The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-07
The Preaching Of Glass Distfnction II
Severely Condemned.


The Preaching Of Glass Distinction II
Severely Condemned.
In dealing with both labor and capt.
tai, with the questions affecting both
corporations and trade unions, there
Is one matter more important to re-
member than aught else. and that Is
mere % G these are the men
who seek to excite a violent class
hatred against all men of wealth.
They seek to turn wise and proper
movements for the better control of
corporations and for doing away with
the abuses connected with wealth, into
campaign Of hysterical excitement
and falsehood In which the aim is to
infiame to madness the brutal passions
Of mankind. The sinister demagogs
and foolish Missionaries who are always
eager to. undertake such a campaign Of
destruction sometimes seek to associ-
ate themselves with those working for
genuine reform in governmental and
querade as such reformers. In reality
they are the worst enemies Of the
cause they profess to advocate. just as
the purveyors of sensational Islander
In newspaper and magazine are the
worst enemies of all men who are en-
gagged in an honest effort to better
what Is bad in our social and govern
mental conditions. To preach hatred
of the rich man as such, to carry on a
campaign of SANDER and invective
inf1ame to madness honest men whose
lives are hard and who have not the
kind OF mental training which will
permit them to appreciate the danger
to commit crime against the body
polite and to be false to every worthy
principle and tradition of American
national life. Moreover, while such
preaching and such agitation may give
a livelihood and certain notoriety to
some of those who take part in it. and
may result in temporary political
success of others. in the long run every
such movement will either fail or else
will provoke violent reaction, which
the mischief wrought by the demagog
and the agitator, but also in undoing
the good that the honest reformer.
the true upholder of popular rights,
Corruption is never SO rife as in com
munities where the demagog and the
agitator bear full sway, because in
such communities all moral bands be-
come loosened, and hysteria and sen,
judgment and fair dealing as between
man and man. In sheer revolt against
the squalid anarchy thus produced
men are sure in the end to turn to-
and then their relief at being free
from the intolerable burdens of class
hatred, violence and demagogy is such
that they cannot for some time be
aroused to Indignation against mis-
deeds by men of wealth; so that they
permit a new growth of the very
abuses which were in part responsible
for the original outbreak. The one
hope for success for our people lies in
cool headed advance along. the path
marked out last year by this very con-
gress. There must be a stern refusal
to be misled into following either that
base creature who appeals and panders
to the lowest instincts and passions in
order to arouse one set of Americans
against their fellows, or that other
creature, equally base but no baser,
who in spirit of greed, or to accu-
Or seeks sas to eapo nreh hs fe hgs
Americans with callous disregard to
their welfare of soul and body The
man who debauches others in order to
obtain high office stands on an evil
equality of corruption with the man
who debauches others for financial
profit; and when hatred is sown the
crop which springs up can only be
evil
Duty Of the People.
The plain people who think-the
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. owe 1T to
damaging blow that can be given pop
ular government is to elect an UNI
worthy and sinister agitatOr on
platform of violence and hypocrisy.
Whenever such an issue is raised in
this country nothing can be gained by
finching from it.tfor in such case dem
ocracy Is itself on trial popular self
government under republican forms is
itself on trial The triumph of the
mob is Just as evil a thing as the trio
escaped one danger avails nothing
whatever If we sucuumb to the other.
In the end the honest man. whether rich
or poor, who earns his own living and
as much to fear from the insincere
and unworthy demagog, promising
much and performing nothing. or else
performing 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 If we. ever let this
government fall into the hands Of men
Of either of these two classes: we shall
show ourselves false to Americas past.
the demagog and corrup-
zionist often work hand in hand. There
are at this moment wealthy reaction
aries Of such obtuse morality that they
L
cutes them when they violate the law,
or who seeks to make them bear their
proper share of the public burdens as
being even more Objectionable than
the violent agitator who hounds on
the mob to plumber the rich. There is
nothing to choose between such a re-
dictionary and such an agitator; funda-
they are alike in their selfish
disregard of the rights of others; and
it is natural 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.
I call your attention to the need of
passing the bill limiting the number
Of hours of employment Of railroad
employees. The measure is very
moderate one and I can conceive of no
serious objection to it,. Indeed, SO far
aim steadily to reduce the number of
hours of labor, with as goal the
general introduction of an eight-hour
day There are industries in which
it is not possible that the hours of
labor should be reduced; just as there
are communities not far enough ad-
vanced for such movement to be for
their good, or, If in the tropics. SO sit
uated that here is no analogy between
their needs and ours in this matter
On the isthmus of Panama, for in
stance. the conditions are in every way
so different from what they are here
that an eight hour day would be alb
surd; just as 1t is absurd. so far as the
sthmus is concerned where white la
Dor cannot be employed, to bother as
10 whether the necessary work is done
by alien black men or by alien yellow
men But the wageworkers of the
United States are of SO high grade