Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-04
ADDISON 7. SMITH
OUTLINES HIS VIEWS


, iiy Of the voters of the State a
The recent primaries as one of tn,
ticket for representative in con
, sress, take this opportunity te
express my appreciation of the con-
iidence reposed in me, and 10 as
sure the people of the state that if
elected TO that office that will
labor diligently and INCREASINGLY for
the advancement and the interest
OF the state and to faithfully. serve
The people. | believe that a repre-
sentative in congress should be. as
The title of the office indicates. a
true representative of the people.
that their wishes when responsibility
expressed by majority of the vot-
ers. should be carried out.
The purposes of this campaign
are to consider the social. industrial
and other problems affecting the
general welfare. In large part our
problems are the inevitable pro- /,
duct of changes in our developing
industrial life in part they are
Tue to abuses of trusts and COM
in restraint of trade. which
prevent the small manufacturers.
fadesmen and wage-earners from
having an equal opportunity. 1t is
he peoples business TO decide how [
hese problems can be dealt with I
trough the government and
NV, and to decide which party and /
'hich leaders can most safely be '
ntrusted with the execution of c
he peoples will. c
lam firm believer in the right e
the people to pass upon their own s.
fairs. | hold that this should be Il
government of all for the good Q,
each; a government executed in
men whose character and fit fC
IS commend themselves to the pl
ople, who are servants, not die W
tors, and who will carry out the Til
shes of the people. an
stand for progress-progress in ST.
business, in politics, progress in an
cry thing which concerns the ar
Hare of the people. We cannot of
agree upon that, our only disa- pc
cement is upon the ways and adj
ans to be employed in guaran- pr'
ing progress. Everyone must cot
nit that the conditions of Ameri- ban
life are changing, and we must sui
)nstruct eur laws to meet new owe
Dlems. The cost of living is EXP
Wing higher; we must do what una
can to remove whatever legal u
SEES affect ii. Some of the great tlOn
lstrial systems tend to impose Will
iltions upon labor that are hurt gait
to the workiDgman and the ram
We must pass nee'
for the protection of wage feel
ers. Our population is grow er
larger. We must conserve our and
lrces so that every man, dida
an and child of the next oener- SUPP
Will have fair chance to
clpate in the gifts which ma
has bestowed on our country. SCH,
Q great wide spaces of our q
n are being settled up, the m
plains irrigated and develop oloeo
We must provide good roads. ~ :
gh federal aid, and make it Of ~
VI" i'' '''oi ~ market tende
products more economically. a. .
must enforce rigidly the pure Hi
"'''" and thus insure The pro- train
n Of our people against adul- e,rar,
"''' po''"' "russ. All TINS is de,
e progressivism because it their
constantly TO improve the heo;f;
ion of the general welfare tho =
~, '"e nc" evils ana ideas
ms which come upon us. fasbio
lieve In full publicity in all mncb
political so that the people rener,
'no" ana approve or check You
It Is going on. The increase trim
Ni"i 0on'roi over government shown
ely to provide additional from
against the unworthy or stores
EST official, and not to I'M cost OF
burden the people with the saving
'lbIllty Of governmental af- and
practic
people in the long run will making
be right if the questions in cool
them touch their fundament. buying
But the fundamental prob themse
any republic are compar- various
few. They arise only now Prof.
N, and when they do arise, stalled
ders, under the force of charge
opinion, will usually do the made t
Il they do not. the people as poss
have the right to take ade- needs 0
,tion to correct abuses. The son soT
ISIS of legislation must be training
ed TO our representatives, work b
; in questions of great i'm the tim,
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