The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-02

one OF the vital questions with
which a. President I lad 70 deal was
ne attitude Of the Nation toward the
great corporations. Men Who under.
stand and practice the deep underiy-
ing philosophy Of the Lincoln school
OF American political thought are nee
esaarlly HamlltOnian In their belief In
a strong and efficient National GOV
lief In the people as the ultimate AN
thority, ana Ia the welfare OF the
people as the end OF Government.
rreeoofn and License to Do Wronq.
be men who first applied the ex-
,i; me Democratic theory In American
NE were. Ike Jefferson. ultra-individ-
uailsts. for at that time what was
demanded BY OUR people was the lar.
Fest liberty for the individual Dur
! ing me century that has elapsed since
Jefferson became President the need
mao been exactly reversed. There had
Oetn IN our country a riot OF individ-
uailstis naterialiEm. under which
coul piete freedom for the individual
mat ancient license which President
wilson, century after the term was
tAcusable. has called the New" Free
uoIa rlrned out In practice to mean
perfect freedom for the strong to
wrong the weak. The total absence
7 or governmental control had led To n
pOrtentous growth in the financial and
industrial world both Of natural indi-
Nlduals and OF artificial indlviduals-
/ mat IL, corporations. In nc other cnun-
frly IN the world had such enormous
| fortunes been gained In no other
country IN the world was such power
neld by the men who had gained these
/ fortunes: and these men almost al
| WAYS worked through. and by means
ol. the giant corporations which they
controlled. The power OF the mighty
industrial overiords OF the country had
increased Win giant strides, while the
methods OF controlling them. or check
I ing abuses by them. on the Part OF the
. people. through the Government re-
manned archaic and therefore practic-
ally impOtent
The Courts AZ Agents OF Reaction
] ne courts. not uunafufally. but
| most respectfully. and o. the grave de-
ulmsnt OF the people and 90 their own
| standing. had FOR quarter or "a cen
fury been on the whole the agents of
| reaction. and BY conflicting decisions
which. however. IN their sum were hos
! til. 10 the interests OF the people. had
left both the Nations and the several
/ states well-nlght !mpoteut TO deal with
/ the great business combinations some
times they forbade the Nation TO inter
I isre because such interference trespass-
81 on the rights Of the States. some
I times they forbade the states o. inter
I tere tand often they were wise In this.
I because to DO SO would trespaSs ON th.
| rlRhts OF the Nation: but always as
W"l-nlght always. their action was neg
I awe action against the interests Of the
NHH
/ power against wrong. iustcid of affirm
atiFe action giving to the people power
/ 70 right wrong They had rendered these
urcl~lonH sometimes a. upholders or
property rights against human rights.
being especially Jealous in securing the
rights OF the very men who were most
4 competent To take care n themselves.
aud sometimes Ga the ratua of libertv
/ IN the name Of the so-called new fr,e-
dofn. in reality tho old. old freedom. DO
which secured 10 the poverfuI fhe fraa
corn 20 prey on the poor and the help
The Wrong and the Right Remsdise.
| une OF the main troubles was the
| l2et that The men who saw the evils and
/ VINO tried 60 remedy them attempted 10
Woik IN two wholly different ways and
] We great majority OF them ia n way
! lhat ouered little promise OF real bot
! tertnent They tried tby the Shprrne d
| Law method 10 bolster mp an iudfyid-
| nalism already proved TO BE- both futile
/ aug nisChieNoug: To remedy by more
| individualism the concentration thai
/ was the Inevitable result ~ the alread,.
I existing individralism. They saw the
sought TO remedy DO by deetrovfur Them
/ nhl restoring the country Co the econ
I omlc conditions of the middle Of tho
D .lh'ifchtn century. This was n hone
! loss ehort ami those who went into IL
aiihougn they regarded themse1vrs a-
radical progressive. really represerteI
FORM Or sincere rural toryisrn They
Z COMPOUNDED mopouoiice with lie b,,@i
p ness rntnhinafion~ and in the EFFORT IN
4 proh.hit both alike. Instead or where
possible prohibiting ono and d~astica1f,-
B controlling the other thrv surr..i..,I
( troll - aithe~ "
y. -tu th.t ''rporntiu and combine
q .'"t~ Nad become Indispensable fn the
. .nflress wot ~ that 10 was FOLLY 20 trv
I g prohibit thsr.. buf that BE- .yae alec
folly to leave ihcm without ,boro,,,,t
going control Tre.. ....r -c,ti-at ~
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