Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-22

ldNOatu lew lOT Ine DeneuL Oh all
should itself discharge that business
for the benefit Of all? | have never
been able to convince myself that
either system would not cast a pail
over human action and dull the mo-
tiyes which have heretofore moved
mankind to the very Hottest endeavor
and produced what conceive to be the
most perfect system of government
ever devised by the brain of man since
that far-off theocracy of the Jew went
down beneath his demand for the
pomp and splendor OF earthly power.
And yet, do not hesitate to say that
IL 1t be impossible to restore this Re-
public to its ancient ideals, which
do not believe, and I must make the
ultimate choice between the paternal-
ism OF the few and the socialism of the
many, count me and my house with the
throbbing heart of humanity.
Three Grades Of Citizens.
The discomfort in Republican ranks
is Democratic discomfort. How much
OF 1t has reached the point where
wearied with the bad workings OF a
good system, 1t Is willing to topple
that system over and try something
new, l cannot prophesy. Put | am
quite sure that whatever badges men
may wear In America this year, what
ever ballots they may cast and what
ever battle-cries they may utter, there
are but three grades Of citizens. The
first grade Is made up of the favored
few, their hangers-on and their bene
| ficiaries, who think the eagle is upon
| the dollar, not as an emblem of liberty
| but as an emblem of power and who
look upon government as an amer
to their business AFFAIRS these are
they who In the past years of Repub
| lican mlsrule have turned the temple
| of constitutional freedom into mon
| ey-changers mart and have made OF
| the coordinate branches of govern
ment obeisant lackeys Of the jingling
| guinea.
The second grade consists of those
whose outlook upon life has been en-
larged by the civilization under which
We live, who have been taught by the
school and the college, by the press
and the magazine, who appreciate and
enjoy the good things of life, whose
horizon has been enlarged and whose
capacity for Joy and sorrow has been
increased. Conditions have become
unbearable to them They hesitate to
hope for reform so often has II been
promised to them and so often has II
been denied. They have reached the
point where, in the struggle for that
which they believe to be right they
are willing to destroy the ideals of the
Republic. How many there are OF
these, I do not know, but | do know
that special privilege in the Republic
is breeding them day by day like rab
bits in a warren.
od-Fashloned Democrats.
The third grade Of citizens II
pleases me to call old-fashioned con
stitutional Democrats These are they
who believe that the equality OF man
kind does not consist in an equality
OF brain and Drawn but in an equality
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eign-born, has an inalienable right t
exercise all of his ability in getting or
in the world Just so he realizes that
in getting on he owes it to himself
to his family and to the Republic tt
see to 1t that he gets on honestly and
that he does not prevent any other
man from obtaining the reward of his
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fashioned Democrats believe in max
ing money, but they believe that every
dollar made should be so clean thai
an infant may cut its teeth upon IL
They hold that 1t Is no part of govern
ment to boost one man and to boot an
other, and that any system of govern
ment which enables one man to TAKE
advantage of another is not a system
under which a Democratic condition
OF life can thrive. They hold tina
from age to age social and economic
conditions change, but that the grea
principle OF the equality of all men be
fore the law can never change Will,
time shall last, and that the homes
Interpretation of this great principle
in statutory enactment, judicial con
struction and executive conduct. will
take from the life of people TIN
mighty avarice OF the few, bind u
the broken hearts of the many an,
loose the bonds of all who are In slav
cry to wrong. injustice and Ignorance
If doubted that the return of tn
historic Democratic party to powe
would fail to right the wrongs of in
dustrial life, to wipe out the injustice
OF legislation and to preserve the or
portunity of every man for happiness
then my voice, now weak, would b
silent. It did not believe that, insc
far as human agency can, this part
of ours will promote the brotherhoo
of mankind, would here and now re
pudiate It, But believing as l do tina
the Republic had its origin in an in
spIration which did not come from tn
mere brain of mere man but spran
from the heart of humanity, believin
that this age more than any whic
has preceded it calls for conscience
and brotherhood in governmental a.
fairs; hoping that every sacrifice o
mind and body and personal goo