The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-05

democratic and republican parties in
the present campaign. 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 mem
hers of the national Legislature.
Under this boss system. no matter
which party wins. the people seldom
win: but the bosses almost always
win. And they never work for the
people. They do not even work for
the party to which they belong. They
work only for those anti-puhlic in
ferests whose political employees they
are. IT is these interests that are
the real victors in the end.
The Invisible Government.
These special interests which suck
the peoples substance are bl-parti-
san. They use both parties. They
are the invisible government behind
our visible government. Democratic
and republican bosses alike are
brother officers of this hidden power.
No matter how tiercely they pretend
to fight one another before election,
they work together after election.
And. acting so. this political conspir-
acy is able to delay. mutilate or de-
feat sound and needed laws for the
peoples welfare and the prosperity of
honest business and even to enact
bad laws. hurtful to the peoples well
fare and oppressive to honest husi-
ness.
1t is invisible government which
is the real da niger to American insti-
tutions. Its crude work AZ Chicago
in June. which the people We're able
to sec. was no more wicked than its
skillful work everywhere and always
which the people are not able to see.
But an even more serious condi-
tion results from the unnatural align
ment of the old parties. Today we
America MS are politically shattered by
sectionalism. Through the two old
parties the tragedy of our history is
continued; and one great geogra phi
cal part of the republic is separated
from other parts of the republic by
an Illogical partisan solidarity.
The south has men and women as
genuinely progressive and others as
genuinely rcactionary as those in 9TH
or parts of our country. Yet. for We'll
known reasons. these sincere and
honest southern progressives and re-
actionarics 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 for the democratic party,
hut against the republican party,
They want to he FREQ from this CON
dton. they can he free from it
through the national progressive par
ty.
Root Of the Wrong.
The root of the wrongs which hurt
the people is the fact that the people 5
government has been taken away
from them. Their government must
be given back to the people And
so the tirs, purpose of the progress
siv" party is I" make sure the rule of
the people. The rule of the people
means that the people themselves
shall dominate, as we'll as elect. all
candidates for office including sena-
tors and presidents of the United
States. What profitoth il the people if
they do only the electins while the
invisible government does the nomin-
ating?
The rule of tho people means that
when the peoples legislators make a
law which hurts the people. the reo-
pie themselves may reject it. The rule
of the people means that when the
4 peoples legislators refuse 10 pass a
law which the people need the people
themSelvs may pass IL. TIL rule of
the people means that when the peo-
pies employees do not do the people 5
work Well and honestly. the people
may discharge them exactly as a husi-
ness man DISCHARGES employees who
do not do their work we'll and hon
estly. The peoples officials are the
peoples servants, not the people
masters.
Enough for All.
And. compared with other peoples
we are Very few in numbers. There
are only ninety millions of us. scat
tered oveer a continent. GERMANY
has sixty-tive millions packed in a
country Very much smaller than Tex
las, The ropula tion Of Great Britain
and ireland could he ser down in
California and still have more than
enough room for the population ot
Holland. If this country was as
thic1lv peorled as Belgium tllere
would he more than twelve hundred
million instead of only ninety million
persons within our borders.
So We have more than enough tr
supply every human being beneath
the flag. There ought not TO he il
this republic a single day of had bust
ness. a single unemployed working
man, single unfed child. American