Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-08-19

majority of the republican voters at
the primaries. and vote for me in
stead of obeying the will of the
Messrs. Barnes-Penrose-Gu -Guggenheim
combination by voting for Mr.. Taft.
NO better proof can be given than
this of the fact that the fundamental
concern OF the privileged interests is
TO beat the new party. Some of them
would rather beat it with Mr.. Will
son; Others would rather beat it
with Mr.. Taft; but the difference be-
tween Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Taft they
consider as trivial, as a mere matter
of personal preference. Their real
tight is for either, as against the
progressives. They repG esent the al
lied reactionaries of the country. and
they are against the new party be-
cause TO their unerring vision it is
evident that the real danger to priv
llege comes from the new party, and
from the new party alone.
Bosses Not to Be Trusted.
The men who preceded over the
Baltimore and the Chicago conven-
tions, and the great bosses who con-
trolled the two conventions, Mr.. Root
and Mr.. Parker, Mr. Barnes and Mr..
Murphy. Mr.. Penrose and Mr.. Tag
CART, Mr.. Guggenheim and Mr.. Sulli-
van, differ from one another of
course on certain points. But these
are the differences which one corpo-
ration lawyer has with another cor
poration lawyer when acting for diff
ferent corporations. They come to-
gether at once as against a common
enemy when the dominion of both is
threatened by the supremacy of the
people of the United States, now
aroused to the need of a national
alignment on the vital economic is
sues of the generation.
Neither the republican nor the
democratic platform contains the
slightest promise of approaching the
great problem of today, either with
understanding or good faith; and
yet never was there greater need in
this nation than now of understand
ing. and of action taken in good
faith, on the part of the men and the
organizations shaping our govern
mental policy. Moreover, our needs
are such that there should be coher-
ent action among those responsible
for the conduct of national affairs
and those responsible for the con-
duct of state affairs, because our aim
should be the same in both state and
nation; that is, to use the govern
ment as an efficient agency for the
practical better ment of social and
economic conditions throughout this
land. There are other important
things to be done, but this is the
most important thing. 1t is prepos-
ferrous to leave such movement in
the hands of men who have broken
their promises as have the present
heads of the republican organization
mot of the republican voters, for
they in no shape represent the rank
and file of republican voters). These
men by their deeds give the lie to
their words. There is no health in
them, and they cannot be trusted
But the democratic party is as little
to be trusted. The Underwood.Fitz
gerald combination in the house of
representatives has shown that it
cannot safely be trusted to maintain
the interests of this country abroad
or to represent the interests of the
plain people at home. The control
of the various state bosses in the
state organizations has been
strengthened by the action at Balti-
more, and scant indeed would be the
use of exchanging the whips OF
Messrs. Barnes, Penrose and Gug-
genheim for the scorpions of Messrs
Murphy, Taggart and Sullivan.