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SPREADING THE ATTACKS.

h amount of money the representa-
tives of certain great moneyed interests
are willing to spend can be gauged by
their recent publication broadcast through
out the papers Of this country, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. of huge advertise
ments attacking with envenomed bitterness
the administrations policy Of warning
against successful dishonesty, and by their
circulation of pamphlets and books pre-
pared with the same object; while they
likewise push the circulation Of the writ
ings and speeches Of men who, whether
because they are misled, or because, seeing
the light, they yet are willing to sin
against the light, serve these their masters
OF great wealth to the cost Of the plain
people. 81
THE books and pamphlets, the controlled
newspapers, the speeches by public OF pri-
Vate msn to which L refer, are usually and
especially in the interest of the Standard
Oil Trust and OF certain notorious railroad
combinations, but they also defend othcr
individuals and corporations Of great
wealth that have been guilty Of wrong
doing. 1t il only rarely that the men re-
sponsible for the wrongdoing themselves
speak or write. Normally they hire others
to do their bidding. or find others who
will do 1t without hire. From the railroad
rate law to the pure food law, every meas
ure for honesty In business that has been
passed during the last six years has been
opposed by these men on its passage and
in its administration with every esour
that bitter and inscriptions craft could
suggest and the command of almost UNI
limited money secure.
"Dut for the last year the attack has
been made with most bitterness upon
h actual administration of the Inv,
especially through the Department OF JUS
rice, but also through the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the Bureau of Cor
porations. The extraordinary violence of
the assaults upon our policy contained in
these speeches. editorials, articles. adver-
tisements and pamphlets, and the enor-
nous sums OF money spent in these vari-
Gus ways, give a fairly accurate measure
Of the anger and terror which our public
actions have caused the corrupt wen 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 some
times with q certain cunning, for not try
ing 10 enforce 1t In some other way than
that which experience shows to be prac.
tical. One Of the favorite methods OF the
latter class Of assailant is to attack the
administration for not procuring the inn
prisonment instead Of the fine OF offenders
under these antitrust laws. The man
making this assault is usually either n
prominent lawyer or an editor who takes
his policy from the fnanciers and his ar
sumentsr from their attorneys. II the for
mer, he has defended and advised many
wealthy malefactors, and he knows well
that thanks to the advice of lawyers like
himself, a certain kind Of modern corpora
ton has been turned into au admirable
instrument by which TO render it we'll
nigh impossible to get at the head OF the
corporation, at the man who is really most
guilty.
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ATTACKS DENOUNCED.

The President then branches into a
spirited defense of his policy. He says:
1.-THE attacks by these great corpora
lions on the administrators actions
have been given a wide circulation
throughout the country. in the news
papers and otherwise, by those writer's
and speakers who, consciously or I'M
consciously, act as the representative
Of predatory wealth-of the wealth ac-
cumulated on a giant scale by all forms
of iniquity, ranging from the oppres-
sion of wageworkers to unfair and IN
wholesome methods of crushing out
competition, and to d%efrauding the pub
lie by stock jobbing and the manipula-
tion of securities.
Certain wealthy men Of this stamp,
whose conduct should be abhorrent 10
every man of ordinarily decent con-
science. and who commit the hideous
wrong of teaching our young men that
dinarily be based on dishonesty. have,
during the last few months, made 1t
apparent that they have banded to-
gether to work for q reaction.
""rheir endeavor Is to overthrow and
dlscredit all who honestly administer
the law, to prevent any additional legis-
lation which would check and restrain
them, and to secure, II possible, a free
dom from all restraint which will per-
nit every INSCRIPTIONS wrongdoer to
do what he wishes unchecked. provided
he has enough money. The only way to
counteract the movement In which
these men are engaged is TO make
clear to the public Just what they have
done IN the past and just what they
are seeking to accomplish in the pres
ont
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rectedi but they in no way justify doubt
as to the final outcome, doubt as to the
great material prosperity of the future, or
of the lofty spiritual life which is to be
built upon that prosperity as a foundation
No misdeeds done in the present must be
permitted to Ehroud from our eyes the
glorious future of the nation; but because
of this very fact 1t behooves us never to
swerve from our ~resolute purpose to cut
out wrongdoing and uphold what Is right.
Il DO not for a moment believe that the
actions of this administration have brought
on business distress; SO Aar as this Is due
to local and not worldwide causes, and
to the actions Of any particular individuals,
1t is due to the speculative folly and
fragrant dishonesty Of a few men of great
wealth, who seek to shield themselves
from the effects of their own ~wrongdoing
by ascriblng Its results to the actions OF
those who have sought to put a stop to
the wrongdoing. But If 1t were true that
to cut out rottenness from the body polite
meant a momentary check to an unhealthy
seeming prosperity, L should not for one
moment hesitate TO put the knife to the
corruption.
ION behalf of all our people. on behalf
no less of the honest man of means than
Of the honest man who earns each days
livelihood by that days sweat of his brow,
1t is necessary to insist upon honesty in
CNoAhS1b tAAA BOAANANo AA'AC1 ~ go "NAAS ~
life, In big things and In little things;
upon just and fair dealing as between man
and man. Those who demand this are
striving for the right In the spirit of
Abraham Lincoln when he said:
"Fondly do we hope. fervently do
we pray, that this mlgnty Scourge may
speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills
that it continue until all the wealth
piled by the bondsmen's two hundred
and fifty years of uprequited toll shall
be sunk, until every drop of blood
drawn with the lash shall be paid
by another drawn with the sword,
as was said three thousand years
ments of the Lord are true and right
eous altogether"
with malice toward lone; with
charity for all; with firmness in the
right, as God gives us to see the right,
let us trive on to finish the work We
are In
Tn the work we Of this generation ara
in, there is, thanks be to the Almighty.
no danger Of bloodshed and 10 use for
the sword, but there is grave need of
those stern qualities shown alike by the
men of the North and the men of the
South in the dark days when each VAL
iantly battled for the light as 1t was given
each to see the light. Their spirit should
be our spirit, as We strive to bring near
er the day when greed and trickery and
cunning shall be trampled under feet by
those who fight for the righteousness that
exalteth a nation.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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AMEND SHERMAN LAW.

I'm reference to the Sherman antitrust
law, I repeat the recommendations made
in my message at the opening OF the pres
ent Congress, as well as in my message
to the previous Congress. The attempt in
this law TO provide In sweeping terms
against all combinations of whatever
character, IL technically In restraint
OF trade as such restraint has been
defined by the courts, must necessarily
be either futile or miscellaneous. and some
times both. The present law makes some
combinations illegal. although they may be
useful to the country. On the other hand,
as to SONS huge combinations which are
both noxious and Illegal, even IL the ac-
ton undertaken against them under the
law by the government is successful, the
result may be to work but a minimum
benefit to the public. Even though the
combination be broken up and a small
measure Of reform thereby produced, the
real good aimed at cannot be obtained, for
such real good can come only by a thor
ough and continuing supervision over the
acts OF the combination in all its parts.
so as to prevent stock watering, improper
forms Of competition, and, In short,
wrongdoing generally.
The law should correct that portion of
the Sherman act which prohibits all COM
binations of the character above described,
NttlI1bE lirJ Db TtdSOildDiG7 OF uDTedSOl-
able; but this should be done only as part
OF a general scheme to provide for this
effective and thorough-going supervision by
the national government OF all the opera
tons of the big interstate business con-
Germs.
Judge Hough, of New York, in his re-
cent decision in the Hartman case, states
that the Congress possesses the power to
limit the interstate operations of corpora
tons not complying with Federal safe
guards against the recurrence of obnoxious
practices. and to license those which af-
ford the public adequate security against
methods calculated to diminish s~olvency,
and therefore efficiency and economy in
Interstate transportation. The judge adds
that IN these matters the power of Con-
gress Is ample, though as yet not fruitful
In results. 1t is very earnestly to be de-
sired that either along the lines the Judge
malcafes, OF. In some other way equally
eihcacious, the Congress may exercise the
power which he holds it possesses.
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for compensation by the government to
all employees injured in the govern
ment service. Under the present law
an injured workman In the employ
ment of the government has no remedy,
the entire burden Of the accident
falls on the helpless man, his vito and
his young children. This is an outrage.
THE anne broad principle which
should apply to the government should
ultimately be made applicable to all
private employers. Where the nation
has the power 1t should enact laws to
this effect. Where the States alone
w he power they should enact the
laws. 1t is to be observed that an EN-
ployers' liability law does not really
mean mulcting employers in damages.
1t merely throws upon the employer
tho burden OF accident insurance
against injuries which are sure to &C.
cIrb
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EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.

The President advocates the i'm
mediate reenactment of the employ
ers' liability law, limiting it's scope
so that it shall apply only to the class
of cases as to which the our says
it can constitutionally apply. but
strengthening its provisions within this
scope He continues:
Interstate employment being thus
covered by an adequate national law,
the field of irtrastate employment will
be left to the action of the several
States. With this clear definition of
responsibility the States will undoubt-
eddy give TO the performance of their
duty within their field the considera-
ton tho Importance Of the subject de-
mands.
II also very urgently advise that a
comprehensive act be passed providing
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FOR NON-SECRET CLUBS.
Chicago Educators Would supplant
achool B~raternitieS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 81.-Non-secret clubs AZ
a substitute for the fraternities are the
latest in the line OF school projects. Plans
for them arc being drawn by President
Schneider. OF the Board Of Education, and
Trustee r. A. White.
The new organizations are to be sane
toned officially by the board and it is
hoped will be free from the clique fea-
lures and the snobbishness which are said
to have characterized the secret bodies.
They will have club rooms in the school
buildings. Membership is to be open to all
pupils.
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PRISON WHEN POSSIBLE.

fWhen we are able to put the real
w~rODgdoer in prison. this Is what we
strive to do; this is what we have
actually done with some very wealthy
criminals. who, moreover, represented
that most banefuI Of all alliances. the alli-
ance between the corruption Of organized
politics and the corruption Of high finance.
This 10 what we have done In the Gaynor
and Greene case, in the case of the mis-
application Of funds in connec ion with
certain great banks in Chicago, In the land
fraud cases, where, as In other cases like
wise, neither the highest political position
nor the possession of great wealth, has
availed to save the Offenders from prison.
THE Federal Government does seourge
sin; 1t does bid sinners fear; for it has put
behind the bars with impartial severity the
powerful financier, the powerful politician,
the rich land thief. the rich contractor
all, no matter how high their station,
against whom criminal misdeeds can be
proved. All their wealth and power cannot
protect them. But 1t often happens thar
the effort to itnpriSon a given defendant
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wAN,T no MAKE ERAMpg WORK.

CAMDEN. Jan. s1.-The City Council
last night adopted a resolution providing
for the appointment Of a committee to
confer with the Board Of F~reeholderE, with
the view OF establishing a workhouse for
trannps.k At present tramps are sent to
tho county Jail, where they loaf and live
at the expense Of the county. Il 10 pro-
posed tosmake them work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-23
EXTRAVAGANCE GALORE.
A Change Needed in Order to Get
Down to an Economical
Administrations.

The federal administration last year
spent $,4.UmWD more than Ii spent
In the lS9S war. At the recent bank
ers convention Lawrence :. g. llcspie,
president of the Equitable Trust Com
pany Of New York. discussing the nd
miniStration. said:
AS in our private life SO in our ma
ttonal finances. the year 1901 seems to
have l,pen one OF exceeding cost and
expenditure. The government stnte-
ent at the end OF the fiscal year. June
80 1893. shows il deiich OF $a9.G.iG. .36l
and the Increased deficit in July and
August amounting To SIS IDS $50 brings
the total deficit for he preceding four
teen months up to So. .434 36l. with re-
ducpd revenues of Sij.tsb.Gn. The
year preceding we had surplus OF
$S1 1.WN.sS.
THE government disbursement was
1868. .512 Ia. being in excess Of the
revenues in any Year except 1906 and
1907 and S.t.WN.UD more than was
spent in the year when We conducted
the war against Spain and paid the
expense of landing armies in Cuba.
Port" Rico and the Philippine islands" ="
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-23
A Fatal Austrian Flaq.

Once there WAS an epidemic Of plague
ut Odessa, in Russia. which lasted
more than Il year 1t had Il most re-
markable origin. being due to fatal
flag. An Austrian vessel arrived at
Odessa, bringing one Of the crew who
had died during the voyage The sail
or was duly inferred In the Catholic
cemetery 1T the port, and at the fu-
neral the Austrian flag was carried by
two seamen. On their way back to
the vessel the men entered great
number of saloons and laid down the
flag willie drinking. 4 very short
time aftcrward the sailors who had
carried the flag died. and before long
it was found that people were Ill In
oil the houses where the men had call
ed with the fatal flag. Soon the plague
spread throughout Odessa. filling all
with terror and claiming frightful
toll. There IS 10 doubt that the flag
contained the plague bacilli In the
folds and so spread the disease
Baltimore Sun.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-23
DAWES FOR GUARANTEE
Comptroller OF Currency Under Nc.
kinlcy Favored Insurance OF
Bank Deposits.

Charles G.. Dawes was comptroller
OF the currency under Mr.. Mckinley
Since 1902 h. has been president Of
the Central Trust company ut Chi
tag0. Writing in The Public. Louis
+. Post calls attention to the fact that
several years ago Mr.. Dawes wrote
a book entitled The Banking System
OF the United States" 'ihe followin.
is taken from Mr.. Fost's article:
In describing In that book the pres
ent need of our national banking sys-
tem." Mr.. Dawes distinctly argues for
the insurance idea that Bryan advo-
Gated in cOLgNss and upon which his
campaign is now advancing in the
west. Referring to il proposed law,
advocated by Bryan In congress.
which would have levied tax upon
national banks fof the purpose of ere
at.Eg fund for the insurance Of DE-
POSTS. Mr.. Dawes wrote:
National banking statistics show
that "A fund % the necessary amount
would soon he created by Il compare
tIvely small tax upon each national
bank.
1t must certainly be nd
inltted that III" establishment OF such
Il fund would Lave tendency to pre-
vent the mad rushes OF small and
large depositors during times of panic,
for money which they hoard away in
safety deposit boxes or other hiding
places.
II the effect OF such Il
law would be To render bank deposits
IhOre stable under all conditions. as In
our Judgment would he the case. no
law could he OF more yaue and I'M
I'ortance To the debtor, or to the cred
itor, or to the community Mt large.
BESIDES the great Importance
of the law, Is related to the general
prosperity of the country. II Is mcri-
torious as preventing the KEEN suffer
ing i'll those localities where bank fail
urcs occur. and where the hard earned
savings OF the community, under our
present laws. are often swept away.
BY such a law. losses are distributed
rs by insurance. the beneficial effects
or which need no argument To the
passage OF such a law In proper form.
we trust the efforts Of congress will
DC directed"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-23
TWO practical MEN
The WhitcncsS of the Pot and the
Blacknrss of the Kettles"

From Thcoddrr EooSevclt's letter of
Oct 4. 1901. to Edward H. Harri-
inin.
No". my dear ST. you and are
practical men. and you are on the
ground ANA knuN the conditions bet
ter than | do. :: You think there is
any danger of Your visit to me cauS-
ing trouble or u YOU think there Is
nothIn. special should be Informed
about. or no matter in which | could
give You aid, why. of course. give up
The visit for Il" time being. and then
Few weeks hcncc before | write nv
message. | shall get YOU to come down
10 discuss certain government matters
not connected with the campaign
From Edward IL. liarrimnn's eontidcn-
tial statement to Sidney W. bstcr
About Il Wcck before the election in
the autumn of 1901 WHEN IL looked
certain that the state ticket would 20
Democratic ana WAS doubtful AS to
Roosevelt himself. lie, the president,
sent n.c request 10 80 10 Washing
ton To confrr upon the political condi-
tons in New York state complied,
and he told me he understood the cam
pa.Gn could not he successfully carried
Oh without sufficient money and asked
II | could help them in raising the
necessary funds as the national com
mittec. under control Of Chairman Cor
telyou. had utterly failed OF obtaining
them. and there WAS II large amount
due from them 10 the New York state
committee. We talked over what coull
be done for bcpew. and finally he
agreed that II found necessary he
would appoint hin. as ambassador to
Paris.
With full belief that he, the pr.si-
dent, would keep his agreement. l
came back to New York, sent for
Treasurer Bliss who told nv that l
WAS their last hoic and that they had
"NhtL>.rd every otLcr resource. In
his presence | called up an intimate
filt If Senate. Icpcw, told him that
ii necessary in order 10 carry New
lor.. state that S2t0.pD should be
raised al once. and If he would help
l would Subscribe SIO.UD After Il
few words over the telephone the
gentleman said he would let me know.
which he did probably in three or four
hours. with the result that the whole
amount including my subscription,
had been raised
Tie checks We're given to Treasurer
Bliss who took them 10 Chairman Cor
tclyou. Ii there were any among
them OF lie Insurance companies. or
any other like organizations, OF
course Corttll Oh n.uSt have informed
tie president. do not know who
the subscribers were. other than the
friend of Ecp,w. who was an indi-
vidual. This amount enabled the New
York state committee to continue its
work. with the result that at least 90
90 votes were turned in the city of
New York alone. making difference
Of 100000 votes in the general result.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-23

Il CCGVINCI1:G CERTIFICATE
That Every Voter should Read Who
believes That Bank Deposits Should
lie GmAInntrCN AUainsi IuSa


The Democratic platform f4sors Sc
cured bank deposits. The Republican
platform i silent Oh he SIh,ert and
its leaders. MIR. I.ft notably, op-
pose IL.
Ii" following Ger, it.c:4tc published
Ia lAr tvHILIourr Is d.,un>.Iy inter
csIIt "t liz" p.rsrnt tiauu:
'trui".!o. thlA., june -, l.KS.-The
d"i"s't'4s GUARANTY law w&s PASSED
Dec. l.. l-i.. and Was Ih;Idc operative
Feb. II. 1908
BANK reports show that ,hc effect
Of the Ia" br-an weeks LeIolr the law
was In actual operation.
There are now 55l banks under the
law in this state. including ~ national
banks. There are 25'j Unsecured BANKS
(all nationalsI in the stale.
The dates Of statcinc..t calls were
as follows:
For national banks. Ice. 3, 1907:
Feb. I, l.s'N. and May II. EU>.
For s,ate banks Dec IL I.U1; Feb.
20. 1908. and May II. lH,S
PROM Dec. ). 1907. t. Feb. II.
1glS. the deposits in the uas secured
banks decreased about an even half
million. The sccurcG national bank.
for the same period = incd In deposits
about $32O.cDO. State banks tall Sc
curedJ for the period from bee. H..
l!O1. TO Feb. ii. 1908. show an increase
in deposits OF s. I4941
For the period ending May II. Sc
cured national banks show an increase
In deposits OF S,A1.Il3.6l.
State banks (all secured, for the
period ending May II. show an In
crease in deposits OF 2.353. .GDo1i.
For the period ending May II the
unsecured banks (all nationals, lost In
deposits SGOO. .sO1SG
"DcpositS OF state funds show de
crease In both classes OF banks as fol-
lows:
In secured banks ..S 21a33 80
In unsecured banks ...... G69.9l9. 16
Total increase In deposits In all Sc
cured banks. December to Mag, per re-
ports. $4.237. .1t5.22
Total decrease OF deposits In all I'M
secured banks. December to May. per
reports, 81. .lOO. .SO1Si.
Total decrease OF deposits Of state
funds In both classes OF banks last
period SG91 .45326
so 1t Is apparent that there are
S.S2S.4lO.G2 more individual deposits
in banks in Oklahoma than before the
depos!tors' guaranty law was passed
and the secured banks have been
Oeneficaries
The above Is correct,
ROY &. OAKES,
Secretary State Banking Board.
"GEOtGE W. BELI.AMY,
"Chairman State Banking Board.