The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-07
CONFESSION OF
FAITH RECEIVED
BY. PROGRESSIVES


Concluded from Page One,l
dangerous revolution. The Demo
cratic party, as is indicated by It
present record in Congress. lacks tn,
lcommon sense, and the Republican
tparty, by its record OF stolen dele
gates at the Chicago convention
lacks the ethical standards. "Tht
men who presided over the Chicago
and Baltimore Conventions, and the
| great bosses who controlled the tive
Conventions-Mr Root and Mr., Par
| ker, Mr.. Barnes and Mr. Murphy
| Mr.. Penrose and Mr. Taggart, Mr.
| Guggenheinl and Mr.. Sufliran-dif-
fer from one another, of course, on
certain points. but these are the diff
ferences which one corporation law
| yer has with another corporation
lawyer when acting for different cor
poratiiRs. They come together at
once as against a common enemy
when the dominion of both is threat
ened by the supremacy of the people
of the United States. Ii this coun-
try is really to go forward along a
path of social and economic Justice,
there must be new party of Ma
tion-wide and non-sectional prin-
ciples, party where the titular Ma
tional chiefs and the real State lead
ers shall be in geheuIne accord, a
party in whose counsels the people
shall be supreme, party that shall
represent in the Nation and the sew
eral states alike the same cause. the
cause of human rights and of gov
ernmental efficiency" The reasser.
tion of the States's rights doctrine
of the Democratic party cripples and
forecloses any real or genuine RELIEF
to the people. 1t reduces their prom
ises to hopeless and empty phrases.
The mission and spirit OF this Pro-
gressiye movement will thrill the
Republic from end to end,
niSnt Vi the IcUplS.
"The actions Of the Chicago con-
vention, and to an only less degrees
Of the Baltimore convention, have
shown in striking fashion how littl5
the people do rule under our presen
conditions" In order to assure this
popular rule Mr. Roosevelt urged tn
adoption of Presidential primaries
popular election of Senators, thu
short ballot, an efficient corrupt prac
ices act, qualified use Of the militia
tive, referendum and recall. The re
call should be applied to admins
tratiye officers Mfr, Roosevelt as
serts that the adoption OF these new
methods of politicar administration
rs not antagonistic TO Representa-
live government "All | desire to dc
by securing more direct control OF
the governmental agents and repre-
sentatives of the people Is to give
The people the chance to make their
really rrepresnt then
whenever the Government becomes
misrepresentation instead OF repre-
sentative. I have not come TO this
way OF thinking from closet study
or as a mere matter of theory; ]
have been forced to it by a long ok
perience with the actual conditions
of our political life"
Cnurfs ami the paonIe
Under this head Mr.. Roosevelt
strongly emphasizes the necessity
Of the sovereign people preserving q
check on every branch OF public ser
vice. Under this head Mr.. Roosevelt
'eiterates his now weil-known views
regarding the courts. "The Ameri-
can people, and not the courts, are
to determine their own fundamental
policies" This does not mean that
the people are TO interfere in cases
which involve questions Of justic
between individuals except thai
means should be devised for making
II easier than at present to get rid
of an incompetent judge"
Control Trusts.
In addition to punishment for
wreng-doing by the trusts, the i'm
1erative demand is effective anu
complete regulation. The views Of
President Van Hise, of the Uniyer
sity of Wisconsin, in his scientific
work on trust regulation are In har-
mony with the program OF the Ma
tional Progressives. THE present
conditions of business cannot be ac-
accepted as satisfactory. The req
son for this is explained. in Mr.
Rooseyelt's opinion, by the fact thai
those dealing with the subject have
attempted to divide into two camps
each as unwise as the other" One
| camp has fixed its attention only on
| the need for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to the big men on top, trusting tc
their mercy to let something leah
through to the mass of their coun.
trymen below, which, in effect
means that there should be nc
attempt to regulate the ferociout
scramble in which greed and Gun
ming reap the largest rewards"
4 1t is imperative to the welfare O
our people that we enlarge and ex
tend our foreign commerce. We ar.
pre-emtnently fitted to do this be
cause as a people we have developed