The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-01
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SENDS IN HOT MESSAGE
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stand up valiantly for the rights of prop.
erty on the one hand, or, on the other
by abuse of the process of Injunction OF
by his attitude toward all measures for
the betterment of the conditions of la
Dor. makes the wage worker feel with
bitterness that the courts are hostile Ia
him; or who fails to realize that all
public servants in their several stations
criminal rich-Such a man performs an
even worse service to the body polite
than the legislator or executive who goes
wrong
Judge Must Serve the People.
The judge who does his full duty well
stands higher, and renders a better serv-
ice to the people. than any other public
servant; he is entitled to greater respect
and if he is a true servant of the peo-
pie, if he is upright, wise and fearless.
he will unhesitatingly disregard even the
wishes of the people if they conflict with
the eternal principles of right as against
wrong. He must serve the people, but he
must serve his own conscience first. All
honor to such Judge. and all honor can
not be rendered him if IL is rendered
equally to his brethren who fall I'M
measurably below the high ideals foi
which he stands. Untruthful criticism is
wicked at all times. and whoever may be
the object: but il is a peculiarly fragrant
iniQuity when judge is the object. No
man should lightly criticize a judge: no
man should. even in his own mind con-
denim judge unless he Is sure of the
facts. If a judge is asSailed for stand
ing against popular folly and. above all.
for standing against mob violence all
honorable men should rally instantly to
his support. Nevertheless, if he clearly
fails to do his duty by the public i'm
dealing with lawbTeaking corporations,
lawbreaking men of wealth he must ex-
pect to feel the weight of public opin-
ion; and this is but right. for. except
in extreme cases. this is the only Wav in
which he he reached at all n
servant Of the people has a right 70
expect to be free from just and honest
criticism
Battle Must Continue.
The opponents of the measures We
champion single out now one and now
another measure for especial attack and
speak as if the movement in which we
are engaged was purely economic. 1t has
a large economic side. but it is funda-
mentally an ethical movement 1t is not
a movement to be completed in one year.
or two or three years; it is a movement
which must be persevered in until the
spirit which lies behind it sinks deep
into the heart and the conscience of the
whole people. It is always important
to choose the right means to achieve our
purpose, but II is even more important
to keep this purpose clearly before US;
and this purpose is to secure national
honesty in business and in politics We
do not subscribe to the cynical belief
that dishonesty and unfair dealing are
essential 10 business success, and are TO
be condOne1 when the success is mOder-
ate and applauded when the success is
great. The methods by which the Stand
ard oil people and those engaged in the
other combinations of which l have spolz-
en- above have achieved great fortunes
can only be justified by the advocacy of
a system Of morality which would also
justify every form of criminality on the
part of a labor union, and every form
of violence, corruption and fraud. from
murder to bribery and ballot box stuff
fling in politics We are trying to Sc
cure equality of opportunity for all; and
the struggle for honesty is the same
whether il is made on behalf of one set
of men or of another In the interest
of the small settlers and land owners.
and against the embittered opposition of
wealthy owners of huge wandering flOcks
of sheep. or Of corporations desiring to
rob the people of coal and timber. we
strive to put an end to the theft of pub
lie land i'm the west When we do this
and protest against the action of all
men, whether i'm public life or in prl-
Vate life, who either take part in or
refuse to try to stop such theft. we arc
really engaged i'm the same policy as
when we eEdeaVor TO put a stop to re-
hates or to prevent the upgroWth of IN
mOnOpOlics. Our effort is simp-
~ to enforce the principles of common
honesty and common sense. IT would
indeed he III for the country should there
be any halt i'm our work.