The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-19
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the people, " he IS mistaken correct
It, but n II Is wilful Misrepresentation
resent It. / can not conceive how
any American, Knowing the constltu-
ton and the laws. and especially the
win of the people, who in their po-
litical leaning and utterances against
bribery, graft and the rule OF money
corriptly, through the interests and
the trusts for instance the Gary-Fricl<
steel trust and others equally as bad,
can see a tendency of political popular
rule against the written constitution
and law Of our country. When cor
lnuption stalks in our congress and
legislatures and we ask that senators
be elerted by the direct vote of the
people, to correct such evil, our pre4-
dent at once charges a tendency of THE
| TeOple TO exalt the popular will above
our constitutions and when the people
have seen their representatives take
bribes and would-be officials pay out
| Hundreds of thousands of dollars to
be elected and to pass laws whereby
| the interests, the moneyed and other
privilegdt trusts could enslave tho
people, and by the help OF astute law
yers ANA decisions of the Judiciary, and
seek to correct these corrupt practices
by the genuine remedy OF the rule Of
honest majority of the people over the
minority moneyed rule, by instituting
the initiative, the referendum and the
recall the only constitutional effective
remedies to correct these glaring viola
tions of all law we are met with the
soap box" speech et Boston, charg-
ing the people of wanting to annul
the constitution and the laws, for THE
popular WILL" When the people de-
sire their representative servants to
be honest and upright, and they prom
ise to be, hut break those promises
by the corrupt use of money of the
trusts and thereby msrepresent the
majority rule of the people, ann be-
cause The people seek to turn these
unfaithful servants out by a legal con-
statuaional direct way more direct
way than the lawyers and Judges have
by the laws delays and the trusts
vontumely, you hear the SOAP box"
speech condemn the primaries of the
people as 'tblank heresy We'll, II
this Is popular heresy against republic
can forms of government. make ohe
most OF a." But VI is not. The cor
ruption of corrupt politicians that
want to continue corrupt rule Is
heresy.
III the people have ruled 1856 years
which is easily controvcrted and not
believed because now IS, and during
the pas; twenty years has been. n rule
OF the trusts. rule of monopoly and
money and not OF the people as tho
people know and believe How do
you suppose the presidential prefer
ence primary would be conducted in
Marion or Columbus? Just the same
as our nominating primaries are nov.
Subject TO more fraud and Violence"
chan those we have been holding, but
would undoubtedly point out to the
people OF the whole country the pop
ular candidate for president, which
some candidates seem to fear. Yes,
Mr.. Taft, it is true that this shouJi
Re "a government by the people, for
the people by u representative part
Of the people," but when the ''repfe-
sentative part? do not do and express
The will of the people then in the
name. fame and words OF honest Lin
coin we want reRresentatlye govern
ment "by the people, and we are
/ ound to have II. 9n
Our president fears the people, for
he says there are those who would
"force equality OF conditions as well
as opportunities" Yet, Mr. President
"A very few. And n very few through
the extortionate rule and practice Of
the trusts and mOneyed control of that
corrupt and corruptiug few have al
geady forced greater inequality
among the people through the tariff or
these trusts and combines, and are
now forcing inequality OF conditions
by depriving the people of just OPP
portunitles TO life. liberty and the pur-
suits of happiness. Mr.. Taft says ut
Is not true that, whatever Is right
IS constltutional'' unless dn tine con-
stitution or not forbidden by 1t. Right
Is never supposed to be forbidden by
the constitution, and never is II.
for 1t says, I'VE, the people of the
United States, ordain and establish
this constitution for the United States
OF America, In order TO form more
perfect linion-in order to establish
Justice. in order to insure domestic
tranquility. in order to provide for the
common lefense, in order to promote
the public welfare, and In order TO
secure the blessings OF lQberty to the
people and their posterhty." The
broad doctrine of right. which alone
can subserve the public welfare is In
eN cry sentence above quoted from our
constitution the sheet anchor Of our
hope and protector Of the people. l
contend that bhe constitution OF oair
country declares for union. justice.
domestic tranquility, common defense,
promotion of the general welfare and
the blessings OF liberty and that amy
law can be enacted without further
amendment 10 such constitution that
tends 20 promote rather than tear
down these great primevaa preambular
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