The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-21
TOM MaRsHALL,s SENSIBLE TALK

TOM MARsHALLs SENSIBLE TALK
Governor Marshall OF Indiana, the
democratic candidate for vice presi-
dent on being notified of his nominal
ton, at Indianapolis Tuesday, respond
ed in a speech showing plainly that he
Is a proper running mate for Wilson,
level-headed man Of progressive views,
with a clear comprehension OF public
affairs and a deep sympathy for the
feelings and needs OF the common peo-
pie. Governor Marshall attacked the
republican party on the grounds that
IL had fostered special privilege to the
point of making men everywhere so
cialistic in theory il not in conduct. In
this connection he said:
1T is idle for a thoughtful man in
America, whether millionaire or pau
per, TO longe rplay ostrich. Safe
~ does not consist in hiding ones
head in the sands of either sentiment
or hope. 1t is foolish for the vastly
rich to keep on insisting that more
and more shall be added to their rich
es through a special system Of special
legislation ostensibly enacted to run
the government. in reality enacted to
loot the people.
1T IS worse than ignorance for
them to smile at the large body of in
telngent Americans who regard them
selves as fortunate If the debit and
credit accounts of life balance at the
end of the year, and to assume that
the mighty many, who are becoming
convinced that the social system that
we call democracy is but a glittering
generality, will long endure the indus
trial slavery being produced.
The Danger of Discomfort
Whether voting the ticket or not.
men everywhere looking upon the aw
full injustice of this economic system
are becoming socialistic in theory if
not in conduct.
"And shall any fair minded man say
that il ii rebounds to the interests of
the people of this country that a hun
dred men shall control it's business to
the good Of everyone, that there is
anything fallacious in the theory that
government instead of transferring
business to a favored few for the ben
eft of all should itself discharge that
business for the benefit of all?
81 do not hesitate to say that il II
be impossible to restore this republic
to its ancient ideals, which l do no
believe, and 1 must make the ultimate
choice between the paternalism of tn,
few and the socialism of the many
count me and my house with the throb
bling heart of humanity.
THE discomfort in republican rank
Is democratic discomfort. How mucl
OF 1t has reached the point where wea
fled with the bad workings of goo,
system, il. is willing to topple that sys
tenn over and try something new,
cannot prophesy.
But Three Grades of Citizens
But 1 am quite sure that what
ever badges men may wear in Amer
lea this year, whatever ballots the
may cast and whatever battle erie
they may utter, there are but thre
grades of citizens
The first grade is made up of tn
favored few, their hangers-on an
their beneficiaries, who think tn
eagle is upon the dollar not as an EN-
blem OF liberty but as an emblem O
power and who look upon the govern
ment as an annex to their bushes
affairs; these are they who in the pas
years of republican misrule have turn
ed the temple of constitutional free
dom into a money-changers' mart an
have made of the coordinate branche
of the government obeisant lackeys G
the jingling guinea.
THE second consists of those who's
outlook upon life has been enlarge
by the civilization under which W
live, who have been taught by til
school and the college, by the pres
and the magazine, who appreciate tn
good things Of life. whose horizon ha
hnnV
joy and sorrow has been increased
Conditions have become unbearabI
to them. They have reached the poir
where, in the struggle for that whic
they believe to be right. they are will
ing to destroy the ideals of the 7,
public. How many of these there ar
/ do not know, but do know that sp,
cial privilege in the republic is breed
ing them day by day like rabbits in
warren.
THE third grade of citizens it plea:
es me to call old fas hioned constitl
tional democrats. These are they WI
believe that the equality of mankir
does not consist in an equality of bra
and Drawn. but in an equality wheret
every man, native and foreign Dor
has an inalienable right to exercise a
of his ability in getting on in the wor
just so he realizes that in getting c
he owes it to himself, to his fami
and to the republic to see to ii that
gets on honestly and that he does n
prevent any other man from obtainir
the reward of his honesty and ente
prise.
These old-fashioned democrats b.
=. lieve in making money, but they b
lieve every dollar made should
so clean that an infant may cut /
teeth upon it. And they hold that
is no part of government to boost OF
man and boot another"