The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
THE HIGHEST TYPE.

W. IitITSuSoS D6COrdLlOn day
speech at Woonsocekt in 1907, he said:
The temptations in business in this
are so great that it demands the
highest type OF conscience, the clear.
est brain and the most genuine man
mood that can be enlisted"
Mr.. K%ittredge was addressing his
observations largely to young men, in.
tending, as he stated at the outset, to
apply his remarks especially to those
Just engaging, or about to engage, in
the activities of a business or profess
sional life, or in the industrial pur.
suits OF the farmer or the mechanic.
Eaboratfng the idea, the senator con
tinued:
The man who is dishonest in his
personal dealings wants only the OPP
portunity of public position to become.
in the p%arlance of the day, a public
instead OF a private CRATER There is
no such thing as impersonal dishon-
esty. Let us remember that the cor
nerstone Of our governmental str1lc-
ture is intelligent personal integrity.
Upon 1t depends the endurance of the
republic"
1t is only through the elevation of
the highest type of manhood to posi-
tons OF trust that any nation, n
state, any municipality. a maintain
its standing as a representative gov
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sense that our forefathers had in mind
when they sought freedom from the
disease Of official corruption that per-
meated h mother country across the
sea.
Had it not been for the moral de-
generacy of the governing forces of
the parent nation there might possibly
have been no United States OF Amer
lea. England became purified, in a
measure, through the shedding of
blood following the declaration of In
dependence.
With the advent of the new born
era In commercialism in America
body polite a decisive propensity to-
graft-a term made to fit into modern
conditions.
Senator Kittresge's conclusions
We're basel upon reflection and obser-
walton, and but conform to the teach
said, "our public morals reject the
composite character of our people and
u legislation is moulded by public
opinion. If that composite character
is high, our public morals will be
wholesome. II public opinion is form
ed by intelligent thought n moral
conviction, our legislation will be wise
forceful point was made in the SEN
ator's Woonsocket address than that
contained in the following extract:
Integrity without intelligence will
accomplish little. On the other hand,
1t may serve as a fruitful field for
exploitation by the CRATER. The indi-
vidual must have discriminating jury
ment. He must be able to Judge the
true from the false. the good from the
bad"
Senator Kittredge was not deliver
ing a political speech, but nevertheless
some Of his deductions might be strik-
ingly applied to present conditions in
South Dakota. That vice invariably
seeks the protection and concealnent
of the garb of virtue" Is one II the
human misfortunes. Holy wars in
variably have bred greedy suffers.
camp robbers and a noisy horde of
men whose predatory purposes are
sought to be concealed by a vocifer-
rou but spurious patriotism" Po-
itically speaking. this fact is aptly
set forth by another extract from the
senator's address, as follows:
"Paradoxical as at first it may seem.
there is nothing that the accomplished
CRATER likes better than to associate
himself with a crusade for moral bet |
terment. To him it is opportunity |
It matters not how shockingly he may |
offended morality, he expects his |
noisy professions to cause him to be |
recognized as virtues champion par !
excellence"