The evening world., 1908-02-22
Governor Says a Settled Gov
eminent Policy Will Insure
Full Prosperity.
. FAIR SHOW FOR ALL.
.audS Business Men to Chica-
goans, but Says the Corrupt
Should Be Sent to Jail.

slebration in this city was, as usual
eague Club at the Auditorium. The
lief orator of the day was Gov. Charlie:
Hughes. of New York. No formal
;3tect was announced for the address,
1t the speaker devoted himself chiefly
= the various phases of the character
Washington. and drew a p~resent-day
iesson from the character and office
administration of the first President.
Gov. Hughes was markedly optimistic
IS TO the future of the country. and
frequently in his address there were in
Gications of his Endorsement of the
policies of President Roosevelt.
Intelligent comparison of the condi-
tons OF this day with those in times
past he said, cannot fail to cause
qualification and 10 beEet confidence.
The evils which we lament should not
blind us to the progress which has been
made and is being made. The country
IS morally sound. Its standards OF busi-
cess were Fever higher.
Remedy for Hard Times.
"And making all allowance for the ex-
tremes 81 ararice and a~rtitice, for the
unWholesome spectacles Of exploitation
and infdel!ty to trust. without blinking
any evil or CLOSING over.anv wrong.
The fact remains that the business men
Of the country are for the most part
honset men. representing fairly the
moral standards of the people. And
never more than to-day have they.
taken as a whole. earnestly desired that
abuses shall be stopped and that an end
ehall be put to corrupt dealings.
There IS a temporary slowing down
Of the wheels of industry. Amid un-
Certainty and hesitation. enterprise
waits impatient. Men in large numbers
are unemployed who should he en-
rloyed, and new undertakings and ex-
tensions of existing plants which would
provide further opportunities for labor.
are not going forward as they should go
forward. The interests of industry are
rot the interests of a class. hut of all
the people. What the rich man feels in
the reduction of the value of his secu-
rites. what thore dependent upon the
returns from investments feel In the i'm
rairment of their income, thu wage
Garner feels still more ~acutelv as bust
ness contracts n the loss OF employ
ment confronts him.
But it is absolutely ESSENTIAL that we
ehould nave the tonic OF a wholesome
confidence, Not the confidence Of ig-
rorance Or Indifference. blind to wrong
and deaf TO appeals against injustice,
t..; the confidence which is inspired 1y
the vision of the forces or right and
moral strength. Pessimists and cynics
cannot develop this country. We must
have conadonce in the stability of our
institutions. in the sanity OF the people
n In their realization of what under
lies our prosperity.
Settled Policy.
''To support this conhdeDce and to
gain these ends we must have a settled
governmental policy. And it must be
a right policy. 1t must be a policy con-
sistent with the genius of our inst!tu-
tons. We must make progress and II
must be steady and consistent, con-
serving what is good and safeguarding
the opportunities for honest effort. II
must be a policy consistent with our
constitutional limitations and dlstribu-
ton OF powers.
|P'N'Nl '"NI'9NS must h''p Nv
hands off the Government in city, State
and nation. The COMMON welfare must
De the supreme Law The Hobbies which
have been maintained in legislative
halls. the efforts to pervert administra-
ton by securing the service for particu-
lar interests Of those who pose as the
servants of the people. the corruption OF
the sole means by which the people can
express their will, nave been the efec.
tive causes of distrust of government
and furnish the most serious pretext for
assaults upon our institutions. Every
attempt of this sort which has proved
successful has Sown the seeds of dis.
content which argument finds 1t difficult
to allay.
But while we insist upon pure ad-
ministration and the unselfislr fidelity OF
public officers, we must visit deserved
contempt upon those Who profit by in
discriminate detractlon of men in pub
lie life If the people would be served
FAITHFULLY they must show their esteem
of faithful service. Otherwise the hold
ing OF public office becomes a school OF
cynicism; | am glad to testify to the
many whom I Nye met in public life
whose motives ard whose actions con.
form 10 the best standards. Our pubic
many people think. If they are intent
upon II and just in criticism the people
can have the representation and the adj.
ninistration they desire.
Send Them to Prison.
sit is most mischievous to permit
know abuses to remain the subject o,
general agitation without providing
proper methods for the consideration
and redress of specific grievances. And
there is no more beneficial exercise q,
power than to allay distrust by pro.
viding administrative means for inves.
tiRaaon, for necessary publicity. ano
the even, constant and just enforce.
ment Of the law.
ut is nov recognized that this pohcy
IL important to the railroads as we
as to the public. In promoting fair deal.
inc II must prove the security Of hon,
orable enterprise
Speaking Of the punishment OF trus'
convicted in court. the Gov
ernor declared tlat "A hne utterly fallaJ
a. q corrective measure, as the fin,
was usually saddled on the stoCkhlld,
ers. the magnaGe paying no portion o
Il.
Bronehitls-suddep changes OF ~eathel
Nuse bronchial troubles. "BToNn'S BsOn
tai Troches' give relia No uplates
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