Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

coercion OF the house Our Marty de-
mands that ''the house OF representatives
shall again become q deliberative body.
controiied by majority OF ths peoples
representatives. and not by the speaker,
and is pledged to adopt ''such rules ana
regulations to govern the house of rem
resentatives as VIII enable a majority
of its members to direct its deliberations
and control legislation
shall the people ruler" They Gun not
do 20 unless they can control the house
OF representatives, and through their
representatives III the house give
expression to their purposes a,.4
their desires The Republican party is
committed TO the methods now in vogue
In the house of representatives; the DEM
ocratic party is pledged to such a re-
vision OF the rules as will bring the pop
ular branch OF the federal government
into harmony with the ideas OF those
who framed our constitution and found
ed our government.
Other Issues VIII Be Discussed Later.
''Shal the people ruler" repeat, is de-
clared by our platform to be the over
shadowing question, and as the campaign
progresses. l shall take occasion to dis
cuss this question as Ii manifests itself
in other issues; for whether we consider
the tariff question, the trust question, the
railroad question. the banking question
periaiism, the development of our water
ways. or any other of the numerous prob
lens which press for solution, we shall
find that the real question involved in
each is, whether the government shall
remain mere business asset OF favor
seeking corporations or be an instru-
ment in the hands OF the people for the
advancement of the common veal
Democrats Have Earned Confidence.
II the voters are satisfied with the
record Of the Republican party and with
its management OF public affairs we can
not reasonably ask for a change in ad-
ministration; IL, however. the voters feel
that the people, as a whole, have too lit
tie influence in shaping the policies of
the government; if they feel that great
combinations Of capital have encroached
upon the rights of the masses, and en-
p.oved the instrumentalities of govern
ment 10 secure an unfair share of the to-
tai wealth produced then we have a
right to expect verdict against the Re-
publican party and in favor of the Demo-
cratic party for our party has risked de-
feat-aye, suffered defeat-in its effort to
arouse the conscience of the public and
to bring about that very awakening to
which Mr.. Taft has referred.
Only those are worthy to be intrusted
with leadership in a great cause who are
willing to die for it, and the Democratic
refusal to purchase victory by delivering
the people into the hands of those who
have despoiled them. In this contest be-
tween Democracy on the one side and
| plutocracy on the other, the Democratic
| party has taken it's position on the side
of equal rights, and invites the oppose
| ton of those who use politics to secure
| special privileges and governmental fa-
| voritism. Gauging the progress of the
nation, not by the happiness wealth
| or refinement of>a few, but by the pros
perity and advancement Of the average
man." the Democratic party charges the
| Republican party with being the promo
| ter of present abuses, the opponent of
necessary remedies and the only bulwark
| of private monopoly. The Democratic
| party affirms that In this campaign 1t
| is the only party, having a prospect OF
success, which stands for justice in gov
eminent and for equity in the division
| of the fruits of industry
Democratic Party Defends Honest
Wealth.
| We may expect those who have conn
| mitted larceny by law and purchased inn
| munity with their political influence, to
| attempt to raise false issues, and to en-
| ploy the livery of heaven" to conceal
| their evil purposes. but they can no long
| er deceive. The Democratic party is not
| the enemy Of any legitimate industry or
| of honest accommodations. 1t is, on the
| contrary. a friend OF industry and the
| steadfast protector of that wealth which
represents service to society. The
| Democratic party does not seek to an
| initiate all corporations it simply asserts
that as the government creates corpora
tons, IL must retain the power to regu-
| late and to control them, and that it
| should not permit any corporation to
convert itself into a monopoly. Surely
we should have the cooperation of all
legitimate corporations in our effort to
protect business and industry from the
| odium which lawless combinations of
| capital WILL II unchecked, cast upon
them. Only by the separation of the good
from the bad can the good be made Sc
cure.
Not Revolution But Reformation.
The Democratic party seeks not revolu-
| ton but reformation, and / need hardly
| remind the student of history that cures
are mildest wien applied at once; that
remedies increase an severity as their
application is postponed. Blood poison
ing may be stopped by the loss of fin-
| ger to-day; 1t may cost an arm to-mor-
row or a life the next day. So poison in
the body polite can not be removed too
soon for the evils produced by 1t increase
with the lapse of time. That there are
abuses which need to be remedied, even
|
| his party is unable 70 remedy them. has
| been fully dem onstrated during the last
| ten years. ! have such confidence in the
| intelligence well as the patriotism 81
| the people, that / can not doubt Their
| readiness to accept the reasonable re-
| forms which our party proposes, rather
| than permit the continued growth of ex-
| listing abuses to hurry the country on to
remedies more radical and more drastic.
Our Party's Ideal.
| The platform OF our party closes with a
brief statement of the party's IDEAL 1t
| favors "such an administration OF the
| government as will insure, as far as hui
| man wisdom can, that each citizen shall
| draw from society reward commensu-
| rate with his contribution to the welfare
! of society"
| Governments are good in proportion as
| they assure to each member of society,
so far as governments can, return COM
| mensurate with Individual merit
The Divine Law Of Rewards.
There is a Divine law of rewards When
| the Creator save US the earth, with It's
fruitful soil the sunshine with It's
warmth and the rains with their mois-
| ture, he proclaimed, as clearly as II MS
| voice had Numbered from the clouds: GO
| work, and according to your industry
and your intelligence, so shall be your
| reward Only where might has over
| thrown, cunning undermined or govern
| ment suspended this law. has different
law prevailed. To conform the govern
| ment to this law ought to be the ambi-
| ton of the statesman; and no party can
have a higher mission than to make 1t
| reality wherever governments can legiti-
mately operate
Justice to All.
Recognizing that / am indebted for my
| nomination to the rank and file OF OF
party, and that my election must come. IL
| It comes at all, from the unpurchased and
| unpurchasable SURFACES of the American
| people / promise. II intrusted with the
| responsibilities Of this high office, to con-
secrate whatever ability have to the
/ one purpose Of making this. in fact
| government in which the people rule
/ a government which will do justice to
] all, and offer 10 every one tho highest
possible stimulus to great and persistent
| effort 3y assuring 10 each the enjoyment
| of his just share o. the proceeds OF his