The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-13

The administration and those who. sup
port Its views are not only not engaged
In an assault on property. but are siren
uous uphoiders OF the rights Of property.
Under no circumstances would we
eolntenanee attacks upon law abiding
who hold up rich men as being evil men
because OF their riches. On the contrary.
our whole effort Is 70 Insist upon cen
any other class distinction. as being the
proper standard BY which 10 Judge the
actions OF men. For the honest man OF
great wealth We have n hearty regard.
just ns we have a hearty regard for the
honest politician and honest newspaper
But part OF the movement TO uphold hon
esty must be q movement to frown ON
dishonesty. We attack only the corrupt
men of wealth. who find In the purchased
politician the most efficient instrument o.
corruption and In the purchased newspa-
per the most efficient defender OF cor
ruption. Our main quarrel 10 not with
these agents and rsprs.snsail Tvs. Of the
from the great sinister offenders who
stand behind them. They are but pup
pets who move As the strings arr pulled
IL IL not the puppets. but the strong cum
ming men and the mighty forces working
for evil behind and through the puppets.
With whom we have to deal W. seek 70
place to prevent Its doing dire evil 70
the republic. and In the next place 20
avoid the vindlctiye and dreadful radi-
caiism which. ~ left uncontrolled. II -
certain In the end to arouse sweeping
attacks upon an property. upon all men
OF means. without regard TO whether they
kneli Of the republic; and such attacks
become Inevitable II decent citizens per-
nit those rich men whose lives are cor
rupt and evil TO domineef In swollen
pride. unchecked and unhIndered. over
the destinies OF this country. We act IN
no vindictiye spirit, and We are no Re.
does wrong. we oppose II as firmly. as
we oppose corporation which Goes
wrong: and we stand equally stoutly fer
the rights of the man OF wealth ana Tor
the rights OF the wage worker We seek
TO protect the property OF every man VINO
acts honestly. Of every corporation tnas
and honestly used. We seek 10 stop
wrongdoing, and we desire TO punish the
wrong doors only 50 far as II necessary
10 achieve this end.
Campaign OF Lawbreakers
Against Governments Policy
There are ample material rewards for
those who serve with fidelity the man.
mon Of unrighteousness: but they are
dearly paid for by the people who per-
nit their representatives. whether in pub
lie life. in the press, or In the colleges
where their young men are taught. to
preach and to practice that there Is one
law for the rich and another for the poor.
| The amount of money the representatives
of certain great moneyed interests are
willing TO spend can be gagged by their
recent publication broadcast throughout
| the papers OF this country. from the At
lantic to the Pacific. of huge advertise
| ments attacking with envenomed bitter
%ssrn the arsnsa
and by their circulation of pamphlets and
books prepared with the same object
of the writings and speeches OF men who,
whether because they are misled. or be
| cause. seeing the light they yet are Will
/ ing to sin against the light, serve these
| their masters OF great wealth to the cos,
| of the plain people The books and
| pamphlets. the controlled newspapers, the
which refer, are usually ana especially
| in the interest of the Standard OIL Trust
| and of certain notorious railroad com
binations. but they also defend other In.
| dividuaIs and corporations OF grea'
| wealth that have been guilty OF wrong
doing. 1t is only rarely that the men re-
speak or write. Normally they hire 9th
ers to do their bidding or find others who
will do II without hire From the rail
measure for es honesty say sn business that sa,
been passed during the last six years ha.
been opposed by these. men on It's pas
sage and in its administration with ever,
resource that bitter and unscrupuloui
craft could suggest and the command O
almost unlimited money secure. But TO
the last year the attack has been mad
with most bitterness upon the actual ad
ministration OF the law, especinii!
through the department OF justice. bu
also through the Interstate Comrnerc'
Commission and the bureau of corpora
tons The extraordinary violence OF IN
assaults upon our policy contained u
these speeches. editorials. articles. ad
vertisements. and pamphlets. and TN
enormous sums of money spent In thes
various ways, give fairly accurau
our public actions have caused The cor
rupt men of vast wealth to feel In TN
very marrow of their being. The attael
is sometimes made openly against US 70
certain cunning, for not trying TO en-
/ force IL in some other way than tina
ONE o,sc1 Of IKE faSorite J methods Of the Ias
ter class of assailant !s to attack the ad
| mnistration for not procuring the I'm
prs Unasr these antitrust laws. the ma
making this assault Is usually either
| prominent lawyer or an editor who take
his policy from the, The n s,,n And 2, n
former he has defended and advise
many wealthy mnlefactors. and he know
well that. thanks to the advice Of lawyer
| corporation has been turned into an ad
| mirable instrument by which to render
weii;nigh impossible 70 get at the hea
really most guilty When we are abb
TO put the real wrongdoer in prison. thi
, is what we strive to do; this Is what W
have actually done with some yer
wealthy criminals. who. moreover. reprs
. scented that most baneful of all alliances
the alliance between the corruption Q
|. organized politics and the corruption Z
high finance, This Is what we have don
in the Gaynor and Greene case. In IN
case OF the nisappucation OF funds
, ! connection with certain great banks
, Chicago. in the land-fraud cases. wher'
, as in other cases likewise neither IN
! highest political position nor the posse.
sion OF great wealth has awaited 10 say
tile offenders from prison. The feeders
! government does scourge sin. II does hi
! sinners fear: for Il has put behind u
. bars with impartial severity, the powerfl
, | financisr. the powerful politician. the rio
| land thief. the rich contTactor--ail. u
. matter how high their station. again
! whom criminal misdeeds can be proves
All their wealth and power can not PR
! tect them But II often happens that ~
, effort to imprison given defendant
certain to be futile. while IL is possib
, 20 fine him or 20 fine the corporation
, which he is head. 80 that. In other word
the only way Of Furnishing the wrong
, by fning the corporation. unless We al
\ content to proceed personally against N
, minor agents. The corporation lawyer
10 whom I refer and their employers al
| the men mainly responsible for tn
state OF things, and their responsibility
: shared with all who ingeniously oppos
] the passing OF Just and effective laws
| who fail to execute them when they has
been put on the statute books
Much IL said, In these attacks upo
the policy Of the present ADMINISTERS
ton. about the rights of "-innocer
; stockholders" That stakeholder
! / not innocent who voluntarily purchass
, ! stock In q corporation whose method
and management he knows TO be cot