Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27


| We cannot afford to forget the MAXIM
upon which Washington insisted, that the
sureSt way to avert war Is 10 be prepared
| to Tnec. it, Nevertheless the duties that
most concern US of this generation aCa
not military, but social and industrial
| Each community must always dread tne
evils which spring up as attendant upon
! tie very qualities which give it success
We Of this mighty western Republic hav9
! tC Grap2le with the dangers that spring
! fror, popular self-goveclment trled on a
| scale incomparably v;lstcr than ever re-
| fore in tie history of mankind, ard from
an eboundinc material prosperity greater
also than anything which the world has
| hitherto seen.
AS regards the first set of dangers it
| bohoovts us to remember that men can
never escape being governed. Either they
musL govern themselves or they must
suhruit to being governed by others: Ii
| from Iawlessness of ficilleress. from folly
ar self-iudulgcnce. they refuse to govern
themselves. th"n most assurefIy IN the
end they will hIr" to be governed ir"nN
| the outside Thrv can prevent toe need
| OF government from without only by
shown. vat tl"r plSsh$S the power oil
! GOVERNING #, u. within a Sovereign
a sovcrs !cr rlust ar.-.p, IT," responsible
tV for he ,Xei'.i-, of thr power that IT.
here's IL him; and wl"rr, as Is true IN
our Republic. the people are sGN erelGn'
| then the reODle must show Il sober Inder-
standing and sare and ste2dlast pur-
pose if they are TO preserve that orderly
| liberty uron which as Il foundation eTery
republic must rest.
in Industrial matters our enormous
Dr1speritv has brought with it certain
grave evils. 1t Is our duty TO Try 70 cut
cut these evils without at the same time.
destroying our well-bcins itself. This Is
an era of combination alike In TIE world
of capital ana in the world Of Labor; Each
kind Of combination car 10 good. ana
vet each, however powerful, must he OPP
posed when it docs i'll. AT the moment
the greatest problem before rs Is how to
exercise such control over the business
use of vast wealth, individual. but espe-
cillly corporate as will insure Its not be.
irg used against the interest of The pub
lie. while vet permitting such ample legit-
innate profits as will encourage lndlNld-
ual initiative 1t is our business &c put a
stoD to abuses and to prevent their re
cuIrence without showing a spirit OF
mere Nindictivrness Tor what has been
liant sketch Of Burke he lays especial
stress urOn the fact that Burke more
than almost any other thinker or poll,
ticiaa Of his time realized tn" profound
lesson that in politics. we are concerned
not with barren rights but with duties;
not with abstract truth, but with practl-
cal morality. lie especially eulogizes the
WY N wiaich i'll his efforts for economic
reform Burke combined unShakahle rcso-
luton in resSinc the reform with Il pro-
f,und temperatures Of spirit which made
him, while benz on the eXtirration of the
evil system. refusa to cherish an unreal
-oninC AMI vindictive i'll will toward the
II nn whp had benefited by it. said
Purk". IF can not reform with equity.
I will not REFORM At all. " (Thcrc
isl state to preserve as well as state
to reform.
This is the exact spirit in which this
country should move tc the reform OF
abuses of corporate wealth The wrong
door. ;h4 man who swindlcs and cheats,
uheth".' IN a big Sclle or little one.
shall receive at our hands mercy a. Scdnt
- if lie committed crimes Of Violence or
brutality. We are un1lterably deter
mined t. prevent WrlngdOing in Tie IN
tlurc: we have no intention of trying TO
wreul such an indiscrIminate vengeance
for wrongs dOrc in the past as would
confOund Thc innocent with tn" guilty.
Cur purpose is to build up rather than to
tear down. We show curse YES the trueSt
friends of property when we make 1t evil
dent that We will not tolerate the abuses
Gr property. We are steadily bent on
preserving the institution of private prop
criy; Combate every tendency toward
It ducing the people tC economic servi-
tudc, and We care not whether the ten
GancV : du" to q sinister agitation direct
cd against all properly. or whether it is
due to the actions of those members Of
the urgdatory classes whose ahli-Soclal
irower is immeasGrablY increased because
Of tho Vcrv fact that they possess wealth.
Above all we insist that while facing
charged conditions and new problems. We
must frcc Thorn in the spirit which our
and preserved this Republic. The c"rntr-
SLcnC Of the Republic lies in our treating
| Zach man on his worth IS q man, paying
no heed Ia his creed, his birthplace, o.
| his occupation, asking rot whether lie IS
rich ar poor. Whnfh r he iaboTS with
head or hand; asking only whether he
acts dccentlv ard honnrably in the vari-
Gus relations of his life. whether he be
HAYES well to his family, TO his neigh
ho-s. to the state. We base our regard
for each man on tn" essentials and not
the accidents. We Judge him not by his
rrofcssinn but by his dccds; by his con-
duct, not by what he has acquired Of this
Drills goods Other republics have ful
on. because the citizens gradually grew
IL consider the interests of a class before
the interests of the Whole: fer when such
WIS the ca" it mattcre1 little whether 1t
was the poor who plundered the rich or
the rich who exploited the poor; in either
event the end of tie Republic was at
lEand. We are rrsolute in our purpose not
4" fall into such Il pit. This great Repub-
lie of ours shall never become the gov
eminent Of Il pnt""racv. and it shall
never i,"comc the government o. a mob
God willing, it shall remain what cur
fathers who founded it meant II to be
i government in (Which each man stands
on his worth rs Il man. where each is
gwen the largest personal liberty consist
ont with securing the WclI-lcinC OF the
whole. and wherr, 50 far as in us lies We
strive continually to secure for each man
suCh equality of opportunity that in tn"
etrif" &c life ne may haV" a fair chance
II show tn" stuff that is in him We arr,
ri oud of our schools and ot the trained
Intelligence" they give our children the
opportunity to acquire. But what We
care for most = tho character of the
average man: for we believe. that it the
aVeraG" OF charac+cr in the individual
citizen is sufficiently high. if he possesses
those qualities which make him worthy
of respect in his family life and in his
work outside. as we'll as the Qualities
which fit him for success in the hard
struggle of actual exiStenc"-that if such
is the character of our individual citizen
s:Iip thor is litcrIIly no height Of tri-
uElph unattainabe in this vast expert
m"nt Of government by. of, and for q
FIRE" people.
When the president of the Exposition
concluded it was some minutes before
President Roosevelt could proceed with
his address. The people again and
again gave vent to their enthusiasm.
AS he pressed the gold button which
formally opened the Exposition it was
the signal for the umfurling of 1000 or
more flags on the various buildings At
the same time a signal was given to
tn" United States and foreign Warships
and to the garrison at Fort Monroe and
all fired SalUt" 10 the Union. When
tire echoes Of the last Gun died away.
all of The bands on the Exposition
grounds played THE Star SpangIed