The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-06

a platform of the ordinary and insin-
cere kind, but shall be a contract
with the people; and, if the people &C
power, We shall hold ourselves under
honorable obligation to fulfill every
promise it contains as Loyalty as if it
were actually enforcible under the
penalties of law.
No Hope Frem Old Party Machines.
The prime need of today is to face
the fact that We are now in the midst
OF great economic evolution. There
is urgent necessity of applying both
common sense and the highest ethical
standard to this movement for better
economic conditions among the mass
of our people if we are to make il
one of healthy evolution and not one
of revolution. 1t is, from the stand
point of our country, wicked as well
as foolish to refuse to face the real
issues OF the day. Only by so facing
them can we go forward; and to do
this we must break up the old party
organizations and obliterate the old
cleavage lines on the dead issues in
herited SO years ago. Our fight is a
fundamental fight against both of the
old corrupt party machines, for both
are under the dominion of the plumber
league of professional politicians who
are controlled and sustained by the
great beneficiarieS of privilege and
reaction. How close is the alliance
between the two machines is shown
by the attitude of that portion OF
those northeastern newspapers, includ-
ing the majority of the great dailieS
in all the northeastern cities-Boston,
Buffalo, Springfield, Hartford, Phila-
delphia, and, above all, New York
which are controlled by or representa-
tive of the interests which, in popular
phrase, are conveniently grouped to-
gether as the Wall street interests
The large majority of these papers
supported Judge Parker for the presl-
NJ 1IClX
they supported Mr.. Taft for the Re-
publican nomination this year; the
large majority are now supporting
Professor Wilson for election. some
of them still prefer Mr.. Taft to Mr..
Wilson, but all make either Mr.. Tart
or Mr. Wilson their first choice: ana
one of the ludicrous features or the
campaign is that those papers support
ing Professor Wilson show the most
Jealous craftsmanship for Mr.. Tatt
Whenever they think his interests are
by the Progressive move
ment-that, for instance, any eIecIoI
will obey the will of the majority OF
the Republican voters at the primaries
and vote for me instead of obey1ng the
will of the Messrs. BarneS-Fehr
Guggenheim combination py VOLTS
for Mr.. Taft No better proof can pc
given than this of the fact that the
Fundamental concern of the privileges
interests is to beat the new party.
Some of them would rather beat IT
heat if with Mr.. Taft; but the dlnet-
ence between Mr.. Wilson ana MT.
Taft they consider as trivial, as nleie
matter of personal preference. -
real fight is for either, as against tne
Progressives. They represent the al
lied reactionaries of the country, ailu
thew are against the new party pecdus
to their unerring vision II Is eo on1,,eS
that the real danger to privilege comes
from the new party, and from the new
marty alone. The men who presided
over the Baltimore and the ChicaS
and the great bosses Wno
oo11trn11ed the two conventions. Mr. |
Root and Mr. Parker, Mr.. Barnes anu
Mr. Murphy Mr.. Penrose ana MI
ia ggart Mr.. Guggenhe1m ana MI
Sullivan, differ from one ano e,t +h So
course on certain points But llies0
are the differences which one corpora
ton LAWYER has with another coIpo.d4 |
ton lawyer when acting LOT ol3IeI ~
cornorations They come together az
oI,ioe as against a common en- envy when |
the dominion of both is threatened ~
The SUPREMACY of the people OF the
United states, now aroused to the nee3
of a national alignment on lne VIA
oconoTnic issues of this generation.
Neither the Republican nor lile
Democratic platform contains ~
slightest promise of approachlhS III ~
great problems of TO-DAY eiIheI 49, 49,
,,, e. a. or good faith;-and yet
80. v1as there greater need in this
nation than now of undersIanulhs'
and of action taken in good faltn, on
the part of the men ana lhe ofSani1
no1;o1- Moreover our needs are Sucn
hot there should be coherent acllon
among those responsible Tor the con
duct of national affairs ana tnose re-
sponsible for the conduct OF state a.
Pc irs. because our aim should be tne
same in both state and natlon' that
Is. to use the government as an eIII -
Gent agency for the practical oe1ter-
nent of social and economic c0hoi-
lions throughout this land 1hero
are other Important things to be DONE
mt this is the most important thlns-
II is preposterous to leave such
movement in the hands OF men WHO
nave broken their promises as nave
- nresent heads of the Republican
1rganization (not of the Republican
voters, for they in no shape represent
he rank and file of Republican vol
,rs These men by their deeds give
80 lie tn their words. There is no
1ealth in them, and they cannot be
-rusted. But the Democratic party is
lust as little to be trusted. Ihe IN
ierwood-F Fitzgerald com blnatlon III
he house of representatives has SHOWN
hat it cannot safely be trusted to
the interests of this country
abroad or to represent the interests
IF the plain people at home me
control of the various state posses IN
he state organizations has been
;trengthened by the action at Balu-
more: and scant indeed would be the
1se of exchanging the WHIPS OF
Messrs. Barnes, Penrose and Guggen-
7eiro for the scorpions of Messrs.
Murphy, Taggart and Sullivan. Final
V. the Democratic platform not only
;hows an utter failure to understand
either present conditions or the
means of making these conditions bet
er, but also a reckless willingness to
ry to attract various sections of the
electorate by making mutually in