The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-06
HUGHES MAN SUCH AS PRESIDENTS
 ARE MADE OF

It Is passing good to come, now and agaln-ior one oan't do it just as Oue pleases-upon the report of public address that Treats of vital topics. the problems of the times, without desend- iug once 10 platitudes Anyone whe reads th speech that Governor Hughes made at Chicago on the occasion ot Washiugtou's birthday celebration must recognize in it the indubitable sign of Q msn and a statesman, Here we find the very core of present-day conditions laid bare. There is DO syl- able wasted on moralizing or placing bis wisdom ou exhibition through di- agnosjng what everybody understands but be addresses himself directly to the remedies. It Is the speech of a mac who is so familiar with his theme that be can treat 1t in mastertul strokes. Aware of the worst In the sit- uation be is still the most hopeful of men, because he sees the way out and is not afraid lest be get los, or fail. No man has gone further into the evils th,t come 10 our free and easy system, DO man has made deeper discoveries of wickeduess In high places, more failure were honor was thought to reside than be. But this Is how be comes back from that discovery:
 The couutry is morally sound. Its standards of business were never high CT The business men of the country are for the mos; part honest men, rep resenting iairly the moral standards of the people. And never more than today have they, taken as a whole, earnestly desired that abuses shall be stopped, that au end shall be put to corrupt dealings and unfair practices, that gam bling shall not parade ia business liv- cry, and that American industry and trade shall have free scope for develop meat, extension aloag the lines of hon est rivalry"
 Does not this ring true as a tOunda- ton 10 build on? He continues:
 "Pessimrs,s cannot develop this coun- try. We must have confidence Ia the stability of our institutions, in the san, ity of the people and ID their realization of what uuderlles our prosperity. We have only begun to develop the com merce of this country. This is DO time for Encouragement or halting, but for appreciation of American Cpportun- ity, and for that intelligent and united effort by which alone we can avail of it and deserve the blessings ot prosperity.
 TO support this confidence aud to gain these ends we must have settled governmental policy. And 1t must be a right policy. It must se a policy con- sisteus with the genius o' our institu- tions.
 'rhe people of this country do not desire socialism even as an experiment. They do not propose to pass through dreaded quarter of an hour Of revolu- tIonary changes to satisfy themselves of those imperiec.Ious of human nature of which they are already well spprlsed and which make imposs.bl the consti- tuIiou of society in accordance with the socialist theory. We must make pro- gres,, and it mus, be steady and consIs- tent, conserving with these ends and safeguarding t7e opportunities for hon. est effort. Otherwise gains will be off, set by unnecessary losses and expert accountants may search in vain for credit balance. We may accomplish needed reforms by making our institu- tious wO.k as they were intended 10 work, and by effecting by the light of the benefits thus secured such changes as experience may co| mend and delib- crate judgment may approve"
 In this last paragraph is the sum of