Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26

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with the sense to encourage all honest
businesses along legitimate lines, he will
be overwhelmingly elected, and his cleo
ton will be of incaleulable benefit to the
country.
.'1he country needs a government which
will encourage all legitimate business
men and will compel business to be legft-
innate. =
The country needs government which
will adopt for the benefit of business
conditions Gen. Grants immortal motto:
Let Us Have Peace.
Let us have peace. but with honor
with the interest of the public considered
first and above all, but without any I'M
necessary interference with business after
the interests Of the public have been
properly protected.
Let us have peace. and let us have
definite policy of constructive legislation
which will insure peace.
Let us have peace and harmony and
cooperation and prosperity. Let us
proceed to the creation of the greatest
possible wealth and to just and equable
division and distribution of wealth. not
for the benefit of any favored classes, but
for the general advantage of the whole
community"
Taft's Prospects Of Nomination.
do you think Mr.. Taft will be the
! republican nominee?"
II think Mr.. Taft will be the republican
| nominee II his cold will only continue
| long enough and keep him at home long
! enough: If he will only stay in Wash
| ington and attend to the public business
| that he was elected by the people to at
| tend to and no longer go campaigning
| about the country seeking reelection.
The best claims and credentials of any
| President for reelection are the records
| of his beneficial achievements. Those rec
| ords can best be made by work in Wash
| ington, instead of by words throughout
| the country.
Il think the American people have a
great respect for the Office of President,
| and that they do not like to see their
president careering about the country
| term.
Il think that Mr.. Taft has injured
| himself in every one of his junkets, and
| that he would be immeasurably stronger
with the people today if he had stayed In
! Washington and spent his time in the
public service instead of in personal
solicitation.
only Mr. Taft can prevent his own
nomination, but Mr.. Taft's election will
| depend not only upon Mr.. Taft. but also,
and more particularly, upon the demo-
cratic nomination. If that Is a wise one,
popular one and truly democratic
one not Taft nor any other republican
will win in this election"
chances OF In1rd TICKET.
''Wil the progressives nominate third
ticket?"
/ Il do not think the progressive re-
publicans. alone will nominate a third
ticket, even though they should be great
| ~ diSsatisfie with the regular repub-
| llcan nomination, but it is possible, in
| cact, probable, that if the republican con-
vention should nominate a reactionary
candidate and the democratic convention
should nominate reactionarS candidate
| the republican and democratic progress
sives would then unite in third party
nominate third ticket and elect it.
| Il feel confident that such ticket, if
a representative one. would be elected.
| The vast majority of the people of this
| country have come to be progressives.
| They are tired of reactionary policies,
/ they are tired of unmeaning and unavail-
| ing promises of reform from the old
parties. They are perhaps, each one hops
| full that his particular party will be the
party of genuine progress and REFORM but
! they are all ready, after their own party
| betrays them, to desert it and to unite
with the progressives of the opposing
/ party to form new and genuine pro-
| gressive party.
| Principle has become more potent than
party ties with the majority of the peo-
pie of this country The era of education
| has passed. The era of conviction and
! action has come. The people have dis
|
| what Is necessary to set ii right. Parties
| must proceed in accordance with the
| public will or they, will secure no public
| support.
| The prospects of success for the demo-
| cratic party are bright not merely be-
cause the republican party has been in
/ different to the demands Of the people,
| but because the democratic party in Con-
| gress and in most of the states OF the
| Union has been sincerely and successfully
| endeavorlng TO carry out the will of the
people.
Confidence in the Democrats.
1.-The democratic party has largely re-
gained the confidence of the people, which
| for long time it had lost. In Congress
| it has shown itself capable as well as
| conscientious, judicious as well as pro-
| gressive. It was given a trial in the last
! election, and where it has shown its
| worth it has retained the public support
| In New York. where ii has shown itself
| corrupt and incompetent, it has been in
| continently elected from power. and this
/ Is a sincere satisfaction to all good citi-
! zens and to all good democrats. 1t makes
the democratic contrast clear, the patri-
otto lesson plain.
IF the democratic party shall NOM
mate true progressive democrats on a