The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-15

ton tnhi ono hGlluuS ulNhNhiAt 'hN'''
tered In getting the right type OF men
To- dig the Panama Canal Is 'hc cei'
talnty that they will be exposed, both
without, and, am sorry to Jay,
sometimes within, congress, 20 I.tsr-
ly reckless assaults on their character
and capacity.
at the risk Of repetition let ne fay
again that my plea Is, not for I'M
munlty to but for the most hisp1--
ing exposure Of the polite ~ Who be.
trays his trust. OF the big Business
men who makes or spends bis fortune
In lllcgitlmatc or c)~fcp; ways.
There should be a rosoin'e effort 10
hunt every such man ont OF tho post
ton he has disgraccd Expose trc
crime and hunt down the criminal
but remember that even in "a" case
OF crime II g IS ATTACKED IN s,'.sa.
tional. lurid and untru,h'l fashion.
the attack may do moro dtrng' 90
the public mind than the ,riWc Itself
r. ls because | feel tha' there should
be no rest In the endless waf against
tho forces Of evil that ! ash that inc
war be conducted with san.'s rs well
as with resolution. Toe rien with
the muck.rakcs are often ilt'spena1.
bic 90 the well.being Of society: but
only when they know when TO stop
rnklng the muck. and 20 look upward
to the celestial crown above them,
u ne crown OF worthy cndcayor.
There are beautiful things above and
round about them: and " thcy gradu.
ally grow TO feel that the whole world
IL nothing but muck. their power OF
usefulness is gone.
ITO assail the great and admitted
OWLS of our political and industrial
life with such crude and sweeping
concentrations as 20 include decent
men In tho general condemnation
means the soaring OF the public con
science. There results "A general atu.
tudc either Of cynical belief In an IN
difference TO public corruption OF
else OF dis,rustf1l Inability to dif-
rriminate between the good and tht
bad. Either attitude Is iraught with
untold damage 10 the country as a
whole. The fool who has not scnJc
10 discriminate between what Is good
and what Is bad Is wcll-nigh as d1n'
s,rous as the man who does discrim
mate aud yet chooses tne Dad. There
is nothing more Distressing to every
good patriot. to every good American
than the hard, scoffing spirit when
treats the allegation OF dishonesty IN
a public man as cause for laughter
Such laughter Is worse than III,
crackfing OF thorns under a pot. foI
Il denotes not merely the vacant
mind. but the heart In which hgl
emotions have been chokcd boipr
they could grow TO fruition.
There is any amount OF good In Tho
world. and there never was time
! when lofticr and more disintercBteI
work for the beucrment OF mankIn.
was being done than now. The force
that tend for evil are great and t.rrI
bic, but the forces Of truth and low,
ard courage and honesty and gencr
osity and sympathy are also strongc
than ever before. II Is a foolish an'
timid. no less than wicked thing, &
blink the fact that the forces Of oyi
are strong. but Il is even worse &
fail to take inJo account the strcngtI
of the forces that tell for good llys
tcrlcal sensationalism is the ycr,
poorest weapon whorcwith to hgh
for lasting righteousness. The met
who with stern sobriyty and truth a'
sail the many OWLS OF our time, whaih
cr In the public press, or In mlga
zines. or In books. Hro the loader
and allies Of all engaged In the wor
for social and political bettcrmrnl
But II they give good reason for dis
trust OF what they say, II they chit
tho ardor Of those who demand trut
as a primary virtue, they thereby b,
tray the good cause. and play inu
; the hands of the very men agaIns
whom they are nominally Mt war
This truth should be kept Goa
stantly In mind By every free peopl
, desiring to preserve the sanity an
poigc indispensable to tno pcrmanon
success Of solfgoyernment Yet, o.
, The other hand, It is vital not 70 pei
/ nit this spirit Of sanity and sell
command to degenerate into mer
! mental stagnation. had though
. s.atc OF physical excitement a.
; and evil though the results
which come from tho violent osci'
/ tlons such excitement inyariabl
! produces, yet q sodden acquiesccnc
, in evil is even worse. At this m,