Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-03-01

that wise. But we want to use the
automobile and as long as sensible
and law-abiding men are at the wheel
We haven't any objection to the auto
mobile or to its power as an instru
ment of conveyance; We are not bent
ON destroying the instrument Of com
imerce, but We are bent upon catch,
ing the pirate of commerce,
Now if II be true that credit Is
keeping within certain narrow circles,
so far as great enterprises are con.
cerned; if 1t be true the benefits OF
the tariff are going to particular
group Of individuals and not the
whole nation. then let it be our duty
to find exactly where the blame lies,
where the advantage can be removed
without detriment to the country and
the individual can be punished with.
out breaking up the enterprise and
then We shall at one and the same
time have proved ourselves genuine
Democrats and men who understand
the business of the country.
Look Out for Political Favors.
Gentlemen, We are engaged now
upon the determination of the ques.
ton: By what program can We com.
mend ourselves to the confidence Of
the country? l want to say with re-
spect to candidates, that | am not a
Wilson man. | can say with absO-
lutte candor that / am for convincing
the country that We mean what We
say and that We know what we are
talking about and that if We can do
it through one man as well as anoth-
er / am for any man for whom we
can do it. l simply want to utter
this word of warning.-if | am going
too far | ask you TO forgive what
may be a breach of courtesy-but |
know from living very close to Ger.
tain quarters Of this country that a
very wide though invisible net is be.
ing cast out to ensnare all the pos.
sible candidates for the presidency
and that We have got to put on spec.
tacles of vision which will discover
the meshes of the net. Now there
are men who have not gotten into
these meshes, there are others who
have. But there are many subtle
ways in which man can be bound
1t is human, in one way it works, to
say that you will not injure men who
have helped you, and nothing is more
dangerous in politics than the fayors
you accept; nothing is more danger
GUS than the support you accept il
you accept support from men whether
they are conscious of it or not, who
expect guild pro quo; then you bet
ter pull out because if there ISM
any way of electing a. president o.
the United States without the assist
ance of interested parties, then We
better begin at the beginning and or
ganize ourselves in a way in which
-. it will be possible.
Making the Pump Work.
l remember a good many years agC
hearing a distinguished Kentuck!
orator refer to a campaign fund which
in that day was regarded as yer!
large. 1t was 100000. it had beef
collected by single individual in tn,
city of Philadelphia and the speakel
was referring to it in a way tina
clearly implied he thought imprope
use was being made Of the money ant
he says, Il don't want you to mis-
understand me, l am not claiming
these gentlemen would use tina
money directly for bribery or anything
so coarse and dirty as that: all tina
| mean i. can illustrate in this way
Down where l live We get most o
our water from pumps and you know
it is popularity Of a pump that /
may 90 dry in the night because tn
plunger shrinks and in the mornini
it won't fit tight and the prudent wifi
draws bucket of water and leave
it stand until morning: then in tn
morning If the pump won't suck sh
pours some of that water in, whic
will swell the plunger and the pun
begins to pump. ] would like to ca
your attention to the fact that tn
first water that comes out is tina
same water she pours in. All l mea
to intimate about these four hundre
thousand dollars is that inasmuch a
they were all avowedly collected b
persons interested in a protectiv
tariff it is reasonable to suppose tina
they use it as water TO make tn
pump suck and that they think tina
they will get back that same waite
they pour in. Now they always e.
pect to get the water back; the
even expect to get the water bac
they put into stock and they expeC
to get it back by artificial levels G
prices that are not sustained by tn
genuine and solid enterprises the
are supposed to represent. So ths
it seems to me We have got to do a
Infinitely difficult thing: we have e
to serve business without too int
mately connecting ourselves wit
business; in the personnel of on
party we have got to show that ther
is such a thing in America as tn
|, power Of serving business withoU
having a material stake in twill
out getting anything out of it exceI
our salaries and the consciousness
that We have served a great peopl
Fortunately not many Democrat
have been tainted by money and "
are in a condition of disintereste,
ness.
The coereive Power Of Credit.
. / remember being asked BY Ii
. Bankers Association of New York [
/ address them on the elasticity of th
} currency and l said | supposed the
} asked me to do 1t because / woul