The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-01

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hc had TO meet az leaader OF the nation,
and like oil men with The root Of true
greatness In them he grew 10 steadily
larger stature under the stress Of heavy
responsibilities. He was good citizen
\ brave soldier. Chief Executive whose
wisdom entitled him TO the trust which
he received throughout the nation.
"iie was not only leader Of men
but prominently d helper Of men; for
one Of his most marked traits was the
intensely human quality Of his wide
and deep sympathy. Finally. he not
merely preached, be was. that most val.
uable OF all citizens in democracy
like ours, man who in the highest
place served as an unconscious example
to bis people Of the virtues that build
and conserve alike our public life, and
the foundations Of public life. the In
innate life Of the home.
Many lesons are taught us by his
career, but none more valuable than the
lesson OF broad human sympathy for
and among citizens Of all classes and
crecds. No other President has ever
more deseryd 10 have his life work
characterized in Lncoln's words as being
carried on with malice toward none,
with charity toward ALL" As a boy be
worked hard with his hands; be entered
the army as a private soldier; he knew
poverty; he earned his own liyihood !;
IND by his own exertions he finally
rose to the position Of man OF mod
emte means.
mot merely was he In constant touch
with farmer and town dweller, with
capitalist and wage Garner, but he felt
an intimate understanding OF each, AMI
therefore, an intimate sympathy with
each; and his consistent effort was to
try and judge all by the same standard
and to treat all with the same justice.
Arrogance toward the weak, and en-.
yious hatred Of those we'll of, we're
equally abborent to his just and gentle
soul.
Surely this attitude OF his should
be the attitude OF all our people today.
II would be cruel disaster to this coun-
try to permit ourselves TO adopt an at
titude OF hatred and envy toward sue
cess worthily won. toward wealth hon
estly acquired. Let us in this respect
profit by the example Of the republics
this Western Hemisphere to the south
of us. Some Of these republics have
lprospercd greatly; but there are cer-
tain ones that have Jagged far behind.
that still continue in condition Of ma.
terial poverty, of social and political un-
rest and confusion.
Without exception the republics Of
the former class are those in which hon.
est industry has been assured OF re-
ward and protection; those where
cordial welcome has been extended to
the kind Of enterprise which benefits the
while country. while incidcntly. as is
right and proper. giving substantial re-
wards TO those who manifest it.
"on the other hand. the poor and
backward republics, the republics in
which the lot of the average citizen is
least desirable. AMI the lot of the labor.
ing man worst OF all. are precisely
those republics in which industry has
been killed because wealth exposed its
owner to spoilation.
"To these communities foreign cap
ital now rarely comes, because it has
been found that as soon as capital is
employed so as to give substantial re-
muneration to those supplying it, it
ezcites ignorant histility and envy,
which result in such oppressive action,
within or without the law, as sooner or
later to work virtual confscatiop.
Every manifestation of feeling of this
kind in our civilization should be crush
ed at the outset by the weight of a
sensible public opinion.
"From the standpoint OF our material
prosperity there is only one other thing
as important as the discouragment of a
spirit of envy and histility toward hon
est business men, toward honest men of
means; this is the discouragment Of dis
honest business men. the war upon the
chicanery and wrongdoing which are pc.
culiarly repulsive, peculiarly noxious,
when exhibited by men who have no
excuse of want, of poverty, of igno-
rance for their crimer
"Men OF MEANS and above all men of
great wealth, can exist in safety under |
the peaceful protection of the State, on
ly in orderly societies, where liberty |
manifests itself through and under the
law. 1t is these men who, more than
any others, should. in the interest Of
the class TO which they belong, in the
interest of their children and their |
children, seek in every way.
but especially in the conduct of their
lives, to insist upon and to build up