Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-13

| trust question, the railroad question,
 the labor question, the question of i'm.
 perialism, the development of our wat. | erways, or any other of the numerous | problems which press for solution, we
 shall find that the real question in
 volved in each is, whether the govern
 ment shall remain a mere business as.
 set of favor seeking corporations or be
 an instrument in the hands of the peo. pie for the advancement of the common
 veal.
 If the voters are satisfied with the
 record of the republican party and with
 its management of public affairs we
 can not reasonably ask for q change in
 administration; if, however, the voters
 feel that the people, as whole, have
 too little influence in shaping the pol icies of the governments; if they feel
 that great combinations of capital have
 encroached upon the rights of the mas.
 ses, and employed the instrumentalities
 of government to secure an unfair
 share of the total wealth produced,
 then we have right to expect yer
 dict against the republican party and
 in favor of the democratic party; for
 our party has risked defeat--aye, suf. 1 fered defeat--in its effort to arouse the | conscience of the public and to bring
 about that very awakening to which
 MT. Taft has referred.
 Only those are worthy to be en-
 trusted with leadership in great cause
 who are willing to die for it, and the
 democratic party has proven its worth | hu kn .,.n by delivering the people into the hands l of those who have despoiled them. In
 this contest between democracy on the
 one side and plutocracy on the other,
 the democratic party has taken its DO.
 sition on the side of equal rights, and
 invites the opposition of those who use politics to secure special privileges and governmental favoritism. Gauging the progress of the nation, not by the hap. | piness or wealth or refinement of few.
 but 'by the prosperity and advance.
 ment of the average man. the demo
 cratic party charges the republican
 party with being the promoter of pres.
 ent abuses, the opponent of necessary
 remedies and the only bulwark of pri. vate monopoly. The democratic party
 afiirms that in this campaign it is the
 only party, having a prospect of sue.
 cess, which stands for justice in govern. ment and for equity in the division of the fruits of industry.
 We may expect those who have com.
 mitted larceny by law and purchased
 immunity with their political influence,
 to attempt to raise false issues, and to | employ "the livery of Heaven'' to ! conceal their evil purposes, but they can no longer deceive. The democratic | party is not the neemy of any legti-
 mate industry or of honest accumula-
 tions. It is, on the contrary, friend
 of industry, and the steadfast protector
 of that wealth which represents a ser vice to society. The democratic party does not seek to annihilate all corpor- ations, it must retain the power to reg. ulate and to control them, and that it
 should not permit any corporation to | convert itself into a monopoly. Surely
 We should have the co operation of all | legitimate corporations in our effort to ! protect business and industry from the | odium which lawless combinations of I capital will, if unchecked. cast upon them. Only by the separation of the good from the bad can the good be
 made secure.
 The democratic party seeks not rev. | olutiOn but reformation, and I 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 1 poisoning may be stopped by the loss Of finger today; it may cost an arm tomorrow or a life the next day. So poison in the body polite can not be | removed too soon, for the evils pro. | duced by it increase with the lapse of | time. That there are abuses whic h need to be remedied, even the republi-
 can candidate admits; that his partyis unable to remedy them, has been fully demonstrated during the last ten years. have such confidence in the intelli- genee as well as the patriotism of the people, that l can net doubt their read.
 ines to accept the reasonable reforms which our party proposes, rather than 1 permit the continued growth of exist ing abuses to hurry the country on to remedies more radical and more drastic. Our Party's Ideal
 The platform of our party closes with a brief statement of the party s ideal. It favors "such an administra. tion of the government as will insure, as far as human wisdom can, that each citizen shall draw from society a re- ward commensurate with his contribu. ti0n to the welfare of society,"
 Governments are good in nronortion as they assure to each member of soci. ety, so far as governments can, re-, turn commensurate with individual merit.
 There is a Divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave us the earth, with it's fruitful soil, the sunshine with 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, so shall be your reward v Only where might has Overthrown, cunning under.
 mined or government suspended this
 law, has 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 it reality where ever governments can legitimately op.
 arte.
 Justice To All
 Recognizing that l am indebted for our party, and that my election must
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