Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-01
ROOSEVELTS TRIBUTE TO
MEMORY OF M'KINLEY
CONTINUED From Page s.

army as n private soldier: he knew
poverty; he earned his own livelihood:
ana by his own cxcrtions he finally
rose to the position of II man of mol
crate means. Not merely was he In
personal touch with farmer and town
dwcller. with capitalist and wagcwork-
or. hut lie felt an intimate understand
ing of zach, and therefore all intimate
sympathy with each; and his conss-
tent effort was to try to Judge all by
the same standard and to treat all
with the same Justice Arrogance to-
ward the weak, and cnvlous hatred of
those well on, were equally abhorrcnt
to his Just and gentle soul.
surely this attitude of his should
be the attitude Of all our people to.
day. IL would be II cruel disaster to
this country to permit ourselves 10
adopt an attitude of hatred and envy
toward success worthily won. toward
wealth honestly acquired. Lot us in
this respect profit by the example of
INC republics of this Western hcmi.
sphcrc to the south of us. Some OF
these republics have prospcrcd great
ly; but there are certain ones that
have Jagged far behind that still con
unuc in condition OF material pow
crty, of social and political unrest and
confusion. Without exception the re-
publics of tho former class are those
In which honest industry has been
assured of reward and protection:
those where a cordial welcome has
Deen extended to the kind of enter
prise which benefits the whole conn
Try while incidentally, as is right and
proper giving substantial rewards to
those who manifest 1t. On the other
hand. tho poor and backward repub-
lies. the republics in which the LOT of
the average citizen Is least desirable.
and the lot of the laboring man worst
OF an are precisely those republics
IN which industry has been killed be-
cause wealth exposed its owner to
spoilation. To these communities for.
cign capital now rarely comes. because
II has been found that as soon as
capital Is employed so rs to give sub.
stantial remuneration to those s,ipply.
ing II. 1t cxcitcs ignorant envy and
hostility. which result In such opprcs.
sivc action. within or without the law.
as sooner or later to work virtual
confiscatlon. Every manifestation of
feeling of this kind in our civilization
should be crushed at the outset by the
weigh, of sensible public opinion
Discourage Dishonest Business Men.
From tho standpoint of our materi.
nj prosperity there Is only one other
thing as Important AS the discourage.
ncnt of a spirit of envy and hostility
toward honest business mon. toward
honest men of means: this Is the dis.
couragcmcnt of dishonest business
men The war upon the chicancry and
wrongdoing which are peculiarly re-
nulsivc, peculiarly obnoxions. when
exhibited by men who have no OK.
cuse OF want, of poverty. of gnor.
ahce, Tor their crimes. Men OF means
ana above all mon of great wealth,
can exist in safety under the peaceful
protection of the state. only In order.
~ societies, where liberty manifcsts
ltsnli through and under the law. II
Is these men, who. more than any 9th.
crs should, in the interests of the
class to which they belong, i'm the in.
forests of their children and their
childrcns children. sock in every way
hut especially In the conduct of their
liVcs, TO insist upon and To build IN
respect for tho law.
III may not be true from the stand
pont OF some particular Individual
oil ms class, but in the long run IL
* prominently true from the stand
pom, of the class as whole. no less
IMAM OF the country as whole. that
1t Is vcritable calamity to achieve
temporary triumph by violation or
evasion of the law: and we are The
best friends of the man of property,
we show ourselves the staunchest M
holders of the rights of property, when
we eel our faces like flint against
those Offenders who do wrong in order
TO acquire great wealth or who use
this wealth as a help to wrongdoing.
Good and Evil In Every Glass.