Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-04

Sea c1rt. N. j.. oct. 10. 1912.
TO the Voters Of America:
I am glad to have an opportunity TO state very
simply and directly Why an. seeking to be e1eot-
cd President Of the United States. I feel very
deeply that this Is not an ambition man should
ent ertatn for his own sake. He must seek to
cause. and must know very clearly shat
cause It 1s he Is seeking to serve.
The cause am enlisted In lies very plain
to my own vievs Tho Government Of the United
States, nov bound by the policies which have
become eharaoteristto Of Republican admtutstra-
tton In recent years J. 4s not free to serve the
whole people 1mpartia11y, and It ought to be set&
free. It has been tied up, whether deliberately
particular 1nterests, which have used their pow
or, both to control the government and to con- 4
troll the industrial development Of the country.
It must be freed from suoh entang1 ements and ak
1tances. Until It Is freed, It cannot serve the
people as a whole. Until It Is freed. It cannot
undertake any programme Of social and economic
bett erment, but must be checked and thwarte cd at
every turn by It's patrons and masters.
In practically every speech that make.
put at tho front Of what have to say the Ques-
tion Of the tariff and the question Of tho trusts
but not because Of any thought Of party strategy.
because believe the solution Of these ques-
tions to lie at the very heart Of the bigger
questton whether the government shall be free
not. The government is not free because It
has granite special favors to particular GLASSES
by means Of the tariff. The mon to whom these
special favors have been granted have formed
great combinations by viii oh to control enter
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 much the most elementary
part Of the method by which the government Is
to be set free.
The control to which tariff legislation has
led, both in tho field Of politics AID In the
yield Of business. is what has produced the most
odious feature Of our present political s1tua-
tion, name1y, the absolute dominatio Of pover-
ful bosses. Bosses cannot exist without busi-
moss alliances. With them politics IL hardly
d1st1nguishab1e from business. Bosses maintain
their control because they are allied with men
who wish their assistance in order to get con-
tracts, In order to obtain special legislative
advantages, In order to prevent reforms which
Will interfere with monopoly or with their
5oyment Of special exemptions. Mersly as pol1t-
1ca1 leaders, not backed by money, not supported
BY securely intrenohed special interests. BOSSES
would be entirely manageable and comparatively
poverless. By freeing the government, thsrs-
fore, ~ at the same time break the power Of the
boss. He trades, no does not govern. He
ranges, he does not lead. He sets the stage for
what tho people are TO do; he does not act %
their agent servant. but a. their director.
For him the real business Of politics 10 done
under cover.
The means that Will set tho government
free from the influences which now constantly