Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-31
HIS SINCERITY and HIS ECONOMIC
PHILOSOPHY
Discussed in the Chicago Public. Ef-
feCtS of His Recent Tour in the
West. His Sincerity and Good
Faith UndOubted by Those Who
Had the Pleasure to Hear Him.

Law,on's tour Of the West has had a
useful efiect,-even If in no other way
yet in dissipating that general feeling of
uncertainty regarding his good faith,
which the "System" has indust iously
and somewhat successfully fostered.
The newspaper reports of his speeches
have been so farcical that if it had been
necessary to depend upon them Lawson
woud have gained nothing by his trip.
But thousands who met him and listened
10 him are now in a state of mind to re.
spect his motives as we'll as to welcome
his revelations; and, slowly no doubt,
but inevitably, their assurances among
their friends will counteract the work of
garbled and colored press dispatches,
with a people with whom the news re-
porting system of this country is already
thoroughly discredited. A comparison,
for instance, OF his speech at the Jeffer-
son club in Chicago with the newspaper
reports of it could hardly fail to shock
the most unsophisticated apoIogist for
the SYSTEM" At any rate, those who
heard the speech realize, as never be
fore, the usefulness of Lawson's work,
and acknowledge, though never before,
the genuinenese Of his purpose.
Lawson's personality is sgreeably dis.
appointing. Although one would readily
recognize him from his printed portraits,
the "sportiness" OF most of those repro
ductions is lacking. His face and natural
pose are those of man who could 70
through all he has described in his maga-
zine articles. and who would grit his
teeth and do it if challenged by circum.
stances, yet who could afterward describe
it and denounce it not only with the ap-
pearance of candor and sincerity which
has characterized his Everybody's arti.
cles. but with candor and sincerity in
fact.
His Chicago speech was excellent both
in matter and form. Without any affecta.
ton OF Oratory. or strain after momentary
effect of any sort, it was talk rather
than speech; and it held large audi
ence for two hours at midnight. Like
his magazine articles, his speech revealed
but little compared with it's length, of
the rascalities Of the System )" but, also
like his magazine articles, it wove what
he did reveal into the web of general
story of high finance go fittingly as to
make the whole recital intensely inter.
esting, and 30 conspicuonsly as to EN-.
phasize the dangerous criminality of the
"System." And it disclosed better than
his magazine articles have done, the
thread of true economic philosophy,
the end of which he may or may not see !;
while, even more than either his maga.
zine articles or his personality, it has left
behind an impression of profound sin.
cerity.
n
Then his revelations began. Whoever
imagines that Lawson has revealed
nothing OF Importance, has but to read
the June and July installments of his
magazine articles. Whoever doubts the
truth Of his story, has only to turn back
to his insurance revelations of nine
months ago and compare them with the
denials that wsre spread broadcast then
and the disclosures as to the Equitable
which are spreading themselves broad.
cast now.
During all that time Lawson stood as
a states witness exposing co-criminals.
But it was as states witness we'll cor.
roborated by circumstances, by the sus.
picious conduct of his betray ed associ-
ates, by the fact that his accusations
could be refuted bv public documents
and by public officials if false, and by the
rottenness that soon began to ooze out of
the System and into plain sight.
The good folks in our midst had
right at that time to regard him with
repulsion, not to say distrust, if they
wished, and to gather in the hens of
their garments lest his touch contamin-
ate them. But even then, in the attitude
merely of states witness ''giving away
his pals" Lawson was better than the
pals he was giving away. He, at any
rate, was assaulting the System by means
Of which the crimes had been committed,
while they were oiling its bearings for
further piratical use.-The Public.
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