The Calumet news., 1912-09-16
Governor Marshall In Address
Refers to Practical Work of
Roosevelt Men
ARE OECEIvINe THE VOTERS
Resort to Trickery to Gain Votes
Declares the Candidate

Kansas City. Kas.. Sept. 16.-"Never
fas the black flag of piracy floated
above the political seas as now; never
was 1t saluted with so much honor
declared Governor Thos. r. Marshall
Democratic nominee FOR vice presi-
dent, In speech here today before the
national Croatian convention.
I'm all my political career have
never asked anybody TO vote for me;
] DO not propose to do so now. ! am
unfit for public office IL my personal
preferment is more potent than the
triumph of the cause ] advocate. He
Is not a good soldier who is not willing
to sacrifice himself i'm an effort to save
his party standard. My personality
is of slight moment to the voters of
this country unless they believe in my
party platform. and is II my intent, If
| elected. 10 help carry out its pledges.
have no quarrel with the man who
| disagrees with me with reference to
the Democratic platform. He may be
| right, much as / doubt 1t.
"This principle is vital That every
man in America has the right to run
! for Office and to vote for whomsoever
he chooses.
when matters of great pith and
| moment are involved. a party is not
dealing honestly with the voters un-
less It declares it's principles and
| pledges its candidates to maintain them.
A vote obtained through dissimulation
la wrongfully obtained.
| Gould anything be more piratical
| than the open boast of the Roosevelt
men that they kept still and waited
until the Maine election had been car
ried before declaring their principles?
Every regular Republican vote obtain
| cd I'm this way In the state OF Maine
was fully as dishonest as the votes in
the Chicago Nconvention which nom
mated Taft.
"A party that opens its political
meetings with prayer and sings on
ward. Christian soldiers and claims
TO be the embodiment of pure politics
/
honest enough not to deceive the voter.
not TO dssembe. and not to resort to
legal technicalities in order to force
the voter either to vote for candidates
he does not desire i'm office or to vote
against his principles.
"The Progressives claim to be di-
vorced from the Republican party on
the ground of non support They have
renounced that party and all its works
and all its ways. They claim that
the Republican party is even worse
than the Democratic party; yet here
i'm the state of Kansas they propose
10 place the Republican emblem above
their progressive electors and there
nv force the Taft Republicans to do
one Of three things, none of which
they want to do--to vote the Progress
i've ticket; to Note against their prln-
ciples and for the Democratic ticket;
or To stay away from the polls ano
not vote at all
"That may be a mark of slick poll
tics. but il is not a mark of honest
| rolitics. | should like to win the votes
| of the Tart RepuDlcdhS III r''''"''
| provided they really want to vote TOT
me. but / insist that If they do not
want II vote for me. they should nave
the right. as American citizens. to vote
for Mr.. Sherman.
"There can be no doubt as to th9
duty of governor whose state faces
this condition of affairs. He shoulu
at once convene his Legislature 20
change the states election laws. EV-
erv man i'm Kansas should have
chance to vote for the candidates ne
desires i'm office. It is also the duty 81
your governor to see that the Repuon-
can party has it's ticket upon the pal
lot and under its emblem.
"I cannot speak for my distinguish
Il al associate. for whose election | most
honestly plead. but | truthfully say fo'
myself that my ideas of government
make me prefer the loss of Kansas
when the men of this state have hao
.. chance to vote as they desire 70
the winning of Kansas through po-
utical trick. such as Is being WORKED
here-a trick which would III become
candidate for constable.