The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-20
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swallowing 4 Platform
In This campaign of 1904. Theodore
Roosevelt might safely swallow Par
,ker,s platform without the slightest
fear of an attack Of acute indigestion'
and Parker might take on his sh
and the other things and waltz Dalo@
footed all over Roosevelts PLATFORM
and be in no danger OF running
splinter In his foot. So fai as matured
purposes are concerned, SO Tar as
foundation principles arc concerneu'
the two old parties are
Two minds with but single
thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
'The party which have the honor
to represent in this campaign Is the
only one which stands for Jeffersonlan
principles: is the only one which
wages war upon the principles OF the
republican party; is the only one
which plainly, distinctly and positively
tells the people wherein it differs IN
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q 4ave done this SO full, SO often
anc Is recently that I need not do 50
age I tonight. Study our creed Tor
Vol. 4elves-then vote as your heart,
intelligence and conscience direct; we
VII not fear results. Our appeal Is
my1e to reason not to prejudice or
peSsiOn. Our argument is based upon.
faStS. upon well-known conditions:
ntktlpon speculations or theories. We
ae2 not pound for any Eldorado, any
lNpian dreamland, where all the w0-
* are angles and men are things
III ne. No; our purpose Is more pro-
IN and practical. We want to keep
h0f feet upon the earth and; dealing
h men and women as they are,
H5rk out reforms in which every
6an who is willing to pay the price
In working for it shall have q fair
nare OF the wealth Of this land.
The Right to Labor
I. 8E3Every man shall have the right
- labor on the earth and make his
living out OF the common estate, or
@hall have work for himself, and not
Tor master. in some other avoca-
lion. Every man shall have the equal
|<protection of the law, and no more;
&equal advantages under the law, and
no more. In other words, we mean to
s have legislation recognize the fact that
q God made the world for all of us, and
not for a few CT us. No man shall
draw more from the common stock
re- him = Is represented by the greater
Stlnl-t0rST "a kAas Labor or the greater
value of his work MonopOiy rhal
not be allowed to Cypress the Twin,
and then transmit the wrong and thu
oppression to future generations.
"The trust shall not be allowed tt
dictate the price either of labor OF
produce. but that price must be fixed
by fair competition in the open mar.
ket, or we must establish cooperation
based upon the natural law of human
brotherhood. The corporation shall
be made to surrender its oppressive
privileges and to pay its fair proper
ton of the taxes. have it's franchise
assessed under the law of eminen
domain and honest payment made
and its powers exercised aftarward b,
the government for the equal goot
of us all.
"The mill-owner shall be made i
moderate his appetite for gain. HI
must be made to liberate the children
OF tender years whose little lives h
is grinding up into dividends; h
must grant shorter hours Of labor: h
must grant the safety of those VIII
work for him by the adoption of ever
life-saving invention and every i'm
proved sanitary regulation. He mus
recognize the fact that as long q
capital is combined labor has the rigl
to unite, and that the struggle of til
labor classes to retain in their ow
hands greater share Of what the
hands produce is Just as natural an
more in accordance with fairness an
Justice than the efforts OF the con
bined capitalists to increase those TO
tunes whose origin was legislati,
favoritism and whose existence repr
sents governmental injustice.
Should be Cooperation
Instead of a competition and CO..
f1icf hptwnau labor and cani+aI III -