The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-04

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siderable burdens OF class hatred,
violence, n demagogy is such that
they can not for some time be ar
[oused to indignation against mis-
deeds by men of wealth; so that
they permit a new growth of the
very abuses which were in part re-
sponsible for the original outbreak.
The one hope for success for our
people lies in a ~resolute and fearless
but sane and c~ool-headed, advance
along the path marked out last year
by this very congress. There must be
a stern refusal to be misled into fol
lowing either that base creature who
appeals and panders to the lowest in
| stincts and passions in order to
| arouse one set of Americans against
their fellows, or that other creature,
| equally base but no baser, who in a
| spirit of greed, or to accumulate or
add t an already huge fortune, seeks
to exploit his fellow-Americans with
c~allous disregard to their welfare OF
soul and body. The man VINO de-
bauches others in order to obtain a
high Office stand on an evil equality
of corruption with the man who de-
bauches others for financial profit;
and when hatred is soWn h crop
which springs up can only be evil.
The plain people who think the
mechanics, farmers, merchants, work
ers with head or hand, the men to
whom American traditions are dear,
who love their country and try to act
decently by their neighbors, w it
to themselves to remember that the
most damaging blow that a be Civ
en- popular government is to elect
an unworthy and sinister agitator on
Ia platform of violence and hypocri-
ed in this country nothing a be
gained by 1inching from it, for in
such case democracy is itself on trial
popular self-government under repub
lican forms is itself on trial. The tri-
thing as the triumph of the plutoc-
racy, and to have escaped one dan
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succumb to the other. In the end
the honest man, whether rich or poor
who earns his own living and tries
to deal justly by his fellows, has as
much to fear from the insincere and
unworthy demagog, promising much
and performing nothing, Or else per-
forming nothing but evil, who would
set on the mob to plumber the rich,
as from the crafty corruptionist, who
for his own ends, would permit the
common people to be exploited by
the very wealthy. II we ever let
this Government fall into the hands
of men of either of these two class
les, we shall show ourselves false to
Americas past. Moreover, the de-
magog and the corruptionist often
work hand in hand. There are at
this moment wealthy r~eactionaries
, of such obtuse morality that they re-
gard the public servant who prose
cutes them when they violate the
law, or VINO seeks to make them bear
their proper share of the public bur-
dens, as being we more objection
| able than the violent agitator who
hounds on the mob to plumber the
i rich. There is nothing to choose be-
tween such a reactionary and SUCH
an agitator; fundamentally they are
alike in their selfish disregard of
the rights of others; and it is natur-
al that they should join in opposition
to any movement OF which the aim
is fearlessly to do exact and even
justice to all.
Railroad Employees Hours and the
Eight-Hour Law.
call your attention to the need
of passing the bill limiting the mum
Der of hours of employment of rail