The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
,loved to defeat the will of the people

plOyed TO QeIeaC LQo Will OI tHe peoPio
is found in the rules of the House OF
Representatives. The people cannot
rule unless they can control the House
Of Representatives, and through their
representatives in the House give eX-
preston to their purposes and their
desires The Republican party is
committed to the methods now in
vogue in the House of Representa-
tives; the Democratic party is pledged
to such a revision of the rules as
will bring the popular branch of the
Federal Government into harmony
with the idea of those who framed
our Constitution and founded our Gov
ernment.
Issues to Be Discussed Later.
"'Shall the people rule? l repeat,
is declared by our platform to be the
over-shadowing question; and as the
campaign progresses | shall take oc-
casion to discuss this question as it
manifests itself in other issues; for,
whether we consider the tariff ques-
ton, the trust question, the railroad
question, the banking question, the
labor question, the question of i'm
perialism, the development of our
waterways, or any other of the num-
erous problems which press for So
luton, we shall find that the real
question involved in each is, whether
the Government shall remain mere
business asset of favor-seeking cor
porations or be an instrument in the
hands of the people for the advance
ment of the common veal.
Defender of Honest Wealth.
eve may expect those who have
committed larceny Dy 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 pur-
poses, 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 steadfast protector of that wealth
which represents 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 re-
tain the power to regulate and to con-
troll them, and that it should not per-
NIT any corporation to convert itself
into a monopoly. Surely we should
have the cooperation of all legiti-
mate corporations in our effort to pro-
tect business and industry from the
ndium which lawless combinations
of capital will if unchecked cast upon
them. Only by the separation 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 students 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 finger to-
day; it may cost an arm tomorrow
or a life the newt day. So poison in
the body polite cannot be removed
too soon, for the evils produced by
it increase with the lapse of time.
Divine Law of Rewards.
There is Divine Jaw of rewards.
When the Creator gave us the earth,
with it's fruitful soil, the sunshine
with it's warmth and the rains with
their moisture, He proclaimed, as
clearly as if His voice had thundered
from the clouds, Go work, and accord
ing to your industry and your intel
lligence, so shall be your reward.
Only where might has overthrown,
cunning undermined or government
suspended this law, has different
law prevailed To conform the Gov
ernment to this law ought to be the
ambition of the statesman; and no
party can have a higher mission than
to make it reality wherever govern
ments can legitimately operate.
Recognizing that | am indebted for
my nomination to the rank and file
of our party, and that my election
must come, if it comes at all, from
the unpurchased and unpurchasable
suffrages of the American people,
promise, If intrusted with the respon-
sibilities of this high office, to conse-
crate whatever ability l 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 everyone
the highest possible stimulus 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 occupation, profession or
calling he devotes himself"