East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
His Address.

ditorium after which he will take his
departure for Omaha.
His Address.
Following is his address of today:
There are certain matters which
should never be treated as party mat
ters; and foremost among these Is the
great and vital virtue OF honesty.
Honesty should be treated as a prime
necessity to our success as a nation.
The minute that a question Of hon
esty as against dishonesty is involved,
when we must all act together as Am
orleans, without the slightest regard
to party affiliations. Honesty is not
a party matter and the first man to
attack n scoundrel of any party
should be the honest men of that
party. When in office. always pro-
ceeded upon the theory that there
would be no need of my opponents
raising the cry OF Turn the rascals
out" because l would turn them out
myself just as soon as, by vigilant and
intelligent industry, l could discover
them. The present Senator Bristow,
for instance, was in the postoffice de-
partment when information reached
me which convinced me that there
was rascality being practiced in the
department This information came
to me through the then first assistant
postmaster general, Mr.. Wynne-an
admirable man whose honesty l knew
TO be beyond proof. The active work
of the investigation was done by an
other post office official in whose
honesty, courage and energy 1 had alb
solute conference.-the present Sena-
tor Bristow. When he got through L
knew that all the rascals whose ras-
cality could be detected were out OF
office and that all Of them that had
committed acts which we could pro-
ceed against as criminals were indlct-
ed or imprisoned. AS we dealt with
the crooked public official. so we dealt
with the crooked private citizen; with
the rich swindler in New York or
Chicago as with the horse thief or
homicide in Indian Territory. We
never attacked "a man because he was
a man of one political faith or an
other, because he did or did not pos
sess wealth: and we never shielded
him because he belonged to any par
ticular church or to any particular
marty. But I also wish you especial
Iy to remember that we never hesi-
tated to-shield him and stand up for
him once we were convinced tht ne
was improperly attacked. There Is
no greater foe of honesty than the
man who. for any reason, in any capa-
CITY. attacks, or seeks to attack, an
honest man for crime which he mas
not committed. Falsely accusing an
honest man of dishonesty Is an act
which stands on the same level Oh
infamy with that OF the dishonest man
himself: and It Is no higher duty TO
attack the dishonest man than 1t is
10 exonerate the honest man faiseiy
accused; and I should be ashamed
To hesitate the fraction of second
longer in one case than in the other'
Honesty No Uniiateral.
Remember that honesty cannot be
unilateral. Good citizens should cor
daily distrust the man who can new
er see dishonesty excepting In men OF
the class he disllkes. The reckless
agitator who invariably singles out
men of wealth as furnishing the only
examples Of dishonesty; and the
equally unscrupulous-but no more
unscrupulous--react who can
see dishonesty only in black-mail-
ing politician or a crooked labor lead
er; both stand on the same plane OF
obnoxiousness. You will never gel