Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-12

of that wealth which represents serv- Ice to society. The Democratic party does not seek to annihilate all corpora tions; 1t simply asserts that as the gov ernment creates corporations, 1t must retain the power to regulate and to control them. and that 1t 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 odium which lawless combinations of capital will, If unchecked. cast upon them. Only by the separasRu of the good from the bad can the good be made secure.
 Not Revolution, but Reformation.
 The Democratic party seeks not revo- lution 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 poisoning may be stopped by the loss of finger today: it may cost an arm tomorrow or life the next day. So poison in the body polite can not be removed too soon. for the evils pro- duced by 1t increase with the lapse of time. That there are abuses which . need to be remedied. even the Repub- lican candidate admits: that his party is unable to remedy them, has been fully demonstrated during the last ten years. I have such confidence in the intelligence as we'll as the patriotism 1 of the people. that can not doubt their readiness to accept the reasonable re- forms which our party proposes. rather than permit the continued growth of existing abuses to hurry the country on to remedies more radical and more drastic. t
 i Our Party's ideal.
 The platform of our party closes with a brief statement of the party's ideal. i 1t favors' such an administration of ! the government as will insure. as far as human wisdom can. that each cit. zen shall draw from society reward commensurate with his contribution to ! the welfare of society,"" AF5 i Governments are good in proportion as they assure to each member of so- ciety, so far as governments can. re- turn commensurate with individual merit.
 The Divine Law of Rewards.
 There is a Divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave us the earth, with its fruitful soil, the sunshine with i its warmth, and the rains with their moisture. He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voice had thundered from the clouds, GO work, and according to your industry and your intelligence. SC shall be your reward" Only where might has overthrown, cunning under mined or government suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law ought to be the ambition of the states man; and no party can have higher mission than to make 1t reality wher' ever governments can legitimately op' crate.
 Justice to All.
 Recognizing that I am indebted for my nomination to the rank and file Of our party, and that my election mnsi come, if 1t comes at all. from the un' purchased and unpurehasable suffrages Df the American people. promise. fl
 intrusted with the responsibilities oi this high office, to consecrate whatever ability I have to the one purpose Of making this. in fact, government ir which the people rule-a government which will do justice to all. and offei to every one the highest possible stim
 ulus to great and persistent effort. by assuring to eack the enjoyment of Eis just share of the proceeds of his toll no matter in what part of the vineyard
 he labors. or to what occupation. pro
 fession or calling he devotes himself.