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Tie folIcsisG ssr . tss paragraphs
lrosa whst ke said, and asr we'll
worth tke ti1e of anyone 10 read
The ssbjsss Of Governor Folk
sss "llBooscsssic Ideals
The psstsCt for the success ST
dssHs'rst.c idess was never brighter
shaa nov by deasGrst,c ldess |
mean tho.s p~,scipas~ embrsced in
the exps~~ssos, 'eqssl rights TO sll,
spscial privileges 10 none This
max'sH Il Jeferson expresses every
esssatial eIesse~t Il psal democracy
With this rule for our guidance we
cannot loss oar coar~s or he Vel into
the q~ick sands of dishonor and des-
pair. With this axiom a. our chart
the iniam,es Of privilege IN every
form can be destroyed. Jeherson =
phrase sounds simple, but II has
taken generations Of men TO attain q
practical understanding Of it's
wisdom and justice. II applies to
the conditions today with even
greater force than when il was irst
announced by the father Of democ-
rscy. A political revival 10 going
al over the land today ON this sub
ject. The people are beginning TO
awaken TO = realization Of the fact
that the government of city, stats
and nation belongs TO them and
that they csn take the government
into their own hands whenever they
wish This is the ideal the demo
cratic party stands for-the rsle Of
ths peopls tor the people - oppossd
" Govsrnasst by . class fur . clsss.
TIE seiwi~seioa a aCaciaD psi~-
ileee is the parsmos~t Issue belors
the people Of this co~ntry-tbe spec-
lal privilege of lswles~ness the
special privilege conferred by law,
and the special privilege of monopo-
ly. a few years ago the privilege
of lawlessness was defended; but
the people were awakened 10 the
fact that lawlessness is not govern
ment, and that lawIessness DESTROYS
the will Of the people From one
end of the land to the other the
public conscience now demands the
enforcement of the peoples laws
against high and low, rich and poor,
that no man should be above the
law and no man below the law,
whatever his class, or whatever his
wealth. This public conscience
having seen that the privilege OF
lawlessness is destructive of the
liberties of free people, has render
ed it obnoxious. Now it has com
menced to assail the deeper evil of
privileges conferred by law.
"The elimination of unjust privi-
leges conferred by law is moral
question. Any privilege is graft,
whether it be privilege exercised
contrary to law or one that the law
itself may give a tariff SO arrang-
ed as TO create monopoly and to give
few people the privilege Of prey
ing on the rest Of the people is legal
lied graft Considered from this
standpoint, the tariff is a moral
question. Indeed, every govern
mental question in sense is a NOR
al question, in that it is a question
of right and wrong. But as an
economic question merely, a mono
poly tariff is undefensible under the
conditions that exist today"
In speaking of tariff trusts, he
said: Fortified behind this wall of
tariff protection, gigantic trusts have
sprung up, controlling the necessi-
ties of life, whereby the cost of living
has been increased enormously dur
ing the past few years. Until these
tariff privileges are eradicated the
trust question can never be settled.
1t is well enough TO prosecute the
trusts. and it is still better to put
some Of the heads Of trusts in strips
for violating the law; but it is hard
ly practicable to suppress the trusts
with one hand while the other is
feeding them with the milk Of pro-
lection on which they grow fat and
arrogant Those who enjoy special
privileges condemn government sup
ervision of public service corpora
tions as being destructive of individ-
ual efforts, and vet they inconsist-
emily contend that they cannot stand
alone and must have the support Of
tariff privileges. 1t is not paternal