Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

Iall the people. But when you come TO the
expression government by the people,
THAT means government OF those who
control the government and who are the
voting part of the people. They are the
adult males, and they are taken as rep
| resentative part of all the people. Is
there any doubt about that fact? Is that
not lust as easy as two and two make
| four? Can YOU deny it? III was showing
| it for the purpose of pointing out that
| II was necessary to protect the rights of
| the non-voting part who make three
| fourths of all the people. because the
voters don't constitute quarter of TIE
people that II was necessary to have
constitutional restrictions on that voting
part to prevent them from making I'M
Just aggressions on the non-yoting part
of the people. That is our theory of gov
eminent.
Now what does my opponent do? He
takes this one sentence. that this is a
government of the people for the people
by a representative part of the people
and ne says this:
.tsDidn't tell you he distrusts the peo-
Pile? That means a government by rep
resentative part; it means a government
by the few: it means government by an
aristocracy. BY an aristocracy of bosses
and special privilege. There, ] told you
So
II want to ask YOU whether you think
that is on the level Do you think that
| is square dead tcres of NOD, and as
President of the United States am | not
entitled to as square deal as the hum
blcst citizen? Voices: 'Sure.D And am
l not to have my language construed as
any man would construe it, read in con-
nection with the rest of the speech?
That is the reason why l am here. be-
cause if am the apostle of special priv
ilege, il / am TO be regarded as an aris-
tocrat. If ! am said TO be an oligarch,
then the cause ] represent is going to
suffer. and / am here for the purpose of
vindicating that cause.
Now, it is said that all the bosses are
supporting me. and all the bosses are
against Mr. Roosevelt That depends
upon what the definition of bosses is. II
every man who is in politics and Is in
his favor is a leader, then all the bosses
are for me and all the leaders are for
him. But that definition does not so be-
You'd the stump upon which Theodore
Roosevelt stands. No, Mr.. Roosevelt and
l are very much alike in human nature.
When people come to us and tender their
political support that will help US to be
elected to office, we don't go about and
pass a civil service examination or bring
a certificate from the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, or from church. We
are glad to get all the support we can
and that is entirely honorable, provided
we do not make any conditions with ref
erence to our future conduct of our office
that shall interfere with our discharge of
those duties in accordance with the
highest requirement of the people.
Mr.. Roosevelt says that all my
followers are thugs and robbers. and
that they are taking all the delegates
away from him; and his who are en-
tirely lawful, do not do anything that
is unfair. OF course | cannot tell
what my followers do all over the
country. 1t would be pretty hard for
man to guarantee that. Politics run
to high strain sometimes and UNI
fair things are done on both sides
All | can say is that no evidence has
been brought to me of any fraud that
would hold for a moment in any court
in Christiandom.
Now my friends. this happened in
indianapolis. We beat them in the
primaries in that city. The polls
opened at 4 o'clock. At 3 o'clock there
appeared on the streets in the after
noon newspapers a formal protest by
the Roosevelt committee that frauds
base comprehensive frauds had been
committed in the primaries, and they
did not open until 4 O'Clock.
Il could go over the other cases. but
am not going to do it. All | ask my
friends and that is what | have come
here for. is that you Will read what is
said before you attempt to discrimi-
nate between what is truth and what
is faction. Give me hearing. Give
me a square DEAL and if you wish to
condemn me am good loser enough
TO stand it,
President Taft left Boston for
Washington in a special car attached
to the Federal Express at O'Clock,
tonight.