Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-04-26


barren rights, but with duties; not !
with abstract truth, but with practical |
morality. He especially eulogizes the |
way in which in his efforts for econ
omic reform, Burke combined unshak- !
able resolution in pressing the reform |
with a profound temperatures of
spirit which made him, while bent on
the extirpation of the evil system, re-
fuse to cherish an unreasoning and
vindictive III Will toward the men who
had benefited by It, Said Burke, II
I can not reform with equity. I will
not reform at ALL (There Isl
a state to preserve as well as a state
to reform"
Ideals That Should Exist.
! This Is the exact spirit in which this
country should move to the reform OF
abuses Of corporate wealth. The
wrongdoer the man who swindles and
| cheats, whether on a big scale or a 1T
! tie one, shall receive at our hands
mercy as scant as If he committed
crimes Of violence or brutality We
are unaItarablv determined to prevent
wrongdoIne IN the future; we have
no intention Of irving to wreck such
an indiscrimirate vengeance for
wrongs done in the past as would con-
found the innocent with the guilty
. Our nurnOse is to build IN rather than
to.tear down. We show ourselves the
truest friends Of propertv when we
make Il evident that we VIII not toll
crate tho abuses Of property We are
steadily bent on preserving the insti-
tuition Of private property: we combat
every tendency toward reducing the
people to economic servitude: and we
care not whether the tendency is due
to sinister agitation directed against
all property or whether It is due to the
actions If those members Of the pre-
datorv classes whose anti social power
is imm@a surahlv increased because Of
the very fact that they possess wealth
Above oil We insist that while facing
CHANGED conditions End new problems.
we must face them IN the spirit which
our forefathers showed when they
founded and preserved this republic.
The cornerstone Of the republic lies in
our treating each man on his worth
&c man. paving no heed to his creed.
; his birthplace. or his occupation, ask
inc not whether he IS rich or poor.
whether he lahors with head or hand.
ar1,in~ only whether he acts decentlv
end honorahlv IN the various relations
or his life whether he behaves well to
hts fami1v to his neiphbors. to tn
state We base our REGARD for each
man m the essentials and not the ac-
cidents.
Much to Be Proved.
We Judge him not by his profession
u but by his deeds; bv his conduct, not
u by what he has acquired of this worlds
goods. other republics have fallen
. because the citizens gradually grew
y to consider the interests of a class be.
fore the interests of the whole: TO
when such was the case it mattere.
little whether it was the poor VIII
plundered the rich or the rich who ex
io plotted the poor: in either event tn
/ end of the republic was at hand. w
II are resolute in our purpose not to fa
= into such pit This great repuhli
n of ours shall never become the gov
eminent of a plutocracy, and it sha
l. never become the government of
is mob. God willing, IT shall remain VIII
IN our fathers who founded It meant
c. IN, vvb
E. man stands on his worth as a ma
n where each Is given the largest PEI
L sonal liberty consistent with securir
n the weIl-being of the whole, Jar
he where, so far as in Us lies, we stri'
an continually to secure for each ma
er such equality of opportunity that
I'D the strife of life he may have a ia
chance to show the stuff that is
rs, him. We are proud of our schools al
en- of the trained intelligence they gi
ed. our children the opportunity to a
res quire. But what we care for most
ed the character of the average man:
or we believe that If the average of cha
IL acter IN the individual citizen is sui
M GENTLY high. II he possesses tho
nd qualities which make him worthy
the respect in his family life ard in
mo work OUTSIDE, as well as the qualit
by which fit him for success in the ha
OF struggle of actual existence-that
Ign such is the character of our individ'
es' citizenship there is literally no heis
ISL NJ triumnh unattainable in this W
ver exneriment Of government by, of, a
Is for a free neople.