New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-06
Bosses in the Saddle.

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Bosses in the Saddle.
Mr.. Beveridse discussed the Republican
and Democratic parties, the boss sys-
TEN" and special interests saying
among other things.
At the present moment notorious bosses
are in The saddIe OF both old parties IN
various imporIaHt states winch must De
Cared TO erect Il President. Neither OF
the Old parties nominees for president
can escape OUlgatiOn to these OLD party
bosses nor snaAe their practical noId on
many ana powerful memoirs OF the ma
uoual legislature.
Under this boss system. no matter
which party wins. the people seldom WIZ
bat the BOSSES almost always win.
The South has men and women AZ genp-
incly progressive and others AS genuinely
rca, tiCnaiy ~ those m other parts OF our
country Yet for well known reasons
these sincere ana honest southern t'ro-
sressly@s ana T.dctonaries vote together
in single party which ~ neither pro-
Srcssiye nor reaCuOnaIy. They vote "A
dead tradition and a local fear. not Nv
lng conviction ana n national sGth. lhey
vote not for the Democratic PARTY, our
against the Republican party They want
3 10 b. free from this condition. Ihey can
lee Tree from IL through the National FRO
Krcssiyc party.
people Is tho fact tfat the peoples gov
eminent has been taken away from tneu'.
Their government muet be SiNen back To
the people. And so the hrst purpose OF
the Progressive party is to MAKE sure
the rule OF the people The rule OF the
ueople means that the people ia. msel'cs
shall nominate. as we'll as elect ali can
dldates tor ONCE. including Senator'S and
Presidents of the United states.
Mr.. Beverage said American business
Vas uncertain ana unsteady compared
with the business OF other nations. and
added.
" hat, then. must We do "a make Amer
team business better We mus, 40 what
poorer nations have done. We must end
the abuses OF busliess 10y striking down
those abuses, instead OF striking down
business itself. We must try 20 make
little business biz and all business non
est i'm toad OF striving To make Dig bust
ness little ana yet letting II remain dls-
honest
As the sherman law now stands. no two
business men can arrange their mutuhI
affairs and be sure that tney are not law
breakers. This IS the main hindrance 10
the immediate and permanent revival Ot
American business. Under the DEGREES Ut
the court the oil and tobacco trusts still
can raise prices unJustly, ana alFeauy
have done 80.
such business chaos and legal para
duxes as American business suffers IRON
can be found nswherc else In the world
The speaker declared the Progressive
party would accomplish reforms vital TO
American business lie continued:
We mean TO put new business laws on
our statute books. which VIII tell Alnerl.
can business men what they can do and
what they cannot do The next great
business reform we must have 10 IN
crease steadily American prosperity IL 10
change the method of building our tarifs.
tariff be
ard treated az business question. n
stead Of political question. the great
est need Of business IL certainty, hui Inc
only thing certain about our tariff Is ILL.,
certainty.
Next TO our need 10 make the sherman
law modem, under tandable and Just our
greatest fiscal reed Is a genuine. pernia-
nent non-partisan Tariff Commission.
There has not been. and VIII not be. any
sincere and honest effort by the ola
parties 20 get Tariff Commission or
to take the tariff out OF politics.
4 tarin high enough 10 gi'e American
producers the American market when
they make honest goods and sell them
at honest prices. but low enough thar
when they sell dishonest goods. ut dis
honest prices foreign competition can
correct both evils; a tanff high enough
10 enable American producers to pay our
workngmen American wages, and so ar
RANGED that the worNngmen Will get such
wages. q business tariff. where changes
Will be 30 made as to reassure bust
ness instead of Disturbing it--this Is the
tariff and the method OF It's making IN
which the Progressive rerty believes toi
which II does battle and which u pro
poses 10 write lrto the laws OF the lana;
TIE PAYNE Aldrich tariff laws must be
revised Immediately IN accordance win
these principles.
Abolition OF child labor in factories
mills, mines and sweatshops and plan
for old age pensions were included In
the Progressive platform by the speaker
who incidentally favored woman suffrage
Never doubt that we will solve IN
righteousness and wisdom every vexinS
problem" said Mr.. Bcveridee, toward the
conclusion OF his address
PROBES DEATHS OF SCIENTISTS.
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