The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22
HYSTERIA VS.. COMMON
SENSE

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10 redeem itself. Auy other attitude on
the part OF Republican leadership Will
be fatal to the future OF the party. AT
the election tho TWO wings OF the party
united But the prodtgal son who came
in did no, sneak IN the back door: ne
came in the front door with n brass
band, and now he wants the roast veal.
His roast veal is q thorough going pro-
presstvc policy for the Republican party.
There is just one Republican leader
who can develop that policy. and that
leader is Theodore Roosevelt. He may
not enter the promised land or the pres
idency; that is really untmportant. 6us
he is tho only Moses. who. Tor the next
eighteen months. can formulate and put
through a policy OK progressive recon-
structiun. :,
We are not going back 20 the OLD
order. The railroads never Will De "na'
they were a year ago: labor VIII no1 DO
sold again IN the open market: inc s"-
ciety Of nations never again VIII W "
freebooter paradise. Frlce-HiaNAhS Q.
nscessjties like wheat. meat. fuel ana
cloth will never again be lcte 10 SPce"-
lators on exchange. Lii" Tor. the aver
90. man after this war will contain
more than !, held before OF creature
T.
The above i from Mr. William
Allen White. in tho EmpoCia (kano
Gazette. Mr.. White was one OF the
Journalistic leaders OF the wild-eyed
and uaterr;fcd ;hronS that went
astrav after the Bull Moose. tAe recall
of judicial decisions. the final Arna-
geddon and We Want Teddy" six
wears ago. Mr.. Roosevelt. himself.
seems 10 be somewhat ashamed OF the
hvster!a that swept him and many
other people Off their feet. or late
We have not heard him saying much
about the recall OF judicial decisions,
about the iniQuities inflicted upon the
wage earning public, and the activities
Of mslefactors of great wealth. Mr'
Whites outbreak Is an Interesting
sample of the .ntoXication OF words.
1t Is intended to mean something, out
exactly what, ne is, evidently, unable
TO say. It is truisul, Of course. that
nothing in this or any other country
is going to be the same as it was four
wears ago. The world progresses and
develops, slowly. perhaps, at some
times, and more rapidly at others. but
the essentials of honesty. industry,
thrift, and the superior rewards Gor
Intelligence. remain the same to-day
as they were when the great law-giver
handed down his commands from the
Mount, and will remain the same so
long as intelligent men form organized
societies.
- If the editor Of the Emporia Gazette,
and those for whom he spoke. think
government control Of railroads is to
be continued without protest from the
American people he is badly mis-
taken man. The disqualification OF
the state so to speak. will be one OF
the problems which the next Repuoll-
can Congress will have 10 plan for
and those plans will in some degree
be issues in the next political cam
paign. Except in the slave markets
OF the South and in the heated imaGt.
nations OF soap box d"magogues, labor
has never been sold in the open mar
ket in this country Labor mas sold
itself, which is quite 4 different thing:
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labor to the highest bidder. on the
best terms. is the most sacred right
that belongs to humanity. Men who
have strength and intelligence and
special training will continue in this
country 70 sell their services 10 those
who need them, and the American
people will never consent to any con-
-ditior OF affairs that will limit the
ability OF any man TO sci his services
in any honest work and for any honest
purpose. TO any man who has use for
those services. Price making of neces'
stiles in this country has never been
left unrestrained TO spectators on ex-
change. \ very great latitude has
naturally been given producers Of all
articles in order to sell their goods 20
the best advantage. bGt our laws
against combinations in restraint Of
trade have been for many years clearly
defined aud effectively enforced. II
the modern hysteria means that the
government is 10 continue 10 fix an
arbitrary price for food. for manu-
factured products. for clothing. and for
practically everything else that the
American people need. then tho mod
ern hysteria needs to be allayed.
Among the reforms that Americans
need as much as anything else IL 4
reform OF reforme:s. reform that
leads US back TO tho ideals OF everyday
honesty as between men. and to a
recognition of the virtues Of industr:
Ind thrift. There is never going 10 BE-
Q condition in America. or any other
! country in the wcrld. in which the
large majority OF people will not have
TO work for living The food witch