Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12

side of equal rights, and invites the
| opposition of those who use politics
| to secure special privileges and gov
| ornamental favoritism. Guaging the
progress of the nation not by the hap
| few, but by the prosperity and ad-
yancement of the average man. the
democratic party charges the republi-
can party with being the promoter of
present abuses, the opponent of neces-
sary remedies and the only bulUark
of private monopoly. The democratic
lparty affirms that in this campaign it
is the only party having a prospect
lof success, which stands for justice
in government and for equity in the
division of the fruits of industry.
| 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 is
sues. and to employ the livery of
! Heaven TO conceal their evil purposes,
but they can no longer deceive The
democratic party is not the enemy OF
any legitimate industry or of honest
accumulations. 1t is. on the contrary,
a friend of industry and the stead
: fast protector of that wealth which
represents service to society. The
democratic party does not seek to an
J itihlate all corporations; it simply as
serts that as the government creates
: corporations it must retain the power
to regulate and TO control them, and
that it should not permit any corpora
ton to convert itself into monopoly
Surely we should have the cooperation
of all legitimate corporations in our
effort to protect business and indus
try from the odium which lawless
combinations of capital will. if I'M
checked cast upon them. Only by
the separation of the good from the
bad can the good be made secure.
t Not Revolution, But Reformation.
= "The democratic party seeks not
e revolution but reformation, and | need
s. hardly remind the student of history
l. that cures are mildest when applied
at once; that remedies increase in
e pcLed. Blood poisoning may be stop
r ped by the loss of a finger today; il
IS may cost an arm tomorrow or a life
e the next day. SO poison in the body
S. polite can not be removed too soon
1t for the evils produced by it increase
O. with the lapse of time. That there
lie ere abuses which need to be rene
hn "a (
n, admits; that his party is unable t.
H. remedy them, has been fully demon
~ strated during the last 10 years.
n have such confidence in the intelli
H. gence as well as the patriotism of th'
Is people, that | can not doubt thei
O. readiness TO accept the reasonable re
lie forms which our party proposes
ut rather than permit the continues
e growth of existing abuses to hurry TIL
ie country on to remedies more radica
ie and more drastic.
III THE platform of cur party close
gu with a brief statement of the party
IDEAL. 1t favors such an administrs
NJ ton of the government as will insure
lr as far as human wisdom can, tina
|
" reward commensurate with his cor
~ tribution TO the welfare of society,"
Governments are good in propo
- ton as they assure to each membe
nh of society, so far as governments cal
- a return commensurate with indivit
nd ual merit
is There is a Divine law of rewards
in When the Creator gave us the eartl
C. with its fruitful soil, the sunshin
oh with it's warmth, and the rains wit
no their moisture, He proclaimed, a
~. clearly as if His voice had thundere
nc from the clouds. Go work, and a
On cording TO your industry and your il
is Only where might has overthrow
he cunning undermined or governmer
he suspended this law, has a differer
"a law prevailed. To conform the go
if eminent to this law ought to be tn
,or ambition of the statesman: and n
es. party can have a higher mission tina
ad to make. it a reality wherever govern
he ments can legitimately operate.
err Recognizing that | am indebte
err for my nomination to the rank an
us file of our party. and that my electio
we must come. if it comes at all, frol
w. the unpurchased and unpurchasab
mt suffrages of the American people.
of promise. if entrusted with the respo
an sibilities of this high office, to CO
pie seCrate whatever ability | have to IL
ION one purpose of making this. in fac
a government in which the peop
= rule-a government which will do ju
tioe TO all and offer to every one IL
The highest possible stimulus to great al
18th persistent effort, by assuring to eat
we the employment of his just share
in the proceeds of his toll, no matter
ers what part of the vineyard he labor
i've or TO what occupation, profession
oil calling he devotes himself"
eel VIII Issue Campaign Book.