The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-01

ctBtes ana Such sentuHSnts 10 ewOw enu
act on them with ifnpunity. The out
| cry aeainst stopping dishonest prac-
ices smonE wTongaosrs wn r., n ;ssp "a
| for cleanliness and decency in city gov.
1 ernment. because, forsooth. Will
hurt business The sane eu e =
tice for prosecuting the heads OF colos-
sal corporations that has been made
AGAINST the men who in San Francisco
| have prosecuted with impartial severity
the wrongdoers ssmong business men.
| public oficials. and labor leaders alike
The principle Y TIE same IN the two
BRIDE giver. stand on the same evil emf
hence Of infaniy. so the man who makes
IN enormous fortune Sy eo,rrupting
| heecing his stockholders and the pub
lie. stands on the same moral level
| with the creature who fattens on the
the saioon Mo s S%o X n4 eSs i nna
| analysis. both kinds OF corruption are
far more intimately connected than
Is at the bottom the same. Corrupt
business and corrupt politics act and
react with ever-increasing debasemenf.
corporation and the corrupt labor
| leader are both In the same degree the
enemies Of honest corporations and
the franchise traficker. the msnipuia.
tor OF securities. the purveyor and pro-
tector OF vice. the blackmail:ng ward
agasues the mob leader the hired 6uIiv
| ana mankilier--all alike work Al ana
same web Of corruption. and ali alike
" The Sc aiDeoFre 1h Sy honest man.
movement for honesty is the kind ~
business which. in the long run. IL M y,s
me tae country to have hurt IT Is the
make the very name nigh fnancs,. :
term OF scandal to which ali honest
american men Of business should join
m n PUTTING an end to. the special
nounctng the present adminiatraiion
Tor enforcing the law agaiust the hues
sna corrupt corporations which have
d d me law. also deneunce II FOR eri-
ueavortng to secure sadly needed labor
LEGISLATION. such as far-reachine law
making employers liable for injuries
70 their employees. 1T iz meet and AT
s .haS me a apoiosists 70. corrupt wealth
weak and helpless people from crush-
Ing misfortune brought upon them by
injury In the business frorn-which they
should be Distributed. It is hypocriti-
| cal haseness to speak of q girl who
works In factory where the danger
Gus machinery is unprotected as having
pose herself TO dangers 20 iife ana
Limb She has no alternative but to
sumer want or else to expose herself
TO- such dangers; and when she loses
. hand orr 10 otherwise injured maimed
or disdEured for life. II Is q moral
wrong that the whole burden OF the
risk necessarily incidental to the bus
mess should be placed with crushing
all who profit by her work escape scot-
free. This IL what opponents Of Just
| employers' liability law advocate: and
Il lie consistent that they should usu-
ally also advocate immunity for those
most dangerous members Of the GRIM
inal ciass--the CRIMINALS of great
wealth.
Respect for Judges.
Our opponents have recently been
bitterly criticiaing the two Judges re-
ferred to In the accompanying COM
Company and the santa t Fs Railroad for
having imposed heavy fines on these
two corporations; and yet these same
critics Of these two Judges exhaust
spectful and cautious discussion; Of the
Official action Of q Judge which results
In Immunity to wealthy and powerful
wrongdoers. fer which renders nuga-
] conditions Of life and work among
those OF our fellow countrymen whose
MIST certainly 1t bAhooves us all TO
treat with the utmost respect the high
ONCE OF Judge; and our judges az q
whole, are brave and upright men. Re-
spect for the law must go hand in
nand with respect for the judges; and,
as whole. II T. true now as in the
past that the judges stand in charac-
ter and service above all other men
among their feiIow-seryaats Of the
public, There is all the greater need
ONCE, who fall below this nigh srand-
ard OF integrity. Of wisdom. Of syrn-
pathetic understanding and Of cour-
age. should have their eyes opened to
the needs Of their ceuntrymen,
| Judge who on the bench either
ruckles to the mob and slirinks from
sternly depressing violence and fisor-
who fails to stand UP valiantiv for the
rights OF property on the one hand. or
on the other by the misuse OF the pro-
cess OF Injunction or by his attitude
toward all measures. for the better
ment Of the conditions of labor. lrnakes
| the wagew0rker feel with bitterness
that the courts are hostile to him; or
who fails to realize that all public SER
wants in their several stations must
strive TO stop the abuses Of the GRIM
| inal rteh-such a, man performs an
even worse service to the body poll
who goes wrong. The Judge who does
his full duty well stands higher and
| renders better service to the people
than any other public servant; he Is
a true servant of the people, II he is
upright, wise and fearless he will NM
| hesitatingly disregard even the wishes
Of the people u 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 II IL is
rendered equally to his brethren who
fall immeasurebiy below the high
ideals for which he stands.
UntruthfuI criticism is wicked at
| all times, and whoever may be the OBJ
ject: but 1t is peculiarly fragrant
iniquity when a Judge is the object.
No man should lightly criticise Judge;
no man should, even in his own mind,
condemn a Judge unless he is sure 81
the facts. II a Judge is assailed for
standing against popular folly. and
above all for standing against mob vfo-
lence, all honorable men should rally