The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-20
COMMEMORATE PnGRIMs
Continued from Page Three)

AoAticSS SoSCs ~ dS iShOoAC AoA q AAo
ton as FOR an individual. The man is
but poor father who teaches his sons
that ease and pleasure should be the
chief objects in life: the man who
is mere petted toy. incable Of serious
purpose, shrinking from effort and du-
ty is more pitiable than the veriest
overworked drudge. So he is but a
poor leader Of the people, but poor
nationol adviser, who seeks to make
the nation in any way subordinate eff
fort to ease, who would teach the
people not to prize as the greatest
blessing the chance to do any work. no
matter how hard. if it becomes their
duty to do 1t. To the sons of the Purf-
tans it is almost needless to say that
the lesson above all others which Pu-
ritanism can teach this nation is the
all-importance of the resolute perform
ance of duty. If we are men we will
pass by with contemptuous disdain
alike the advisers who would seek to
lead us into the paths of ignoble ease
and those who would teach us to adj
mire successful wrongdoing.
Our ideals should be high, and vet
they should be capable of achievement
in practical fashion; and we are as
little to be excused if we permit our
ideals to be tainted with what is sor-
did and mean and base, as if we allow
Of
and become either incapable of effort
or capable only of such fantastic eff
fort as to accomplish nothing of per-
manant good. The true doctrine to
preach to this nation, as to the indi-
viduals composing this nation. is not
the life of ease, but the life Of effort
IT 1t were in my power to promise the
people of this land anything, 1 would
not promise them pleasure. would
promise them that stern happiness
which comes from the sense of having
done in practical fashion a difficult
work which was worth doing.
All Subject to Law.
Continuing the president said in re-
gard to the policy of the administra-
ton toward trusts:
In the last six years we have shown
that there is no individual AMI no
corporation so powerful that he or it
stands above the possibility of pun
ishment under the law. Our aim IS to
try to do something effective. Having
this in view, the department of Justice
has recently taken steps to see if it is
not possible, in certain contingencies
and for certain purposes, to put the
trusts that are guilty Of wrongdoing
In the hands of receivers,
The purpose of the administration is
to stamp out the evil; that we shall
seek to find the most effective device
for this purpose; and that we shall then
use 1t, whether the device can be found
IN existing law or must be supplied by
legislation. Moreover, when we TINS
take action against the wealth which
works iniquity, We are acting in the
interest of every man of property who
acts decently and fairly by his fellows:
and We are Strengthening the hands of
those who propose fearlessly to defend
property against all unjust attacks.
Prosecutions Cause Trouble.
During the present trouble In the
stock market 1 have of course. receiv-
ed countless references and sugges-
uons that l should say or do some
thing to ease the situations. There is
world wide financial disturbance.
most of it l believe to be due to mat
tiers wholly unconnected with anv gov
ernmental action but it may be that
the determination of the government
in which it will not waver, to punish
certain malefactors, of great wealth,
is responsible for something of the
trouble. l believe to the extent of
having caused those men to contrive
to bring about as much financial strife
as possible in order to discredit the
policy of the government and thereby
secure a reversal of that policy, so
that they may enjoy. unmo,es,ed, the
fruits of their own evil deings.
They have misled many good peop1-
into believing there should be such a
reversal of the policy. If possible it
iis so, l am sorry. Once for all, let
me say that as far as I am concerned.
and for the Is months of my presi-
dency remaining, there will be no
change of policy we have steadily pur-
sued. Let the policy secure homes
servance of the law for l regard this
contest as one to determine who shall
rule this free country
( Shall this country be ruled by the
people through governmental agents,
or by few ruthless. domineering men
whose wealth makes them peculiarly
formidable because they hide behind
corporate organization? I wish there
to be no mistakes on this point 1t is
idle to ask me not to prosecute crimi-
nails. rich or poor, but I desire to have
it understood that we have not and
will not sanction any action Of vim
dictive type, and above all will sane
ton no action which inif1cts great un-
merited suffering upon innocent stock
holders and upon the public as whole.
1t is our purpose to act with minimum
harshness compatible with the attain
ing of orr end R11SipoSc oap opIy ba