Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-08-19
THE CONFESSION OF FAITH.

The writer has just finished a /
careful study of Roosevelt's Comics
sion of Faith" II is one of the best |
political documents it has been ourl
privilege to peruse. 1t is exhaustive |
and sound. 1t deals fully and intel !
ligently with national abuses, neces- |
stiles and policies. 1t proposes sane |
remedies for economic and political /
abuses, and shows clearly wherein /
both the republican and democratic |
platforms fail to reach the core of |
the trouble.
This document proves, if such
proof be necessary, that no other
apostle of economics in this country
has given the subject more careful
and deep study or has arrived at so
sound solution or proposed more
practical remedies for abuses, than
Mr. Roosevelt.
The treaties is long, but no citizen
interested in the future of his coun-
try can afford to not read it. 1t is
the result of careful preparation and
is so arranged that it deals with each
phase under a distinct head, so that
if printed in installments the reader
may gain a good knowledge of it's
contents.
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space for the entire statement in one
issue. However, in this issue we
begin it's publication and will print
it complete, beginning with the first
intelligent subdivision and proceed
ing consecutively until the statement
is completed. We ask every Tidings
reader to study it.
There will be much said during
the campaign about the personal am
bition of Mr.. Roosevelt, about third
term and monarchy, about his al
lance with the steel trust and har-
vester trust. These accusations will
come from his enemies The same
enemies who beat him out of the reg
ular republican nomination by naked
theft. The corrupt politicians who
represent only the exploiting inter-
ests, and the newspapers which rep
resent them. 1t has been proven
time and time again that the inter-
ests and politicians are always ready
to support those candidates who suf-
fer supine subserviance to them, and
berate and villify those who insist
that the government should be ad-
ministered in the interest of the
whole regardless of the mighty
greedy few who assume to dictate.
In looking for the cause of the
bitter opposition of the interests to
the candidacy of Mr.. Roosevelt it
should be borne in mind what Mr..
Roosevelt proposes to do, If elected;
on the business of crooked trusts
what part crooked business has had
in legislation in the past, and what
unfair favors it received through po-
litical manipulation. When all of
this is taken into consideration in !
the light of the courage of Mr.. |
Roosevelt as exemplified while he
was president in welding the big !
stick" in the interest of wholesome |
icl trf1I no
why these interests will fight him
TO the bitter end. Predatory wealth |
seeking unfair political advantage |
will stop short of no extreme to ac-
complish its end. Because motives
can not be readily proven. his mo-
tives will be fiercely attacked But
the fair thing for honest men is to
judge what will be done in the future
by what has happened in the past.
The Sherman law was passed in
1890. Shortly after it's sting was
drawn by the courts and the law Gay
powerless through the administra-
tions of Cleveland and Mckinley. but
when Mr.. Roosevelt came to the pres
idency he insisted that predatory
wealth should be curbed, that If the
Sherman law was not strong enough
It should be vitalized and strength
ened until IL could be made to do
the business He set to work TO get
such legislation as would accomplish
that Before he had far proceeded
he discovered that many senators
and representatives were not in earn
est about adopting effective remedial
legislation. 1t was then that Mr..
Roosevelt produced his big stick"