The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-06

CCSt--!ct we eHllSt,f anu SWUt cHlist
for the war, For we knowathe JUS
tice of our cause. and we know, too,
its certain triumph.
Mr.. Beveridge spoke in part as
follows:
1--WE stand for a nobler America,
We stand for an undivided nation.
We stand for a broader liberty, a
fuller justice. We stand for social
brotherhood as against savage i'll
dividualism. We stand for an intel
ligent cooperation instead of reck
less competition. We stand for mu-
tual helpfulness instead of mutual
hatred. We stand for equal rights
as fact of life instead of catch
WORD of politics. We stand for the
rule of the people asia practical truth
Instead of meaningless pretense
We stand for representative gov
eminent that represents the people.
We battle for the actual rights Of
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"rc cary out our principles We
have a plain program of constrrc- /
tive reform We mean to tear down
only that which rs wrong and out
of date; and where We tear down we
mean to build what is right and fit
ted to the times. We hearken to the
call Of the present We mean to
make laws fit conditions as they are
and meet the needs of the people who
are on earth today That we may
do this we found a party through
which all who believe with us can
work with us; or, rather, we declare
| our allegiance to the party which the
people themselves have founded
For this party comes from the
/ grass roots. II has grown from the |
soil OF the peoples hard necessities. |
1t has the vitality OF the peoples |
| strong convictions. The people have
work to be done and our party is
here to do that work"
The speaker discussed the Repub
lean and Democratic parties, the |
boss system" and special inter
ests," saying among other things
Bosses in Control
AT the present moment notorious |
bosses are in the saddle of both old |
parties in various important states
| which must be carried to elect n |
president, Neither of the old parties
nominees for president can escape
obligation to these old-party bosses |
nor shake their practical hold on
many and powerful members of the
national legislature.
Under this boss system, no mat
Ter which party wins, the people sell
dom win; but the bosses almost al
ways win"
Continuing his discussion of par
ties Mr.. Beveridge said:
THE south has men and women |
as genuinely progressive and Others
as genuinely reactionary as those in
| other parts of our country. Yet
for well known reasons, these sin
oere and honest southern progress
sives and reactionaries vote together
in a single party which is neither
progressive nor reactionary. They |
vote dead tradition and a local |
| fear, not a living conviction and a
national faith. They vote not fol-
the Democratic party but against |
| the Republican party. They want to
| be free from this condition; they |
can be free from it through the ma
tional progressive party"
"The most recent of the wrongs |
| which hurt the people is the fact
that the peoples government has
been taken away from theftf.A Their
government must be given back to
the people, and SO the fIst spnrp9se
of the progressive party is to make |
sure the rule of the people The |
rule of the people means that'~the
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people themselvs shall nominatey as
we'll as elect, all candidates for Of
fee, including senators and presi-
dents of the United States"
Mr. Beveridge said American bust
ness is uncertain and unsteady COM
pared with the business of other ma
tions.
Must End Abuses.
what. then" he asked must we
do to make American business bet
ter We must do what the poorer
nations have done, We must end the
abuses of business by striking down
those abuses instead of striking
down the business itself. We must
try to make little business big and
all business honest instead of strivs
| ing to make big business little ami
yet letting 1t remain dishonest AS
the Sherman law now stands no two
business men can arrange their mu-
tual affairs and be sure that they
are not breakers This is the
main hindrance to the immediate and
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