Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
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taph which a good citizen would be
more anxious to deserve or one which
would more happily describe the quail
ties of that great and good citizen
whose life we here commemorate He
possessed to a very extraordinary de-
gree the gift of uniting discordant
forces and securing from them har
monious action which told for good
government. From purposes not mere
~ 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 sew
eral emergencies he had to meet as
lader of the nation. and like all men
with the root of true greatness in them
he grew to steadily large stature nm
der the stress of heavy responsibilities
he was god citizen and a brave SOL
uler' chief executive whose wisdom
emitted him to the trust which he re-
ceived throughout the nation. He was
not only leader of men, but pre-en,i
nently 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 he was, that most valuable
of all citizens in a democracv lilo
ours, man who in the highest place
served as an unconscious example to
MS people of the virtues that build
and conserve alike our public life. and
the foundation of all public life the
intimate life of the home.
Many lessons are taught us bv his
career, but none more valuable than
the lesson of broad sympathy for and
among all of our citizens of all classes
and creeds. No other president has
ever more deserved to have his life
work characterized in Lincoln's words
rs being carried on with malice
toward none, with charity toward all "
As a boy he worked hard with his
hands; he entered the army as prf- |
Vate soldier; hes.knew poverty, he I
earned his own livelihood: and bv his I
own exertions he finally rose ~ Tho
position of a man of moderate means.
Not merely was he in personal touch I
with the farmer and town dweller with /
capitalist and wageworker, but he feIt
an intimate understanding of each |
and therefore an intimate svmnatbv
With each; and his consistent effort
was to try to judge all by the same
and to treat all with the
same justice. Arrogance toward the
weak and envious hatred of those
ven off were equally abhorrent to his
lust and gentle soul
surely this attitude of his should
De the attitude of all our people TODAY.
e would be cruel disaster to this
country to permit ourselves to adont
IN attitude of hatred and envy toward
success worthily won. toward wealth
honestly acquired. Let us in this re-
'pect profit by the example of the re-
'ublics of this Western hemisphere to
he south of us. Some of these renuh-
les have prospered greatly, but there
ire certain ones that have Jagged far
behind that still continue in a condi-
ION OF material poverty, of social and
political unrest and confusion. with
NhE republics OF the for /
ner class are those in which honest
Industry has been assured of reward
nd protection; those where a cordial
Welcome has been extended to the kind
4 enterprise which dement's the whole
COUNTRY, while incidentally. as is right
md proper, giving substantial rewards
o those who manifest 1t. On the
'ther hand, the poor and backward re-
'ublics in which the lot of the average
'itizen is least desirable. and the lot
Il the laboring man worst of all. are
precisely those republics In which in
lustry has been killed because wealth
exposed its owner to spoliation. To
hese communities foreign capital now
arely comes. because it has found that
IS soon as capital is employed so as
o give substantial remuneration to
hose supplying it. it excites ignorant
my and hostility. which results in
ueh oppressive action, within or with
tut the law. as sooner or later to work