Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-19
DAILY ARIZONA SILVER BELT


assent to every tribute which has beer
paid to the candidates so far presented
1t is assumed that every man who pre-
sents himself for this distinguished com
mission is able, is Of unimpeachable in
tegrity, and tried in public service.
Wisconsin offers her candidate to tn.
nation, not because he is her favoritc
son, not because We know him and love
him, not because of his ability, integ
rity, and experience alone, but because
in him we know there Is embodied in
ideal poise and balance those other
splendid elements and attributes which
most nearly respond to the requirements
of the hour and demands of the people
and which along qualify for leadership
in this great national crisis.
The paramount problem pressing fol-
solution today has no parallel in the
economic or industrial history Of man
In a generation since the war Of the
rebellion we have rushed ut runaway
pace from industrial freedom to indus.
trial oligarchy. The issue is domes.
tic, not foreign problem. No Aeet
around the Horn or trip through the
Orient can distract the attention of the
people from this central truth. 1t is
an issue, not of the creation of new
wealth; 1t Is an issue Of the assimila-
ton and distribution Of wealth now BE-.
ing normally created; the shipping and
consuming classes are awake and they
demand relief.
Our failure to revise the tariff has
contributed TO these conditions. Seven
years we have marched through the wa.
ters Of the Red Sea and the waters
have been withheld by the hands of a
patient suffrage. In the wonder change
thus wrought We have leaped from the
field of inaividuahsm and competition
into the new era Of corporate monopoly
and government regulation. The epoch
and the problem are new. The respon.
sibility is overwhelming.
Whether man or set of men pre-.
cipitated that panic, do not know,
but whether they did or did not, de-
clare that no sane man will rise 10 chal.
lenge the statement that at their within
or caprice they could precipitate panic
while we nre here in the midst of our
deliberations, n panic which would
bring the sting of suffering to every
home in this republic of eighty million
free men. l know, moreover, that when
the panic was upon US the country
looked not to the president and con.
gress for relief, but raised its hands in
abject appeal to Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Rockefeller.
The end is not yet. The forces which
have produced this brutal perversion of
industry are more actively patential
today than in the past. The govern
ment must regulate, and regulate with
an iron hand. In this and this alone
can We make successful stand against
the advent of socialism.
You know something of the furious
warfare which has gone forward in Wis
consin during those years. 1t was
holy war in the peoples cause. Year
after year, riding the saddle by night
and by day, his sword was never
sbeathed. When the way was dark he
kept the fires lighted upon the hills;
when the people wearied his strong arm
was about them.
Behold the harvesti In Wisconsin
we have real primary law, truth lives,
and the people rule. In Wisconsin our
railroads pay their equitable share of
the public burden. We inapgurated, in
the Prudential and Equitable Life suits.
the first rebellion against the insurance
abuses in this country. We have
complete civil service law and the spoils
system has vanished. We regulate our
railroads and our public service corpora.
lions completely in matters of rates
and service. We have outlined the leg
islative lobby. We have abolished the
bribery of free passes. We determine
the selection of our United States SEN
ators by popular vote. We have en-
tered upon the conservation of our
mines, and our forests, and our water
powers. Not property or personal
right has been unjustly invaded or emo.
fscated. .
We believe that the pioneer in this
movement who was good enough to
break the STUBBORN soil and plant the
seed, is good enough to reap the golden
harvest and bring it home to the peo-
pic in it's bounty. Through all the years
Robert M. La Toilette has stood like
"a bold mountain about whose SUBMITS
the hurricanes have raved in vain and
upon whose base the angry waves have
beat their surge, mistaken and unshak
able.' For ten years he has carried
this war upon the point of his sword
and from the light that cleaned from
his shining blade was lit the blaze that
carried forward the war in Wisconsin. |
fired the heart Of Roosevelt, and today.
like the face of the morning, il leading
the national crusaders along the path
way Of reform.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. |
Wisconsin offers her foremost citizen.
Robert NJ. La Toilette.
Hanley dominates Fairbanks.
Governor Hanly nominated Charles |
Warren Fairbanks for president in the
speech:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF. the
A great dominant party !