The Washington herald., 1907-04-29
THE JAMESTOWN SPEECH.
Ideals Approved; Question IL as to
the Method of Attainment.

AueaAs Approved; Question Is as to
the Method of Attainment.
From the Charleston Mail.
President Roosevelt has an ideal con
ception Of the duty OF the government
toward the Individual and Of the indi-
vidual toward the government In his
jamestown speech. the President. with
his usual elOquence and force. and in the
presence Of vast multitude. set forth
this conception. He said:
The corner stone Of the republic lies in our treat
ing each man On his worth as a man rsyinr no
heed TO bis creed his birthplace or his occupation
asking not whether be is rich OF Door whether he
iaboTs with head or hand; asking only whether he
acts deceutly and huucrsbly in the various rela-
tons Of his life whether he behaves ven 20 his
family % bis ueighb0r 10 the state. We base
olT Tesard for each man on the essentials and not
tie accidents We judge him mol By his profession
huJ by his deeds hy his conduct not bv what
he has acquired Of this worlds goods, Other r.
llhcs have fallen, because The citizens gradually
sHew 10 consider the interests u Class before the
lutlresis q the whole; Cor when sich was the case
II mattered little whether il Vas the poor who
ptoudersd the rich, st the non Who exploited The
poor, In either event the end Of the republic was
az hand We are resolute in our purpose not 70
fan into such a pit This great TeWlbIie Of ours
shall never become the government OF a uiutocracv
and u SHAH never become the government Of a
mob God willing, il shall remain what oy1r fsthers
Nho founded It meant It 90 be-a government ia
which each man stands On his worth as a man.
where each Is given the largest personal liberty
consistent with securing the Welbeing Of the whole
and Wheu. SO FAR IN as lies we strive con-
tuually 4 secure for each man some equality Of
opportunity that in the strife Of life be may have
fair chance to show the stuff that Is in him
There viii be none 10 dispute the Presi-
dents utteTance. The corner stone is as
he depicts il, but men universally agreed
in a conception Of IDEAL popular self
government soon disagree as TO how the
ideal Is to be attained.
From che Philadelphia Press.
President Roosevelt's speech at James
town has both moral and APPLICATION IN
the speech Of Melville Z. Ingalls, at Pitts
burg before the Traffic Club.
Mr.. ingalls,. chairman of the board Of
directors Of the Big Four, has been a
railroad man from grade to grade. He
knows the whole situation, operative and
financial For ten years he has been
urging submission to the law. the &C
ceptance of existing conditions, and the
management of railroads under them.
Such a policy he is perfectly right in
declaring viii put the railroads before
the public as beneficent Institutions in
stead of as bodies attacked and opposed
as predatory. Mr.. ingalls, sees, as does
every wise railroad man, that the day
for mere resistance IS over.
State and Federal legislation must be
brought into harmony. The railroads,
instead of opposing new laws at every
stage, as they have since 1888, when Mr.
Ingalls,, the late Mr.. Cassatt, and other
railroad men as wise urged a eompro-
mise, ought to come to a definite policy
which will accept reduced passenger
rates. equal freight rates, public super
vision, complete publicity in every opera
ton, a fair profit, and penalties for such
operations as in the past have plum
dered the public on one side and share
holders of the other and also gain the
privilege of combination between the
railroads TO maintain rates.
Ii Mr. ingalls, policy can be carried
out, neither capital nor labor. neither the
multi-millionaire nor the small investor
has anything 10 fear. If, instead, cur
rent remedial legislation IS opposed
through all the courts, a few judicial
victories wifi be dearly purchased at the
expense of a popular revolution.