The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-02-05
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1908.
Pertinent Points in ROOSeYelt'S
Special Congressional Message,

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Certain wealthy men whose conduct should be abhor-
every ordinary decent conscience and who the
hdeous wrong teaching young that phenomenal business
ordinarily be based dishonesty have during the last
apparent that they have banded work
Their endeavor overthrow and dscredt all who
honestly administer the law prevent any additional legislation
which would check and them and possible
freedom all restraint which will permit every INSCRIPTIONS
do what he wishes unchecked providing he has enough
money The only the in which these
engaged make clear the public just what they have
done the and just what they seeking accomplish in the
present.
would upon
abiding prosperity do aught but condemn those who hold rich
being evil because their riches contrary
whole conduct neither wealth property
other distinction being the proper standard by which
to Judge the actions of men.
We control hw-defyng wealth; in the place pre-
its doing dire evil the republic and the next avoid
the vndctve and dreadful adicalm which left uncontrolled
certain in the end to
We act in vindictive spirit no respece of per
labor union does wrong, oppose firmly OPP
pose corporation wrong equally souty
for the rights of the of wealth and for the rights of the
worker
extraordinary upon policy contained
in these speeches. editorials articles advertisements and pamphlets
the money spent ways
fairly of the and terror which public
on have caused the corrupt of wealth feel in the very
marrow of their being.
we are able to put the real wrongdoer prison. this
what strive do this what have actually done with
very wealthy criminals who represented that most bane
full all alliances the alliance between the corruption organized
politics and the corruption of high finance.
The apoogsts successful dishonesty always deam against
punish prevent the ground that any
will unsete business 1t is they who by their have unsettled
and the very raising this cry spend hundreds
and of dollars in securing the defense by maements of
what they have DONE and yet when public
maements telling the TRUTH they dscam against them for break
ing silence, lest values be deprecated"
the corrupt head of corporation corrupt labor
degree the enemies corporations
and honest labor unon the rebate tae the franchise traker
manipulation of securities the purveyor and protector the
Matchmaking ward boss, the ballot box suffer the demagogue
mob leader the hired bully the klera alike
web of corruption and all alike should be abhOred by honest
The business which hurt by the honesty
only kind of business which, in the long pays the country
have hurt It's the kind of business which has tended make the
very high nancea of scandal which all honest Amer
lean men of business should join in putting end.
The methods the Standard Oil people and those engaged
other combinations of which have spoken above have achieved great
y which would also justify every form of criminaty the part
labor union and form of violence corruption and baObox
stufhng in politics.
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Our effort simply enforce the principles of honesty
and would indeed be ill for the country should
there be any halt in our work.
There nation absolutely of ultimate
Of shall succeed Ours nation of masteru energy
with continent for its domain, within its thrill
which comes to those who know that they the future
In the work of this generation in u.s. thanks to
the Almighty danger of boodhed for the sword
there need of those stern qualities shown by the of the
North and the of the South the days vaany
was each to the