The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02
OMEN OF UNREST
IS NOT PRESENT
Executives Of Three States
Say Sense Of People
Averts Crisis. q
RACE PROBLEM NOW NEAR
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA 81.
Llgvgo THERE % NO DANGER
OF WAR AND THAT CAPITAL 10
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W. VWsSVs o"e
Milwaukee. Wis, Sept. Gov.
errors OF three states. widely separa-
ted and each With peculiar problems
70 solve, who are here for the interna.
tional tar convention. are united In
belief that the good sense Of the Am
srican people win assert itself In .
crisis and save the country from the
ruin, which demagogues declare 1t 10
facing.
Governor W. H. Mann Of Virginia.
Governor =. r. Noel OF Mississippi.
and Governor J. o. Davidson Of Wis.
consin, discussing the subject. profess
confidence In the ultimate solution by
the people Of every problem.
"As an example Of this" said Gov.
srnor Noel. "take our sister state Of
Tennessee. At . recent election the
socallsd Independent ticket was elect
"a Q large majority. setting aside the
old parties and asserting the will OF
the people. When there 10 . great
moral question involved. whore the
rights OF the people are In jeopardy.
or when II becomes apparent that
those In authority no longer represent
the people. the people will rise and
assert themselves. .......
Rsaetlon 20 Every Reform.
There are bound to be reactions In
every reform movement. but ! believe
the sound sense OF the people will pre-
vail and meet every emergency. In
Mississippi We are at peace. Labor
and capital are on good terms. The
race problem 10 solving itself. There
10 Q better spirit between whites and
blacks than ever before. believe the
north and the south are more closely
united now than ever. The laws Of
my state are being enforced better
than ever. the agencies of government
are more and more eficient. The lum.
ber business In Mississippi 10 quiet
owing to the high price Of stumpage
compared with the low price Of nm
ished lumber. but this IL bound to ad-
Just itself. The boil weevil 10 with NJ
bat We win overcome It. Nothing can
check the advance Of prosperity in
our state. and ] believe the same 10
true Of the United tSates."
oovernor Mann Optimistic.
Governor Mann Of Virginia bubbling
With enthusiasm for his state. declar.
Cd that he was an optimist despite the
unquestionable tendency toward un-
rest In the country.
II am an optimist 20 far ~ Virginia
10 concerned" said he. "for believe
virginia's possibilities are greater
than those Of any other state. I be-
lisvs likewise that the possibilities Of
the entire United States are only be-
ginning TO be felt. believe Colonel
Harvey 10 absolutely right In his posi-.
ton that there can be no conAscation
Of property. Nor will We have war,
nor win the corporations crush the
life out Of trade. nor will the agitator
succeed in his effort to create dis
trust.
"Of course the agitator 10 . power
to bs reckoned with. You. for IN
stance. may have made up your mind
to invest In certain railroad securi.
ties. You know them to be good. yet
the agitator obtains introduction Of
legislation that threatens to conhscate
that railroad and naturally you re-
frain from investing. There 10 danger
but the fact 10 you cannot conhscate
and there 10 no reason to be alarmed.
~ believe the country 10 on ~ arm
q foundation commercially ~ It ever
WAS. Crops promise we'll. business 10
good. capital 10 seeking i<vestment
and nothing but artificial panic can
prevent the onward march OF prosper.
ity. And even an artificial panic will
BE- adjusted In the end. for have
faith that the sober common sense Of
the people will be asserted at the pro-
per time.