Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-18

understand, and, but which the individual
was sacrificed and held down.
Remedy Applied.
To those who looked beneath the surface
an ominous unrest was apparent. The
violent counsels of violent men, who aimed
overthrow of law, began to be heard and
harkened to. The great order-loving indus
trious masses of the American people
lence but, at the same time demanded that
their government should give them, hi
lawful, and reasonable ways; the protec-
ton to which they were entitled, against
the dangers they justly apprehended.
The great duty Of fulfilling these right
eous demands, Ike all the great public
posed upon the republican party and they
have not flinched from the burden. Under
the lead OF the president, the new repub-
lican party has grappled with the new
problems, born Of the new conditions. 1t
has been no light task. Dangerous ex-
one side were the radicals of reaction, who
resisted any change at al; on the other
S wisns %eF re che eSsn 1eeie eysry 81 iGes'rpf TbeSe TWO TWO
forms of radicalism are as far apart at
the outset as the poles, but. when carried
tween these two extremes the republican
congress- was compelled to steer, and Will
they advanced tSsS w steadily dyStts sSpe ri rs Sad t sss
1 A01AAN "a wv = DA5- ~
Fe Yet. no Sssf1lss n Ss' 81 these udd%iffcultfess
Of the people to TIE policies urged by the
president has been 50 emphatic that 1t has
been made clear, once for all that the gov
eminent of the United States is never to
be dominated by money and financial IN
terests. and that the political party which
permits itself to be ruled by them is
The policy of the republican party. in
dealing with these new and formidable
In enormous combinations Of capital and In
great public service corporations, has been
formulated and deter mined That policy
Is to use government regulation ana super
vision for the control of corporations and
combinations. SO that these great and
necessary instruments OF and
ants and not destroyed because they have
threatened to become dangerous masters.
This policy is the absolute opposite OF
government ownership and like all meas
ures, advocated by our opponents, whlch
tend directly to socialism and to all It's
attendant miseries and evils
It is in pursuance of this policy shaped
and settled. during the last few years, thai
old laws have been enforced and new ones
enacted.
Law to he Enforced.
Nothing is more destructive to the respect
for law, the chief bulwark of civilized SO
elety. than to place avs pom nib the s c!smo,
and satisfy the people, but which IL y
never Intended to enforce, The worst law
rust, unused, because. IL enforced, the!
might Interfere with vested abuses or curl
the rich and powerful.
The president has enforced the laws a
he found them on the statute book. Fo
this performance of his sworn duty. h
has been bitterly attacked. 1t was TO b
expected. Vested abuses and profitabl
wrongs cry out loud1y when their entrench
: ments are carried. and some one Is sur
to be hurt when the banonets OF the lay
are pushed home. In the great America
electorate, money has few votes, but
can command many voices and cause man
: birds TO sing. The result Is that the pres
. dent is the best abused ana the most popu
lar man IN the United States today. II
has been more abused than any presfden
: except Washington, Lincoln, and Grant n
4 possesses the love and confidence OF IN
: American people TO a degree never equale
: except by Lincoln and Washington. Ma
: II not b said, I'm sober truth, that the teal
less performances Of a sworn duty IS tx
: without its exceeding great reward?
But the work has not ceased with IN
: enforcement OF existing laws. a republiea
, congress and a republican, president haN
: placed new laws upon the statute book
= designed to carry out the republican polio
I, or government regulation in a safe REL
sonable and effective manna hThe Elixir
law. aimed at preferential rebates, whlc
have been the curse of our transportatio
a and our business; the railroad rate lay
which made the supervision OF railroad
more effective, and the pure food lay
~ which has been, in the highest degre
- beneficieLt to the masses OF our peopl
are all monuments of the policy and Il
labors Of the republican parC.
p Roosevelt RettFes Voluntarily.
es The president. who has led his party al
II the people In this great work, rerres'