The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-20
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MARSHALL TODAY
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We call democracy is but glitterin-
generality, viii long endure the in
dustrial slavery being produced.
Whether voting the ticket or not,
men everywhere looking upon III"
awful injustice OF this economic sys-
TEN are becoming sOcialistic in tho
ory if not in conduct
And shall any fair-mlnded man
say that If It rebounds to the inter
ests Of the people OF this country that;
a hundred men shall control its bus.
mess to the good Of everyone, that
there is anything fallacious in the
theory that government instead Of
transferring business 20 a favored few
for the benefit of all should itself
discharge that business for the ben
eft Of all.
Il do not hesitate TO say that T.
It be impossible TO restore this re.
public to its ancient ideals, which
do not believe, and I must make the
ultimate choice between the patcrnal-
ism Of the few and the socialism Of
the many, count me and my hous'
with the throbbing heart Of humanity.
"The discomfort in republican ranks
is democratic discomfort How much
Of it has reached the point where
wearled with the bad workings OF
good system, 1t is willing to topp.e
that system over and try something
new, ! cannot prophesy.
"But | am quite sure that what
ever badges men may wear in Amer
lea this year. whatever ballots they
may vote and whatever battle cries
they may utter there are but three
grades OF citizens.
The first grade is made up Of the
favored few, their hangers-on and
their beneficiaries, who think the
eagle is upon the dollar. not as an
emblem of liberty but as an emblem
of power and who look upon govern
ment as an annex to their business
affairs: these are they who in the past
years of republican misrule have
turned the temple of constitutional
freedom into a money changers MARI
and have made OF the co-ordinate
branches of the government obesiant
lackeys Of the ingling guinea.
"The second grade consists or those
whose outlook upon life has been en-
larged by the civilization under which
we live, who have been taught by the
school and the college, by the press
and the magazine. who appreciate the
good things Of life, whose horizon has
been enlarged and whose capacity for
JOY and sorrow has been increased
Conditions have become unbear
able to them. They have reached the
point where. in the struggle for that
which they believe to be right. the,
are willing TO destroy the ideals of
the republic. How many OF these
there are. I do not know, but | de-
know that special privilege in the
republic is breeding them day by day
like rabbits in a warren.
"The third grade of citizens e. .
The third Grade II pleases me to call
old-fashoned constitutional democrats
These are they who believe that ~ .
equality of mankind does not consis. /.
in an equality of brain and Drawn. .
but in an equality whereby every man .
native and foreign born. has an in .
alionahlc right to exercise all of his .
ability in getting on N the world Just .
so he realizes that in getting on he
owes it to himself, to his family and
to the republic 10 see to it that he
gets on honestly and that he does
not prevent any other man from Oh
tanning the reward oe his honesty and
enterprise
These old-fashioned democrats be
lieye in making money but they be-
lieve every dollar made should be 50
clean that an infant may cut its
teeth upon 1t. And they hold that ii
is no part OF government to boost one
man and boot another"
OF LABOR MEETS.