Arizona republican., 1908-06-19

faVorite son. not because we know
him and love him, not because of his
ability, integrity and experience alone
but because in him we know there is
embodied in ideal poise and balance
those other splendid elements and at
tributes which most nearly respond to
the requirements of the hour and de
mands of the people, and which alone
qualify for leadership in this great
national crisis"
After reviewing at length the eco
nOmic changes which had taken place
the speaker described the work of
Mr.. LaFollette as governor of Wis
consin, where had already been in
long and successful operation all that
reform legislation to which the repub-
lican party was now about to pledge
itself and toward which it had re-
Gently been tending. Mr.. LaFollette,
said he, must be regarded as a pion-
Ger in those reforms which the party
was now about to undertake.
Said Mr.. COchems: Commissioned
to the United States senate, the great
work has been carried forward. Sen
atOr LaFOllette has champiOned five
great measures. First, bill designed
to conserve the national resources;
second, a bill which justly protects
the injured employees, wounded and
manned in dangerous occupation;
third, a bill to determine the real
value of the railroads of the country,
to the end that the government shall
be able adequately to protect the
public from railroad eXtOrtiCn in
matters of rates and service; fourth,
Il protest against a system of cur
rency issue which repOses in the
judgment of a political appOintee, the
comptroller of the currency, the basis
of value upon which American dol
lars are issued and guaranteed by the
government; fifth, he has challenged
a leadership in the United States SEN
ate which we believe menaces the
best interests of the whole country.
The successor Of Theodore KOOse-
welt should be d man who is neither a
rampant radical nor a cOwardly con-
sentative but a man strong to under
stand, fearless to execute, and just to
conserve. the honest rights of all. He
must be a man big enough to ccmpre-
bend the producers right Of protection
from the tariff, but who shall never
forget the consumers right to pro-
lection from eXtortion; big enough to
secure fair rates from public service
corporations, and yet not fOreClOSe
their healthy extension; big enough to
extend encOura cement to our new pos
sessions, but TO restrain the country
from career of absolute imperialism;
big enough to protect honestly acquir-
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piracy
IN conclusion Mr.. Cochems said:
He must be a man whose faith in
the hewers Of wood and drawers Of
water is elemental and profound and
who deems their rights to be as sac
red 2s the rights of the captain Of in
dustry. and not one in whom this
sense is recently acquired or cultivat-
ed.
He should be 4 man who will be
the successor Of Theodore Roosevelt.
neither his heir nor his crown prince.
If there be danger Of Mexicanizing the
government by the election TO third
term, that reason obtains with equal
force against the wisdom % the sec
ond term incumbent debating the can
tludlt i'L the li4Iu ltIIll- W = HFil II
to be dangerous for a cabinet officer
Of an administration, equipped with
power of federal patronage to exercise
his personal power so that candidate
before the fight is started. shall be
aLle . guarantee in his column the
vote in this convention from every
state South of Mason and Dixon's line
ind East Of the Mississippi, not one of
which will add one vote to the repub-
lican electoral college.
I'VE believe that the pioneer in this
movement who was good enough to
break the stubborn soil and plant the
seed, is good enough to reap the gold
en- harvest and bring it home to the
people in its bounty. Through all the
wears Robert II. LaFOllette has stood
like a bold mountain about whose
SUBMITS the hurricanes have raved in
vain and upon whose base the angry
waves have beat their surge. mistaken
and Unshallablc.' For ten years he
has carried this war upon the point Of
his sword and from the light that
cleaned from his shining blade was
lit the blaze that carried forward the
war in Wisconsin. fired the heart of
Roosevelt. and today. like the face Of
tie morning. is leading the national
crusaders along the pathway Of re-
form.
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
Wisconsin offers her foremost citizen.
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