Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-10-30

W 'aa Sea Gtrt, N. j., Oct. 10, 1912.
70 the Voters of America:
am lad have opportunity to state very
e1mply and directly why am seeking to be elect
cd President Of the United States. feel very
deeply that this is not ambit ion should
entertain for his sake. He must seek to
serve cause, and must know very clearly what
cause IT is he is seeking to serve.
The cause enlisted in lies very plain
tony own view: The Government Of the United.
States, now bound by the policies viii CHI have.
become charact eristic Of Republican administra-
tion in recent years. is not free to serve the
whole people tnpartially, and it ought to be set
free. It has been tied up, whether deliberately
or merely by mint ent onal devel opment, with
Particular interests; which have used their pow
err, both to control the government and to con-
troll the Industrial development Of the country.
Tt must be freed from such ent anglements and al
1iances. til it is freed it cannot serve the
people as a whole. Until it is freed. it cannot
undertake any programme of social and economic
betterment. but must be checked and thwarted at
every by its patrons and mast ers.
In pract tcally every speech that make,
put the front OF what have to say the ques-
Of the tariff and the question Of the trusts,
but not Of any thought OF party strategy,
because bolieve the solution Of these ques-
tions to lie at the very heart Of the bigger
question. wlae Their the government shall be free
not. The government is not free because u
BY means Of the tariff. The men to whom these
epsoial favore have been grantee have formed
great comb inat ions by vht CHI to control enter
prise and det ermine the prices OF commoc tiles.
They GOULD not have done this had 1t not been OF
the tariff. No party, therefore, which docs not
propose take away these special favors> and
prevent monopoly absolutely in the markets Of 1he
country sees even much as the most elementary
part1of the method by which the government is
to be set free.
The control to which tariff legislat on has
aed, both in tho field OF politics aud In the
field Of business. ia what has produced the most
odious feature Of our present political situa-
tion namely, the absolute domination Of power
full bosses. Bosses cannot exist wi tho1t bust.
ness alliances. With them politics is hardly
dist1ngui stable from business. Bosses maintain
their control because they. are allied with men
who wi sh their ass istance in order to get con-
tracts, in order to obtain special legislative
adyant ages, ), in order to prevent refor viii Oh
will Interfere wit monopoly or with their en-
3oyment Of special exemptions. Merely as po1it-
Heal leaders. not backed by money, not SUPPORTED
By securely intrenched ppeota1 int erests, bosses
would be ntirely manageable and comparatively
poserless. By freeing the government, there
FORE, at the some t 1me break the power Of the
poss: He trades, he docs not govern. Pc ar
ranges, he does not lead He sets the stage For
What the people are to do ; he does not act as
their agent or servant. but as their director.
For him the real business Of politics iH}done
Nnaer cover.
The some meaz1s that Will set the government
free from the Influences which now constantly