The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-09

Hitting out squarely from the shout
der, Albert J.. Beveridge, Progressive
nominee for governor in the state of
Indiana, sounded his keynote speech at
Tomlinson hall Saturday night, meet
ing both the national and state issues
in an uncompromising manner.
Touching on the national issues, Mr..
Beveridge said:
mir. Rockefeller, head of the Oil
trust, is supporting Taft; Mr.. Ryan,
head of the tobacco trust, is support
ing Wilson; and both Rockefeller and
Ryan are fighting Roosevelt"
The Beverage meeting attracted po-
litical leaders from all parts of the
state, who are interested in the Pro-
gressive movement, and in attend
ance were men stationed in all the
walks of life, the mechanic, the farm
err, the merchant, the lawyer being
among those who listened to the re-
markable address.
Third Party to Make Good.
''The Progressive party is here to
make good the promise of America"
said Mr.. Beverage. Our country has
greater possibilities for the happiness
and welfare of her people than any
other land. Those possibilities must
be realized. Providence meant and the
fathers dreamed that this republic
hope must be fulfilled. This nation
ought to lead the world toward bet
ter things. That we shall do this is
the purpose of the great forward move
ment in American life. And that Is
why the people have called into be-
ing the Progressive party.
For the old parties cannot do it..
They care nothing for the living ques-
tons of the time. They are deaf to
grave problems that cry out for solu-
ton. What do either of the old par
ties propose to do with that group of
human questions such as child labor,
the condition of women wage earners,
the care of the aged, compensation for
industrial injuries, and the like? Upon
such vital questions both old parties
are silent. They are controlled by a
boss system which in turn is the
servant of evil special interests that
61o" ldI I'll IllS pcoplS SuDSLduC0
This conspiracy of wicked capital and
corrupt politics does not want such
questions answered. But humanity
does want them answered.
Bosses" Control Old Parties.
THAT the boss system does control
both old parties is shown by the act
ual facts of the present moment. In
New York, Murphy and his Tammany
Hall control the Democratic party
there; in Illinois Sullivan and his
Tammany Hall control the Democratic
party there; in Indiana, Taggart and
his Tammany Hall control the Demo
cratic party here. These are only ex-
amples of this systems power over the
Democratic party in most of the
states.
"The Republican party is ruled by
this same base system. Can anybody
imagine Lincoln and jefferson in COM
pany with the Republican and Demo
cratic bosses of 1912? MOI Were Lin
coin and Jefferson on earth today
they would be Progressive just as they
were when living. They would help to
lOuuu ILLS lie" party uOW just DIS each
helped to found new party then.
IF either Democratic or Republican
machine wins, the boss system is pre-
served. Whether the Republican or the
Democratic machine wins, the great
forward movement in American life,
which means the betterment of the
peoples living and the salvation Of
fhn In1 is, hoo nd 20
that great forward movement back is
the common purpose of both the Dem
ocratic and the Republican machines
in state and nation. For the Progress
i've party is this forward movement Or
ganized to work out the meaning Of
that movement in practical laws.
Laws for Present Day Needs.
What are those laws? In national
affairs we mean to make business
laws which will fit present day bust
ness conditions-laws which will take
from honest American business the
dead hand of uncertainty and fear and
yet prevent the abuses of business
from which the people suffer. Our
present business laws do not even at
tempt to prevent or punish the evils of
big business; and they are only an ex-
cuse for pretended attacks upon any
business when it becomes big.
THE Sherman law, as it stands, is
used chiefly to throw dust into the
eyes of the people when an election is
coming on. 1t never hurts great and dis
honest business concerns as witness
the outcome Of the suits against the
Standard Oil company and the Tobac-
CO trust. We were told that the courts
had destroyed these mightiest and
most criminal trusts in the world; yet
after they were destroyed their secu-
rites went up in the worlds markets
by hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr..