Arizona republican., 1913-03-06
RULES VS. MEN'S LAWS
Governor Herbert $. Had ley Discusses Problems of
 the Day; Third Number of Y. M. c. A. Star Course Draws Big Crowd

Since the great Civil War the American people have solved only one of the great questions they have faced, the question of a double or single financial standard. In the com plete performance of the duties of citizenship and in disinterested pub lie service lies the assurance that government of the people by the people and for the people. shall not perish from the earth" Thus spoke former Governor Herbert $ Hadley of Missouri before the audience gath cred in the High School auditorium last night to hear his presentation of the problems of the day.
 Governor Hunt, from Missouri, in- troduced Governor Hadley, of Mis- souri, as a man who had made good. not only with the people of his own state but with the citizens of the country at large
 Governor Hadley first devoted him. | self to the dispersion of certain mis- | taken ideas that are all too prevail 1 ent in the American mind Said the governor, Public service is not over run with grafters. | have found much | fidelity, honesty and courage, among | office holders as among the men uf l any other profession. We have not 1 too much politics in this country but 1 too little" Continuing. he expressed | himself as emphaticaly in favor of l political parties. for the party may be 1 held responsible for the deeds and misdeeds of the administration it controls
 The founders of the American na- tion sought to establish d govern ment that would be strong enough to 1 sustain itself, but not powerful enough l to oppress the people. and in this
 their every expectation had been ful-
 filled But they also hoped t. secure
 certain rights to the citizens of the
 country and in this their success has
 been by no means so complete
 The first legislation against mon
 opoly dates as far back as the Puritan
 revolution in England, but with al 1 the centuries of having monopoly | still flOurishes Investigation anJ i prosecution avail nothing. as proved | by many instances cited by the speak
 CT We have been busting trusts
 for some years and no trust is vel
 busted The Beef Trust is still doinl | bbSlutSS db liit Sdlllt blb SldIb- tJlt
 the stocks of the Standard oil com
 pany are booming on Wall street"
 The leaders are divided on tn, question Of a remedy Bryan say
 combinations in restraint of trade ar criminal Roosevelt says they are al right if properly regulated
 The pesent system is intolerable . | believe that the industrial systen
 should not be permitted to exist hal r lawful and half unlawful. The pres
 ent industrial system need not be de r. ] stroyed or impaired. Let it be re f formed to meet with the moral sen i ,iment of ninety millions of people"
 Like the monopoly question. tn , question of transportation has not ye l been settled The railroad rebate and not the tariff. was the mother e l trusts" Rebates have ceased bu | discrimination has not To remed ! this condition, do away with tn Il rich owners of poor corporations an y l regulate rates in fair and reasonabl
 manner
 t Other and more serious problem Il ztare the people of the country i
 the face Nine million American
 Ire habitually hungry The peniten
 tiaries and poorhouses are filling wit | | rapidity out of all proportion to tn