The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-22
MANY KILLED
BY EXPLOSION:
TOWN WRECKED

Valley great today and destined tC
maintain her future supremacy, Chi
cago, sitting here in her majesty up
on one Of the lakes, Is destined &
exercise a profound influence. not onl,
| upon the great intermediate portion o
! Influence upon the commerc al and po
! ltica forces of the Union If she shal
We'll fulfill her present promise sh,
will in time become the seat of com
mercial power upon the western con
tinent.
In the tribunals to be establishef
here there is no individual or cor
porate combination SO tsrong as t,
arm of Justice will command ODE
dience to the wholesome restraints d
the laws enacted for the protection o
legitimate enterprises against combi
nations which may be conceived in q
spirit of unjust selfishness. Here the
voices of the demagogue will be pow
erless Here paf son must subside and
justice alone be head-iustice, which
is unmoyed by passion or by the ap
zeal of unrighteousness.
While courts of justice protect the
rights Of the people and maintain or.
derby free government there is 4
power greater even than theirs. a
power more potent than constitutions
and statutes. and that is public opin-
on--that moral force which is tse
dominant Judgment for the time be-
Ing of the entire body of the com
II is intangible yet its mighty
influence is felt in the making and
enforcement Of the laws We cannot
accurately delimit its boundaries. yet
we read ly recognize it's potency. This
influence Is created by
many forces acting and reacting upon
each other. but II Is largely the ere
alton fthe press of the country. We
have seen the press quickly create
and as rapidly change public opinion
How important 1t Is tnat this great
power, like all power which affects
the welfare Of the country's CON.
shold be used with rational
and patriotic judgment. II is of vital
concern that the forum where the
avs are made and the courts where
hey are enforced, should be unsullied.
md il is of quite as much importance
hat the creators of public opinion
should be inspired by high purpose,
ncontamnated by base design.
Not AS Black AS Painted.
We live in fortunate period in our
laticnal history. We live in a day
When there is keen respect FOR the
aw and its enforcement against those |
Who transcend it, Nevertheless. there |
5 heard above the voice Of the multi |
ude. the note of the pessimist. the |
reacher of discomfort, the prophet Of |
ocial and national decay. This. how. !
yer, is not unusual with us nor pecu-
ar to our civilization. Even since /
began to make observationh on the \
tate of my country" said Lord Ma.
auley, Il have been seeing nothing l
ut growth and hearing of nothing but |
ecay. The more ! contemplate our |
oble institutions. the more convinced
am that they are sound at heart.
nat they have nothing of age bnt its
lgnity and that their strength is siu
ne strength of youth"
The substitution of socialism. either
bsolutely or in modified form.
ould De to strike down The best polit
al system which has been thus far
=vised by the genius Of wit of man.
nd il would undermine and over
row the last hope Of the lovers of
epublican government I'm this world
hose who would take a step towards
cialism in the profe scd hope thai
c alism may be checked. entertain
u a narrow view Of the best nation
interest II is the part Of national
udence TO avoid the initial sten
ough it be hut short one There &,
. one safe policy and that is. a.
ld the government true tothe cours,
d down by those who founded it.
those who advocate the OWNERSHIP
the railways. o fihe country by Tho /
leral government or by The federal
Nernment and the state govern
EMS prop0 radical denarfur
mihe sound principles VIA Oh have o
herto guided us. They propose 90 .
rnduce The government into "a field r.
ich IL possessed by individual AMI 10
'porate cn'cr crprise-a neH which q
latter are fully competent o oc- .a
iy. This departure would De- long s.
. towards dangerous centralizaton
power and towards the inaueura- rt
q Of system of socialism which ir
The substitution o. fthe government cr
the individual % is rot wise phi lot
Tor the state Orb usurp functions n
ich can De readily di charged by W.
people in Their individual or cor al
ate eaBacity Let The government q.
use the word IN its general sensel I hu
ulate the instruments Of commerce va
he federal government g. nov do IN