The Washington herald., 1906-11-02

which ought to be stopped and many
wrongdoers who ought TO be punished.
That should be done. not by lynch law
but by the intelligent and wise action
which BELTS a self-governing people, de-
te,mined always to maintain the rule Of
law, by reforming the laws whore they
are defective. and enforcing the laws with
fearless vigor against rich and poor alike,
and for the protection Of rich and poor
alike
Both Of these require n high degree Of
Intelligence. skill. and experience; decla-
nation and denunciation and big head
lines in the newspapers will not do the
business It is easy TO cry Down with
the corporations but corporations are
merely the forms through which the
greater part OF our enormous business is
transacted: they are not formed by spe-
cial privileges TO few: they are free TO
all. anybody can form a corporation by
signing and fling a paper. just as any
body can form a partnership.
Must Not Destroy.
And the great mass Of our business peo-
pie, especially those engaged in naanufac-
ture, are doing their business through
corporate form; our enormous manufae-
turing industry could not be carried on In
any other way. If YOU destroy corpo-
rations, you close your mills and your fu--
naces. you stop the payment Of wages.
you destroy the purchasing power Of the
waEeworkers, you reduce the sales Of our
merchants and the market for farm prod
1r.
selves but the managers Of some of them
and Of many Of the greatest ones have
used them as opportunities for wrongdo-
Ing. If not criminal wrOHgdOing
The thing needed is 10 cut out the
wroDgdoing and save the business. and
these corporations are of 50 many diff
terent kinds. engaged in so many kinds OF
varied and complicated businesses. so in
timately connected with all the prodUc-
ton and trade and prosperity Of the coun-
Try that the same kind of patient ex-
perienced, and discriminating skill is
needed for the process that the surgeon
needs in cutting cut a tumor from the
human body and saving the life Of the
patient.
What Hughes Has Done.
Now. this process of intelligent and ef-
fective redress of wrongs is going on;
great and substantial progress has been
made in it; laws are beinE. reformed so
as TO meet the present evils; laws are
being enforced with vigor and success:
maIe1actors are being punished according
to law and not against law; skill and
wisdom and efficiency and honest pur-
pose never surpassed in the history OF
this or any other country have pa their
hands to the task and are pressing il for
ward with untiring energy
The most conspicuous and fit representa-
tive Of this great and benefcent work I'm
this State is Charles /. Hughes. There
was never occasion 20 feel more proud
Of the great profession 20 which Hamilton.
and Marshall and Webster. and Lincoln.
and Tildeu belonged than when through
the long and weary months Of the insur-
ance investigation with patient and un-
firing industry with courage. skill. and
honesty be followed step by step the
cicws which led through all The e0mpIi-
Gated affairs OF the great companies TO
The laying bare Of official wTongdOfng.
Neither wealth. nor power. nor social po-
sitiOn. nor political influence turned aim
aside one hairs breadth from his course.
nor aid any thought OF himself. any tie
sire for 2JpHldty, any Jasnt Of sR'f-ad-
vertising or Standardization obscure his
vision or affect his conduct He was thc
skilled and singIe-minded instrument OF
memorable justice.
When the facts were all uncovered he
arranged them and stated them so plain