The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-20

mayor that you have also seen Il In
this city There Ii hardly part OF the
tinted states where men are not aware
that some secret. private purposes anu
interests have been spending their
mony and controlling their actions. ana
they have determined that they are go
ting 20 break this practice and govern
themselves ~
Well. what has been governing
them7 Why the special interests have
been governing them. and they nav
been governing them through those IN
teresting persons whom they call poiit-
teal bosses. boss Ia not so much
politician as he is the business agen'
In politics Of the special lnteIesas'
That IL the kind OF boss l have SHOWN,
and the kind OF boss that have known
~ not A partisan He Is quite ABOVE
politics. because he has an aI'ans
ment with the boss OF the otheI pat,s
so that whether n Is heads or taiis'
he wins.
How Bos.es Operate.
They receive contributions from the
same sources-the two posses lhSS
spend those contributions TOT the s ,,,
purposes, They undertake 70 carry Hus
tn. same program. and the amaIlhs
thing 10 me Is that have recently me,
somc bosses who did not realize thae
time had been called on the game
What I am amazed at IN the poll.lSa s
boss is not his subtlety but MIS- stuplo :
ity. lie isa perfect bourbon. lie never
uses his mind. lie never learns any
thing He never forgets snytnlns'
Some OF them don't know that the pso-
pie are now on To them. and that the
wav that n certain TO spoil every pur-
lose that they have Is to dare 10 SNOW
their hand In It, l say ! am ANA. .s,,
that they do not see ". but tneS VIZ
see t. Because as l travel ,n1n 0 49,,
mari Of this country TO the other, 90
not see any difference in the people IN
the different parts OF this great coun-
try OF ours. The same thing
ten In their eyes. and Il Is no, non
f,denee They know what they want
and they know they are going 10 &c.
IL. And anybody who supposes nna'
economic questions and polltlca. au
tions are two different things
much mistaken, because these thinss
have been so closely married win ohe
another that II Is lmpossioe 49,
eliminate between them. For wv Bah
engaged i'm the Interests OF Big BUS
iness TO see that nothing Is done oy
way of reform. politics Is business, anu
for the politician whom he uses. pom
tics Is business.
Rips Up Journal Editorial.
II Is impossible tor US 10 discriminate
between politics sLd business Mne"
are in this part of the discussion. anu
this gives me an opportunity 10 lead 70
something that l read about mar an
hour ago The Detroit Journai OF
day mas an editorial In which ,han
Justice personally. But IL hnds In me
an unintentionM Machiayelli. ~ say
that there is an honest man VINO ho -
estly believes that protsetlNe =
h uneonstitutionaL end IL he gets =
chance, being an honest man, ne VIII
inset this unconstitutional arrange
ment This is good reasoning. but ~ Is
entirely inconsistent Win anotns, Pc
OF the editorial which very kindly as
critics. brains 10 me. for IL concedes that
/ am not only an honest man. put AT
Intelligent and weh-informed man
would not acclaim that Tor myself. uu'
we will assume that In the argument
One OF the thiEgs that | know Is ina,
about half the people in the Uniteu
States are Democrats know tua'
they are engaged In every kind OF n ~,
TO accomplish economic destrucion
without also deliberately accomplish
Ing economic suicide. And DO not pc
| iieve that half the people or the uni.eo
states are going To combine 20 ruin the
Industries OF the United states an
too Intelligent 10 think that is likely
Moreover so far as l am myself con
oerned. would WITH the srea.eS
little utterance which ventured %
make upon accepting the nomination
for the presidency. in which explicitly
We ought to pursue with regard to the
protective duties. 4a.s sis-.-e---.
special Interests Must Go.
I said that that ought not to be
changed except sin~such a way and M
such a rate as would not In any way
Interfere with the course OF sound
business In the Unified states. -alsc
said. and that IL what makes this pa
renthesis applicable TO my discourse to-
right, that we were going to begir
with those particular items where W.
and special privilege entrenched Wa
know what those items are. These
gentlemen have been Kind enough &c
point them out themselves. And whai
we are interested In first Of all with
rcgs ri to the tariff II getting the griT
Of special Interests OF the stroke OF
congress We do not propose that spe-
cial interests shall any longer camp IN
the committee room OF the committee
OF ways and means. and the rooms Of