The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-19
Will go forth with mounting enthu-.
fsiasm to vanqnlsh the foe.
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Will go forth with mounting enthu-
fsiasm to vanqnlsh the foe.
ProblcIns With Progress.
The most perpleNing questions of
to-day arise from the bountiful de-
velopment OF our national wealth. Such
a development cannot occur without
the creation of inequalities ami dan
gers to the social fabric. most
strenuously deny that the American
business man or the American citizen
cherishes lower standards than the
citizens of an otner coun-
try. The American people are by no
means depraved But by reason of
their busy absorption in varied pur-
suits and OF the glamour which at
tends success III great undertakings,
questionable methods have been able
to engraft themselves upon the bust
ness of the country. Rich rewards
have too frequently been gained by
some who arc none too scrupulous.
Monopoly. dishonesty and fraud have
assumed a prominence. which calls for
the earnest attention and condernna-
tor OF every man who truly loves the
republic.
Against all these abuses and in the
work for restoring old ideals Of
honesty and equality, as we'll as for
higher standards of civic duty, one
iiIdu HdS SlDpil pEc-elIllDeUl, anu lllhl
man is Theodore Roosevelt. Against
corruption In every form lie has set
his face with grim determination
prompt and fearless in action and with
that Intelligent leadership which has
assured the establishment of q better
era IN which the strong and the weak
| alike must submit themselves TO the
impartial execution of the law. There
was need of strong. courageous spirit
I to restrain those destructive forces
which have asserted themselves in
! this time of growth and plenty. Tic
story OF his achievements VIII make
! UP one of the brightest pages in the
/. history OF this or any age. and
will prove that to-day, as in any crit
zeal hour OF social unrest or of dan
| ger, the man will appear who can
j grapple with the emergency.
Worthy to Succeed Roosevelt.
/ Who so fit to take up the tasks which
| this wondrous generation demands
| should be wisely and impar,ially per-
/ formed as his great War Secretary?
| Since the day when. in Benjamin Har-
i risons administration. these two first
| met--;lle one as Solicitor-General, the
| other as a member of the Civil Ser
/ vice Commission--they have been
/ bound together by like ideals and
i aims. by close ties of friendship. and
| by the exchange of mutual counsel
each with his own individuality and
characteristics keeping constantly in
4 view the enrolling vision of a better
] and greater America. They have
not been satisfied that the Temple of
4 Prosperity should be decked alone by
j the Jewels of the fortunate and the
topuent. but have insisted that il
should still more abound in trophies
I which commemorate the enforcement
I of even handed justice and the lnainte-
I nance of that equal opportunity which
| speads hope and blessing even to the
humblest home. Since the day when
4 less than thirty years of age. Mr.. TAFT
/ denounced with burning words a
member of his profession who had
been guilty of flagrantly vicious prac.
ticcs and had demoralized the com.
4 munity. he has ever been associated
j with the cause of true reforn,-witl
i that reform which will not content
\ itself with academic dissertation, OF
hollow words. He has been :nhueC
i with the spirit OF action. Ills alvo.
! cacy OF sounder conditions has never
\ arisen from a desire for the cNpiolta.
4 5tion of himself, Tt has always bee!
based upon unswerving integrity ono
the courage to speak the truth. as he