The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-18

we are-what we have been and what
we mean to be-
TIT is the huge size of private for
tunes, the vast extent and power Snf
modern combinations of capital, made
possible by present conditions. which
have brought upon us, in these later
years. problems portentious in their
possibilities, and threatening. not only
our social and political welfare, but
even our personal freedom, II they arc
The great body ~ the American
people, neither very rich nor very poor
the honest, the thrifty. the hard-work-
Eng, the men and women who earn and
hatred of wealth. whether individual4or
corporate, If 1t has been honestly
gained and is wisely and generously
employed with sense Of response
bility to the public. But this great
body of our people, by habit and in
s,inct alike wisely conservative; these
people. who are the bone and sinew
of our country. and upon whom its
fortunes and It's safety rest. began TO
observe, with deep alarm, the recent
manifestations of the new economic
conditions.
THE policy OF the Republican party
In dealing with the new and formid-
able questions which have taken con-
crete form in enormous combinations
OF capital and in great public service
corporations, has been formulated and
determined. That policy is to use gov
ernment regulation and supervision
}tor. the control of corporations and
denominations so that cheese great and
necessary instruments of commerce
and business may be preserved as use.
ful servants, and not destroyed because
they have threatened to 5s.oscc dan
gerous rnnStcc5.
of government ownership and all like
measures. advocated by our opponents.
which tend directly to Socialism, and
to all its attendant mseries and evils.
shaped and settled during the past few
years. that old laws have been en-
forced and new one entered"
Whit Roosevelt HIS Done.
1.-THE work has not ceased with the
enforcement OF existing laws. A Re-
publican Congress and Republican
President have placed new laws upor
the statute books. designed to carry
ment regulation on safe: reasonabis
and effective manner. The EllSins
law. almad at preferential rebates
which have been the curse of oui
railroad rate law. which made the
supervision of railroads more effec-
littve. and the pure food law. which has
been in the highest degree, beneticien'
monuments Of the policy and The
'.The President. who has led his
party and the people in this grea
work, retires, by his own determine
tion. from his high office on the
| fourth OF March next. His refusal Of
la denomination, dictated by the lofties
motives and by noble loyalty t
American traditions, is final and IRE
vocablc. Any one, who attempts t
use his name as a candidate for the
presidency. impugns both his sincerit,
and his good faith. two of the Presi
dents greatest and most conspicuou:
Qualities, upon which no shadow ha!
\ ever been cast That man Is no frient
/ to Theodore Roosevelt and does no
cherish his name and fame, who nov
| from any motive, seeks to urge him a:
a candidate for the great office whicl
1 he has finally declined. The Prestden
has refused what his countryman woult
| gladly have given him; he says what h,
means and means what he says, and hi
party and his country will respect hi
D wishes as they honor his high char
ncter and great public service.
but, although the President retires
he leaves his policies behind him. 7,
| those policies the Republican part,
stands pledged. We must carry out a
| we have begun. regardless. alike Q
I tho radicals of reaction and the rndl
| Gals of revolution. We must hold fas
to that Which is good chile we maxi
the advances Which the times de
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