The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-28

thermore and specially, because I believe
IN treating these principles not as dead
but as living. We best show our loyalty
10 the memory Of Lincoln and the prin-
ciples FOR which Lincoln stood. not by
treating it and them from the standpoint
Of historic interest that is dead, but by
treating them as vital. as alive to-day.
and by endeavoring 10 meet the problem
or the present. the new problems OF our
day in exactly the spirit in which ne and
those associated with him met the new
problems OF their day. Empty gloriflca-
ton OF our past amounts 10 less than
nothing II we put it forward as an ex-
cuse for not doing our duty in the living
present The mighty memories Of the
past are Of use only as they serve TO spur
Us on TO work in the present We can
deserve the confidence Of the people not
by stating that our forefathers preserved
the Union and freed the slaves, but by
proving. in deed as well as in words, that
we face the problem OF dealing with po-
litical and business corruption, and Of
working for social ana economic justice
and for the betterment OF the conditions
of life and the uplifting OF our people,
with the same fervor and sincerity that
Lincoln and his followers brought 10 the
great tasks allotted 10 ;hem in their DAY
I hold that We show ourselves the best
servants OF our party when with all our
might we strive 10 make that party the
best servant OF the public as a whole.
our first duty is 10 war against dis
honesty. We war against IT in public life
and We war against it in business life
Corruption in every form is the arch enc
my Of this republic-the arch enemy ot
free institutions and OF government by
the people, and even more dangerous
enemy than open lawlessness or vio-
lence, because it works In hidden and
furtive fashion
Must Fight Corruption.
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 business and crooked politics
the alliance which adds strength TO the
already powerful corrupt boss and 10 the
already powerful corrupt head of big
business. and which makes them in their
dual capacity enemies against whom
every patriotic man should stand with
ulIwavering firmness. Let no man saw
that this Is an assault upon the honest
business man. That is as foolish as 70
say that 1t is an assault upon the upright
political leader. The extent OF our ven
Grafton for the great name of Abraham
Lincoln. true servant Of the people.
measures also the extent OF our abhor-
renee for the crooked boss who misleads
and misgoverns and corrupts the people;
and so the high regard in which we hold
the upright and honest business man who
reaps great reward by rendering A
great service TO the community is the
measure OF our contempt and adherence
for that business man. big or little who
wins success by corruption and fraud.
who swindles the public instead of serv-
ing the public
In short. our attitude is merely that
We stand for honesty. as well as for
progressiveness. and for efficiency; that we
believe both business man and politician
should be Just and upright and honest as
we'll as wise, courageous. and far-sighted.
We are against crookedness in the small
man, but we are against II tust as
strongly in the big man, We Judge each
man by his conduct. and not by his
wealth or his social station, and we hold
It 10 be our bounden duty TO strive
steadily 10 make and 10 keep this great
American Commonwealth as true de
mocracy. and steadily 20 endeavor 10
shape our legislation and our social con-
dtiOns 50 that there shall be far nearer
approach than at present toward equal
ity of opportunity and men. The corpor-
alton must be protected; must be given
its rights. but it must be prevented from
doing wrong; and its managers must be
held in strict accountability when 1t does
wrong; and it must be deprived OF all
secret influence in our public life.
Must Work for UpIift.
I'VE must strive to do away with the
social and economic Injustice that have
come from failing TO meet by proper leg
islation the changed conditions brought
about or the gigantic growth of our
gigantic industrialism. We Of this State
must make it our business 10 help in eff
cient fashion the country districts, 10
shape matters so as to encourage the
growth Of the farming communities. and
to help give the people In those commu-
mites the advantages which have come
in disproportionate measure 10 the city
rather than to the country during the
Industrial growth of the last fifty years.
We must guard the interests OF the wage
workers, the man who works with his
hands; we must safeguard the woman
who tolls. and see that the young child
does not toll. We must see that. by far
reaching legislation, the workman who is
crippled. and the family of the workman
who is killed in Industrial plants. are
compensated, so that the loss necessarily