Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-26

1@36s however powerful mxkt ~ nrm
posed whea is does H. A. tAs mo-
meat the greatest probasm hef0rs n
IL bow To exercise eoatroa oxer The
business use of vast wealth, iadivia-
uai. but especially corporate. - viii
tnsaFs tfs nOt t~belng us*d xgalast the
interest q the pablo. while Jet per
mitting such ample legitimate profits
~ viii encourage individual initia.
tive, Ii Is our business 90 put . stop
10 abuses and 10 prexent their recar.
renee. without showing q spirit Of
mere vtndietiveneSs for what has been
done I'm the past. I'm John Morley's
brilliant sketch Of Burke he lays e..
peetal stress upon the fact that Barka
more than almost any other thinker
or politician of his time realized the
profound lesson that In politics We.
are concerned not with harren rights
but with duties: not With abstract
truth. but with practical morality. He
especially eulogIzes the way In which
in his efforts for economic reform,
Burke combined unshalable resolu.
t'on In pressing the reform with a
profound temperateness Of spirit
which made him. while bent upon the
exttrpation Of the evil system. refuse
20 cherish an unreasoning and vindlc.
tive III win toward the men who had
benefited by It. Said Burke: III
can not reform with equity. will not
reform at all There isl
a state 10 preserve as well as state
10 reform"
This Is the exact spirit In which
this country should move 10 the re.
form OF abuses Of corporate wealth.
/ The wrongdoer. the man who swim.
dies and cheats, whether on a big
scale or little one. shall receive at
, out hands mercy as scant as II he
[ committed crimes Of violence or brn'
. itaiity We are unalterahly determin.
4 ed 10 prevent wrong doing In the fa'
8 ture; we have no intention OF trying
D 70 wreak such an indiscriminate
B vengeance for wrongs done In the
). past as would confouni the innocent
B with the guilty. Our purpose Is TO
{ build up rather than to tear down.
D We know ourselves the truest friends
r Of property when We make Il evident
Z that we will not tolerate the abuses
d Of property. We are steadily bent
p on preserving the institution OF pri-
{ vate property: We combat every ten
, dency toward reducing the people to
+ economic servitude; and We care not
D whether the tendency Is due to a
r sinister agitation directed against all
Q property. or whether II In due TO the
4 actions of those members Of the
o predatory classes whose antisocial
J. power In immeasurably increased be-
4 cause of the very fact that they pos.
;. sess wealth.
I Above all. we insist that while fac
ing changed conditions and new prob
I lens. we must face them In the spirit
which our forefathers showed when
r they founded and preserved this re-
public. The cornerstone Of the repub-
lie lies In our treating each man on
his worth as a man. paying no heed
{ TO his creed. his birthplace. or his oc.
D ,cupation, asking not whether he Is
rich or poor, whether he labors with
t head or hand; asking only whether he
r acts decently and honorably In the
: various relations Of his life. whether
! he behaves we'll to his family, to his
neighbors. to the state. We base our
D regard for each man on the essentials
/. and not the accidents. We Judge him
t not by his profession. but by his
). deeds; by his conduct, not by what he
has acquired OF this worlds goods.
t Other republics have fallen. because
. the citizens gradually grew to consii-
er the interests Of a class before the
interests of the whole: for when such
l was the case It mattered little wheth-
: err 1t was the poor who plundered the
! rich or the rich who exploited the
r poor: in either event the end OF the
republic was. at hand. We are reso-
. Lutte in our purpose not to fall into
L such a pit This great republic OF
: ours shall never become the govern
} ment OF a plutocracy, and 1t shall
never become the government of a
mob. God willing. 1t shall remain
what our fathers who founded it
meant 1t to be government in
J which each man stands on his worth
as a man. where each is given the
! largest personal liberty consistent
with securing the well-being OF the
whole. and where. SO far as in us lies.
we strive continually to secure for
each man such equality of opportuni'
} ty that in the strife of life he may
have a fair chance to show the stun
that Is In him. We are proud OF our