The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19

d1ers for our country's defense, a form .
 idable array, easily surpassing in nun
 bers the world conquering legions of
 imperial Caesar and even larger than
 any arm:- ever mustered by Britain for
 the tented field But transcendent above
 all is the fact that Ohio is one of T
 matchless union of states linked to-
 gether in everlasting bonds of amity
 and constituting an empire wonderful
 in power and almost immeasurable in
 extent Each sovereign state alone
 would occupy but a subordinate place
 in the great current of the world s
 events. but when represented by one
 of forty six bright stars on a field of
 stainless blue every one forms part
 of an emblem of union and of strength
 more beautiful far then the most bril-
 liant constellation in the heavens
 We welcome the friendly rivalry of
 candidates from other states, from the
 great Empire State, the Keystone
 State, Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin. forming with Ohio a broad expanse ex-
 tending in unbroken sweep from old
 ocean to the uppermost bound of the greatest of inland seas. Each of these presents a leader among leaders whose achievements and renoWn are not con fined to the narrow limits of a single
 commonwealth. To-day with fervid earneStnesS we wage a contest for the prize. Tomorrow united for the fray and quickened by common fiery zeal. the champions of all the candidates will go forth with mounting enthusiasm to VanQuish the foe.
 The most perpleXing questions of to- day arise from the bountiful develop ment of our material wealth. Such a development cannot occur without the creation of inequalities and dangers to the social fabric. 1 most strenuous ly deny that the American business man or the American citizen cherishes lower standards than the citizens of any other country The American peo- pie are by no means depraved But by reason of their busy absorption in va ried pursuits and of the glamour which attends success in great undertakings questionable methods have been able to ingraft themselves upon the business of the country. Rich rewards have too frequently been gained by some who are none too scrupulous.. Monopoly. and fraud have assumed a prominence which calls for the earnest and condemnation of every man who truly loves the republic.
 Against all these abuses and in the work for restoring old ideals of honesty and equality as we'll as for higher SldUudIQS Ol CIVIC uulN one man mas stood pre- eminent, and that man is Theodore Roosevelt. Against corrup- ton in every form he has set his face with grim determination, prompt and fearless in action and with that intelli- gent leadership which has assured the of better era in which the strong and the weak alike must submit themselves to the impartial eX- ecution of the law. There was need of I strong, courageous spirit to restrain those destructive forces which have asserted themselves in this time of growth and plenty The story of his will make up one of the brightest pages in the history of this pr any age and will prove that to- day, IS in any critical hour of social unrest or of danger, the man will appear who ,an grapple with the emergency.
 Who so fit to take up the tasks which this wondrous generation de- mands should be wisely and impartially performed as his great war secretary Since the day when, in Benjamin liar rison's administration, these two first met-the one as solicitor general. the other as a member of the civil service have been bound to- gether by like ideals and aims, by close ties of friendship and by the exchange of mutual counsel each with his own and characteristics keep ing constantly in view the ennobling vision of a better and a greater Amer ica. They have not been satisfied that the temple of prosperity should be decked alone by the jewels of the for tunate and the opulent, but have in- sisted that it should still more abound in trophies which commemorate the en- forcement of even handed justice and the maintenance of that equal oppor- tunity which spreads hope and blessing even to the humblest home Since the day when, less than thirty