The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-11-01
Sea Girt, N. j., oct. 10, 1912.

Sea Girt, N. j., Oct. 10, 1919.
To the Voters Of America:
am glad to have an opportunity to state very
simply and directly why am seeking to be elect
ed President of the United States. feel very
deeply that this is not ambition man should
entertain for his sake. He must seek to
serve cause, and must know very clearly what
cause it is he is seeking to serve.
The cause enlisted in lies very plain
60 my own view; The Government of the United
States, bound by the policies ch have
become characteristic of Repub1i can admin stra-
tton in recent years, is not free to serve the
whole people impartia11y, and it ought to be
free. 1t has been tied up' whether deliberately
or merely by unintenti ona1 devel opment, with
particular interests, which have used their pow
er, both to control the government and to
troll the industrial development Of the country.
1t must be freed from such entangl ements and al
liances. Unit it is freed, it cannot serve the
people as a whole. Until it is freed, it cannot
undertake any programme of social and economic
betterment, but must be checked and thwarted at
every turn by its patrons and masters.
In practically every speech that make,
put at the front of what have to say the ques-
t1on OF the tariff au the question OF the trusts
but not because sf any thought of party egy,
because believe the solution of these ques-
tions to lie at the very heart of the bigger
question, whether the government shall be free
not. The government is not free because it
has granted special favors to particular classes
by means Of the tariff The to whom these
special favors have been granted have formed
great combinations by which to control enter
prise and determine the prices Of commodities.
They could not have done this had it not been for
the tariff. No party, therefore, which does not
propose to take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely in the markets Of the
country sees even much as the most elementary
part of the method by which the government is
ITO be set free.
The control to which tariff legislation has
4ed, both in the field of politics and in the
field Of business, is what has produced the most
odious feature of present political situa-
tton, namely, the absolute domination of power
fu1 bosses. Bosses cannot exist without bust-
ness alliances. With them politics is hardly
dtstingui shable from business. Bosses maintain
their control because they allied with men
Who wish their assistance in order to get
tracts, in order to obtain special legislative
advantages, in order to prevent reforms viii
will interfere with monopoly with their en-
joyment Of special exemptions. Merely as po1tt-
1cal leaders, not backed by money, not supported
by securely intrenched special interests /bosses
would be entirely manageable and comparatively
power1ess. By freeing the government, there
fore, we at the same time break the power of the
BOSS. He trades, he does not govern. He ar
ranges, he does not lead. He sets the stage for
what the people are to do he does not act as
their agent or servant, but as their directory
For him the real business of politics is done
,under cover.
The same means that Will set the government
gree from the influences which now constantly