The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02

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moments. Subsequently it was reported
hat the Interruptions were the result OF a
plot concocted in New York and having
for it's object an attempt to break up
Roots speech.
, After the meeting a New Yorker in the
audience related to a group Of newspaper
reporters that he recognized h intruders
as passengers who travelled with him from
New York to-day and he had overheard
them rehearse the details Of the plan to con-
fuse Secretary Root.
Z The full text of Mr. Roots speech follows:
Mr. Roots SDecrh.
3 My FRIEN DIS AND NEsGHBoRs: A dema-
gogtIe IL one who for selfish ends seeks to
curry favor with the people or some par
: ticular portion of them by pandering to
their p~rejudices or wishes or by playing on
their ignorance or passions.
We are witnessing in the state OF New
York one of those tests Of popular govern
ment which often have COME in the, past
and always will come when a, skilful dema-
gogue attempts to get elected to Office
by exceeding all other men in the denun-
citation Of real evils and in propnises TO cure
them. Honest and well meaning. voters,
smarting under the effects of political or
social or business w~rongdoing. naturally
tend to sylnpathize with the plan who
expresses their feeling in the most forcible
and extreme language and who promises
the mOSI sweeping htdEuTtN u TClOIID,
and in the excitement and heat of public
indignation they are sometimes in danger OF
forgetting that he who cries stop thief
the loudest may be merely seeking his own
advantage, may be worthless as a leader
NAV belong to the criminal class himself.
The enemies of popular government have
always asserted that the great mass Of "A
people, and particula- ly the working people,
could not be trusted to reject appeals to
passion and prejudice and follow the die
tat,g nf Snlnr ranSnn 10 dlgtlnplIl Sht hpt Wppn
more words Of violent denunciation and
-extravagant promise on the one hand and
proved capacity fo- useful and faithful
service on the other, and that their suffrage
would always so to toe most vlohnt and
extreme agitator.
The believers in popular CovernmeT have
always answered that in a country where
universal education goes with nNorsai
suffrage the great mass OF the people and
particularly those who are doing honest
work. can he deueuded upon TO IN form
themselves carefully and to think soberly
Z, and clearly about political questions and
that their plain. strong. common sense VIII
surely detect and reject the self-seeking
~iemagogue, however violent his denuncia-
zion Of wrong and however glowing his
promises Of redress, and approve the gen
iIino man. the competent man. even though
he may not promise so much or pun himself
so much or use such violent language.
HEARST A DANGEROUS SPECIMEN.
: firmly believe that the contention OF the
4 friends N popular government IL right;
believe that the people Of this country and
. of this State. under our system OF universal
suff rage and universal education, are sure
10 come out right in the long run. Never
fbeless il cannot he doubted that many
workingrnen in this State, good and honest
men Who are entitled to respect and who
wish 10 do the best thing possible for their
country, are about TO strengthen the enc
mics and weaken the friends OF popular
government all over the world by. voting
for Mr.. Hearst. who is just the KIND OF a
demaRoCne that | nave described.
He il indeed an especially dangerous specl-
men of the class because he Is enormously
. rich and owns newspapers of wide circula-
zion, and he can hire many able and active
men TO speak we'll of him and praise him in
print and in speech and IN private conVersa-
= tion.
Not only is the cause Of popular govern
-ment in danger Of sun ering injury and dis
credit from the vote for Mr.. Hearst, but
genuine reform. the real practical redress
in danger of being weakened and brought
to naught by this attempt Of Mr.. Hearst to
get himself elected Governor OF New York
State.
Evils OF ORPoRAT WEALTH.
The evils which have come with the enor-
NOUS increase of corporate wealth in recent
years are real and serious; there have been
many outrageous practices which ought 10
he stopped and many w~rongdoers VINO
q OuQny 10 DE DlIlNItNls lhuJ HhOhiA w
done not by lynch law but by the intelligent
and Wise action which BELTS a self-govern-
ing people, determined always to maintain
the rule of law, by reforming the laws where
they are defective and enforcing the laws
with fearless vigor against rich and poo
alike and for the protection OF rich ana poo
alike.
Roth of these require a high degree Of in
telligence. skill and experience; declama-
ton and denunciation and big headlines IN
the newspapers will not do the business. 1t
is easy to cry down with the corporations,
but corporations are merely the forms
: through which the greater part OF our enor-
nous business Is transacted; they are not
formed by special privileges to a few; they
are free to all; anybody can form a corpora
tion by signing and fling a paper, just as
anybody can form a partnership.
And the great mass OF OUR business people,
especially those engaged in manufacture,
are doing their business through corporate
form; our o manufacturing industry
could not be carried onin any other way.
If y0u destroy corporations you Close
your mills and your furnaces, you stop the
Dayment of wages. you destroy the pur-
chasing power of the wage WORKERS. you
reduce the sales of OUT merchants and the
market for farm products. Corporations
are not bad in themselves, but the managers
of some of them and Of many of the greatest
ones nave used them as opportunities Tor
w~rongdoing, il not criminal w~rnngdoing.
CUT OUT THE
The thing needed is to cut out the wrong
doing and save the business, and these cor
porations are OF 40 many different kinds,
engaged in so many kinds Of varied and
+. complicated business, so intimately con-
nected with all the production and trade
and prosperity Of the country, that the
same kind OF patient, experienced and
discriminating skill IL needed for the process
that the surgeon needs in cutting out a
tumor from the human body and saving
the life Of the patient.
Now, this process Of intelligent and
effective redress Of wrongs is going on;
great and substantial progress has been
made in it; laws are being reformed so as
10 meet the present evils; laws are being
enforced with vigor and success; male
factors are being punished according, 10
Jaw and not against law; skill and wisdom
and efficiency and honest purpose never
surpassed in the history Of this or any other
country have put their hands TO the task
and are pressing IL forward with untiring
energy.
HUGHES THE MAN TO DO 1T.
The most conspicuous and 1t representa-
tive Of this great and beneficent work in
this State is Charles +. Hughes. There was
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