The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-29
P|NCHOT MAKES
A STRONG TALK
OLD PARTY TIES ARE SLIPPING
OFF, ACCORDING 70 HIs
JUDGMENT.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Belong TO People and Should be Kept
in Their Hands-Pinchot's Ad-
dress at Detroit Cham
ber Commerce. q


Detroit, Oct 2S.--Gifford Pinenot
tonight before the Detroit Chamber
Of Commerce, delivered an address
dealing with the political feeling
throughout the notion. He said.
Since early In June | have been
travelling almost continuously, and
bave had a fair chance to come in
contact aud estimate the public sen
timent In all the great divisions of
our country Using the Information
thus secured from contact with men
Of many occupations and varieties
of political belief In many localities
! have tried to write down an esti-
mate Of the composite opinion or the
voters OF all parties In the east. the
south. the Mississippi valley, and the
Pacific coast on certain public uues-
tions. What have written makes
no pretense To be complete. And
the task is not without difficulty
Opinions fercely held In some parts
Of the country, In others have not
yet risen 40 the surfaceas public is
sues. The underlying fact. as |
found it everywhere, was deep-seatet
nowerful indignation over the Unequal
ity of opportunity everywhere known
to exist. and the firm determination
Ito put an end to 1t BoniAhpE, ana
that boon. "NtN III
If we could hear the voice 0f all
the people upon some current issues.
1t would think, declare itself in
substance ais follows:
believe the people should. diEect,y
HoiniRates eject control, 3isI
thaIr own leg slative REPRESENTATIVES,
| believe in publicity Of campaign
contributions and eypenes both be-
fore and after election, and In strict
ly limiting by law the amount that
may be spent and the manner Of
spending IL.
believe that II should be unlawful
for any lawmaker or other public
servant to be employed by or to re-
oeive compensation from any inter
state or public service corporate on. or
for any public servant appointed and
not elected to office to be an officer
In any political party or organization
or to attend any convention.
! believe 1t should he unlawful for
any lobbyist or other representative
OF any interest TO advocate or op-
pose any measure to any legislative
committee without first publicly reg
lister ne bis name, the nature of his
compensation, and the name of his
employer.
believe that the most pressing
| patriotic duty OF today Is 10 revive
popular government by driv ne the
that complete publicity Of all the at.
| fairs of every Interstate and public
| sery co corporation is necessary 10
that end.
believe that corporations have
certain rights that should be respect
ed, brit they have no political rights,
powers, or duties, and they should
have no representatives In congress,
IN the cabinet, or on the bench
I believe that the special interests
through their control of politics and
business, and principally by means OF
the tariff, are mainly responsible for
the exorbitant cost Of living,
+ believe that the Payne-Aldrich
tariff was made by the servants OK
special privilege for the benefit and
according TO the orders of their mas
ters, and that whea congress and the
president enacted and approved u,
over the just protest OF the progres'
sives, they broke faith with the peo-
pie.
he1iese that the credit for good
laws recently passed In congress he
longs to the progressives of both par
ties, who amended bad bills in the
public interest, rather than to the
administration, whicN drafted and
advocated the bad ones.
believe that the old party ties are
slipping off; that the progressives In
both parties are the true representa-
tives of their parties and Of the
people; and the public welfare has
become stronger motive with the
people than partizan success.
! believe that the people have lost
confidence III congrss. because con
gress as whole no longer represents
the people who elect II. but the spe-
cial interests who control II,
believe that Cannon and Aid icn
and all they represent, are pass ns
rapidly away, and that better timc
is coming, when the people will con
troll.
| believe the people must protect
themselves against the special inter
ests IN state and nation alike; that
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