The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-10

Taft. nor Wilson, nor Roosevelt, II |
IL the forces behind us. Some people |
claim this progressive movement is |
only one-man movement II II were
/ only one-man movement would not
be I'm It, IL springs from the hearts
OF the people Reconsideration the
desire that the rights of the people
shall prevail.
"One of our fundamental differences
from democracy is that we are con-
cerned with facts. they with shadows
that cloud fact. We make our most
important plank social and industrial
justice. Compare the two platforms.
You will see that we deal with live
issues. with which the people are
most concerned. The democrats lean
toward states rights. Wilson says, as
against the doctrine of new national
ism, of which you have heard. that
he believes in new statesism. We
are for the peoples rights, for human
erous destruction of the Maine, / re-
sponded with the others"
Il recognize my insigniiicanoe be-
rights. If state rights will bring
human rights we are for state
rights. Apply this to your own ex-
lperience."
Here the colonel cited his idea that
because an invisible boundary line
separated northern Michigan from an
ladjoining state the people on both
sides were just the same, that it was
nonsense to say the general needs
are not the same in all communities.
He cited the progressive platform as
being opposed to an interstate com
merce that would make possible an
Iendangering OF the health of the
people. He demanded education for
the young and not child labor that
would make preternaturally old men
who would be unfit for citizenship.
He declared citizenship to be the
greatest national asset and as the
children of today are the voters of
a couple of decades i'm the future they
should be conserved.
II want the national government to
interfere when conditions like these
our ideas on these subjects are but
the alchemy of decay are absurd
extravaganza in constituting the con-
stitution. / disagree fatty. l hold
the constitution is to secure justice"
; The Colonel told of conditions in
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company's
plants at Pueblo. where the work
day for seven days in the week. He de-
clared no man working so continue
| lously had the time to befit himself for
the exercize of the rights of citizen
ship to which he is entitled.
, 1--WE want one day of rest out Of
seven and three shifts of eight hours
leach. The Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany says that If they make such a
law in Colorado Ii would move to
lanother state in which there Is no
such law. We intend that there shall
be no state in which they can move
i'm the hope of finding such law
: lacking.
J 'In view of our platform, II seems
odd that anyone should say that we
are not seeking to conserve the in
terests of labor. | ask you to look at
our platform. We propose to stop
child labor, to stop women working
at night, to give all workingmen an
eight hour day, a workingmen's COM
pensation law laws safeguarding the
Lives and limbs and health of workers.
We make definite proposals. not gen.
eralities. | propose to buttress with
steel labor agaIns, the alchemy of
decay by doing the things Wilson
says cannot be done. The veterans
here will remember the outbreak of
the civil war. President Buchanan
was an excellent private citizen but
not fit to be president. When the
southern states seeded he addressed
to congress a message with two pro-
positions: One was that 1t was un-
constitutional to secede and the other
} that it was unconstitutional to put
} down secession. Wilson's views on
my views of labor questions are
much the same"
The colonel discussed Wilson's ex-
pressed view that the history of lib
lerty was the history OF the curtall-
ment of the governmental power. He
) said this was true I'm the middle ages
but not now, that liberties can only
be conserved by extensions of the
governmental power. such as inter-
state commerce commissions, factory
land mine inspectors, compensation
laws for workingmen He contended
we could not do anything without
government to save us from the ex-
tortions of the big men, not that all
big men are bad but because IL one
of them is bad he speedily can affect
the others. He gave an instance OF
this in the fact that a manufactures
employing child labor can undersell
La competitor and make that competi-
tor follow his example with his labor
He asked isn't that common sense?'.
Theoretically Wilson says we must
mot have law to hamper liberty. Well
liz a girl wants to work IA hours
day 1t is her liberty to do so but we
intend to make laws that will make II
unnecessary for her to do So. What
was an infringement on liberty a Few
Years ago may be its safeguard now