The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-12-06


with murder; assault with. intent to
commit rape should be made a capi-
tai crime, at least in the discretion
Of the court, and provision should be
made by which the punishment may
follow Immediately upon the heels of
the offehse: while the trial should be
so conducted that the victim need not
be wantonly 'shamed while giving tes-
timony,' and that the least possible
publicity shall be given to the de-
tails.
Next, President Roosevelt discusses
capital and labor. On this subject
he writes:
y In dealing with both labor and
capital, with the questions affecting
both corporations and Trades unions.
there is one matter more important
to remember than aught else. and
that is the infinite harm done by
preachers of mere discomfort. These
are men who seek to excite a violent
class hatred against all men of
wealth. They seek to 5turn wise and
proper movements for the better con-
troll of corporations and for doing
away with the abuses connected with
wealth. INTO "a campaign Of hysteri-
cal excitement and falSehood in which
the aim is to :nfiame to madness the
brutal passions. OF mankind. The sin
ister demagogs' and foolish vision
aries who are always eager to under
take such campaign OF destruction
sometimes seek to associate them
selves with those working for a gem
, uine reform in governmental and So
clal methods, and sometimes, .masaue-
rade as the reformers. In reality
theyT are the worst enemies of the
cause they profess to advocate, Just
as the puWeyors of sensational Sian.
der In newspapers or magazine are
the worst enemies of all. men who
are engaged in an honest effort to
better what is,,bad in our: social and
governmental conditions"
To preach hatred of the rich man.
as such, to caEry on a campaign of
slander. and invective against him.
TO seek to mislead and inffame 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 in the
doctrines preached-all this is TO
commit crime. against the body pol
itic and to be false to every worthy
principle and tradition of American
national, life. Moreover. while such
preaching and such agitation NAV
give q livelihood and a certain noto-
rlety TO some Of those who take part
In 1t, and maYTesult in the tempor-
airy pplitical success of others. in the
long run every such movement will
elther fail or, else will provoke vio-
lent reaction, which will itself result
not merely in undoing the mischief
wrought by the .demagog and the agi-
tator, but also in undoing the good
that the honest reformer, the true
upholder of popular rights, has pain
fully and laborfously achieved. Cor
ruption' rs never so rife as in COM
mUnities where the-denfagog and the
agitator bear full sway, because in
Such communities all-"moral bands
become. .-.looSened. and hysteria and
replace the spirit 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 TO run toward any leader who
can restore order, and then their re-
lief at being free from the. intoler-
able burdens of class hatred. violence
and demagogy is such that they can 4
not Tor some time be-aroused to in
dlgnation against misdeeds by men
Of wealth; so that they permit new
growth of the very abuses which
were in part responsible for the or
iginal outbreak. The. .0ne hone for
success for our people lies in q, reso-
lutte and fearless, but sane and cool |
headed. advance along the path
marked out last year by this Con-
sress. There must beSasstern refusal
10 be misled into following, either
hat base creature VINO appears and
)anders to the lowest instincts and
passions in order to ,arouseione set
ii Americans against their fellows,
" chat other creature, equally base
)u6 no baser, who, in a spirit of
greed, or to accumulate or add TO
IN already huge fortune, seeks to eX-
,loit his fellOw-Americans with cal
Gus disregard 10 their welfare of |
oul and body. the man who de- !
'aucheS others in order 10 obtain q |
ligh office stands on an evil equality |
II corruption with the n>@n VINO de- !
others for financial profit; |
nd when hatred is sown the crop |
which springs up can only be evil.
Continuing, the message says:
I call your attention TO the need /
Il passing 2 bill limiting the num-
'er OF hours of employment of rail
Dad employees. The measure is
4
eve of no serious objection to tt
he President, however, thinks there
re industries and districts in which
is nOt. possible that the hours OF
abor should be reduced, +
On the isthmus of Panama. for
lsCance, the conditions are in every
'ay so different from what they are
ere that an eight-hOdr day would be
Dsurd; just as it absurd. so far as
he Isthmus is concerned. where J.
mite labor can nol be employed. to I
other as to whether the necessary
-ork is done by alien black men, or
y alien yellow men. But the wage !
Orkers of the United States are OF +:
, high a grade thai alike irolar' the
lerely industrial standpoint - and |
'om the civic standpoint il should
e our object to do what we can in i
lie direction of securing the general |
Dservance of an eight-hoar day. -: .
Among the excellent laws which +;
lie Congress past at the last session
as an employers liability law. II {
as a marked step in advance to get rs
le recognition of employers liabil- II
Y ha CT q