The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-08

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who hold up rich men az being evil men
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any other class distinction. as being the
proper standard BY which to Judge the
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| Just az we have a hearty regard for the
| honest politician and honest. newspaper.
But part Of the mOvsment 70 Uphold fra non, an
dishonesty. We attack only the corrupt
men OF wealth. who fnd In the purchased
Corruption and in the purchased newspa-
per the most efficient defender OF cor
ruption. Our main quarrel Is not with
interests. They derive their chief power
from the great sinister Offenders who
stand behind them. They are but pup
1t is not the puppets, but the strong cum
ming men and the mighty forces working
for evil behind and through the puppets.
control iaw-defying wealth; in the first
, place to prevent It's doing dire evil to
the republic. and In the next place to
calism which. If left uncontrolled IT, Is
certain in the end to arouse. Sweeping
attacks upon all property, upon all men
do well or Ill. would sound the death
knen Of the republic; and such attacks
become inevitable II decent citizens per-
init those rich men whose lives are cor
rupt and evil to domineer in swollen
pride. unchecked and unhindered, over
the destinies of this country. We act IN
specters of persons. II a labor union
does wrong, we oppose II as hrmiy as
we oppose corporation which does
wrong; and we stand equally stoutly Tor
the rights of the man OF wealth and for
the rights OF the wage-worker. We seek
to protect the property OF every man VINO
acts honestly, of every corporation tnat
represents wealth honestly accumulated
and honestly used. We seek to stop
wrongdoing. and we desire to punish the
wrong doers only so far as Is necessary
to achieve this end.
Campaign Of Lawbreakers
Against Governments Policy
There are ample material rewards for
those who serve with fidelity the mann
mon of unrighteousness; but they are
dearly paid for by the people who per-
NIT their representatives whether In pub
lie life, in the press, or in the colleges
where their young men are taught, to
preach and to practice that there Is one
law for the rich and another for the poor.
The amount of money the representatives
of certain great moneyed interests are
willing to spend can be gauged by their
recent publication broadcast throughout
the papers of this country, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, of huge advertise
ments attacking with envenomed bitter
ness the administrations policy of
warning against successful dishonesty,
and by their circulation of pamphlets and
books prepared with the same object;
while they likewise push the circulation
of the writings and speeches Of men who,
whether because they are misled. or be
ing to sin against the light, serve these
their masters OF great wealth TO the COST
of the plain people; The books and
speeches by public or private men TO
which refer, are usually and especially
in the interest Of the STANDARD OF Trust
and of certain notorious railroad COM
binations, but they also defend other In
dividuals and corporations OF great
wealth that have been guilty OF wrong
speak or write. Normally they hire 9TH
ers to do their bidding or find d, Others & VINO VINO
road-rate law to the pure-food law, every
measure for honesty In business that mas
been passed during the last six years mas
sage and in its administration with every
resource that bitter and unscrupulous
craft could suggest ] ana the re Gommand nan for OF
the last year the attack has been made
with most bitterness upon the actual ad-
the e oi justee but
also through the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the bureau of corpora
tions. The extraordinary violence Of the
assaults upon our policy contained in
these speeches, editorials, articles, ad-
vertisements, and pamphlets, and the
various ways, give a fairly accurate
measure of the anger and terror which
our public actions have caused the cor
rupt men of vast wealth to feel In the
very marrow of their being. The attack
is sometimes made openly against us for
enforcing the law, and sometimes with a
force II in some other way than that
which experience shows to be practical.
One of the favorite methods OF the lat
ter class of assailant Is to attack the ad-
ministration for not procuring the i'm
prisonment instead of the fine of Offend
ers under these antitrust laws. The man
prominent lawyer or an editor who takes
his policy from the financiers and his
arguments from their attorneys. II the
former, he has defended and advised
many wealthy malefactors, and he knows
well that. thanks to the advice OF lawyers
like himself. certain kind of modern
corporation has been turned into an ad-
mirable instrument by which to render II
well-nigh impossible to get at the head
of the corporation, at the man who is
to put the real wrongdoer in prison. this
is what we strive to do: this Is what we
have actually done with some very
wealthy criminals. who, moreover. repre-
sented that most baneful of all alliances,
the alliance between the corruption OF
organized politics and the corruption of
high finance. This Is what we have done
in the Gaynor and Greene case, In the
case of the misapplication of funds In
connection with certain great banks In
Chicago. in the land-fraud cases, where.
as in other cases likewise. neither the
highest political position nor the posses
sion OF great wealth, has availed to save
the offenders from prison. The federal
government does scourge sin: II does bid
sinners fear; for 1t has put behind the
bars with impartial severity, the powerful
| fnancier. the powerful politician. the rich
| land thief, the rich contpactor-all, no
matter how high their station. against
whom criminal misdeeds can be proved.
| All their wealth and power can not pro-
| tect them. But II often happens that the
effort to imprison a given defendant is
certain to be futile, while II is possible
| to fine him or to fine the corporation of
| which he Is head; so that. In other words.
| the only way OF Furnishing the wrong is
| by fining the corporation, unless we are
content to proceed personally against the
| minor agents. The corporation lawyers
to whom refer and their employers are
| the men mainly responsible for this
state of things, and their responsibility is
shared with all who ingeniously oppose
| the passing of just and effective laws. or
| who fail to execute them when they have
| haen mt on the Statuta hooks