The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
THE PRESIDENT
AT CANTON

WI GsI4AA AO0lO W LOWa
where he will meet twenty governors
land go down the Mississippi, President
Roosevelt stopped over here long
enough to call upon wage-earners and
;wage-payers the country over to join
hands and get together on the broad
ground of humanity. This was the
keynote OF the speech he today de-
livered at the ceremonies attendant
upon the dedication or the Mckinley
monument. He said in part:
We have gathered to pay. respect to the
memory Of William Mckinley, who as
president % a place in the hearts of the
American people such as but three or -four
OF all the presidents Of this country nave
ever won. He was OF singular uprightness
and purity OF character, alike in public
and In private life; a citizen who loved
peace, he did his duty faithfully and well
for four years Of war when the honor Of
gresham, as governor OF his state, n
hinally as president, he rose to the fore
most place among our statesmen, reaching
a position which would satisfy the keenest
ambition: but he never lost that simple
thoughtful kindness toward every hui
imam being, great or small, lofty or hum
ESle, with Th'c whom 20 sn ne was bro brought IN in con
jple. He had to Brapple with more seri-
.ous and complex problems any presi-
dent since Lincoln. and yet, while meet
continued to live a beautiful and touching
family life, a life very healthy for this
nation to see In Its foremost citizen; and
lever after his death. the wife to whom his
loss was a calamity more crushing than Il
icould, be TO. any other human being, lies
beside him here In the same sepulcher.
y From purposes not merely diverse, but
bitterly conflicting. he was able to secure
healthful action for the good of the state.
In both poise and Judgment he rose level
to the several emergencies he had to meet
as leader Of the nation, and like all men
with the root Of true greatness in them
he grew to steadily larger stature under
was a good citizen and a brave soldier, a
chief executive whoce wisdom entitled him
to the trust which he received throughout
the nation. Ma.
It would be a cruel disaster to this coun-
try to permit ourselves TO adopt an atti-
tude of hatred and nvy toward success
worthily won, towar wealth honestly ac-
the example Of the republics Of this west y
ern hemisphere south OF us. Some of these
republics have prospered greatly; but
far behind, that still continue In a condi-
tion of material poverty. of social and po-
htical unrest and confusion. 1@
20 these communities foreign capital
now rarely comes, because 1t has been
found that as soon as capital is employed
so as to give substantial remuneration to
those supplying 1t, 1t excites ignorant en-
Wy and hostility, which result In such OPP
pressive action, within or without the law,
as sooner or later to work a virtual con-
hscation. Every manifestation of feeling
of this kind in our civilization should he
sensible public opinion.
From the standpoint of our material
prosperity there is only one other thing as
important as the encouragement OF a
spirit of envy and hostility toward honest
business men, toward honest men OF
means; this Is the encouragement 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 ex-
cuse of want, Of poverty, of ignorance,
for their crimes. -.
great wealth, can exist in safety under the
peaceful protection of the state, only In
orderly societies, where liberty manifests
itself through and under the law. It IL
these men who. more than any others,
should, In the interests of the class to
which they belong, in the interests Of their
children and their children's children, seek
In every way, but especially In the on
duct of their lives, to insist upon and to
build up respect for the law.
Wrongdoing Is confined to no class. Good
and evil are to be found among both rich
and poor, and in drawing the line among
our fellows we must draw it on conduct
and not on worldly possessions. In the alb
stract most of US will admit this. In the
concrete we can act upon u doctrine
only IL we really have knowledge of and
sympathy with one another. If both the
wage-worker and the capitalist are able
to enter each into the others life, to meet
each other so as to get into genuine sym
pathy with each other, most OF the mis-
understanding between them will disap-
pear and its place will be taken by a judg-
ment broader, more just, more kindly, and
more generous; for each will find in the
other the same essential human attributes
that exist In himself.