The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-23

declared with emphasis. sin the effort to
bring about justice and the equality OF
opportunity, TO turn the tool user more
and more into the tool owner. to shift
burdens so that they can be more
equitabIy borne The deadening erect
on any race OF the adoption Of a logical
and extreme sOciaHstIc system could not
be OTeTstated: It would spell sheer de-
struction: 1t would produce grosser
wrong and outrage. fouler immortality,
than any existing system
But this does not mean that we may
not with great advantage adopt certain
Of the principles professed by some given
set Of men who happen 10 call them
selves Socialists. TO be afraid tod do so
would be TO make a marx OF weakness
on our part
But we should not take part in acting
q lie any more than in telling a lie. We
should not say that men are equal where
they are not equal. nor proceed upon
the assumption that there IS an equality
where 10 does not exist: but We should
strive 10 bring about q measurable
equality, at least TO the extent Of pre-
venting the inequality which Is due TO
force or fraud
He Quotes Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln. a man Of the plain
people, blood Of their blood and bone
and wrought and suffered for them. and
at the end died for them. who always
strOve to represent them, who would
never tell an untruth 20 or for them.
spoke OF the doctrine Of equality with
his usual mixture Of i0ealism and sound
common sense de said q omit what
was merely local Signinc9nce)-
% L think the authors Of the Declare
ton of Independence intended TO include
all men, but they did not mean to declare
g. - a.
not mean to say all men were equal IN
color, size, intellect moral Development
or social capacity. They defined with
toIerable distinctnesS in what they did
consider all men created equal-equal IN
certain inalienabie rights, among which
are life. liberty, and the pursuit Of hap
piness-
They did not mean 10 assert the OBJ
vious uutrUth that all were then actual
II enjoying that equality. or Yet that
they were about 70 confer u immediate
" upon them They meant 70 set up
a standard maxim for free society watch
should be familiar 10 all-cOnstdntly
looked TO, constantly labored Tor and'
even though never perfectly attained.
constantly approximate, as thereby
constantly spreading and deepening Its
influence and augmentlug the happiness
and value ct life to all people, every
where"
Consults an OCulist.
Colonel Roosevelt today was IoTCed
70 consult an oculist- The strain OF his
European trip has told materially on his
eyes.
Leaving the residence Of Ambassador
Bacon. where the Roosevelt party IS
staying, the former President went first
10 draw on q letter OF credit and then TO
the OniCe OF DIT George Bull a noted
specialist.
He was recognized, and as his automo-
bile drew I'D before the physician s
house, a great crowd formed l1r.
was compelled 70 do siren
nous bit OF work in getting through the
cheering throug
The program for the evening includes
the dinner given BY n Lard. rector OF
the Academy Of Moral and Political
Sciences. 10 which, at the express wish
Of NJ. Roosevelt, have been invited the
foremost men Of France in al branches I
Of scholarship
Following the dinner at 70 ?. m. is the
reception at the SOTbOnne, to which / so I
persons have been invited