The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-21
ASSA|LS c. 0. ?.
FOR PRIVILEGE TO
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Attacks President Taft for His Re-
cord on the Tariff During His
Administration
CEREMONY IN INDIANAPOLIS
Judge Alton B. Parker, Presiden-
lial Nominee in 1904, Chair
man Of Notification Body

Indianapolis, Ind Aug. 20.-Gov.
Thomas r. Marshall Of Indiana, In
his formal speech OF acceptance Of
the Democratic presidential
nomination delivered to the notifiea-
tion committee here today. attacked
the Republican party on the grounds
that II fostered special privilege 10
the poiat OF making men every
where socialistic in theory il not in
conduct.
| In this connection, he sald
at is idle for thoughtful man in
america, whether millionaire or
oauper, 70 longer play the ostrich.
Safety does not consist in hiding
ones head in the sands OF either
sentiment or hope II il foolish for
the vastly rich to keep on insisting
hat more and more shall be added
to their riches through speeious
system of special legislation osten-
siby enacted to run the govern
nent, In reality enacted to loot the
people.
ut is worse than ignorance for
hem to smile at the large body Of
intelligent Americans who regard
themselves as fortunate If the debit
md credit accounts Of life balances
Vt the end OF the year, and to as
ume that the mighty many, who
IRE becoming convinced that that
'ocial system that we call Democ-
acy is but glittering generality.
Will long endure the industrial
lavery being produced.
Abhor Economical System.
whether bolting the ticket or
not, men everywhere looking upon
he awful injustice of this economic
system are becoming socialistic in
theory If not in conduct.
And shall any fair-minded man
" that ii it rebounds to the In
ares'S Of the people OF this county
hat buudrcd men shall control its
business to The good of everyone,
hat there ID anything failacious i'll
he theory that government instead
II transferring business to a fay-
red few for tho benefit Of all should
tself discharge that business for
he benefit of all.
" do net hesitate to say that IL
! be impossible to testore this re-
public to its ancient ideals, which
do not believe. and must make the
Ultimate choice between the pater-
railsm of the few aud the socialism
Of the many count me and my house
with the throbbing heart of human-
| ity.
"The discomfort In Republican
raaks is Democratic discomfort.
How much OF It has reached the
point 'where wearied with the bad
workings Of good system. it is will
ing to topple that system over and
try something new, cannot
prophesy
but I am quite sure that what
ever badges men may wear in Amer
! ica this year, whatever ballots
and whatever battle cries they
may utter, there are but three
grades of citizens.
Favored Few First.
1.-THE first grade is made up Of the
| favored few, their hangers-on and
their benefciaries, who think the
easle is upon the dollar. not as an
emblem Of liberty but rs an emblem
Of power and who look upon govern
ment as an annex to their husi-
ness affairs: these are they who In
the past years OF Republican misrala
have turned the temple of constitu-
tional freedom into money-chang-
ers mart and have made OF the CO.
ordinate branches of the governs
ment ohedient iackeys Of the ling
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