Arizona republican., 1908-07-28
lighting company for the exclusive us
of that power.
MR.. HEARST'S REMARKS.

| Mr.. HEARST'S REMARKS.
The following is an extract of
Hearst's speech:
My Friends: This is the first ma
tional convention of the independent
party. 1t is too much to say that our
convention can ever reach the i'm
portance of the second continental
congress, but the principle they met
to declare we meet to preserve, and
the liberties they assembled to secure
we have assembled to protect. | be-
| lieve that if any party is necessary to
the country to preserve the govern
ment as the fathers framed it, this
new party is necessary. If any party
is necessary to promote progress and
business man, and protect the honest
workingman, the new party is neces-
sary.
"The old parties, in this, the day of
their decadence, are no longer equal
to the work, for they have become un-
| faithful to the principles which in
spired them and are unworthy of the
patriots who founded them. The re-
publican party is the open handed,
avowed hand-maiden of the trusts. 1t
scorns those who would rescue it, re-
pudiates those who would reform it,
and glories brazenly in profitable in
fanny.
"rhe democratic party is merely en-
vious of its sordid sisters iil-gotten
finery. 1t upbraids her at one election
and initiates her the next The repub
lican leaders are political attorneys
of the trusts and monopolies, the rep
resentatives in public life Of giant cor
porations which have superseded the
people in this republic as the source of
power and the seat of authority. The
democratic vanguard is a Falstaffs
army. 1t is led by a knight arrayed
| in a motley of modified professions
and compromised principles, OF alter
ed opinions and retracted statements;
Falstafrs army whose banner bears
on one side a watchword for the peo-
pie. on the other a password for
trusts; whose only object is office at
any cost, whose motto, after us the
deluge.
Assuming that Bryan himself is all
that his most ardent admirers claim
him to be, a great lawyer. an en-
lightened statesman, an inspired pa
triot: stilI a man is known by the COM
pany he keeps, and no decent democrat
can tolerate his free companions. No
honest citizen can let down the bars
of office to such a band Of boodlers
and braves. No prudent citizen will
support a combination to which Tag
CART supplies credit and Parker n plat
form; for which Ryan will pay the
freight and the people will pay the
penalty.
Back of both parties and underlying
each are those captain Kidds Of in
dustry, those highwaymen Of high
finance who realize that to plunder
safely the peoples purse the must first
possess the peoples government.
When l was running for governor Of
New York an emissary of one of the
biggest men on wall street called on
me and said that his client had offer
ed to contribute 100000 to my cam
paign fund and raise 100000 more if
my views were reasonable in regard to
honest business. ! told the emissary
that the offer was declined with
! thanks.
"The republican platform say moth
ing and means nkfhing. 1t is plat
form of statistHA inveAion and po-
! litical evasion. 1t is obviously the
product of a garty whose sole purpose
is@to stand pay and whose sole desire
| is to stay pat. The democratic party
contains some good and original things
but all original things are not good,
and all good things are not original.
It is the habitation Of the hermit crab
which has no shell of its own and in
vades the first convenient one without
regard to property or propriety.
1T is a platform, too, Of reconcilia-
tion and retraction, Of atonement,
apology, of harmony and hypocrisy. for
| in compliance with a former compact,
Parker has pronounced peace, Bailey
has poured Standard Oil upon the
| troubled waters and Bryan has killed
not only the fatted calf, but the goose
| that laid the golden egg. s
mo man can serve two masters, no
man can conciliate conflicting ele-
ments by the democratic party. He
who tries must serve one and deceive
| the other He must make n public
pretense to the people and a private
compact with the trusts"