The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-18


not act fear 81 the strong
We must Be scIl Gus in doing JUS
tice to Others and scrupulous IN eS-
acting justice for ourselves We
must beware equally Of that sinister
and cynical teaching which would
persuade us to disregard ethical
standards in international relations,
and of the no less hurtful folly
which would stop the whole work Of
civilization by a well-meant but sill
ly persistency IN trying to apply to
peoples untitled for them those
theories of government and of ma
tional action which are only suited
for the most advanced races In
particular we must remember tina
in undertaking to build the Panama
Canal we have necessarily undertak-
en- to police the seas at either end of
it and this means thakwe have a pc
cuIiar intrest IN the preservation of
order in the coasts and islands Of the
Caribbean. I firmly believe that by
a little wise and generous aid VIC
can help even the NORTHUMBERLAND Of
the peoples in these coasts and IS
lands forward along the path of or
DERBY liberty 80 that they can stand
alone. If we decline to give them
.uch help the result will be bad both
for them and for us; and viii in the
end in all probability cause MS to
face humiliation or bloodshed-
esThe problems that face VI
abroad are important, but the prob
lens that face MS at home are even
more important The e&traordin-
arv growth of industrnlisln during
the last half century brings every
civilized people face to face with the
gravest social and economic ques-
tions. This is an age of combina-
ton among capitalists and combina-
tion among wage-workers. 1t Is
idle to try TO prevent such combi-
nations. Our efforts should be to-
see that they work for the good and
not for the harm of the body polite.
New devices of law are necessary
from time to time in order to meet
Ehe changed and changing condl-
lions. But after all we Will do well
70 remember that although the prob
lens to be solved change from gen
grafton to generation, the spirit IN
which their solution must be at
tempted remains forever the same.
IT is in peace as it is in war. Tactics
.hange and weapons change. The
Continental troops in the blue and
buff. who fought under Washington
md Green and Wayne, differed en-
firelv in arms and in training from
those who in blue or gray faced ono
another In the armies of Grant and
Of Lee. of Sherman and Of Johns
ton. And now the sons of these
same Union and Confederate vet
rams who serve in our gallant lit
'le army of today, Wear a different
inform. carry different weapon.
nd practice different tactics But
he soul of the soldier has remained
ne same throughout. and the quali-
les which drove forward to victory
ar to death the men OF '96 and the
non of Glare the very qualities
vhich the men of today must keer
nchanged il in the hour of need
he honor of the nationis to be kept
,ntarnished. So it is in civil life.
This Government was formed with
: its basic idea the principle OF
reating each man on his worth rs
nan, of paying no heed to whether
he was rich or poor, no heed to has
reed or his social standing, but only
10 the way in which he performed
his duty to himself, to his neighhor'
10 the state. From this principle
we can not afford to vary by so much
IS hands breadth. Many repub-
lies have risen in the past, and some
If them flourished long. but sooner
,r later they fell; and the cause
most potent in bringing about their
fall was in almost all cases the fact
hat they grew to be governments IN
The interest of class instead Of
Governments in the interest Of all.
IT made no difference as to. which
lass it was that thus wrested to ITS
1wn advantage the governmental
machinery. Tt was ultimately as
ratn1 to the cause of freedom wheth-
ar Il was the rich who oppressed the
ooor or the poor who plundcred. the
,ich. The crime of brutal disre-
yard of the rights of others IS as
much crime when it manifessts it,
elf in the shape of greed and brutal