The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-28

cul'ar responsibility in dealing with
a man who not only degrades himself
and the public services. but disgraces
our own party by belonging to it,
IL believe i'm the party to which
we belong. because l believe in the
principles for which the Republican
party stood in the days OF Abraham
Lincoln; and, furthermore. and es-
pecially because believe in treating
these principles not as dead but as
living.
Deeds as Well as Words.
Empty glorihcation OF our past
amounts to less than nothing IL we
put II forward as an excuse for not
doing our duty in the living present.
We can deserve the confidence OF
the people by proving in deed as
well as in word that we face the
problem of dealing with political and
business corruption and OF working
for conditions OF life and the uplift-
ing of our people. with the same
ifervor and sincerity that Lincoln and
his followers brought 10 the great
tasks allotted TO them in their day
Corruption in every form is the
arch enemy Of this republic. the arch
enemy OF free institutions and OF
government by the people. an even
more dangerous enemy than the
open lawlessness of violence. be
cause il works In hidden and furtiye
fashion. We are against corruption in
politics; we are against corruption
in business and above all. and with
all our strength. We are against the
degrading alliance OF crooked bust
ness and crooked politics, the al
lance which adds strength 10 the al
ready powerful corrupt boss and to
the already powerful corrupt head of
big business, which makes them in
their dua. capacity enemies. against
whom every patriotic man should
stand with unwavering frmness.
Let no man say that this Is an
assault upon the honest man. That
Is as foolish as to say that II Is an
assault upon the upright political
leader
Honesty and Efficiency.
I'm short our attitude Is merely
that We stand for honesty as well as
for progressiveness and for
deficiency: that We believe both bust
ness men and politicians should be
Just and upwrfght. and honest
as well as wise. COURAGEOUS.
and far-sighted. We are against
crookedness in the small men.
but We are against II just as
strongly In the big man. We hold
| II TO be our bounden duty 90 strive
steadily to make and to keep this
great American commonwealth as a
true democracy and steadily to en-.
deavor 10 shape our legislation and
our social conditions so that there
shall be a far nearer approach than
at present towards equality of op.
portunity among men.
The corporation must be pro-
tected. must be given it's right. but
| il must be prevented from doinc
wrong; and its managers must be
held in strict accountability when /,
does wrong; and II must be deprived
OF all secret influence in our public
life. We must strive to do away
with the social and economic injus-
tees that have come from failure TO
meet by proper legislation the
changed conditions brought about
by the gigantic growth OF our gigan.
tic industrialism.
1--WE. of this state. must make II
our business to help in efficient
fashion the country districts. 10
shape matters so as TO encourage the
growth OF the farming communitips
and TO help give the people in those
communities the advantages which
have come in disproportionate meas
ure to the city rather than to the