The daily sentinel., 1908-08-12

necessary remedies and the only bull
wark of private monopoly. The dem
ocratic party affirms that in this cam
paign 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 in
dustry.
Democratic Party Defender
OF Honest Wealth.
I'VE 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
enemy of any legitimate industry and
the steadfast protector of that wealth
which represents a service to society.
The democratic party does not seek
to annihilate all corporations; it
simply asserts that as the govern
ment creates 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 efforts
10 protect business and industry from
the odium which lawless combina-
tions of capital will If unchecked,
cast upon them. Only by the separa-
tion OF the good from the bad can the
good be made secure.
Not Revolution But Reformation.
The democratic party seeks not
revolution but reformation, and |
need hardly remind the student of
history that cures are mildest when
applied at once; that remedies in
crease in severity as their application
is postponed. Blood poisoning may
| be stopped by the loss of a finger to-
| day; 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 produced by it
increase with the lapse of time. That
there are abuses which need to be
remedied. even the republican candi-
date admits; that his party is unable
to remedy them, has been fully dem
onstrated during the last ten years
| have such confidence in the intelli-
gence as well as the patriotism of
LAe people, that / can not doubt their
readiness to accept the reasonable
reforms which our party proposes.
rather than permit the continued
growth of existing abuses to hurry
the country on to remedies more rad
ical and more drastic.
Our Parry's Ideal.
The platform of our party closes
with brief statement of the partyS
ideal. 1t favors such an administra-
tion of the government as will in
sure, as far as human wisdom can,
that each citizen shall draw from so
ciety a reward commensurate with
his contribution to the welfare of
society
Governments are good in proper
ton as they assure to each member
of society, so far as governments can,
a return COMMENSURATE with individ-
ual merit. ..sa
The Divine Law of Rewards. sss
There is Divine law OF rewards
When the Creator gave us the earth,
with its fruitful soil. the sunshine
with its warmth, and the rains with
their moisture, He proclaimed, as
clearly as if His voice had thundere
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
different law prevailed. To conform
| the government to this law ought to
be the ambition of the statesman;
and no party can have higher mis-
sion than to make it reality wher-
operate.
Justice to All.
Recognizing that / am indebted
for my nomination to the rank and
file of our party, and that my cleo
tion must come, il it comes at all,
from the unpurchased and unpur-
chasable suffrages of the American
people, | promise. if entrusted with
the responsibilities of this high Of
N to haf
have to the one purpose of making
this, in fact, a government in which
the people rule-a government which
will do justice to all, and offer to
every one the highest possible stim-
illus to great and persistent effort
by assuring to each the enjoyment of
his Just share of the proceeds of his
toll, no matter in what part of the
vineyard he labors, or to what occu-
patton, profession or calling he de-
votes himself"