Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-04

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ten me he b : progros1vosS
Take the Ilanka q hiS plat 6xzn that
are ProEros1ivetha national quass
tons, and mark on each plank Mhan
he took up tina sub3ect, ana than whom
the Democratic took It up. and he
won't discuss these questions In this
campaign.
Take.for instance the selection Of
senators by the. people. There = the
biggest reform OF al; the greatest OIL
q hundred years. We commenced 40
years ago; he commenced two. We
commenced 20 years ago. we put It
In two national platforms. Mr.. Roose-
welt never said a word about It until
two years ago. He saw five HOUSES, of
representatives pass 1t, hut he kept
still. He saw two-thirds of tho states
OF the Union endorse 1t. but ne kept
still. He was president Tor seven years
and a half after we had put It In
out platform. and yet he kept stu.
-Four years ago the convention that
nominated Mr.. Taft turned it down
by a vote OF seven to one. but he
kept still. Mr.. Taft spoke out on this
subject two years before Mr.. Roose-
welt did. Now, I am glad he is with US
now. He came In just in time to throw
UP his hat and holler "hurrah" but
that does not make a pioneer of him
on this subject. -.
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SHOWS HOW ROOSEVELT
TAKES DEMOCRATIC PLANKS
He is in favor of an income tax.
Since when2 We have been fighting
for it 1S years ago. He never mention
ed it until his second administration.
And then he mentioned it as a means
of stopping swollen fortunes and not
as a means OF raising revenue. He has
not helped yet to get this amendment
to the constitution, although "a states
have ratified it. He Is not a pioneer
on this.
You say he Is for the Initiative and
referendum? Yes? Since when? Two
years ago he camo in. Only five years
ago he sent Mr.. Taft all the way to
Oklahoma to argue against the ini-
tiative and referendum. He is not a
pioneer on this.
You say he is in favor of railroad
regulation? Yes? Since when? He
never mentioned 1t until his second adj
ministration, and we had it In our ma
tional platform three times before
that we drove the railroad magnates
nf orfr h1x
took on the peoples side, and they
went over to Mr.. Roosevelt's party,
and he became Intimately acquainted
with them.
You say he is In favor of the peo-
PIE ruling? Where dill he get the
idea? 1t was In our platform four
years ago. One Of the first planks,
''shall the people rule" is the over
whelming issue that manifests itself
In every other question under discus
sion." And in the four years afterwards
he comes and takes that plank bodily
out Of our platform, and does not put
quotation marks around It; He says,
thou shalt not steal"
Now, here are q few questions up-
on which he claims to be reformer,
and yet where the Democrats led the
way. Where has he been2
ROOSEVELT FACED ONE WAY
IN ONE STATE THEN TURNED
In 1895 I was your candidate for
president, and I had Wall street ag-
ainst me and he was on Wall streets
side; and one Of Wall streets ablesr
champions.
In 1900 was a candidate again,
Wall street was against me, and he
was not only on Wall streets side, but
Wall street made him vicS-president
and put him where the accident of
death could make him president.
And in 1904 Wall street made him
president. And in 1908 Wall street
helped him elect his chosen man for
president. That is where he has been
during the past four campaigns.
Where was he two years ago7 He
came back from his trip to Africa and
entered the campaign Of 1910. And
what did he do? why, when he went
into progressive state, he talked for
progressive measures. And when he
went into reactionary state, he
helped reactionaries. He went to
Kansas and made speech and they
said, Behold, progressive" And
then he went to Massachusetts, to
help Cabot Lodge to be reelected to
the senate, who was so reactionary
that he went the other day to open
Mr.. Taft's campaign in the state of
Ohio.
JOY RIDES IN ONE STATE; J.
SLOWS DOWN IN ANOTHER
When he went out west, he talked
for progressive measures. ne was In
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