The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-02-06
STRONG SPECIAL MESSAGE


Leading Recommendation Of Prssi
dent Roosevelt. Contained In Hi
Special Message TO Congress.
The following summary contain,
the substance Of the recommendation
of President Roosevelt in his recent
special message TO Congress. which
message has created rather wide.
spread discussion throughout ths
country:
Presidents Recommendations.
Advocates the immediate re-enaet.
ment Of the Employers Liability law,
limiting its scope so that il shall MP.
ply only TO the class or eases as 10
which the court says il can consti-
tutionally apply.
A change in the Sherman law 30 MS
! TO regulate stockwatering and gam
bling.
Passage of comprehensive act
providing for compensation by the
Government TO employees injured in
its service.
Action to secure better control over
business concerns engaged in inter
| state commerce
A certain measure of Federal con-
troll over physical operation of rail-
| ways.
Action in connection with the
"abuse of injunction in labor eases. -
Some Incisivc Sentences in the Mes
sage.
/ do not for a moment believe that
the actions of this Administration
have brought on business distress.
1t is due to speculative folly and
fragrant dishonesty of a few men OF
great wealth, who seek to shield
themselves from the effects of their
own wrongdoiag by ascribing its re
suits to the actions of those who have
sought TO put stop to the wrong
doing.
But If it were true, to cut out rot
teness from the body polite ] should
not for moment hesitate to put the
knife to the corruption.
We act in no indicative spirit and
we are no respeeters of persons.
The Cuisines which is hurt b.
the movement for honesty is the kind
of business which, in the long run, il
pays the country to have hurt
Certain wealthy men whose conduct
should be abhorrent to every man Of
ordinarily decent conscience have
during the last few months made it
apparent that they have banded to-
gether to work for a reaction.
Their endeavor is to overthrow and
discredit all who honestly administ-
er tho law
The amount of money the represen-
tatives of certain great moneyed in
terests are willing TO spend can be
gauged by their recent publication Of
huge advertisements attacking with
envenomed bitterness the Admins
tration's policy of warning against
successful dishonesty.
The books and pamphlets, the con-
troled newspapers, the speeches by
public or private men to which / re-
fer, are usually and especially in the
interest of the Standard Oil Trust
and of certain notorious railroad com
bination:.
Corrupt business and corrupt p1Ii-
Ties act and react with ever-inereas-
ing debasement, one on the other: the
corrupt head of a corporation, tho
corrupt labor leader, the rebate taker,
the franchise trafficker, the manipula-
tor Of securities, the purveyor and
protector Of vice, the blaekmailing
ward boss, the ballot-box stuffer, tie
demagogue, the mob leader. tne hired
bully and man-killer-a All alike wors
at the same web of corruption, and
all alike shor'd b. abhorrad By hon-
est men.
The administration and those who
support its views are nos engaged in
sn assault on property.
Fire BsIr4s West Virginia Hotel.
Raehannon, ". Va, Special.-A
ere which started In the Morrison
Hotel here early Sunday was on. ]
brought uader control Sunday nigh.
after all had been received from
Weston, W. Va The postoffce. four
other buildings and one residence
were completely destroyed. The loss
is estimated at 100000.
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