The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-08

isatd. these men nave phoHiised he
satiaiaction Of anrest by Ire 'Spplica-
tioh!6t . panacea.
TN the ultimate anE-ys.s. ! feSfa
the equal opportunity which those.
seek who proclaim the soscaiied So.
cIal Justice. involves a sfpsced d.
vision of property. and that means
socialism; venture 10 say there Is
no iatianai aaninistfatlon 81 which.
more real steps OF prosresa have
been taken than IN the bressHt one,
But a. for q millennium, condition
in which the rich are to be made
reasonably poor and the poor req
solahly rich BY law we are chasing
a phantom; we are hoidihg out to
those whose unrest We fear. pros
pect ana q dream, AvisIon o. the SIN
possible
Il do not ray that the two gem
t1emen who now lead, one the Dem.
ocrAtic party and the other the for
Imef lRepubfirans who have left @elr
| party in their attacks upon existing
conditions. ana In thcif aithnpts to
satisfy the popular unrest by prom.
ises of remedies, are consciously
embtaoing socialism. The truth ID
thai they do not offer any definite
1 iegfslation or policy by which the
happy conditions they promise are
Ito be brought about, bit IL theif
pronises mean anything, they lead
directly toward the appropriation Of
what belongs TO one man, to another.
"The truth Is. my friends; both
those who have left the Republican
Eparty under the inspirations Of ths~'
present leader, ana our old oppo1
nents; the Democrats, under thsit
candidate. are going in q direction
they db not definitely know, toward
an end they can not deanitely de-
scribe, with bot one chief and clear
object and that is OF ACQUIRING power
for their party by popular support
through the promise Of a change fer
the better.
"These gentlemen propose to re-
form the. government, whose present
detects, Ii any, are due to the fail.
ure of the people to devote, as much
time as Is necessary to their political
. duties by requiring q political activity
by the people three times that which
thus far the people have been willing
ito assume. f
4 'IBut after we have changed all
the governmental machinery 80 as TO
permit ihBtantaneods expression OF
THE people in constitutional amend
meits, In. statutes and in recall Of
public agents. what then?
!, Votes are not bread, consn-
'Itutienai amendments are not work,
.Ireterendams do not pay rent or FUR
,lnish houses, recalls do not furnish
-Eclothing. Initiatives do not supply
employment or relieve Inequalities
of condition or Of opportunity. We
still ought to have set before us the
definite plans to bring on complete
Equality OF opportunity and to abolish
Hardship and evil for humanity ;.
We listen fer them IN vain"
J.. The president discussed at some
length the recall of judges and ju-
idiciai decisions and the proposals to
forbid the use of injunctions to pro-
tect property against a secondary
boycott and the use of juries in con-
tempt proceedings brought to en-
force DEGREES Of orders. The recall
OF decisions he labelled the "grotes-
que proposition by the leader of for
mer Republicans who have left
their party"
"rhe Republican party" con-
lcluded the president. Stands fer
none OF those Innovations 1t re-
fuses to make changes simply for
the purpose OF making change, and
cult popular hope that in the
change something beneficial, unde-
fined. will take place. We favor
the greatest good to the greatest
number. we believe that We have
made progress from the beginning
to now and that the progress is to
feontintfe into the far future; that Il
lis reasonable progress that ex-
Iperience has shown to be really use
Ifui and helpfdi. and from which
there "a now reaction to something
worse. 1T is said that this is-not-a'A.
issue in the campaign. Ut seems to
me It 'ts the supreme issue"
KILLED BY TANK.