The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-08

f,stice may continue 10 ne. what u now
is. IN very fact the department of JUS
tee. where so far as our ability per
nits justice is meted out with an even
hand TO great and small, rich and poor.
weak and strong Moreover, there
should be no delay in supplementing the
enactment of further legislation as
outlined in the message l sent TO the
existing laws much. very much. has
been actually accomplished during the
by actual experience that they can be
enforced against the wealthiest cor
poration and the richest and most pow
ertul ma anager or manipulator of that
corporation. as vigorously and fearless
" as against the humblest offender:
Above all; they have been enforced
agents of wrongdoers who have for
souina so many years . gone sSot-free u;,w and
against great law-defying corpora
tons OF immense wealth which. until
treated themselves and have expected
others to treat them as being beyond
and above all possible check from law
II is especially necessary to secure to
the representatives of the national gov
ernment fun power to deal with the
state comerce. and above all. with the
great interstate common carriers. Our
%e ,hars clearly rsHGsnzs thas
course of conduct to be followed in
dealing with these great corporations,
OF three courses followed. The first
course is to abandon all effort to over
terest OF the general public and to per-
init a return to the utter lack OF con-
troll which would obtain II they were
left to the common law. / do not for
one moment believe that our people
would tolerate this position The ex-
traordinary growth of modern indus
trialism has rendered the common law.
ed to deal with totally different condi-
in tn
deal with the new conditions. These
new conditions make il necessary TO
toree as The 'he Vast Te
and corporate fortunes the vast com
binations OF capital. which have marked
the development of our industrial sys-
tenn, create new conditions, and neces-
state change from the old attitude
of the state and the nation toward the
untrammeled business use OF prop
erty. in order both that property may
the same time those who hold 1t may
be prevented from wrongdoing.
Talks Of Financial Stress.
I'VE have Just passed through two
months of acute financial stress. At
trely innocent people sufrer from no
fault OF their own; and every one must
feel the keenest sympathy for the
large body of honest business men, of
honest investors, of honest wagework
ers. who suffer because involved in
responsible. At such a time there is
natural tendency on the part OF many
men men , to feel gloomy and frightened at
| ton for this feeling. There is no ma
| tion so absolutely sure of ultimate sue
| cess as ours. OF course we shall sue
ceed. Ours is nation OF masterful
energy. with continent for its donna n.
and Il feels within it's veins, the thrill
| which comes to those who know that
| they possess the future. We not
| cast down by the fear Of failure. We
timate triumph. The wrongs that ex-
| ist are to be corrected; but they in no
way justify doubt to the final OUT
| come doubt. to the great material
prosperity of the future. or of tho lofty
| spiritual life which is to be built upon
| that prosperity as a foundation. No
| misdeeds done In the present must be
| permitted to shroud from our eyes the
| glorious future of the nation: but be-
| cause of this very fact it behooves us
| never to swerve from our resolute pur-
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
believe that the actions of this admin
istration have brought on business dis
tress: SO far as this is due TO local and
| not worldwide causes. and to the
is due to the speculative folly and na-
grant dishonesty. Of few men of great
wealth. who seek to shield themselves
| from the effects of their own wrong
doing by ascribing its, results to the
| actions OF those who have sought to
| put stop to the wrongdoing. But IL
It were true that to cut out rottenness
from the pody poillc meant a mo-
| mentary check to an unhealthy
| seeming prosperity, I should not for
| one moment hesitate to put the knife
| to the corruption. On behalf of all
| our people on behalf no less of the
| honest man OF means than of the hon
est man who earns each days liveli-
hood by the days sweat of his brow. it
| is necessary to insist upon honesty in
| bushes and In politics alike. in all
| walks Of life. In big things and in little
things; upon just and fair dealing as
| between man and man. Those who
| demand this are striving for the right
| in the spirit Of Abraham Lincoln" said
| the president In conclusion