The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-02
Sea cirt, n. J., oct. -, 1912.

NJ. J.. 3,
TO the Voters Arerioa:
an glad to have an opportunity to state very
simply and directly Why an seeking to be elect
ed President OF the United States. Ifesl very
deeply that this IS not an ambition a should
entertain for his sake. He seek
serve a cause. and must know very clearly what
cause II IS he Is seeking to serve.
The cause am enlisted in lies very plain
to my own vtev: The Governnent Of the United
States, as nov bound by the policies which have
become Characteristic OF Republican adntntstra-
tion In recent years., Is not free to serve the
whole people tnpartta1ly, and It ought to be set
free. It been tied up, whether deliberately
Or merely by unint ent tonal devel opment, with
particular interests, which have used their pow
er, both to control the government and to con-
troll the Industrial develosuent OF the country.
It must be freed from such angl euents and al
1tences. Unit IL IT IS freed 1T cannot serve the
people as a whole. Until It Is freed. 1T cannot
undertake. any programme Of social and economic
betterment. but must be checked and thxarted at
every turn by its patrons and masters.
In practically every speech that I make.
put at the front OF what have to say the ques-
tton OF the tariff and the question Of the trusts
but not because OF any thought Of party strategy,
because believe the solution Of these ques-
ttons to lie at the very heart OF the bigger
question. whether the government shall be free
not. The government is not free because It
by means OF the tariff. The men to whom these
special favors have been grant ed have formed
great comb mat ions by xhioh to control enter
Prise and determine the prices Of commodities.
They GOULD not have done this had IT not been
the tariff. No party. therefore, which does not
propose to take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely in the markets Of the
country sees even much the most elementary
part Of the method by which the government is
TO be set free.
The control to which tariff Legislation has
led. both in the field Of politics aid in the
field Of business. is what has produced the most
odtous feature Of our present political situa-
tion namely, the absolute domination Of power
full bosses. Bosses cannot exist without busi-
ness alliances. with them politics is hardly
dtsttngui shable from business. Bosses ma intain
their control because they are allied with
who wish their assistance in order to get
treots, in order to obtain special legislative
advantages, in order to prevent reforms which
Will interfere with monopoly or with their
3oyment OF special exemptions. Merely po1it-
tca1 leaders, not backed by money, not supported
by securely tntrenched special interests, bosses
would be entirely manageable and comparatively
power1ess. By freeing the government, there
fore, We at the same line break the power OF the
boss. He trades, he does not govern. He
ranges, he does not lead. He sets the stage for
what the people are to do: he does not act
their agent servant, but as their director.
For him the real business OF politics is done
under
The means that Will set the government
free from the influences which now constantly