The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-28

power to levy an income tax. did
not think and I do not think such
was necessary. It Is,
our duty to adopt it as
that course has been taken
Mr.. Chairman: Time fOrbids the
discussion in detail OF other matters.
Labor and its rightfuI portion Of the
prosperity and comforts and oppoT-
tunities Of our great Industrial deYel-
oprnent: labor az to its duty to itself;
the enforcement Of men in public ser
vice from the professional or employ
ed relation 70 the business institutions
concerning which they are called upon
to legislate; the bringing Of all mat
tiers Of government as close to the
people as efficiency and expediency
Will permit: these are all matters Of
great moment but must be discussed
in detail at another time.
Some people profess TO entertain a
fear that many Of the things proposed
are radical and revolutionary, rasnac-
ing To safe and stable government
When it can be shown to me that a
particular proposition Is hurtfuI or
hazardous to my government or will
work & distinct and substa initial change
in our framework Of government 7
will foFegO its advocacy. My pro-
found faith in orr great framework
! Of government Is such that I would
yield rather than place my views
against the views Of those who gave
us our institutions.
Not Revolutionary or Menaclng.
But my friends, these things are
not revolutionary or menacing 10 our
instItutions-these things are revoIu-
tkOnary and menacing which must
eventually transptre unless we act
All things may be done under the
powers of goyernm eut which we have.
distributed just as they are now dis
ETIbuLed- II they cannot be done then
the government is doomed anyway
then the fathers failed to provide for
these conditions. After all, the couser-
VatIVes, the friends Of our insCitu-
, tons are those who would adjust the
, operations Of government to new in
dustriaI conditions, that Justice NAV
continue to be administered and rights
protected-the first foundation Of
= government without which, whatever
i it may be in name, whether monarchy
e or republic, it will not long endure.
i Mr. Chairman, the old order
!, changEth. 1t is farthest from nv
I thoughts to seek to cloud the glory of
/ the past l know and believe I fully
!, appreciate the worth and inspiration
= or the marvellous record OF the so
I years of RepubIicanism which lies
d back Of Us. 1t is aside from my
Il thoughts also to indulge in personal
) criticism Of those veteran leaders of
: our party who cling with peculiar
h tenacity to things as they were. l
- have learned that it is often a dam
= gerous thing and some times a cruel
? thing to challenge the motives OF
= men. But 1t is a proper thing and
J. sometimes a necessary thing to at
h tack the measures Of men. But the
= TACT Is we are dealing with new con-
d dtttons- The old system does not and
, cannot meet the aVrz ,F -
> hour.
sc Business and Politics.
m The gigantic scale upon which
IL business is now being carried on tn,
/ elimination from the field Of fndustr7
l. or the law Of competition has com
ii PEELED the government to assum,
e vastly greater and more extensiy,
n functions. This in return has aroused
Of a gigantic effort upon the part o.
tr those whose business affairs are at
= TecLed and inspired determination
in to legislate. These forces have enter
le ed politics somewhat upon the i'm
e mense scale they have entered bust
l. ness. We are now engaged in meetins
Ill THESE conditions seeking to determin,
e whether or not our government, on,
le people are wise enough and courage
al Gus enough to give to all fair chanc
id in the Industrial world and equa
81 rights in matters of government. Ger
= fanny II must De apparent that tn
n task is sufficient to engage the bes
# efforts Of great people.
Hence this breaking loose an
IN breaking up. This is why politics ha
- left its haunts and sought the oper
a This is why men have broken fror
10 the sitting atmosphere of the caucu
- and are looking for direction and sur
u. port in the forum of public discus
~ sion They want a party room
- enough within which to breathe, the
a. want the widest latitude for discus
n1 sion, they want the utmost freedom
of debate, they want that indepenC
n ence OF thought and personal respoT
III sibility which Characterizes earnei
u men. They want publicity in polite
40 as well as in business. They want
at party whose unity and harmony arist
X out Of and flow from a common b,
Sc lief in and q common fight for a.
RS cepted principles of governmental
ne only kind OF harmony We can ev,
as hope to have again. They want II
Is harmony which arises from convictiC
to rather than that Of machine dictatto
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