The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31

stand In character and service above all
other men among their fellow-servants 81
the public. There is all the greater need
hat the few who fail In this great office
who fall below this high standard OF In
tegrity, Of wisdom, of sympathetic under
standing and OF courage, should have theiT
eyes opened to the needs of their country
men.
"a Judge who on the bench either
truckles to the mob and shrlDks from
sternly REFRESHING violence and dIsor-
der, or bows down before a corpora
ton, who fails to stand up valiantly
for the rights of property On the one
hand, or on the other by misuse of the
process of injunction or by his attitude
Oward all measures for the better
ment of the conditions Of labor, makes
the wagewOrkcr feel with bitterness
that the courts are hostile to him
or who fails to realize that all public
servants in their several stations mus
strive to stop the abuses OF the criminal
fich-sueh n man pei forms an even worse
service to the body polite than the legls-
lator or executive who goes wrong.
THE judge who does his full duty well
stands higher, and renders a better service
to the people, than any other public SER
want; he is entitled to greater respect;
and il he is a true servant of the people. II
he is upright, wise and fearless. he will
unhtsitatingly disregard even the wishes
of the people If they conflict with the eter-
nal principles of right as against wrong.
He must serve the people; but he must
serve his own conscience first.
THE opponents of the measures we
champion single out now one and now an
other measure for especial attack, and
anoalx nc gf fba M IN utbfah "a -
engaged was purely economic. 1t has a
large economic side, but 1t Is fundament-
ally an ethical movement. 1t is not a
to be completed III one year, or
two or three years; 1t Is a movement
which must be persevered in until the
spirit which Hes behind 1t sinks deep into
the heart and the conscience of the whole
people. 1t is always important to choose
the right means to achieve our purpose.
but 1t is even more important to keep this
clearly before us; and this pur-
pose is to secure national honesty in bust
ness n in politics. We do not subscribe
to the cynical belief that dishonesty and
dealing are essential to business
success, and are to be condoned when the
success is moderate and applauded when
the success Is great.
1.-THE methods by which the Standard OIL
people and those engaged in the other
combinations of which | have spoken
above have achieved great fortunes can
1nly be justified by the advocacy of a sys-
tenn of morality which would also justify
every form Of criminality on the part of
a labor union, I'M every form of Violence,
corruption and fraud. from murder to
and ballot-box stuff1ng in politics.
are trying to secure equality of oppor-
tunity for all; and the struggle for honesty
Is the same whether it Is made on behalf
Of one set of men or of another.
I'm the interest of the small settlers and
landowners. and against the embittered
opposition of wealthy owners of huge wan
1ering fiocks of sheep, or of corporations
to rob the people of coal and tim
Der, we strive to put an end to the theft
of public land in the West. When we do
his, and protest against the action of all
men, whether In public life or in private
life, who either take part in or refuse to
try to stop such theft, wi are really en-
gagged in the same policy as when We en-
deavor to put a stop to rebates or to pre-
vent the upgrowth of uncontrolled monopoe
lies. Our effort is simply to enforce the
principles of common honesty and n1ro
1t would indeed be Ill for the coun-
try should there be any halt In our work.