The Dolores star., 1908-08-14

| unabse 10 necurp tniD reform: the Hepoo-
ncan party. under its present leadership.
- rsseIuteiy opDosed 10 II: Tie Democrat
| ic party stands for II and has boldly de-
nanded IT. II I an elected to the press-
| dency. those who are elected upon the
ticket with me VIII be. like myself.
pledged to this reform. and ] shall con-
| vene congress in extraordinary session
Immediately after Inauguration. and ask.
| among other things. for the fulhilment
OF this platform pledge.
House Rules Dsspotic.
The third fundamentally 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
/. uiar branch of our government respon-.
| sive to the public WILL" and adds:
THE house of Representatives. con-
| trolled in recent years by the Republican
| party. has ceased to be a deliberative
| and legislative body. responsive to the
will OF majority Of the members. but
| has come under the absolute domination
| Of the speaker. who has entire control of
Its deliberations. and powers Of legis-
iation.
| 1--WE have observed with amazement
| the popular branch of our federal gov
ernment helpless to obtain either the
consideration or enactment Of measures
desired by a majority of Its members"
| hih arrangement 10 Iully lustutu
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
progresses. i 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.
the labor question. the question Of i'm
n.rtu Itssr .F To-
ways 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.
n 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-
mlnistration: II. however. the voters feel
that the people. as a whole. have too lit
tie Influence in shaping the policies of
the government: II they feel that great
combinations Of capital have encroached
upon the rights of the masses, and en-
ployed the instrumentaiities Of govern
ment to secure an unfair share Of the to-
tai wealth produced. then we have .
right to expect a 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 q great cause who are
willing to die for II, 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 despoiled them. In this contest be-
tween Democracy on the one side and
plutocracy on the other. the Democratic
party has taken its position on the side
OF equal rights, and invites the opposi-
tion 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
| Ii the only party. having a prospect Of
success. which stands for Justice ip gov
| ernment and for equity in the division
| Of the fruits Of industry.
Democratic Party Defends Honest
Wealth.
We may expect those who have COM
| 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 IL not
| the enemy of any legitimate industry or
| OF honest Accommodations. 1t is. on the
| contrary, q friend of Industry and the
| steadfast protector of that wealth which
1
Democratic party does not seek to an
| initiate all corporations: It simply asserts
| that as the government creates corpora
| tiops. 1t must retain the power to regu-
| late and to control them, and that 1t
| should not permit any corporation to
| convert itself into q 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, IL 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-
tion but reformation, and / 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 life the next day. So poison In
the body polite can not be removed toe
soon. for the evils produced by 1t 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 years. have such confidence in the
intelligence as well as the patriotism OF
the people. that ! can not doubt theiI
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 tc
remedies more radical and more drastic
The Divine Law Of Rewards.
There is a Divine law of rewards Wher
the Creator gave us the earth. with III
fruitful soil, the sunshine with IT.
warmth, and the rains with their mois
| ture. he proclaimed as clearly as IL hi