The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-12
LESLIE N. SHAW
ON THE ISSUES
PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO GROVER
CLEVELAND FOR MAlNTEN-
ANcE or GOLD STANDARD. "
THE REPUBLICAN PANIC
Result Of Bad Business Morals--Sit.
uation Admirably and cour-
agcously Met BY Roosevelt
Our Navy.

| Marshall. Mich, Feb. l1.--At the al
nual banquet of the Calhoun Count
Lincoln Club former Secretary of tn
Treasury Shaw and Second Assistar
Postmaster, General McUlearys wer
the principal speakers. McClear
jspeaking on present day problems
devoted considerable attention to th
fact that the auxiliary feet carryin
coal and supplies for the hattleship
on cruise to the Pacific sailed unde
many foreign flags and he urged th
building up Of an American merchan
marine. Patrick If. Kelly, Lieutenan
Governor of Michigan, made an ad
dress On state affairs.
Shaw said in part;
THE American people have seldom
settled more than one question at 8
time, nor have they been called upon
often to settle tho same question
twice. They have been likewise us
nalIy wise IN the choice of leaders.
when the question Of the preser
vaticn of the union was uppermost
when it was to be determined whethef
this was nation or a mere eonfeder
alton of sovereign stat,s. everyone
comedies that of all men then living,
and Of all men who had ever lived,
Abraham Lincoln was tho best
equipped. as well as the most faithful
leader of his people. This was not
acknowledged at the time,
but the years have justified the high
encomium
Tribute to Cleveland.
"A fftsi~ iat sr. -sisss ulieatien s'f a;l
indefinite issue OF irredeemabie paiJef
currency, commonly called green
backs became the allabsorbing
thought of the American people. That
such question would arise as the
logcal sequence of limited issue
was natural and inevitable. Again we
we're fortunate in leaders.
subsequently the question OF the
iree and unlimited coinage of silver
became dominent, and again the peo.
Die were most fortunate in having as
heir chief executive a man who never
istened to popular clamor, who sci.
lom seemed to care for popular sentt'
nent, and who rarely sought popular
applause, and who at the cost of being
by his own party, and quite
condemned by the opposi
ion. stood like a rock, and prevented
he ruin which the people would have
Inconsciously wroght upon themsei.
es, and maintained the gold standard
n the face of statutes admittedly ca
able of equivocal interpretations.
81 have never considered Grover
cleveland a great statesman, but ne
vas and is a great patriot, man
gith abiding convictions and fear
ess in his adherence thereto. OF the
nen who have held high official posi-
ions. few have had the courage TO
i'd defiance to popular opinion, and
ever still have had the opportunity
( saving the people from themselves
PRESIDENT Hayes vetoed a free silver
i'll. Senator Allison prevented an.
ther by timely compromise. and
'IeveIand maintained the parity OF
II OUR forms of money against the
fishes of probably eighty per cent OF
le people
Roosevelt and the Panic.
when Theodore Roosevelt took the i
ath OF office he announced that he
ould adhere to aud follow out the
Dlicies of his predecessors. Fortu-
ately. these policies we're in full
,rce and did not need 20 be strength
ned. Therefore. within forty-eight
ours. to his lasting credit be 1t said
Ie new president was inauguratine
Jlicies of his own.
Universal prosperity aud the sud
IN acquisition of wealth had wrought
n havoc with busincs morals. Love
power. whetted by indulgence. hal
d irresistibly to financial method
some instances most reprehensible
he present administration has been
ost admirably fitted to the times.
ctice has been served. and service
Is been accepted. that in this coun
v the people are supreme. that the
vised statutes Of the United States
institute a most wholesome volume
hich can wisely be kept on the table
ound which directors regularly as a
mble. and that In the employment of {
unset corporation do well to select {
en- who will see II 1t that the opera I
ms of their clients are kept well
thin the limitations of the law
= In their efforts 10 evade its spirit
d they incur the penalties mention
in the letter.
In our evolution. this has been one 9
the questions that had to be dc ;
rmined. aud in nv Judgment no pres
mt has met the task that has come
turaiIF n his hands with greater
urage OF more signal success than
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