Albuquerque citizen., 1907-09-30

president of the United States. a
statesman singularly gifted to unite
the discordant forces of the govern
ment and mold the diverse purposes
OF men toward progressive and salu-
tary action, magistrate whose poise
OF Judgment has been tested and vim
dlcated in a succession of national
emergencies; good citizen brave SOL
der. wise executive. helper and lead
er of men, eXemplar to his people of
the virtues that build and conserve
the state, society and the home.
Berkeley, May IS, 1901
1t would be hard to imagine an
eptaph which a good citizen would
be more anxious to deserve or one
which would more happily describe
the qualities of that great and good
citizen whose life we here commence
rate. He posse ssed to a very extra
ordinary degree the gift of uniting
dlscordant forces and securing from
them a harmonious action which
told for good government. From pur-
poses not merely diverse, but bitter
ly 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 emergen-
cies 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
the stress of heavy responsibilities.
He was a good citizen and a brave
soldier, a chief executive whose wis
dom entitled him to the trust which
he received throughout the nation.
He was not only leader of men
but preeminently a 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
democracy like ours, a man who in
the highest place served as an un-
conscious example to his people of
the virtues that build and conserve
alike our public life, and the founda-
ton of all public life, the intimate
life of the home.
Lessons From His Career.
Many lessons are taught us by his
career but none more valuable than
the lesson of broad human 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 i'm
IiGcoln's words as being carried on
with malice toward none, with
charity toward ALL AS boy he
worked hard with his hands: he en-
tered the army as a private soldier:
he knew poverty; he earned his own
livelihood; and by his own exertions
he finally rose to the position of a
was he in personal touch with farm
er and town dweller, with capitalist
and wageworker but he felt an in
innate understanding of each and
therefore an intimate sympathy with
each; and his consistent effort was
to try to judge all by the same stand
ard and to treat all with the same
justice. Arrogance toward the weak
and enViOus hatred of those well off,
were equally abhorrent to his just
and gentle soul.
surely this attitude of his should
be the attitude of all our people to-
day. 1t would be "A cruel disaster
to this country to permit ourselves TO
adopt an attitude of hatred and envy
toward success worthily won, toward
wealth honestly acquired. Let us
In this respect profit by the example
of the republics of this Western
Hemisphere to the south of us. Some
of these republics have prospered
greatly; but there are certain ones
that have Jagged far behind, that still
continue in condition of material
poverty, Of social and political un-
rest and confusion. Without eXcep-
ton the republics of the former class
are those in which honest industry
has been assured OF reward and pro-
lection; those where a cordial well
come has been extended to the kind
Of enterprise which benefits the
MuOle country Mnlle lnclQentdllN. as
is right and proper, giving substant-
ial rewards to those who manifest it.
on the other hand, the poor and
backward republics, the republics in
which the lot OF the average citizen
Is least desirable, and the lot Of the
laboTing man worst Of all, are pre-
Cisely those republics I'm which in
dustry has been killed because wealth
exposed its owner TO spoliatiOn. To
these communities foreign capital
now rarely comes, because it has
been found that as soon as capital
is employed so as TO give substantial
remuneration 10 those supplying IL,
IL eXcites ignorant envy and hostility,
which result i'm such oppressive ac-
ton, within or without the law. as
sooner or later To work virtual
contisCatiOn. Every manifestation OF
feeling Of this kind in our civiliza-
tioE should be crushed at the outset
by the weight of a sensible public
opinion.
One Other Thing.
From the standpoint of our ma
terial prosperity there is only one
other thing as important as the dis
couragement of a spirit Of envy and
hostility toward honest business men.
toward honest men Of means; this IL
the disbursement OF dishonest
business men, the war upon the chic
anery and wTongdOing which are pc
culiarly repulsiVe. peculiarly noXiOus
when exhibited by men who have no
excuse Of want, of poverty OF ignOr-