Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-09
THE STATE AND THE NATION
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corporation and. as such, being per-
mitted TO exercise a part OF the
sovereignty OF the state, Is subject
70 regulation at the hands OF both
the nation and the state. but this
regulation Ia intended. not to cripple
the railroads but to increase their
efficiency The people at large are
as much interested as the stockhold-
ers are In the successful operation
OF the railroads. Their own pecuni-
airy interests as we'll as their sense
Of justice would restrain them from
doing anything that wonld impair the
road or reduce its efficiency. The
travelling public Is vitality interested
in the payment OF wages SUFFICIENT to
command the most intelligent serv-
lee. for life as we'll as property is
In the hands of those who operate
the trains, guard the switches, and
keep the track In repair.
The democratic party would dis
tinguish between those railroad
owners. directors and managers who.
recognising their obligation to the
public, earn their salaries by con-
scientlous devotion to the work en-
trusted to them, and those unscrupu-
lous "Napoleons Of Finance" who use
railroads as mere pawns In a great
gambling game without regard to the
rights OF employees or to the interests
OF the patrons. II IL In the interest
Of honest railroadlng and legitimate
Investment value OF the railroad
properties and to prevent for the
future the watering of stock and the
issue Of fictitious capitalization: and
u IL In the interest of both the rail-
roads aud the public that Il seeks
only such reduction. without deterio-
ration in the service and without In
Justice to legitimate investments.
The democratic party insists that In
the matter Of regulation OF railroads
both the state governments and the
federal government shall act up to,
and yet within. their powers; for
nothing else win restore the conf
dence and good will that ought to
exist between the railroads and the
people, In dealing with manufacture
Ing and trading corporations the
democratic party draws u distinction
between those corporations
aud they constitute the great
majority of all the manufacturing and
trading corporations which are en-
gagged in legitimate effort to supply
what the consumers need. and the
very few corporations which are seek
ting BY constituencies methods TO take
advantage of the public on the one
hand, while ON the other hand they
bankrupt competitors. Cypress the
producers Of raw materials and deal
arbitrarily with their employees, II
endeayors to protect the innocent
corporations by visiting punishment
upon the state law. Here. too. our
platform is specific and no one can
use It's language 10 brighten any bust
psRs man whose transactions are fair
and whose income h honestly earned.
No one can contrast the plain.
straightforward declarations OF our
party with the vague and ambiguous
utteraaees of the republican leaders
and the republican candidate with
out recognIsing that our appeal Is
to the Judgment and good sense of
the voters Who desire justice for
themselves and insist upon Justice
being done BY others. Our party.
u entrusted with the power. will
remedy the abuses which have grown
ap under republican rule. and yet
remedy those abuses with due regard
to constitutional limitations and with
out Injury to any legitimate business
interest.