New-York tribune., 1906-10-01
the forces arrayed against each other In the con-
test between Hughes and Hearst.
DEEDS. NOT WORDS.


| In much the same spirit In which last WIN
| ter he threatened to put Charles T. Murphy III
striped clothes, Mr.. Hearst and his organs aie
promising campaign OF prosecution agalh'' ai
/ monopoists. The agitation is thought 10 De
useful as vote maker. The rlghting OF pupilc
wrongs is not its purpose, any more than that
was the purpose Of the campaign against
Murphy or Sullivan or Bourke Cochran all OF
whom are now dear friends Of the former
| nreacber against their iniquity. Mr. Hearst's
| main purpose is self-explotation by appeals TO
| passion.
In sharp contrast with this method Of dealing
with evils is the course taken by President
| Roosevelt and Mr.. Hughes. With the minimum
of agitation they have achieved the maximum OF
| beneficial results. They have worked TO better
| conditions. not to advance themselves They
| have exposed abuses in order to remedy them,
not to stir I'D hate The world is better for their
work. while It is worse for Mr.. Hearst's.
Washington dispatch, which publish in an
other column this morning reviews the anti
trust prosecutions carried on by the national ad-
ministration since President Roosevelts famous
declaration in his message Of December, 1904,
for procedure "step by step, without halt and
without hurry" TO cure the evils incident to the
conduct Of great corporations engaged in inter-
state commerce.
That programme has been faithfully followed
by the impatient and the demagogc. A light
ming express Of prosecution would not be fast
enough to suit Mr.. Hearst or to keep pace with
his reckless promises and denunclatons. HIS
words can go beyond any sane deeds. On the
other hand the lack of halting finds its critics.
Despite both the radical and the conservative,
the President has carried on his work Of en-
forcing the law. AS our correspondent shows In
detail, fines amounting In round numbers to
cOOn 0N0 cOIlo violations Of tho
antitrust laws. In addition, many cases Of great
Importance are pending. The government, after
long litigation has forced trust officials TO tes-
tify in proceedings against their corporations,
and it has also-in the Northern Securities case,
for example-established legal doctrines favor
able to popular rights. The new law permitting
Imprisonment for offences is now being invoked
TO punish managers OF lawbreaking trusts.
Mr.. Hughes has been engaged on some Of this
work for the administration. He and others so
employed have dealt with the problem in the
same thorough but sane and constructive spirit
which he displayed in the gas and insurance
Investigations While Mr.. Hearst was tearing
down Mr.. Hughes was building up. The Repub-
lican policy toward business contemplates not
destruction but improvement, the substitution
of something good in every case to leave less
room for evil. 1t appeals to the sense of human
brotherhood, not TO the sense Of human hate.
The Republican party has made no attack on
business legitimate in its organization opera
ton. It has not destroyed property. 1t has
rather directed its employment by methods bene-
fetal TO the country It has made almost revo-
lution8ry reforms without disturbing prosperity
or arousing class hatred. Mr.. Hearst would dis
| turb prosperity and arouse class hatred without
really accomplishing the reforms. There lies
| the distinction between the progressive states
man and the demagogic agtator.