The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-24
CHANGE NEEDED
SAYSSENATOR
GORE

people at the democratic rally in
the armory last night, and both re-
publicans and democrats, though
he toasted republican principles
with the fire of his words, ac-
knowledge they spent a most
pleasant two hours, during which
they learned much and laughed
more.
They've been coming to the
west for their wheat and gold,
declared the speaker, land we have
been going to the east for our
presidents. But this year we will
go them one better and throw in a
president
There is nothing on earth | love
quite so well as few republicans.
The best republicans on earth live
there are altogether too many of
them.
Republicans are not knaves and
fools-they are honest men, and
we know they are not fools be-
cause they've skinned us. They
don't act like they have as much
sense as we, but then, they have.
Republicans struck the shackles
from 100000 human slaves. To
day the party worships at the feet
of Mammon. 1t is not the same
party Lincoln belonged to. Great
men have abandoned the party
since Lincoln's time. They were
the men who nurtured it and only
abandoned it when it abandoned
its principles and them.
You republicans before me can
emulate these men, not in nurtur-
ing the party as they did, but by
abandoning it and thus share in
their glory. The party to find
refuge in is the democratic party
"a. haven for those whose party
has forsaken them.
Equality, high and low, before
the law is the cornerstone of
liberty.
People of each state have the
right to elect their own senators,
and all of you who believe that,
hold up your hand. Those opposed
go and hide your faces. The re-
publicans declared against it; it
was killed in congress by the al
most unanimous republican vote.
Il used to denounce Hamilton for
advocating election of senators for
life, but since | drew the sawed-off
term in Oklahoma I'm beginning
to think Hamilton's scheme would
be good in my case. Don't tell Ok
lahoma | said that, though.
Democrats believe in the United
States of America the republicans
believe in the United Trusts of
America.
Democrats don't believe, like
the ancient tories, that the king can
do no wrong. When Uncle Joe
Cannon assemblies his congress in
his capitol in his United States,
this time there will be nothing do
ing. The laboring man who loves
his family and his country should
vote for Goodyear. Make the re-
publican candidate put into writing
that he will not vote for Cannon, |
who is labor's arch enemy. That |
is the only way to protect your
rights and country.
Eve don't believe men should
get without earning or earn with.
out getting. The republicans be
lieve in them both. Democrats are
opposed to both, Honest labor and
honest capital are entitled to
equality before the law. Centraliza-
ton of political and industrial
power is believed in by the repub-
licans. The trusts tax the gar
ments of the living and sentiments
of the dead. If they could they
would charge the infant at its
mothers breast so much a dram.
Your wife's stove pays tribute
to the steel trust; when she
klndles She fires land take it for
granted she kndles the fires be.
cause you men look it to mel, she
kneels down before the wood trust:
when she pours on the oil there's
the oil trust; when she lights the
fire she burns incense to the
match trust she makes coffee and
bows to the tinplate trust; even
the coffee is in the nust-the acorn
and sawdust trust. Sawdust is
great ingedient of cheap coffee.
It's all right, but some trouble to
get used to.
THE beef trust is the worst in
the shebang / voted to force each
packer TO endorse on the cans the
Kind OF disease the animal died
of. Our Oklahoma cattlemen ship
whole carloads of cattle to the
east and don't have enough left
when the beef trust gets through
with them to buy a meal. They
have to go to a cheap restaurant
aud eat some coid tongue and some
oNtail soup In order to make both
ends meet.
Il want some republican under
taker or sexton to tell me the