Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-12-04
DANGER FROM THE DEMAooos
Hystsrical Hatred Must Not Exist
Between Capital and Labor.

Between Capital and Labor.
In dealing with both labor and capt.
taL with the questions affecting both
corporations and trades unions, there
Is one matter more important to re-
member than aught else, and that Ii
the infinite harm done by preachers
OF mere discomfort. These are the men
who seek to excite q violent class
haired against all men OF wealth. They
seek to turn wise and proper move-
ments for the better control OF cor
porations and for doing away with the
abuses connected with wealth. into
q campaign Of hysterical exciteuent
and falsehood In which the aim IL to
infiame to madness the brutal pas
sions OF mankind. The sinister deIna-
always eager to associate themselves
with those working for genuine re-
form In governmental and social
| methods, and sometimes masquerade
| as such reformers. In reality they are
the worst enemies Of the cause they
profess to advocate, just AZ the purr
veyors OF sensational Islander In news
paper or magazine are the worst ene-
mics Of all men who are engaged In
an honest effort to better what Ii bad
In our social and governmental condi-
lions. To preach hatred OF the rich
man as such, to carry on campaign
4 of Islander and invective against him,
to seek to inislead and ihfiame to mad
mess honest men whose lives are hard
and who have not the kind of mental
training which will permit them to APP
lpreciate the danger In the doctrines
lpreached--all this Is to commit q 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 q livelihood
and certain notorietv to some OF
those who take part In it. and may re-
suit In the temporary political success
LOT Others In the long run every such
movement will either fail 7r else will
provoke violent action, which IN
itself will result not only in undoing
the mischief wrought by the dema-
. cog and the agitatof, but also in un-
doing the good that the honest re-
. former, the true upholder Of popular
! rights. has painfully and labor0usly
. achieved. Corruption Is never 90 rife
fas in communities whore the demegog
! and the agitator hold full sway. be-
i cause in such communities all moral
bands become loOsened. and hysteria
and sensationalism replace the spirit
J of sound Judgment and fair dealing as
between man and man. In sheer re-
= volt against the squalid anarchy thus
{ produced men are sure IN the end C
/ turn toward any leader who can re-
I store ORDER and then their relief q
I being free from the intolerable bur.
i dens OF class hatred, violence ai.s
3 tdemasogy ID such that they cannot to
: some time be aroused to indignation
4 against such misdeeds by men Q
= wealth: so they permit new gr0wtl
y Of the very abuses which were y
q part responsible for the original out
Is break. The one hope for success e
te our people lies in Q resolpte and feal
j less, but sane and cool headed. ad
vance along the path marked out lai
: lyear by this very congress. TheI
a. must be a stern refusal to be misle
In following either that base creatul
~ who appeals and panders to the low
DO est instincts and passions In order &
4 arouse one set of Americans again
q, lthAr. fellows. or that other creAtuz
ne equally base, but no bases, who in
'se spirit OF greed or to accumulate,
Of add TO an already huge foreune, see
on to exploit his fellow Americans vi
callous disregard to their welfare
y soul or body. The man who debauc
IN es others in order TO obtain hi
ty: ONCE stands on an evil equality.