The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-15

/ teri He said that when he was an ac-
! tive pastorAhe had never preached much
about bell, but be had seen a LOT Of men
that he thought ought TO 90 there.
/ L1ugbtar)
Il have no sympathy with the defama-
/ tiou OF rich men sa.d the chancellor,
/ with holding them up 10 scorn merely
because they are successful tApphuscJ
Too Much PessimIsm.
THAT sort of thing is bad for the coun-
Try, bad for trade. bad FOR society. There
has been too much pessimisn. TOO much
defamation. and not enough confidence.
hope, good cheer. and good VIII. Now I
don't understand the ground of these at
tdcls against the men who have done so
much for the business of the country.
Take the railroads. for instance II
seems that they are awful things.
Laughte-)
1t seems they are a curse 70 the couu-
try. They ought 10 be- restricted. limited
/ IN their fares and tariffs embarrassed
as much as possible. crippled, slammed
right and left G.aUghter3
We'll. at noon to-day ] was AZ work
In my office. 300 miles away ! took n
train. II was hcld-up by "A locomotive
off the track Then il ran into a snow
storm. Yet here 1 am. 800 miles trom
I home and I have been here some time.
/ And the institution that does SO much
/ for me is about the most unpopular bus-
mess In tho country to-day" NApplausc)
Chancellor Day condemned those that
attacked corporations without excellent
reasons as ne said without giving the
people dates. addresses. and figures.
Why, it seems that the banks are all
rotten" he continued IN savage irony.
Yet. i'm my opinion. this is the best day
the world has ever soon in integrity.
morals, and business honesty. and Mon
day viii be better than to-day. AppiauSe).
we are told" said the chancellor. sar-
castically, that ships make the storms.
De you know how storms are made7
First, there is lot Of hot air. That pro
duces high winds. Then comes the tor
nado. Naughter).
ASsaiIment OF Business.
1T has been shown that it is possible
for men to attack corporations and the
business credit of the country so that the
people will lose confidence and withdraw
their money from trade. The railroads
then cannot negotiate their securities.
Business houses cannot obtain money
The workingmen are forced to the streets.
There is general stagnation. What causes
It? Assailment Of business by high au-
thority. tApplause)
"A storm at sea is dreadful enough:
but suppose there is a panic aboard the
ship which struggles with the Storm
Suppose the captain of the ship runs UP
and down the deck, cUrsing the better
class Of passengers, accusing them of
stealing the life boats and robbing the
women and children, charging them with
being predatory scampS QaughterD who
are trying TO make profit of their COM
psnions' misfortune? In the past few
weeks we have learned how dangerous it
is 20 talk epitheticaly of the business
credit Of the country. only a little while
ago the Attorney General Of the United
States was going about and Dragging about
how he was going to shoot whole coveys
of the fellows at Once'-you bankers and
business men. understand. Well, he has
not shot a bird. unless. maybe, it was
a buzzard. OLaughter)
Now, as 90 putting certain malefactors
Of great wealth IN stripes. l tell you THAI
not one OF the mca who have been ar
raigned rs wicked and predatory was
justly accused. They were the men who
built up trade and carried prosperity
along with swinging step. It's about
time the American people asked Tor facts
names dates, ana refused TO stand longer
for loose charges against worthy citi-
zens.
Chancellor Day SAID that the Constitu-
ton is forgotten Nobody has heard or
IL recently. We are now governed. he
said. by commissions i'm star-chamber
proceedings.
There is not a member OF the com
missions. he said and 1 except none of
them. who could get a job as brakeman
on the hind end OF the train OF COM
merce. daughter and applause)
Instead Of selecting 'adventitious' can
didates for the Presidency We need men
of the type OF Lincoln and Mckinley"