The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-08

translation Of action and Of policy
We intend to give Is the general terms
cg the platform which the convention
at Baltimore put forth, should we
be- elected.
The platform is not program. 4
pgnEtan must consist ~ measures.
adujn4StT lttve acts. and a,ts OF legis-
VI ttun IN, proof az the puduiuE Is
ne eating her of How do We in
tend To nst, .t edible and digestible .
From this time on We shall he under
Interrogation. How DO We expect 10
randic each OF the great matters that
must re taken up hF me next con
gfcss auG the next administrations
Two Great Duties.
What is there to do? It ia hard to
sum the great task up, but apparently
iN!s Sc the sum OF tne matter. There
are two great things to do One is
10 sci mp the rule of justice and right
ia such matters as the tariff, the rtEu~
lAt"n OF the trusts and the prevention
- monopoly. the adaptation of oar
. banking and currency laws to the
Varied uses to which our people must
put them, the treatment OF those VINO
do the daily labor In our factories
and mines and throughout all our
great industrial and commercial uu-
dtrtakingE. and the politicat life Of the
. people of the Philippines, for whom
r Tor ther service, not our own. The
other the additional duty. f. the great
task OF protecting our people and our
/ resources and Of keeping open 10 the
I whole people the doors Of opportunity
. through which they must. generation
( Nv generation, pass II they are 10
( make conquest Of their fortunes ia
, health, In freedom in peace and Ia
contentment In the performance Of
ihia second great duty we are face Ia
race with questions of conservation
ana II development. questions Of for
%sis and water powers and mines and
water waYs. Of the building az an Ad-
"Rnate merchant marine, and the
opening of every highway and facii-
! itN and he setting up OF every safe
guard needed by a great Industrious.
expanding nation.
These are all great matters upon
! %hIch everybody should be heard We
nave get INTO trouble in recent years
.'chleiiF because theFe large things
winch ought to have been handled by
"a ihs counsel with aa large num-
Der II persons as possible. because
tll'A touched every interest ana the
t3t n every eiaBs and region, have
~ i7Gt been too often handled in pri-
FHte conference. They have been SET
tied hy very small, and often aeiib-
rfHtej| exclusive, groups of men who
undertook To speak for the whole ma
uoh or. rather for themselves in the
terms Of the whole natfnnN az ~ ~ W.
estiy IA may be. but very fenorantt,5
sometimes. and very shortsignfedIy
to"-~a poor substitute for genuine
common counsel No group Of dtree-
ss'Fs' economic ar political, can speak
'V' . prop't- Ihev nave neither the
b,,t' =, a,- ~" nor tnt knowledge.
d..ivrtr. 'S ny 'H4i wicked and
us nm g,,r l,,,,,,. ~ o'H1tea hBa'hst
determined 1Iunn tmo l,'r u" y" peen
and nv too nrivn,a ar ,,,{ttF 49," "a NV ~,
task nov rs 10 effect grnst r..,ti' a'ai
nent and get the forces or Tho ~.
{ people oice more into plav W. mood
] 40 revolution. We need no axritad
chang We need only a new point Of
.eN and a new method ana spirit
- COUNSEL
We are servants Of ths. naonle5 tta
whole people. The nation bae -.
( unnecessarily. unreasonabl, Al -
I within itself Interest has clasht.l
with interest when there were corn.
| mon principles Of right ana .e f.tr
/ dealing which might and sho,ld haye
( bound them all together. no. MS rivals
/ but as partners As thu. gry,a,,t4 -
ali. ~e are bound 10 undertaI. Tho
! great duty Of accommodation ana adj
lustment
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suirit which some ard A. h,,.4
( dorstn,,d S,o,. r,.a,,tn ~. ,,,It,.
when Won snr.R ~ ,t,,,rs,tf - 49,,
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