East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-20

eagle is upon the dollar, not as an
emblem of liberty but as an emblem
of power and who look upon govern
ment as an annex to their business
affairs; these are they who in the past
years of republican misrule have
turned the temple of constitutional
freedom into a money changers mart
and have made of the coordinate
branches of government obediant
lackeys of the jingling guines.
This campaign calls upon some for
justice. upon others for charity, upon
all for patriotism. 1t does not call
for the bandying of epithets nor for
an appeal to the personal. We may
safely leave to that senile dementia
which has seized the so-called repub-
lican party the personalities of this
campaign. Its unfitness to rule the
republic is disclosed by its inability to
keep its temper. 1t was cohesive so
far as its leadership was concerned
while it was engaged in looting the
public, but even its leaders are now
discouraged while quarreling over the
loot. AS for the party's bosses, the
improper influences in American po-
litical life are about equally divided
between them. Everywhere, Boss"
Barnes is crossing swords with Boss"
Finn, and their charges and counter
charges disclose greatness only when
We apply Emersons statement: Con
sistency is the hobgoblin of little
minds
Dissatisfied With Taft.
The protest of every man who
voted for President Taft and who is
now dissatisfied with the presidents
management of public affairs proves
that for four years a minority has
been the majority in America. At
the risk of offending the sensibilities
of the republican who voted for Pres
ident Taft only to be dissatisfied with
his administration, l am going to tell
him that he is one of the men l
counted in making eighty per cent
of the voters of this country mem
bers of the historic democratic party.
His present protest against the result
of his ballot reveals his belief that
it is not the business of government
to grant, under the guise of taxation
to any class of citizens or to any
member of society special privileges
which are not granted to every other
| class and to every other member of
| society.
1t cannot be that it 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
citizens could obtain justice, not as
a beggar crawling in the sun but as
a man. 1t has not been the use but
the misuse of the powers of govern
ment which has produced this discon-
tent 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-
tion and confident that IL men will be
imbued with the spirit of these two
4 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,
n-trodden and oppressed soul.
Will Right the Wrongs.
II l doubted that the return of
the historic democratic party to pow
er would fail to right the wrongs of
industrial life. to wipe out the injus-
tices of legislation and to preserve the
opportunity of every man for happi-
ness, then my voice, now weak, would
be silent. II | did not believe that
insofar as human agency can this
party of ours will promise the broth
erhood of mankind. | would here and
now repudiate it. But believing as
do that the republic had its origin in
an insporation which did not come
from the mere brain of a mere man
but sprang from the heart of human
ity, believing that this age more than
any which has preceded it calls foI