Arizona republican., 1908-08-13

iperialism, the development of our waterways, or any other of the nu- lmerous problems which press for so- Hutton. we shall find that the real Iouestion involved in each is, whether lthe government shall remain mere business asset of favor seeking cor lporations or be an instrument in the hands of the people for the advance lment of the common veal.
 DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS EARN
 ED CONFIDENCE.
 | If the voters are satisfied with the ,record of the republican party and with it's management of public affairs I've can not reasonably ask for a lchange in administration; if, how lever the voters feel that the people, las a whole, have too little influence lin shaping the policies of the gov iernment; if they feel that great com lbinations of capital have encrOached Iupon the rights of the masses, and lemployed the instrumentalities of government to secure an unfair share
 of the total wealth produced, then
 we have a right to expect verdict against the republican party and in flavor of the democratic party; for our party has risked defeat-aye, suf- lfered defeat-in it's effort to arouse
 the conscience of the public and to lbring about that very awakening to (which Mir. Taft has referred.
 Only those are worthy to be en- trusted with leadership in a great cause who are willing to die for it, and the democratic party has proven 1.r- itc raftrGal fn !chase victory by delivering the peo- iple into the hands of those who have Idespoiled them. In this contest be- tween democracy on the one side and lplutocracy on the other the demo-
 cratic party has taken it's position on
 the side of equal rights and invites
 the opposition of those who use poli- tics to secure special privileges and governmental favoritism. Gauging the progress of the nation, not by the happiness or wealth or refinement of d few, but "by the prosperity and advancement of the average man." the democratic party charges the re- publican party with being the pro- lmoter of present abuses, the oppo- lnent of necessary remedies and the only bulwark of private monopoly 1.-The democratic party affairms that
 in this campaign it is the only party. having a prospect of success, which stands for justice in government and for equity in the division of the fruits of industry.
 DEFENDER OF HONEST WEALTH
 We may expect those who have committed larceny by law and pur- chased immunity with their political Influence, to attempt to raise false issues. and to employ the livery of heaven" to conceal their evil pur poses, but they can no longer deceive. The democratic party is not the en- emy of any legitimate industry or of honest accumulations. It is, on the contrary a friend of industry and the lsteadfast protector of that wealth which represents a service to society. The democratic party does not seek | to annihilate all corporations; 1t sim lply aserts that as the government Icreates corporations, it must retain the power to regulate 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 odi- | um which lawless combinations of capital will, if unchecked, cast upon them. Only by the separation of the good from the bad can the good be made secure
 REVOLUTION NOT REFORMATION The democratic party seeks not revolution but reformation, and I s.F history that cures are mildest when applied at once; that remedies increase in severity as their appli- cation is postponed. Blood poisoning may be stopped by the loss of a finger today; it may cost an arm to- morrow 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 ad- mits; that his party is unable to remedy them has been fully demon strated during the last ten years. | have such confidence in the intelli- gence as well as the patriotism of the people, that I can not doubt their readiness to accept the reasonable re- form which our party proposes, rath- CT than permit the continued growth of existing abuses to hurry the coun- try on to remedies more radical and more drastic.
 THE PARTY'S IDEAL.
 The platform of our party closes with brief statement of the party's ideal. It favors such an administra- tion of the government as will insure as far as human wisdom can, that each citizen shall draw from society a reward commensurate with his con- tribution to the welfare of society,""
 DIVINE LAW OF REWARD.
 There is a Divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave us the earth, with it's fruitful soil, the sunshine with it's warmth, and the rains with their moisture. He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voice had thundered from the clouds, GO work, and ac- cording to your industry and your intelligence, so shall be your re- ward" Only where might has over thrown, cunning undermined or gov ernment suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law ought to be the ambition of the