The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-02

Sea Girt, N. j. ,fOotsz4SSELSL@s
70 the voters Of Americas;
am glad TO have an opportunity TO state very
simply and directly Why an seeking TO bo elect
cd president of the United States. feel very
deeply that this IS not an ambition man should
ent ertain for his sake. He must seek %.
serve q cause. and must know very clearly what.
cause II Is he 10 seeking to servo.
Tho cause enlisted in lies very plain
20 my own view: Tho Government of the United *
states. as bound by the policies which havel
become oharaet eristIc OF Repuhl lean edmlnlstra~
tion In recent years, is not FREQ to serve the
whole people impartially, ard IT ought TO be set>
free. II has been tied up, whether dellberateAy
or merely by unint eut toual devel opment, with
part tcular tnterestg, which have used their pow
er. both to control the government and TO con-
trol the Industrial development OF the oountry.
1t must bo freed from such entanglementa and al,
1iances. Uatll IL is freed, IL cannot servo tho
people as a Whole. Until 1t Is freed IT cannot,
undertake any programme Of social and economic
betteruent, tLt must be checked and thwarted at
every turn ~ it's patrons and masters.
In practically every speeoh that make,
put az tho trout Of what / have TO say the qu9s-
ton or tno tarirf and the question of the trusts
but not tsaaso eff any thought Of party stratesy'
because I 1oltevo the solution OF these ques-
tion8 to HE al tho very heart Of tho bigger
cuaatIoa. whether the government shall be free
o. not. Iao government lis not free because II
has nrar eJ speoLal favors 60 part tcu1ar classes
bv mems ~ she tariff. The men TO whom these
special cavora hovo been granted havo formed
great Goa. nations bY which TO control enter
prise ana determine the prices Of oomle"dit1es.
ihey could not have zone tA15 Iaa II noI poen loF
the tariff. lie party, therefore,, which does not
propose to take away tEsS9 epocla1 11Vora ana
prevent m ncpoly absolutely in tho markets of the
country sees even ao mach az tho most elementary
part Of the method by hitch tho government Is
be cot free.
The control 70 which tariff legislation has.
led. hcth in the field Of politics and in tho
field or business, is what has produced the most
oG1oua feature OF our present political a1tua-
Gion, namoly, the absolute domination OF power-
ful bosses. Bosses cannot exist without busf-.
ness all ances. With them politics Is hardly
distingul sheble from business. Bosses maintain
their ccutrol because they are allied with men
who wieh their assistance in order TO get con-
tracts. in order to obtain special legislative
advantar5s, In order to prevent reforms which
Will interfere with monopoly or with their en-
toynent Of special exemptions. Merely as po1it~
tca1 feeders, not backed by money not supported
by securely tntrenched special interests, bossesl
would be entirely manageable and comparatively
powerless. BY freeing the government, there
FORE we at the Same time break the power OF the.
boss. ne trados, no does not govern He ar.
ranges he does not Lead. He sets the stage for.
What the people to do; he does not act as
their aeent or servant, but as their directors
For him the real business Of politics IS done
Under cover.
The same means that Will set the government
free from the inf nfluences which nov. constantly