The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-12

| WE dpOii q AiCdodIt dAc tIC dSiiiO-
Gratis. In the recent session of the
| present congress there was consider
able element IN the republican party
favorable to remedial legislation; but
a few leaders, in control of the organi-
cation, despotically suppressed these
members, and thus forced a real ma
| jority in the house to submit to well
organized minority. The republican
national convention, instead of rebuk-
ing this attack upon popular govern
ment, eulogiZed congress and nomina-
| ted as the republican candidate for
vice president one of the men who
shared in the responsibility for the co.
ercion of the house. Our party demands
! that the house of representatives shall
again become a deliberative body, con-
] trolled by a majority of the peoples
representatives and not by the speak
err and is pledged to adopt such rules
and regulations to govern the house of
representatives as will enable a ma
jority of it's members to direct it's de-
liberations ana control legislation
/ Shall the people ruler They can
not do so unless they can control the
house of representatives, and through
| their representatives in the house, give
expression to their purposes and their
desires. The republican party is COM
mitted to the methods now in vogue in
the house of representatives; the dem
ocratic party is pledged to such a re-
vision of the rules as will bring the
popular branch of the federal govern
ment into harmony with the ideas of
those who framed our constitution and
founded our government.
Other Issues.
"'Shall the people rule? l repeat, Is
declared by our platform to be the
overshadowing question and as the
campaign progresses, I shall take oc-
casion to discuss this question as it
manifests itself in other issues; for
whether we consider the tariff question,
the trust question, the railroad Ques-
ton. the banking question, the labor
question, the question Of Imperialism
the development of our waterways, or
any other of the numerous problems
which press for solution, we shall find
that the real question involved in each
is whether the government shall re-
main a 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.
Party Has Earned Confidence.
IF the voters ara satisfied with the
record of the republican party and
with its management of public affairs
we cannot reasonably ask for change
in administration; if, however, the vot-
ers feel that the people, as a whole,
have too little influence in shaping the
policies of the government; if they feel
that great combinations of capital have
encrOached upon the rights of the
masses, and employed the instrument
talities of government to secure an
unfair share OF the total wealth pro-
duced, then we have a right to expect
! a verdict against the republican party
| and in favor of the democratic party;
for our party has risked def-@-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 en-
| trusted with leadership in d great
cause who are willing to die for it,
and the democratic party has proven
it's wOrthiness by it's refusal to pur-
chase victory by delivering the people
into the hands of those who have de-
| spoiled them. In this contest between
! democracy on the one side and pluto
! cracy on the side of equal rights and
invites the opposition of those who
use politics to secure special privileges
and governmental favoritism Guaging
| the progress of the nation not by the
| happiness or wealth or refinement of
a few, but by the prosperity and ad
| vancement Of the average man. the
| democratic party charges the republi
| can party with being the promoter of
present abuses, the opponent of ne
| cessary remedies and the only bull
! Wark of private monopoly The demo-
cratic party affirms that in this cam
| paign it is the only party having 81
prospect Of success, which stands for
! justice in government and for equity
| in the division of the fruits of indus-
| try.
Defender of Honest Wealth.
eve 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 purposes, but |
they can no longer deceive The demo- |
cratic party is not the enemy of any !
legitimate industry or of honest ac-
cumulatiOns. 1t is, on the contrary, |
Il friend of industry and the steadfast |
protector of that wealth which repre-
SCENTS service to society The demo-
cratic party does not seek to annihi
late all corporations; it simply asserts [
that as the government creates corpor
ations, it simply asserts that as the
government creates corporations, it
must retain the power to regulate and |
to control them and that it should not |
permit any corporation to convert it
self inc a monopoly. Surely we should |
have the cooperation of all legitimate
corporations in our effort to protect |