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peryislons for the control Of corpo-
ratlons and combinations so that
these great and necessary Instruments
of commerce and business may be
preserved as useful servants and not
destroyed because they have threaten
ed to boone dangerous masters;
This policy is the absolute oppo-
site Of government ownership and all
like measures, advocated by our OPP
ponents, which tend directly to So
cialism and to all its attendant mis-
cries and evils.
New Laws Enacted.
1t IS in pursuance OF this policy.
shaped and settled, during the last
few years. that old laws have been
enforced and new ones enacted.
Nothing Is more destructive to the
respect for law, the chief bulwark
of civilized society," than to place laws
upon the statute book in order mere
ly TO still public clamor and satisfy
the people but which 1t is never in
tended to enforce. The worst laws
Imaginable are those which are al
lowed to rust. unused, because. If en-
forced. they might interfere with
vested abuses or curb the rich and
powerful.
Laws are Enforced.
The President has enforced the
laws as he found them on the stat
ute book. For this performance OF
his sworn duty. he has been bitterly
attacked. 1t was to be expected
Vested abuses and profitable wrongs
cry out loudly when their entrench-
ments are carried, and some one Is
sure to be hurt when the bayonets OF
the law are pushed home. In the
great American electorate, money has
few votes but 1t can command many
voices and cause many birds to sing.
The result is that the President is the
best abused and most popular man
in the United States today. He has
been more abused than any presi-
dent since Washington, Lincoln and
Grant. He possesses the love and
confidence of the American people to
degree never equalled except by
Lincoln and Washington. May it not
be said, in sober truth, that the fear
less performances of sworn duty is
not without its exceeding great re-
ward.
Safe Regulation.
But the work has not ceased with
the enforcement of existing laws A
Republican Congress and a Republi-
can President have placed new laws
upon the statute books, designed to
carry out the Republican policy OF
government regulation in safe, rea-
sonable and effective manner. The
Elkins law, aimed at preferential re-
bates, which have been the curse of
our transportation and our business;
the Railroad Rate law, which made
the supervision of railroads more ef-
fective. and the Pure Food law, which
has been, in the highest degree,
are all monuments of the policy and
the labors of the Republican party.
President In Good Faith
The President, who has led his par
ty and people in this great work, re-
tires, by his own determination. from
his high office. on the fourth OF
March, next. His refusal of a re-
nomination. dictated by the loftiest
motives and by noble loyalty to
American traditions, Is final and ir-
revocable. Any one, who attempts Ia
use his name as candidate for the
presidency, impugns both his sincerity
and his good faith, two OF the Presi-
dents most conspicuous qualities, up
on which no shadow has ever been
cast. That man is no friend of
Theodore Roosevelt and does not
cherish his name and fame. who now,
from any motive seeks to urge him
as a candidate for the great office
which he has finally declined. The
President has refused what his coun-
trymen would have gladly given him;
he says what he means and means
what he says, and his party and his
country Will respect his wishes us
they honor his high character and
great public service.
But. although the President re-
tires, he leaves his policies behind
him. To those policies the Republic
can party stands pledged. We must
carry out as we have begun, regard
less alike of tho radicals Of reaction
and the radicals of revolution. We
must hold fast to that which is good
while we make the advances which
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