Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-24
JERSEY SHOUTS
FOR ROOSEVELT ON
STATE TOUR

tOoAtiht PoSS ~
"Men and Women Of New Jersey
In Its essence this is a very simple
fight, and yet I think 1t is a fight Of
more farreaching importance to the
people Of u country than any that
has taken place since the days Of LIN.
coin, for It Is a fight to restore and
strengthen the simple, healthy idealism
which characterized the men who a
century and a quarter ago made this
Union, and the men who half a cen
fury ago restored and perpetuated it.
1.-The first and cardinal article of our
creed Is that the people must rule.
This does not mean that the people
must or indeed can use the Same ma
In earlier days any move than the puY-
suit Of industry today means going
back to the scythe and the spinning
wheel, but It does mean the elimina-
tion Of certain present day machinery
which has proved to be expensive and
subversive of popular government and
of a character such that the people
cannot possibly reach it. 1t does mean
that we are to Keep within reach of
the power of the people such machin-
cry, such political methods, hat they
may always be able to register their
wishes as to how The government shall
be run and who shall run It, and, more
over, so that they may be able to en-
force their wishes II there h a dispo-
s1tfon anywhere to ignore them.
"In short, we stand for a practical
idealism, for getting back to the prtnci-
pies upon which shis government WAS
founded, for making the principles of
Lincoln living and vital forces to meet
the living and vital needs Of the pres
Snt day. The first article of u creed
must be that the people shall really
and not merely noninally rule, and
the second article must be that they
shall so rule IN a spirit of justice. Here
again we mean Justice as a concrete
fact and not merely as an abstract
ideal. We mean Industrial justice no
less than political Justice.
Demands Fair Chance For All.
I'VE mean TO secure not merely by
private action, but by governmental
action, both through the nation and
through the state, whatever methods
are necessary In ordar to give the wage
worker a fair chance, and the farmer
a fair chance, and the small business
mar a fair chance. We have no hos
tillty whatever to the big business man
or to his ally, the great corporation law
yer. There are many men of both
classes whom we recognize rs good
citinens Of the most useful type and
whom we are glad to see prosper be-
u they prosper by serving and not
by swindlins the people. But we are
also obliged TO recognize the fact that
there are some of these big business
men and big lawyers who have owed
their prosperity either TO improper prac-
ttees on their part OF else to improper
conditions which have been permitted
to grow up In the Industrial world.
Where the practices are improper we
wish to put a stop 10 them and to pun
ish the perpetrators. Where, on the
other hand, the conditions are improp-
er We recognize that the responsibility
rests upon Us, the people, to change
the conditions. Where this is the case
we work in no spirit of hostility to the
people who have been benefited by
these conditions, but we refuse 10 con-
tinue conditions which have given an
advantage to a few people at the Ell
pense OF a great many people.
1T Is therefore evident that in this
contest we are lighting what Is much
more than a factional or sven a party
fight. We who within the Republican
party are standing for the rights of
the plain citizens of tho Republican
party are also standing for the rights
of every decent citizen, whatever his
politics, throughout the United States,
for we are standing for the funda-
mental rights Of American citizenship.
Wants Real, Not cham, Democracy.
NOW, l do not wish to be misunder-
stood; indeed, l do not think l shall
be unless willfully. l do not believe
that triumph will usher IN the mil
lenniun or anything like 1t. But I do
most emphatically believe that unless
we, the people Of America. seriously
and in good faith turn our attention to
making this a real democracy and not
a sham democracy, one which will
bring justice TO the average man and
the average woman. alike in the polit
ical and Industrial world, we will have
bad times ahead of us. Moreover,
do believe that by the right kind o
Legislation and administration ana D.
the guarantee mhe leyel OF ayeras