The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-09-17
State Should Handle Trusts

i Kansas City, September 16.-That the
remedy for the so-called trust evil lies
with the separate states rather than
with the federal government is the
Viewpoint held by Gov Thomas r.
Marshall of Indiana, democratic vice
presidential candidate. who began
campaigning tour at Kansas City, Kan,
today When Governor Marshall was
met by q belated reception committee
and informed of rather a lengthy pro-
Eramme for the occasion, he at once
baked He was told, however that
five scpeeches had been arranged for
him.
"This rear end platform talking never
got a man anything" the governor
said 1--WE got little enough to say, but
must have a long time in which to
say It,"
After much persuasion he consented
to fulfill the arrangements, remarking
at the same time, "rll carry out your
T. programme, gentlemen, but its a tom
fool matter I'll be the tom and they'll
be the fool"
"Never has the black flag of piracy
floated above the pol.tical seas as now;
never was it saluted with so much hon.
or,'fdeclared Governor Marshall.
Never Asked for Votes
I'm all my political career, I have
never asked anybody to vote for me;
do not propose to do so now. l am
unfit for public office if my personal
preferment is more potent than the
Triumph of the cause l advocate. He
is not a good soldier who is not will
ing to sacrifice himself in an effort to
save his party standard, My personality
IS of slight moment to the voters of
shis country unless they believe in my
party platform, and in my intent, If
elected, to help carry out its pledges.
i have no quarrel with the man who
disagrees with me with reference to
The democratic platform. He may be
right much as | doubt it.
q 'This principal is vital That every
man in America have the right to run
for office and to vote for whomsoever
he chooses.
"When matters of great pith and mo-
rpent are involved, party is not dealing
Honestly with the voters unless it de-
clares it's principles and pledges its candi-
dates to maintain them. vote obtained
Through assimilation is wrongfully OBJ
famed.
t"Could anything be more piratlcal than
the open boast of the Roosevelt men
that they kept still and waited until the
Maine election had been carried before
Declaring their principles? Every regu-
lar republican vote obtained in this way
IN the state of Maine was fully as dis
honest as the votes in the Chicago con-
PrOgressives Inconsistent
"a party that opens it's political meet
ings with prayer and sings Onward,
( Christian Soldiers. and claws to he the
embodiment: OF pure politics and clean
Anericanism. ought to be honest enough
not to deceive the voter not to dissemble
and not to resort to legal technicaities in
order to force the voter either to vote
for Candidates he does not desire in office
or TO vote against his principles.
The prog essives claim 10 be divorced
from the republican party and all its
works and all its ways. They claim that
the republican party is even worse than
the democratic party. yet here in the
state of Kansas they propos+ TO place
the re publican emblem above their pro-
gressive electors and thereby force the
T&ft republicans TO do one Of three things,
none Of which they want 10 do-to vote
The progressive ticket, to vote against
Their principles and for the democratic
ticlsct. or to stay away from the rolls and
not vote at all
THAT may be mark of slick politics,
but ii is not a mark of honest politics.
should like 10 win the votes of the Taft
republicans in Kansas, provided they
really want TO vote for me, but | insist
that IL they do not want to vote for me
they should have the right as American
citizens to vote for Mr.. Sherman.
''There can be no doubt as To the duty
OF a governor whose state faces this con-
dition of affairs. He should at once con-
vene his legislature to change the states
election laws Every man in Kansas
should have a chance to vote for the cam
didate he desires in office 1t is also the
duty OF ycur governor to see that the
republican, PATTY has lis tickle; upon the
ballot and under its emblem.
Il cannot speak for my distinguished
associate for whose election most
honestly plead, but l truthfully say for
myself that my ideas of government make
me prefer the loss of Kansas, when the
men of this state have had a chance to
vote as they desire, TO the winning Of
Kansas through a political trick, such
as is being worked here, trick which
would i'll become a candidate for con-
stable.