The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-05
PRESIDENT s
MESSAGE
Continued from First Page.)


they are the worst enemies Of the
cause they profess to advocate, Just as
the purveyors Of sensational SANDER in
newspaper or magazine are the worst
enemies of all men whe are engaged in
an honest effort to better what is bad
In our social and governmental condi-
tons.
Corruption is never so rife as In COM
munities where the demagogue and the
N,itator bear full sway, because in
kich communities all moral bands be-
come loosened, and hysteria and sensa-
tionalism replace the spirit Of sound
judgment and fair dealing as between
man and man. In sheer revolt against
the squaIid anarchy thus produced men
are sure in the end to turn toward any
leader who can restore order, and then
their relief at being free from the in
tolerable burdens OF class hatred, vio-
lence and demagogy Is such that they
cannot for some time be aroused to in
dignation against nisdeeds by men of
wealth, so that they permit new
growth of the very abuses which were
In part responsible for the original out
break. The one hope for success for
our people lies In resolute and fear
less but sane and cool 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 paRders to the lowest In
stincts and passions In order to arouse
one set Of Americans against their fell
lows or that other creature. equally
base, but no baser, who in a spirit of
greed or to accumulate or add to an
already huge fortune seeks to exploit
his fellow Americans with cailous dis
regard 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.
The plain people who think-the me-
chanics, farmers. merchants. workers
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 them
selves to remember that the most dam
aging blow that can be given popular
government is to elect an unworthy
and sinister agltator on a platform Of
violence and hypocrisy.
Railroad Employer Hours.
call your attention to the need Of
passing the bill limiting the number OF
hours Of employment Of railroad en-
ployees. The measure is very moder
ate one. and l can conceive Of no seri-
Gus objection to it. Indeed. so far as
1t is in our power, 1t should be our aim
steadily to reduce the number of hours
OF labor. with as goal the general in
PRODUCTION of an eight hour day. There
are industries in which 1t is not pos
sible that the hours of labor should
| be reduced, just as there are communi-
ties not far enough advanced for such
a movement to be for their good, or, il
In the tropics, so situated that there is
no analogy between their needs and
ours in this matter. On the isthmus
OF Panama. for instance, the condi-
tons are in every way, so different
from what they are here that an eight
hour day would be absurd. just as it
Is absurd, so far ~ the isthmus Is con-
cerned, where white labor cannot be
employed. to bother as to 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 that alike from the
| merely Industrial standpoint and from