The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-02

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N<SANahtNA AfSd Ehot u6VsJ
Each Of you fathers ana mothers he
r. lnows that II your sons are to ,
Vel in the world they must kno
N how TO master themselves. Ever
man must have a master; II he Is NJ
his own master, then somebody els
win be- This is just as true Of prI
lie life as OF private life, If we ca
not master ourselves. control ou
selves then sooner on later we sha
\ have to submit to outside control
lci there nrst be control somewhere
~ One way Of exercising such contrc
n his Through the laws Of the land. our
n II 4 government of libartys but il Is
N Government Of that orderly litert,
n which comes By and through tn,
n honest enforcement of and obedienc,
n 20 the law. At intervals during the
81 last few months the appeal has been
n made 70 me not TO enforce the law
VI against certain wrongdoers OF great
a wealth because to do 50 would inter
j fore with the business prosperity Of
a me country. Under the effects of that
4 Hind OF fright which when sufficiently
acute we call panic, this appeal has
been made to me even by men who
ordinarily behave as decent citizens.
Ore newspaper which has itself
iAt ong,y advanced this view gave
gimiuence TO the statement of GER
tain man of great wealth to the effect
at the so-caltea financial weakness
twas due entirely to the admitted tn.
Itc ,ticn Of President Roosevelt to
lrnish the large moneyed interests 4
(which had transgressed the laws" III
la3 net admit that this has been tie /
imain calse Of any business troubles
/ we have had: but It Is possible that II
liz has been contributory earse. II 4
$50, friends, as far as | am concerned
liz mrst be accepted as a disagreeable
hut unavoidable feature til a course Of II
policy which as iong as am Presi- I;
dent will not be changed In any i
great movement fer righteousness, Il
where the forces Of evil are strongly {
intrenched. ii Is unfortunately newt !
able that some unoffending people {
should suffer in company with the j
real offenders. This is not our farlt. If
It is the fault Of those to whose de- a
ceptiye action these innocent people III
eve their false position year or Et
two ago certain representatives Of II
labor called upon me and in the n
course al very pleasant converse n
tlna told me that they regarded me Fl
bis the friend of labor | answered b
that certainly was. and that I would II
lc everything In my power for the "
ahoring man except anything that h
vas wrong | have the same answer ID
q make 10 the business man I will Ill
10 everything / can to help business loi
conditions. except anything that Is q,
vrong, And it would be not merely ia
wrong but infamous to fail to do all I'll
hat can be dcne to secure the pun G.
shment of these wrongloers whose fl
leeds are peculiarly reprehensitlel 81
because they are not committed un- cf
ler the stress OF want Whenever a III
erious effort Is made to cut ort what o
J evil in our political life, whether 81
he effort takes the shape OF warring Ia
gainst the gross and sordid forms of nd
vii In some municipality. or whether lou
takes the shape of trying to secure tic
he honest enforcement of the law gr
gainst very powerful and wealthy is
eople, there are sure to be certain TIL
ldiyiduais who demand that the fit
lovement stop because lit may hurt We
In each case the answer We
ltst be that we earnestly hope and cu
elieve that there will be no FER TIL
lament damage to business from tie int
Iovement. but that II righteousness tn
1nfiiets with the fancied needs Of tai
lsiness, then the latter must go to pr
lie wall. We can not afford to sub We
itute any other test for that Of grflt be-
: innocence. Of wrongdoing or we'll ref
ling, IN judging any man. If a man Mi
'es well, If he acts honestly, he has ide
thing to fear from this administra. est
on. But 50 far as in me lies the for
rrupt politician. great or small. the col
fyate citizen who transgresses the sol
w-he he rich or poor-shall be par
ought before the impartial Justice thi
court. Perhaps | am mcst
ixious to get at the politician who
corrupt, because he betrays a greet
ust; but assuredly | shall net spare tuf.
brother eorruptionist who shows hoI
mself swindler in business life: asf
ID. according to our power, crimes me-
fraud and cunning shall be pros tes
ted as relentlessly as crimes Of pro
rtality and physical violence. less
Character Above Law. ties
We need good laws and we need larE
owe all things the hearty aid OF e
cd citizens in supporting and en-. cru
rcing the laws. Nevertheless. men mai
d women Of this great state. men tive
d women OF the Middle West yet
yer forget that law and the admin ehn
ration Of law. important though 90
ey are. must always occupy for'
holly secondary place as compared Pet'
tn the character OF the average size
lien himself On this trip I shall We
eak to audience in each of which sinf
ere will he MANY mon ,,-,,,, fo,,,b4 or