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Show H Our Greatest Need m The Nation's Great Men Express M 'Their Opinions About it. H In Its net issue TheChilstlan Ilei- H aid, of New Yoik. will publish Ictteis H from it large number of distinguished H hicn mid women thioughoiit the H Union, Including statesmen, sociology H Ists, cdiicalnis, leaders in lliKinel.il, H commeielal and iinliisli.il a Hal is, not- H ed atitliois and theologians, In in H spouse to the questions. H "hhat in jour opinion is the most desirable H thln$ lo be hoped for by the American people H during the four years of President Roosevelt's H Administration. A numbci of letters ate given H below H A Government of "Equal Rights to All and H Special Privileges to none." H If the word "hope'' is sodulluedas B to include expectation, I am not stif- 1 tleently infoimed as to the President's B plans to answei Intelligently. Ifyour HBVJ question calls lot an opinion its to the HBVJ thing most lo be desired, 1 would tins- HBVj wci: The admlnistiation of govern- HBVr meut iieeoidiug to the .leireisonlan H maxim, "Equal i Ight lo all and special H lirlvllegcs to none," to the end that "a government of the people, by the fl people and foi the people," may not perish fiom the e.uth. Special privil- fl eges lestsupon injustice, and Injustice B always weakens a gocinmcnt. H Statesman and evPiesldcntial emdl- H date, Lincoln, N'eb Push vtork on Canal and discourage Reckless H Expenditure of Publec Funds. H We should advance as lapldly as H possible the gic.U constiiictive work H of the Panama canal, so that Its bene- H tits to the woild's commeicc and H civilization will be speedly leallzcd, H and 1 hope that thlsgic.U galiwayof H the world's commeico will strengthen H the Irlendslup of all nations for the H Hepubllc. These would, it seems to H me. be the most desirable things foi H which we could hope, and we should H also hope for an iucieaslngieeognitlon H of the Responsibility resting upon the H eillenship, foi the economical leglsla- H lion of Cougars In siippoi t of all legil- H imate public policies, but the dis- H couragemenl of expendlttne of public H money fot policies which do not piop- H ctly belong to the domain of Fedeial H pouei.and foi the maintenance and H respect of law ihtoiighout the whole H liepublie. H SpeaKei of House uf Kepiesentatlves H Washington. H International Arbitration and respect fcr Liu H and Order at Home. M None moie llttlngly than the biavo M iikij counsel peace. Tlieic Is no In- H cougiiilty InTheodoie Hoosevelt, the H intiepld Hough lilder, the exponent 1 of the "stienuoiis life." pleaching the ! H doetiine of patience, mutual conces-j fl sion, icspect foi law and older Audi m In this dhect Ion lies an achievement to H bo hoped Tor dining the coming four H yeais of his admiiiistiatlon: v Ital. too. M foi the existence of this liepublie, the H giavodauget now eoiifioiitlug It Is the H giowing contempt foi law. A good H government gives Its cltieiis tiiuuii- H als foi the determination or their H rights, and tolerates no lesoittovlo- H lunce foi that pin poso International H uibltiatiou is bin ,.n extension ot this' H principle, and Mr. Hoosevelt, dining H his coming admiiiistiatlon, will not H only see to Impiove conditions In this i respect wltbiu our own boideis, but i , will maKc an earnest etToit to secuic H peace within the family of nations. H i The awful waste of life and inopcily H inwai is a telle of baibarism and a H ' tepioach lo our civilization. No H ,." brighter page could adorn the lecoid H s of any admlnistiation than one re- H coulliiB a substantial advance toward H the abolition of this brutal atbltra- H Picsidcui ('. S. Senate, H Washington, 1). C. H The "Simple Life" Socially and Politically Most 1 to be desired. HH luieplyto )oin Imiiiiry as to the B "lost desirable thing to bu hoped foi H during the next four yeais, 1 iop)y : B 'The Simple Life," socially and polf. m nx-Secrctary of the Navy, Boston. Aggressive Inttrgrlty In the Public Service, A ' High Standard or Offical Responsibility, Postal Improvement and Arbitration. Many dcshablc things arc to be hoped for during the hext four years, and some of them arc certain to bo realized undei Piesidcnt Itoosovelt's Intcrgrlty in the public service and admlnistiation, especlallv aggicssivc high stand, ud of official lesponslblllty. For the postolllee It Is to be hoped that Its means of spreading Intelligence Intelli-gence will continue to meet the. demands of the public. Hut above all things lo be dcslied Is the support by the American people of the measures meas-ures for enlarging the sphere of ar-bltiation, ar-bltiation, and the continuance of the present great inlliience of the United States in the peace movements of the woild ItOIIKKJ .1. VV NNK, Postmaster fJeueial of the U. S. Washington, I), C. Peace and Prosperity and Mutual Respect for Each Other's Rights. The most dcshable thing to hope for out country is that peace and pros-pet pros-pet ity shall pievall; that each man shall icspect the lights of his neigh-boi neigh-boi and that eveiy Individual may have his fail oppoiliinily. M. U. I.n(!.i.i.s, Piesidcnt the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago Ki St Louis Hallway Co. Cincinnati. Stop Ranks and Other Corporations from Making Contributions to Campaign Funds. The most desirable thing to be hoped for by theAuieilcan people dining din-ing the next foil i yeais Is the passage of laws prohibiting National banks andothci corpoialions fiom conli Uniting Unit-ing fiom their corporation tieasinlcs inonev in aid of political parties. Such laws should pass tioth Congress and State Legislatiues ' If corpoia-tionscan corpoia-tionscan use theli funds foi such pin-poses pin-poses without leslilellon, government by the people Is sine to be destioycd While this is the most desirable and fundemental thing, theie should also be pioiuptly adopted a National law aiithoHIng the Inteistate Commeicc Com-meicc ( ommisslon to lix lailroad i.itesj of fates and freights and punishing the Issue ol passes If the present complete lallioad owucishlp of both political patties can be annihilated the fiee people will wisely and safely decide, de-cide, tlnoiigh theit legislator and the men whom they ma elect lo onlce, the vailous othei hnpoitant questions ques-tions W.M. K. ClIANDMtK, Washington, n C Improved Commercial Intercourse Vvith Central and South American Countries. Among the things most to be hoped foi is that the people of the United States will scenic closer lelatlons with people of othei countries on this continent con-tinent This can be done by Increasing Increas-ing their means of intcicoursc for coinmeice and foi Havel. The Pan-American Pan-American Hallwav, connecting all the lopubllcs, will be one of the best means of vecuiing such Tesult. Anyi steps that ma be taken towatd building build-ing the links that aie now lacking, will he genuine National pirui'v, i H. 0. L i United States Senator and i . ,- Piosldential candidate. Washington, 1). C , I A Better Understanding Between Labor and Capital, and the Elimination of har, due of the most deshable things to Le hoped foi bv the Amciican people' hi the next lour yeais Is a bettei un-deistiiudingand un-deistiiudingand a inoie sympathetic! appreciation of labor b capital and of capital by laboi. A second thing also to bo destied Is the elimination of that anomaly of civilization vv.n The third object of our endeavor it-lates it-lates to a condition yet moie geneial namely, a clearei dlseilmlnaiion between be-tween living and life. The A hum lean people, like all people, should come, and aie coming, to appicclate whali are the leal issues of the stiuggle for existence and for botteiment. Cm milks K. Tiivvi.mi, Piesldent Western Heseive l'nivei-sity l'nivei-sity Cleveland, () Curb Capitalist Lawlessness and Protect the1 People From the Vile Liquor Traffic. 1st. Some action fundamental i enough to bv a real answer to thm ptoblem along the Hue of indiistilal refoim, in putting an end to the lawlessness law-lessness of capital -'nil. It Is tin earnest ileslie, shaied by veiy many otluis, that dining Piesident Itoosevclt's administration something may be done by this flov-eminent flov-eminent to recognize the liquor business busi-ness as one of the gieatest foes of the Hcpubllc. And 1 also think It Is high time this (iovernment went out of the business of getting revenue from thei liquor business. ' Cit.viti.Ks M. Siiiii.do.s, Author of ' In Ills Steps, " etc I Tojieka, Kan. Making Internalionil Arbitration Binding Upon the Civilized Nations of the World. "The most desirable things" for any nation is peace with the rest of the world. lUyoud the sentlmentai;dcslre for such a state, the piactical beifctits which acciue id the political, economic econ-omic and moial life of a people arc too appaient to require argument. 11 the civilized nations weie bound to submit to International arbitration every question arising between them, without resei vutlon as to the chaiact-erof chaiact-erof the question or the subject matter mat-ter Involved, the era of unlvoisal peace would be no longer an Ideal, but would become a leallty. Thus, "the most dcshablc thing" for the world, as well as for the United States, would be accomplished. ac-complished. .John W I'ostkii, Statesman, Diplomat and ex-Ambassador. Washington, 1). C Restore Universal Peace and build a Pan-AmeM can Railroad from Hudson Bay to Patagonia The first of the the gieat duties for Americans Is the testoiatlon of unl- ei sal peace. For our own activity the liist duty in this direction seems to me to be the establishment of a Pau-A met lean railroad rail-road fiom Hudson's Hay to Patagonia. 1 think this should be done by the co-opeiatlon co-opeiatlon of the vailous governments Involved. Of ihese.it Is easy to see that the (iovcinment of the United States has by far the latest shaie. We aie lesponisble for tlieundei taking and we should look loiwaid with pilde to Its success. Low. 11 Hale, Chaplain United States Senate, Washington, I). C. A Less Technical and more Practical Civil Service, Ser-vice, lo be Understood and more Appreciated by our People. So many gieat things aie to be desired, de-sired, so many with poitcntious and widespread lesults, so many with hope and bilglitness in their future, that 1 will not uudeitakc to say which I do think will be the most desirable Hut In the mattei of the civil service,! believe be-lieve that It may be hoped for dining the admlnistiation of President Hoosc-velt Hoosc-velt that the civ II service administration administra-tion will become less techliical, more practical, indeseiibably moie understood under-stood and appieciated and used by the Ameilcaii people .Ions C. Hl.UK, United States Civil Seivlce Cominis- slouei: Washington, 1) C. Settle the Race Problem Adjust Affairs Between Capital and Labor -Restore our Merchant Marine. Theie aieso gie.u many veiy tleilr-, able things that can hardly be hrfped" for by the Amciican people under the next admiiiistiatlon of Piesldent Hoosevelt, such .is a solution of the race pioblem and a satlsfactoiy adjustment ad-justment ol the lights ot laboi and oipital. These most desliable ends aie, 1 fe.ii, so f.u away that we cannot expect to reach during the next four years We can, however, If we are wise enough, find a way. and provide It. for the restoration of the American Ameri-can merchant marine .1. H. Foukkii. United States Scnatoi fiom Ohio |