he had accumulated
Men seldom change their sympa
HES, Opinions may change, but sym
,athies are more permanent and when
mes sympathies do change the chang
$ a,ly-though not always Il
change In his financial condition /
FOR instance. poor man may became
ich, and when he becomes rich he
nay view questions from the stand
,oint OF the rich rather than from
he standpoint of the poor. and this il
true If he acquires his
wealth by questionable means Th,
nan who has grown rich by floating
capital or by watering st0cb
7
or the people who object to the ex !
loitation of the public The man who
nd by the methods of the Shyloci
as grown rich by usurious Interest
S nor apt to have a good opinion 0
hose who would limit interest rates [
nd protect the needy from imposition
nd injustice On the other hand
hose who have been made aristacratit
y wealth are sometimes made demo
ratio by adversely, Sometimes, how
yer men cross the line througf Z
bought and reflection rather than be
ause of prosperity or financial loss
Insofar as bis executive acts furn ST e
n Indication a. % his sympathies 4
resident Roosevelt seems to incline L
oward the plutocratic side of tht II
His refrsal TO enforce L
he criminal law againse the trus "
lagnates shows hat the large Grim ,
lal who plumbers on a gigantic seals
oes not seem to him so heinous an p
fender as the small criminal. for in D
o other way can his inaction be ex 2
lained, unless his friends say that i
was due to fear of the political in p
uence of the trusts If he law pro %
idng a penalty FIR conspiracies in o
OF trade is an unjust one Il Ct
ught TO be repealed; if it is a just ~
Nv it ought to be enforced. VIII he u
nforce /. now when he is no longer I'll
srrorized by the fear OF what thc IL
'usts may do. or has he compromised bl
imself by accepting their financial a
lpport? If he is free TO act and his OF
are on the side Of the Lf
sople we may expect a vigorous pros n
,ution OF he private monopolea 'h
hich are now preying upon the PEG jh
e. es
VIII he recommend more strict reg.
alton Of the railroads?
No one can doubt that he is a be
ever in the gold standard, but does u
= carry his reverence for the opin-
ms of the inanciers and his desires F'
favor them 20 the point of con
auing The enormous advantage which