The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-08-13

and through Democratic victory only,
! can the people secure the popular cleo.
| ton of senators. The smaller parties are
unable TO secure this reform: the Repub.
| lican party. under Its present leadership,
| Is resolutely opposed to it; the Democrat
ic party stands for 1t and has boldly de-
| mandcd IL. II l am elected to the presi-
| dency, those who are elected upon the
| ticket with me vii! be. like myself
| pledged to this reform, and l shall CON
! vene congress in extraordinary session
/ Immediately after inauguration. and ask,
| among other things for the fuitillment
of this platform pledge.
House Rules Despotic.
The third instrumentality employed to
! defeat the will of the people is found in
| the rules of the house of representatives.
| Our platform points out that the house
| of representatives was designed by the
! fathers of the constitution to be the pop
! ular branch of our government. respon.
| sive to the public will" and adds;
THE house of representatives., as con
! trolled in recent years by the Republican,
| party. has ceased to be a deliberative
| and legislative body, responsive to the
| will of a majority of the members but
| has come under the absolute domination
| of the speaker who has entire control OF
| its deliberations, and powers of legs
lation.
I'VE have observed with amazement
| the popular branch of federal gov
| eminent helpless to obtain either the
| consideration enactment of measures
desired by a ma jority of its members"
This arraignment is fully justified.
| Other Issues Will Be Discussed Later.
! Shall the people rule?" / repeat. is de-
| Clared by our platform to be the over
| shadowing question, and as the campaign
| q
cuss this question as it manifests itself
| in other issues for whether we consider
| the tariff question, the trust question, the
| railroad question: the banking question,
| the labor question, the question of i'm
| perialism, 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 a mere business asset Of f""or
seeking corporations or be an instru-
| ment in the hands OF the people for the
| advancement of the common veal
| Democrats Have Earned Confidence.
If 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-
| mnistration; if, however, the voters feel
| that the people, as a whole have too lit
| tie influence in shaping the policies OF
| the government IL they feel that great
combinations of capital have encroached
| upon the rights of the masses, and en-
| ployed the instrumentalites of govern
| ment to 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
party has proven its worthiness by its
refusal to purchase victory by delivering
| the people into the hands of those who
have despoed 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 opposi-
ton of those who use politics to secure
special privileges and governmental Ia
voritism. Gauging the progress of the
nation, not by the happiness or 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 it
| 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 COM
mtted larceny by law and purchased i'm
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 OF
| of honest Accommodations. 1t is, on the
| contrary, a friend of industry and the
| steadfast protector of that wealth which
represents a service to society. me
| Democratic party does not seek to an
| initiate all corporations; it simply asserts
that as the government creates corpora
| tons, it must retain the power to regu-
| late and to control them, and that 1t
| should not permit any corporation TO
convert itself into monopoly. Surely
| we should have the cooperation of all
| legitimate corporal ions in our effort to
| protect business and industry from the
| odium which lawless combinations of
| capital will, if unchecked, cast upon
| them. Only by the separation or 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 l need hardly
remind the student of history that cures
| are mildest when applied at once that
! remedies increase in severity as their
| application is postponed Blood poison
| ing may be stopped by the loss of fin
ger to-day; it 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 it Increase
| with the lapse of time. That there are
abuses which need to be remedied, even
| the Republican candidate admits; that
| his party is unable to remedy them, has
| been fully demonstrated during the last
| ten wears ! have such confidence in the
| Intelligence as we'll as the patriotism or
| the people, that l 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
| The Divine Law of Rewards.