The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-06

shAoaS SiS PopEelSr VlQl WNOm we
We seek to control law-defying wealth;
in the first place to prevent its doing dire
evil to the republic. and in the next place
to avoid the vindictiye and dreadful rad
lcalism which, If left uncontrolled, 1T is
certain in the end to arouse. Sweeping
attacks upon all property, upon all men
do well or ill, would sound the death.
become ineyi5able il decent Citizens per-
init those rich men whose lives are cor
rupt and evil to domineer in swollen
pride, unchecked and unhindered. over
no vindictive spirit. and We are no re-
specters Of persons; II a labor union does
wrong we oppose 1t as firmly as we OPP,
we stand equally stoutly for the rights
Of the man of wealth and for the rights
the property of every man who acts hon
estly, of every corporation that represents
wealth honestly accumulated and honest
and we desire to punish the wrongdoers
only SO far as is necessary to achieve this
One Law for All.
There are ample material rewards for
those who serve with fidelity the mammo
of unri~ghteousness; but they are dearly
paid for by the people who permit their
the press, or in the colleges where their
young men are taught. to preach and to
practlce mat there IS one law for the
amount of money the representatives of
certain great moneyed interests are will
cent publication broadcast t%hroughout the
papers of this country. from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. of huge advertisements at
istration's policy Of warning against sue
cessful dishonesty. and by their circula-
with the same object; while they likewise
push the cire %ulation of the writings and
speeches Of men who. whether because
light, they yet are willing to sin against
the light, serve these their masters Of
great T Mealth ba to the s cost Of y, the plain PEG,
y pubic Or private men e
in the interest Of the Standard oil trust
and Of certain notorious railroad. combina-
tons. bu. they also defend other indi-
that have been guilty of wrongdoing. 1t
is only rarely that the men responsible
Write. Normaily they hire others eea to Do Do
their bidding, or find others who viii do
it without hire. From the railroad rate
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 resource
that bitter and INSCRIPTIONS craft could
suggest and the of almost I'M
limited money secure.
oNA " SAaS A~oS ySoA l4iC dlldCA IdS CeCn
made with most bitterness upon the actual
administration of the law, especially
through the department of justice, but
also through the Interstate Commerce
commission and the bureau of corpora
tons. The extraordinary violence of the
assaults upon our policy contained in these
speeches. editorials. articles. advertise
ments. and pamphlets, and the enormous
sums OF money. spent In these various
ways give a fairly accurate measure of
the anger and terror which our public
actions have caused the corrupt men 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 sometimes with q certain cum
ming, for not trying to enforce it in some
other way than that which experience
shows to be practical. One of the favorite
methods of the Latter class of assa:Iant
Is to attack the administration for not
procuring the Imprisonment instead of the
fine Of Offenders under these antitrust
laws. The mar making this assault is
usually either Il prominent lawyer or an
editor who takes his policy from the fnan-
ciers ana rs arguments from their attor-
neys. If the former, he has defended and
aaV-sed many wealthy Indicators, and he
knows We'll that thanks to the advice of
lawyers Ike himself. u certain kind OF
an admirable instrument by which 10
render 1t We'll nigh impossible to get at
the mead OF the corporation. at the man
VIC is really, most guilty. When we are
this is what we. strive to DO: this is what
we hare actually done with some very
wealthy criminals, who. moreover, repre-
sented that most baneful of all alliances,
ganized politics and the corruption Of high
finance. This Is what we have done in
the GaEnor and Greene case, In the case
OF the mtsapDffenticn OF funds in con
caso. in the aud fra1,a eases. where. a.
IN other eases fkeWf1a, neither the high.