The Washington herald., 1908-06-18

combinations Of capital. made possible by
present conditions, which have brought
upon us. in these later years. problems
pOrtentOus in their possibilities and
threatening. not only our social and poll
/ tical welfare. but even our personal free
dom II they are not boldly met and wisely
solved.
"OminOus Unrest"
THE great body Of the American peo-
pie. neither very rich nor very poor, the
| honest, the thrifty, the hardworking. the
men and women who earn and save. have
no base envy-no fanatic hatred OF wealth,
whether individual or corporate, II it
has been honestly gained and Is wisely
and generously employed with a sense
Of responsibility 20 the public But this
great body of our people. by habit and
/ instinct alike, wisely conservative. these
people, who are tho bone and sinew Of
our country and upon whom its fortunes
and its safety rest. began to observe.
with deep alarm, the recent manifesto
tions OF the new economic conditions
TO those who looked beneath the sur
face an ominous unrest was apparent
The violent cOunsels of violent men, who
aimed AT the destruction of property and
the overthrow Of law, began to be heard
and heaTkened to- The great order-lov-
ing industrious masses Of the American
people turned away from these advocates
Of violence but at the same time. de-
manded that their government should give
| them, in lawful and reasonable ways,
the protection. to which they were en-
titled. against the dangers they Justly
apprehended.
Talk of Republican Party.
''The great duty OF fulfilling these
righteous demands, Ike all the great pub
lie services of the last half century. was
imposed upon the Republican party and
they have not finched from the burden
Under the lead of the President the Re-
publican party has grappIed with the new
problems. born of the new conditions. 1t
has been no light task. Dangerous ex-
tremes threatened on either hand On
the one side were the radicals or reac-
ton, who resisted any change at all: on
the other side were the radicals OF de-
struction, who wished 20 change every
thing. These two forms Of radicalism
are as far apart at the outset as the
poles. but when carried out, they lead
alike to revolution. Between these two
extremes the Republican President and
the Republican Congress were compelled
10 steer, and while hey advanced stead
lly, soberly, and effectively, they were
obliged to repel the radical assaults on
either hand.
Yet. notwithstanding all these diff
culties. much has been accomplished. The
response Of the people to the policies
urged by the President has been so en-
phatic that It has been made clear. once
for all. that the government OF the Unit
ed States Is never to be dominated by
money and financial interests. and that
the political party which permits itself
to be ruled BY them is thereby doomed
to dfeat.
Law Enforcement and Enactment.
The President has enforced the laws
as he found them on the statute book.
For this performance OF HIS sworn duty
no has been bitterly attacked. It was TO
be expected. Vested abuses and profitable
wrongs cry out loudly when their en-
trenchments are. carried. and some one
is sure 10 be hurt when the bayonets of
the law are pushed home
I'm the great American electorate mon
ey has few votes. but II can command
many voices and cause many birds 10
sing. The result is that the President Is
the best abused and the most popular