The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-11-03

mower to levy an income tax. A,
not think and l do not think sucS
amendment was necessary. II
nevertheless. our duty to adopt !,
that course has been taken.
Mr.. Chairman: Time forhjde q,
discussion in detail of other ma,,s
Labor and its rightful portion of ~
prosperity and comforts and onnas
tunities of our great industrial dew,
onment: labor as to its duty to itsaIs,
the enforcement of men in public a.
Vice from the professional or emoIo.
ed relation to the business institnt,o
concerning which they are called mas
to Iegislate; the bringing of all mn
ters of government as close IN ~
people as efficiency and expediana
will permit; these are all matters !,
great moment hut must be discus,es
in detail at another time.
Some people profess to entertain
fear that many OF the things pronosos
are radical and revolutionary, menso
ing to a safe and stable government
When it can be shown to me that
particular proposition is huitful =
hazardous to my government or win
work a distinct and substantial chanaa
in our framework of government
will forego its advocacy. My nro'
found faith in our great frame-wor,
of government is such that | wouiS
yield rather than place my view
against the views of those who eavS
| us our institutions.
Not Revolutionary or Menaclne
| But my friends, these things a..
not revolutionary or menacing 10 ors
! institutions-these things are revolr
| tionary and menacing which INNS
i eventually transpire unless we act
In hA
powers of government which we hava
distributed just as they are now sis'
tributed. IL they cannot be done then
the government is doomed anywav4
then the fathers failed to provide ~,
these conditions. After all. the conser.
vatives, the friends of our instim.
tions are those who would adjust tha
operations of government to new in
dustrial conditions, that justice NAV
continue to be administered and rights
protected-the first foundation ~
government without which, whatever
1t may be in name. whether monarch
! or republic, it will not long endure
Mr.. Chairman, the old order
changeth. 1t is farthest from NV
thoughts to seek to cloud the glory Of
the past know and l believe | fnllv
appreciate the worth and inspiratior
of the marvellous record of the "a
years of Republicanism which lies
back of us. 1t is aside from NV
t thoughts also to indulge in personal
) criticism of those veteran leaders Of
our party who cling with peculiar
! tenacity to things as they We're. I
have learned that 1t is often a dan.
gerous thing and some times a cruel
? thing to challenge the motives NJ
: men. But it Is proper thing and
: sometimes necessary thing to at
h tack the measures of men. But the
: fact is we are dealing with new con.
d1tions The old system does not ana
: cannot meet the requirements of thu
: hour.
e Business and Politics.
n The gigantic scale upon which
u business is now being carried on. Thu
! elimination from the field of industr
! OF the law of competition has com
u PEELED the government to assum
e vastly greater and more extensiy
h functions. This in return has arouse
# gigantic effort upon the part Q
lr those whose business affairs are al
s. Iected and inspired a determinatio
n to legislate. These forces have enter
lie ed politics somewhat upon the i'm
e mense scale they have entered bus
L. ness. We are now engaged in meetin
III THESE conditions, seeking to determir
re whether or not our government. oil
lie people are wise enough and courag
al gus enough 10 give to all fair chant
id IN the industrial world and ecu
st rights in matters of government. &c
f. tainly 1t must be apparent that II
A. task is sufficient to engage the be
IT. EFFORTS of great people.
Hence this breaking loose al
in breaking up. This Is why politics h
ne left its haunts and sought the ope
a This is why men have broken fro
ne the sitting atmosphere of the cauc
r. and are looking for direction and su
lie port In the forum of public discr
ty sion. They want a party roor
n enough within which to breathe tn
de want the widest latitude for discl
a. sion, they want the utmost freedC
n OF debate, they want that indeper
IN ence OF thought and personal respC
~ sibillty which characterizes earn
AZ men. They want publicity in polit
as we'll as in business. They want
a. party whose unity and harmony ari
,sa out OF and flow from a common
ars lief In and common fight for
&c cepted principles of government
ny me only kind of harmony we can e
- 81 hope to have again. They want
harmony which arises from convict
" rather than that of machine dictati
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