The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-10-12

in each community who by spurious lit
erature and a subsidized prt IS control
the votes of the peop.e. II any one de-
sires to know my idea of really demo-
cratic let him or her read the Progress
s.ve platform as drawn up at Chicago
We are going to vote for Mr.. Roosevelt
because ne emeo1es the principles Of
that party, and because we believe these
principles must endure. There may /
some who think they will drift back into
the Repub lean party. There are few
people who will seek refuge in a sinking
snip. The time has passed when the
name OF party can hold men when
.reat moral principle is at stake I'm
fortunately, the Germs Republican and
Democratic are strong incentives to ere
gularity," and If it were not for this
class of peope the political boss"
would be forced out of business. Let us
hope for the day when to be an Ameri-
can who can stand for the right will out
weigh any party name. Mr.. Roosevelt ie
the incident of this Progressive cam
paign, the Progressive principles are the
constant factor that will endure so long
as right is right. Back of this movement
are Americans like Judge Zen Lindsay,
of Cenver Co orado, former -;emo-
crat, Jacob Ritz, of New York, Jane Ad
dams, of Hull House, Chicago, and a
nost of other people not versed in the
Vaccinations of crooked politics, but
what is of vastly more Importance, vers-
ed in the conditions of life, human
rights and social justice.
1t may be as you say, dear editor that
Colonel Roosevelt will not be elected
PRESIDENT on November 5th, and it may
re that Mr.. Wilson will be. The New
York Herald, the bitterest and one of
the most malignant opp .nents of Mr..
Roosevelt, and the Chicago Record Her.
aid, show by their canvasses OF the sew
era, ~,'es that Mr.. Taft is out of the
race. Therefore all those who wish TO
defeat Mr.. Wilson should vote for the
Progressive candida for president.
Again, there are msny men who differ
with you on the chances of the Progress
sive party at the election in November.
Mr.. Roosevelt's voting rength is in
creasing everywhere except in the edi
torial and news columns of the subsi-
died press. There his strength is wan
ing jus. as it was during the primaries
according to these same columns. Does
any one forget the result I'm Pennsy.-
van.a? In Maryland, where he did not
have a chance? In Ohio? In ILLINOIS?
In California? etc, etc. Yes, we be-
leve the tory" press. The people are
losing confidence in it. What sane per-
son, what person with an ounce of intel
ligence, w! believe me emanations from
the large and lumeC Gus dailies that are
feeding the minds of the people of Cecil
county With vyllii, atoms of the man,
who mere than any one else, has made
possible the ideals of purer politics and
of official honesty in the American mind
of today? ! suppose you have heard
that Mr. Roosevelt is insane. VINO are
the alien.s;s? ] wonder soine,imes whe-
Their the American people are not losing
the sense of the ridiculous.
Neither Mr.. 1aft's government for the
people by a representative class of the
people nor DR.. Wilson's medieval no.
ton that the his ,ory of liberty has
bee Ithe history of the limitation of the
power of the government will be ac-
ceptable to the people of a democracy.
TOO long have We been held in the grip
of the selfish and unscrupu:ous Inter
es,s that send forth their word from
Wall street to their agents over the
country who the more easily do their
bidding because of Just the restrictions
,.dvocated by these two leaders of the
cd parties.
It is not that we are attempting to
spite the Republican party, Mr.. Editor,
that we intend to Ntoe Off this new
ne. y
"A the Principles tha- the Progressive
party advocates
thank you for the opportunity to
publish this in your paper which has
s.o1d for ligh ideals of living.
Very sincerely,
NORMAN W. CAMERON.