The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-04

..,ividuals who, whether from folly
"'' ,,; temper, from greed for Of
or in a spirit of mere base dema-
indulge in the infiammatory and
,diarv speeches and writings
nbich tend to arouse mobs and to
about lynching, not only thus
tho mob. but also tend by what
.i,ologists call suggestion" great
i,crease the likelihood of a rep
Of the very crime against which
oro inveighing. When the mob
unused of the people of one race
rho man lynched is of another
the men who in their speeches
writings either excite or justify
,otion tend. of course, to excite a
.r race feeling and to cause the
rlo Of the opposite race to lose
..h+ If the abominable act Of the
.,,,inal himself; and in addition, by
-, nrominence they give to the hid
deed they undoubtedly tend to
,oi,a in other brutal and dpraved ma
.u,. thoughts of committing it, Swift,
.-,ontless, and orderly punishment
under the law is the only way by
,bicb criminality of this type can be
,ornanently suppressed.
Capital and Labor.
In dealing with both labor and cap
,taI with the questions affecting both
o,rnorations and trades unions, there
=. ono matter more important to re-
r,omber than aught else, and that is
rho infinite harm done by preachers
If mere discomfort. These are the
mon who seek to excite a violent class
haired against all men of wealth.
They seek to turn wise and proper
rovements for the better control of
generations and for doing away with
+ha abuses connected with wealth, in
m a campaign of hysterical excite
ment and falsehood in which the aim
i TO infame 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
sock to associate themselves with
those working for a genuine reform
in governmental and social methods,
and sometimes masquerade as such
reformers In reality they are the
worst enemies Of the cause they pro-
fess to advocate, just as the purvey-
ors of sensational SANDER in newspa-
per or magazine are the worst enc
mics of all men who are engaged in
an honest effort to better what is bad
In our social and governmental con-
ditions. To preach hatred of the rich
man as such, to carry on campaign
of SANDER and invective against him,
10 seek to misleaI and inf1ame to mad
ness 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 polite and to be false
10 every worthy principle and ira
dition of American national life. More
Oh mo
agitation may give a livelihood and a
certain notoriety to some of those who
take part in it, and may result in the
temporary political success of others,
in the long run every such movement
will either fail or else will provoke a
violent reaction. which will itself re-
suit not merely in undOing the mis-
chief wrought by the demagOg and the
agitator. but also in undOing the good
that the honest reformer, the true up
holder of popular rights, has painfully
and laboriously achieved. Corruption
is never so rife as in communities
where the demagog and the agitator
bear full sway, because in sucn COM
munities all moral bands become looS-
ened, and hysteria and sensationallsm
replace the spirit of sound judgment
and fair dealing as between man ana
man. In sheer revolt against the
Squalid anarchy thus produced men
are sure in the end to turn toward
any leader VINO can restore order, ana
then their relief at being free from the
mtoerable burdens of class hatred,
violence, and demagogy is such that
lhey can not for some time be aroused
10 Indignation against misdeeds by
men of wealth; so that they permit
new growth of the very abuses when
We're in part responsible for the or
lslnal outbreak. The one hope for
success for our people lies in a reso-
Iule and fearless. but sane and cool
headed, advance along the path mark
eu out last year by this very Congress.
1lere must be a stern refusal to De