Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-02-05

I that they cannot afford to trust to
anything but the spirit of justice and
flair play.
Mr.. Roosevelt assails stock gam
bling and the "cornering Of the mar
ket. He says there is no moral diff
ference between: gambling at cards.
in. lotteries. at the race tracks and
gambling in the stock market. 1T is
just as pernicious and In degree tie
evil worked is far greater.
Presidents New Platform.
| Roosevelt's platform. as he states
it. in this second message, is as fol-
/ lows: "We seek to control law-defy-
! ing wealth; in the first place to pre-
vent its doing dire evil to the Repub-
lie, and in the next place to avoid the
vindictive and dreadful radicalism
which, IL left uncontrolled, 1t Is GER
tain in the end to arouse.
| Sweeping attacks upon all prop
erty, upon all men OF means, without
regard to whether they do we'll or Ill,
would sound the death knell of the
Republic; and such attacks become
inevitable II decent citizens permit
those rich men whose lives are cor
rupt and evil to domineer in swollen
pride, unchecked and hnhindered,
over the destinies OF this country.
"We act in no yindicti1e spirit and
we are no respecter Of persons. II
labor union does wrong we oppose
it as firmly as we oppose a corpora
tion which does wrong; and we stand
equally stoutly for the rights of the
man Of wealth and for the rights of
the wage worker.
3We seek to protect the property
! OF every man who acts honestly. OF
every corporation that represents
wealth honestly accumulated and
honestly used. We seek to stop
wrongdoing /, and we desire to punish
the wrongdoers only as far as 1t is
necessary to achieve this end"
The Administrations aim, the
| President. asserts, is to control law
defying wealth, and he asserts that
corporations and men of great wealth
have banded together to bring sbout
q reaction from this policy, hiring
writers to attempt to overthrow and
discredit all who honestly administer
the law.
g Flags Standard Oil.
The Standard OIL Company and the
Santa Fe Railroadch he specifically de-
1 nounces. With regard to the former
he says: e
"The methods by which the Stand
ard OIL people and those engaged in
| the other combinations of which ]
have Spoken above have achieved
Egreat! fortunes can only be justified
by the advocacy of system of moral
ity which would also Justify every
form of criminality on the part of a
labor union, and every form of vio-
lence, corruption and fraud, from
murder to bribery and ballot-box
stuff1ng in politics. :" - - a. -------
In advocating laws better to secure
control over great business concerns,
especially great common carriers, Mr..
Roosevelt says the Interstate Com
merce Commission should be empow-
cred to pass upon any rate or practice
on Its own initiative, even to prohibit
an advance in rate pending examina-
tion.
He says the Federal Government
should exercise supervision over the
finaucial Operations of interstate rail-
roads, and must also assume GER
tain measure of control over their
physical operations. He favors traffic
! associations.
! After quoting from Lincoln, with
malice toward none, with charity for
all; with firmness in the right as God
i gives us to see the right, let us strive
on to finish the work we are in," the
President says; I'm the >work we os
this generation are In, there is,
thanks be to the Almighty, nd danger
OF bloodshed and no use for the
sword" as I'VE strive to bring fiearef
! the day when greed and trickery and
cunning shalt be tranipled Under foot
by those who fight for Righteousness
that exalteth nation"