Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-20

ICOntnueu from rage OHe.J
They hold that from age to age, social
and economic conditions change but
that the great principle of the equal
ity of all men before the law can
never change while time shall last,
and that the honest Interpretation OF
this great principle in statutory en-
actment, judicial construction and eX-
ecutive conduct. will take from the
life of a people the mighty avarice of
the few, bind up the broken hearts of
the many and loose the bonds of all
who are in slavery to wrong, injus-
tice and ignorance.
JEFFERSON NOT DEAD.
The individualism of Thomas Jeffer-
son is not dead It has not mouldered
back to dust in the grave at Monticello.
1t walks the earth this day knocking
at the door of rich and poor, of wise
and ignorant. alike, calling upon all
men 10 make of this age the millennium
| of statecraft wherein no one shall
claim to be the master and all shall
| be glad TO be the servants of the re-
public.
| 1T cannot be that II is the system
of government which is wrong. 1t is
the unjust use of the system. From
! Jefferson to Lincoln, the republic grew
| in might, in majesty. in pomp and
! splendor, and the humblest of its citi-
zens could obtain justice. not as beg,
ger crawling in the sun but as a man
II has not been the use but the misuse
of the powers of government which has
produced this discomfort in the minds
of men
The historic democratic party
moves forward now. as always, true
to the principles of the declaration OF
independence, loyal to the constitu
ton and confident that II men will be
imbued with the spirit of these two
documents and will guide their public
and private life by the concepts OF
righteousness therein contained, peace
and plenty will bless their homes and
come as a benson TO every weary
down-trodden and oppressed soul
The contending forces in America
are as they are in nature There is a
Centripetal force which is ever draw
ing the earth toward the sun. There
lis a centrifugal force which is ever
drawing il away These two contend
ing forces acting upon each other have
kept this old world Of ours safely IL
its orbit, and springtime and harves
have not failed. Should either forct
become superior. desolation and de
structiOn only could result The cen
tTipetsl force would draw. the earti
into the sun and make IL but fuel To-
the warmth of other planets The cen
trifugal force would send IL whirlin!
cut of its orbit to the northern pole o
stellar spaces. There are times in Jul
when we long for the north pole anC
there are times In January when vs.
pray 70 be nearer the sun. But on
sober second thought convinces US tha
the middle course is the safe cours,
for the world
BETWEEN THE FORCES.
The contending forces Of poli,ica
life are commonly denominated reac
ticnary and revolutionary. They ar,
the paternalistic forces of the republi
can party which would draw our gov
eminent out OF its orbit and consum,
II in the fiery heat OF the lust AM
greed OF the favored few, and the SO
Cialistic forces which would draw I
away from its constitutional conceE
ton Of three coordinate branches an,
from its guaranty TO each individual
OF an opportunity 70 assert his natura
and acquired talents in an honest Ell
deavor 10 succeed The historic den
ocratic party, Of which am an humbl
mem Der, stands between these cor
tending forces and believes that som