The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-03
KEYNOTE FOR DEMOCRATS
OF THE STATE SOUNDED
Copyright, 1909
Continued From Page Four.)

and hospitals and libraries, will do
more to bring about the era of uni
versal peace than all the military ar
mament which man can devise. | my
self believe in the old couplet:
You cannot tame the tiger,
You dare not harm the dove,
But every gate you shut to hate
Will open wide to love"
We, ourselves, stood in the fore
front of nations with a small standing
army and a comparatively insignifi-
cant navy, so long as we maintained
the ancient ideals of the American re-
public. peace with all nations, entangl-
ing alliances with none. While we
held strictly to the Monroe doctrine
and had not ourselves gone into the
larceny business the moral force of
our position was worth million arm
ed men. but when we receded from
that doctrine and began our system
of Imperialism, then, of necessity. We
began to truly tramp around the world
with a chip on our shoulders, asking
somebody to knock it off.
l have sometimes found it difficult
in my own life to retrace a false set.
but. by the grace of God it has been
possible to do that thing. What a man
may do a nation can do. Let us re
trace our false steps. Let US say 10
the world that We are not anxious
to engage in controversy that while
prOwess is to be admired national
prosperity, is to be desired, yet, af-
ter all, the American people only de
sire to be a peace and liberty loving
people opening its doors TO those
who choose to come in and finding no
fault with those who want TO stay
out. In this as in all other matters,
my humble voice must always be lifted
for return to the ideals and princi-
pies Of the fathers.
The contention which I have here
tOfOre made with reference to the dan
gers arising from one branch of the
government interfering with the duties
of the other has received a startling
proof in the rumOrs of the past week
to the effect that certain corporations
have made bold TO inquire of the ex-
ecutive whether they might do Tile
cution. A bare mention of this fact
is sufficient to show how really danger
Gus this trend to public affairs is. If
these things may be done, or if the
suspicion that they are done, gets
into the public mind, how long will
it be until in the lower walks OF life
every man who desires to break the
law will first retain as his counsel
| the prosecuting attorney? l may not
! stop TO elaborate, the public press
furnishes full details.
| In our own state affairs, another
startling thing is taking place. With
increased expenditures and increased
/ tax leyies, the corporations have at
! last succeeded with the State Board
Of Equalization in getting their tax
! ables reduced. May inquire what re-
duction has been made to the farmer,
| the merchant. the lawyer, or the
widow, on account Of hard times?
| Surely the hour is ripe for the 50 per
! cent TO voice their sentiments.
have already spun out the thread
of my verbosity finer than the line Of
my argument, and yet have not touch
ed upon some questions which seem
/ to deserve attention. 1t is time. how
ever, TO close.
In all that has been said to you,
nothing has been said about the pros
poets of material prosperity. The
purpose of this address has been to
attempt TO recall your minds to the
ancient ideals of the republic: to get
you TO be willing 10 divorce business
and politics; TO have you soberly con-
slider whether you ever want to
change your form of government in
any other way than the way provided
by law; to plead with you to cease