Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-05

movement WnlCn must pc peTSeNer' ed in until the spirit which lies be- hind 1t sinks deep into the heart and the conscience of the whole people. It is always important to choose the right means to achieve our purposes,
 but 1t is even more important to keep
 this purpose clear before us, and
 this purpose Is to secure honesty in
 business and politics. We do not sub.
 scribe to the cynical belief that dis.
 honesty and unfair dealing are es.
 sential to business success. and are to
 be condoned when the success is mod.
 crate and applauded when the sue.
 cess is great. The methods by which
 the Standard oil people and those en.
 gagged in the other combinations of
 which l have spoken of above have
 achieved great fortunes, can oniy .e
 justified by the advocacy of sys.
 tenn of morality which would also
 justify every form of criminality on
 the part of a labor union. and every
 form of violence, corruption and fraud. from murder to bribery, and ballot box stuffing fin politics. We
 are trying to secure equality of op-
 portunity for all and the struggle for honesty is the same, whether it is
 made on behaf of one set of men pr
 another. In the interest of the small
 settlers and landowners. and against
 the embittred opposition of wealthy
 owners of huge. wandering Hocks cf
 sheep, or Of corporations, desiring to
 rob the people of coal and timber. we
 strive to put an end to the theft If
 public land fin the west When we do
 this, and protest against the action of all men. whether in public life or in privae life. who either take part In or
 refuse to try to stop theft. we are lreally engaged fin the same policy
 as when we endeavor to put a stop 70
 rebates or to prevent the upgrowth If
 uncontrolled monopolies. Our effort
 Is simply to enforce the principles of
 common honesty and common sense.
 It would indeed be i'll for the country
 should there be any halt in our work. The Jaws must, in the future, be
 administered. as they are now being
 administered. so that the department
 of justice may continue to be, what
 it Is now, in very fact. the depart.
 ment of justice, where so far as our
 ability permits. justice is meted out
 with aB even hand to great and
 small. rich and poor. weak and strong. |
 supplementing the laws now on the
 statute books by the enactment of fur.
 ther legislation as outlined in the
 message l sent to congress on its
 assembling. Under the existing laws,
 much, very much. has been acutgly
 accomplished during the past six
 years, and 1t has been shown by ac.
 tual experience that they can be en.
 forced gainst the wealthiest corpora.
 ton and the richest and most pow.
 erful manager or manipulator of that
 corporation; as vigorously and fe1r-
 lessly as against the humblest of.
 fender.
 Above all. they have been enforced against the very wrongdoer and , agents of wrongdoers. who have for !. SO many years gone scot free and , fiouted the laws with immunity, . against great law-defying corpora. , tions of immense wealth. which. until the last half dozen years have treat. ed themselves and have expected | others to treat them as being beyond and above all possible check from law.
 It Is especially necessary to secure | to the representatives of the ma 1, DOWtT tO utl } with the great corporations engaged {. in interstate commerce. and above a Il | with the great interstate common car 1. riers. And the people should clearly [ recognize that while there are dim , culties in any course of conduct to be {. followed in dealing with these great !. corporations. this difficulty must be , faced, and one of three courses fol f lowed.
 I The first course is to abandon al Q erort to oversee and control theil actions In the interest of the gener 1 al public and to permit return tc 9 the utter lack of control which would f obtain if they are left to the common D law. l do not. for one moment. be !. lieve that our people wou'd tolerat, i this opposition. The extraordinar, g growth of modern industrialism hal l. rendered the common law, whic! 6 grew up under and was adapted [, s deal with totally different conditions n In many respects inadequate to dea Q with the new conditions. The nev conditions make 1t necessary {, e shackle cunning. as in the past W, . have shackled force. The vast in s dividual and corporate fortunes, tn, II vast combinations of capital whicl s have marked the development of ou n industrial system, create new con l. ditions and necessitate change iron S the old attitude of the state and tn IS nation and untrammeled business us B. of property, fin order both that proI IS erty may be adequately protected am e that at the same time those wh st hold 1t may be prevented from wrong |; doing.
 e The second and third courses are ( q have regulation undertaken either b If the nation or by the states. Of cours n. in any event, botn the national go. e ernment and the several state goverr n. ments may do each its part, and eac II can do certain amount that tn b. other cannot do. while the only reall n. satisfactory results must be obtaIpe {. by the representatives of the natlona a and state governments working hear Is fly together within their respectiy ,s spheres But in my Judgment thol