The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-18

the one side Msrs the radicals 81 IL
isetton, who sted any change az
alI: on me sntii er side ssere the raais
Gals Wished It'll
chang sser hint. hese Two tprns
~ aIismF are sas . apart at the
outset as the ppiesj sbntt when; arriedsIt
ont they lead al Ike to revolt tion he
tween these two ssFc xtremes the R6pubs
l.can P4esid ent and b the Republic
Congress were comPel lied to- steer. and
while ley al vanced steadily !. soberly3 |
and effectively. they were soblig el to
repel the radical assaults on either
hand ). II y n 4.
Yet notwithstanding all these Eaiffis |
culties. much has been Accomplishment
The response Of the people ito the
policies urged BY THE President has
been 80 emp atic that II has been
made clear once for all. thai the Goy-
eminent Of the United States IS new
err to be dominat led by money and IL
nancial interests, and that the polit!. |
cal party which permits itself TO be
ruled by them is thereby doomed to
defeat. Il. s.s,5- y &;
The policy! of the Republican party,
In dealing with these lew and formid-
able questions which have taken con-
crete form in enormous combinations
Of capital and in great publtc:seryice!
corporf tons, has been 4formulated and
determined. That policy IS to USE!
government regulation and ssnperyi-
sion for the control 5of corporations
and combinations, SO that these: great
and necessary instruments Sof com:
merce and business may be preserved
as useful servants and not destroyed
because they have threatened to be
come dangerous masters. y
This policy IS the absolute opposite.
OF government. ownership and all likf;
measures, advocated by our oppo-
nents. which tend directly to Socialism
and to all It's attendant miseries and
evils. z !, li.. !3s7
It is In y pursuance sof this policy!
shaped and settled. during the past,
few years. that old laws have been
enforced md new ones enacted.
Nothing Is more destructive to the
respect for law-tte chief lbulwark6 OF
civilized society-than to place laws,
upon the statute book in order mere.
Nv, to still Spublic clamor and satisfy
the people, but which 1T lis never In
tended to enforce. The worst laws
imaginable are those which are allow,
ed to rust. unused, because, II en-.
forced, they might interfere with vest
ell abuses or curb the rich and power.
full. SIS AZ FL.
The President has enforced tho
] laws as he found them on the. statute
stbook. For this 4 performance of his
sworn duty he has been bitterly at
tackled 1t was to be expected. Vest.
ed abuses and profitable wrongs cry
out loudly when their Entertainments
nre carried. and some! one is sure to
be hurt when the bayonets of the law
are pushed home. In the great Amer
lean electorate money has few votes.
4 but 1t can command many voices and
cause many birds to sing. The result
Is that the President is the best abus--
J ell and the Most popular man In the
united States today. He has been
more abused than any President es-
,jcept Washington, Lincoln and Grant.
He possesses the love and confidence
OF the American people to a degree
! never e1naled. by Lincoln and Wash
/ instoh. May 1t not be said, , In sober
truth, that the fearless performance
OF a sworn duty Is not without It's ex-
ceeding great reward !? u; S Il n
/ But the work has not ceased with
4 the enforcement OF existing laws. A
Republican Congress and Republic
can President have placed new la w5
upon the statute books, 4 designed to
carry out the Republican policy Of
i government regulation in safe, rea.
sonable and effective manner. The
Elkins law, aimed Mt preferential re.
bates. which have been the curse OF
our ira nsportation $and our business:
the Railroad Rate law, which made
4 the supervision OF railroads more ef
fective, and the Pure Food law. which
has been, in the highest degree. bene
{ ttcentto the masses OF our people, arr
all monuments OF the policy and the
labors OF the Republican party.
The President. who has led his par
ty and the people In this great work
Z retires, by. his own determination
J from hts high office on the 4th o!
March next. His refusal OF a renom
} ination, dictated by the loftiest mo
! ,ires and by n noble loyalty to Ameri
can traditions. Is final and irrevocable
Any one who attempts to use his nam;
rs a candidate for the Presidency i'm