The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-22

sDy such time It Is S3u lact that eD- tirely innocent people suffer from no fault of their own: and everyone must feel the keenest sympathy for the large body of honest business men. of honest investors. of honest wagework- CTS, who suffer because involved in a crash for which they are in no way responsible. At such time there Is natural tendency on the part Of many men to feel gloomy and fright ened at the outlook: but there is no Justification for this feeling. There is no nation so absolutely sure of uiti- mate success as ours. Of course we shall succeed.
 s.Our's is nation of maSterful energy. with a continent for its do- main. and it feels within its veins the thrill which comes to those who know that they possess the future. We are not cast down by the fear of failure. We are upheld by the confident hope of ultimate triumph. The wrongs that exist are to bc corrected but they in 10 way justify doubt as to the final outcome, doubt as to the great mater al prosperity as foundation. No misdeeds done in the present must be permitted 10 shroud from our eyes the glorious future of the nation: but be- cause of this very fact it behooves us never to Swerve from our resolute purpose 10 cut out wrongdoing and uphold what is right.
 Il do not for moment believe that the actions of this administration have brought on business distress; so far as this is due to local and not worldwide causes, and 10 the actions of any par ticular individuals, it is due to the speculative folly and fragrant dishon- esty of a few men of great wealth. who seek to shield themselves from the effects of their own wrongdoing by ascribing its results to the actions ot those who have sought 10 put up a stop to the wrongdoing. But if il were true that to cut out rottennesS from the body polite meant a mo- mentary check to an unhealthy seem- ing prosperity. I should not for one moment hesitate to put the knife to the corruption.
 "On behalf of all our people. on be-
  1 half 10 less of the honest man oi means than of the honest man who earns each days livelihood by that days sweat of his brow, it's necessary to insist upon honesty in business and politics alike. in all walks of life, in i big things and in little things: upon ] just and fair dealings as between man and man. Those who demand this are striving for the right in the spirit oi Abraham Licnoln when he said "Fondly do we hope. ferventIy do We pray. that this mighty scourge may speedily pass away. Yet, if God will: that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsmen's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toll shall ! be sunk. and until every drop Of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid for b! another drawn with the sword as was said three thousand years ago, so still is must be said, The judgments oi the Lord are true and righteous alto gether. With malice toward noHe with charity for all: with frmness in the right. as God gives US to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
 ''In tbe work We of this generation are in. there is, thanks be to the Al mighty, TO danger of bloodshed and 10 use for the sword: but there is grave need of those stern qualities shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South in the dars days when each valiantly battled for the light as it was given each to see the light. Their spirit should be our spirit, as We strive to bring nearer the day when greed and trickery and cunning shall be trampled under feet by those who fight for the righteous ness that exalteth a nation.i