Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-24
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cea G4rtp Nc Ja, Oot, IS. 1912. ze tAe voters of America:
 - elna to have an opportunity to state very G sG*e1y ana o1reet1y shy am seeking to be elect eAFYeatdeut of the Unit ed States. I feel very aeep1y that this is not an anbtti ion man should sAsSftAan Tor his osn saks. He must seek to sSslss ssss esase. and must knos very clearly vhat, ~eNeo A$ ae he is seeking to serve.
 The cause l am enlisted in lies very plain V " ovn y&ev: Tho Covernneut of the United ssstss. es no. bound ey tss policies .hioh have saup ln recent Tears, is not free to serve the yAsas people ispartially. and 1t ought to be set frA. IL has bssh tied up. whether deliberat ely 1T 6srsly by unint ont ona1 devs1 opnent, with ttaular Interests, sht oh have used their pow er, both to control the government and to con It musS bs freed from such ansl enents and al- 4iapssa. Until 1t is freed, il cannot serve the peuple as sho1s. Until 1t Ia freed, it cannot undsrtake any programme of social and economic bettsr4ent. [. but must be checked and thYart cd at svsry turn by its patrons and masters.
 4n practically every speech that make, put at the Front of what have to say the ques- tton of the tariff and the quest tho trusts, but not because os any thought of party strategy. teeAuse believe the solut ion of these Ques- ttdns 10 1ie at the very heart of the bigger Questio on, whether the government shall be free has granted special favors to particular classes v aeans of the tariff. Inc mon to whom these spscia1 favors have been granted have formed great comb inat ions by uhi oh to control entter- prise and determine the prices Of commodities. They could not have done this had 1t not been for the tariff. No party. therefore. which does not
  prevent monopoly absolutely in the markets of the country sees even 80 much as the most elenentary part of tho method by which the government is ts b6 set free. ; a The control to shich tariff Legislation has Aea,& both in tho field of politics and in tho fts1d ef buotness. is what has produced the most eA1ous feature of our; present political situa- ten. namely. the absolute dominatio on of pover- xa1 sb6ases. Bosses cannot exist without busi- Hee4 all 1tanres. With them politics is hardly dit ihgni stab1e from business. Bosses aintain theaf sbnt rpa bscanse they arc allied ~ith men th6 wish their assistenoe in order to get trASss. in order to obtain special 1esi5lat ivc sSdV1htaG6ss in order to prevent reforrs vhi oh sutll@ @tntsrfere with monopoly or with their h. 3oynent of special exempt ions. Merely as polit- 1aaf lsaders, not backed by money. not supported Ay seeurely int renehed special interests, bosses tepld Do ent ire1y manageable and comparatively spbserl4as. By freeing tho government. there fore, ve at tho same time break the power of the s6oaSsE ihS trades. he doss not govern. He arr + fSHx6s, he does not Lead. He sets the stage for syliAS the people are to do; he does not act as servant. but as their director. yar ahin tho reaa busipsss Of pe1itios Is done s1nnaeTs cover. 32zs@sst @5. 3# N mo saue means that will set the government :. fSeS Iron the inf luences which nov constantly