El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-16
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POLITICAL PIRACY
Marshall Declares the Black
Flag of Piracy Floats on
the Political Seas.

Kansas City, Kas, Sept. 16.@'Never
mas the black flag of piracy tIoated
above the political seas as now; never
was 1t saluted with so much honor,
declared governor ThOs R Marshall,
Democratic nominee for vice president,
IN a speech here today.
In all my political career I have
never asked anybody to vote for me:
L do not propose to do so now I am
unit for public office if my personal
.preIerment IS more potent than the
triumph of the cause I advocate. He rs
not good soldier who is not willing
70 sacrifice himself in an effort 10
save ms party standard. Ny PERSONAL
lty IS of slight moment to the voters
VI tnls country unless they believe in
my party platform, and in my intent, if
elected, to help carry out it pledges. I
nave no quarrel with the man who dis
aSreeS Win me with reference to the
Democratic platform. He may be
rlgnt, much as I doubt it
This principle is vital: That every
man IN America have the right to run
Tor office and TO vote for WhOmsoever
he chooses
When matters of great pith and mo-
ment are involved. a party is not deal
ing honestly with the voters unless it
declares its principles and pledges its
candidates to maintain them A vote
obtained through discrimination is
wrOngfully obtained.
Gould anything be more piraticaI
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 principles2
Every regular Republican vote obtained
in this way In the state Of Maine was
fully as dishonest as the votes in the
Chicago convention which nominated
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 and
clean Anericanism ought to be honest
enough not to deceive the voter, not to
d1SsemDle, and not to resort to legal
technicalities in order to force the VOt-
ter either to vote for. candidates he
does not desire in office, or to vote
against his principles
The Progressives claim to be di-
yorced from the Republican party on
the ground of nonsuppOrt They have
renowned that party ard all its works
and all its ways They claim that the
party is even worse than
the Democratic party, yet here in the
state OF Kansas they propose to place
the Republican emblem above their
progressive electors and thereby force
the Taft Republicans to do one of
three things, none Of which they want
to dO-TO vote the Progressive ticket;
TO vote against their principles and for
the Democratic ticket; or to stay away
from the polls and not vote at all
That may be a mark Of slick poll
tics, but it is not a mark Of honest
politics I should like to win the votes
OF the TAFT Republicans in Kansas, pro-
yided they really want TO vote for me.
but I insist that If they do not want
to vote for me, they should have the
right as American citizens, to vote for
Mr. Sherman.
There can be no doubt as to the
duty Of a governor whose state faces
this condition of affairs He should
ut once convene his legislature to
change the states election laws. Every
man IN Kansas should have a chance
to vote for the candidates he desires in
office It is also the duty Of your
governor TO see that the Republican
party has It's ticket upon the ballot and
under its emblem.
I cannot speak for my distinguished
associate, for whose election 1 most
honestly plead, but truthfully say for
myself that my ideas of government
make me prefer the loss Of Kansas.
when the men OF this state have had a
chance to vote as they desire, TO the
winning of Kansas through a political
rick, such as is being worked here-a
rick which would i'll become candi-
late for constable