The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16
GOVERNOR MARSHALL
MAKES A SPEECH
Opened Democratic Campaign la Kan
sas Today With Remarks About
the Pirate Flag.

| the democratic campaign in Kansas
today. Governor Thos. R. Marshall,
democratic vice presidential candi-
date, spoke in part as follows:
Never has the black flag of piracy
ioated above the political seas as
now; never was it saluted with so
much honor.
In all my political career have
never asked ANYBODY to vote for me:
do not propose to do SO now. am
unfit for public Office if my personal
Epreferment is more potent than the
triumph of the cause advocate. My
personality is OF slight moment to
| the voters of this country unless they
believe in my party platform, and in
my intent, If elected, to help carry
out its pledges. l have no quarrel
with the man who disagrees with me
with reference to the democratic plat
form. He may be right, much as /
doubt it.
This principle is vital: that every
man in America has the right to run
for Office and to vote for whomscerer
he chooses,
When matters Of great pith and
moment are involved, a party is not
dealing honestly with the voters un-
less it declares its principles and
pledges its candidates to maintain
them A vote obtained through dis
stimulation is wrongfully obtained.
Gould anything be more piratical
than the open boast of the Roosevelt
men that they kept still and waited
until the Maine election had been
carried before declaring their prin-
sciples. Every regular republican vote
obtained in this wa in the state of
Maine was fully as dishonest as the
votes in the Chicago convention which
nominated Taft
"A party that opens its political
meetings with prayer and sings On
ward, Christian Soldiers and claims
to be the embodiment of pure poll
tics and clean Americanism ought to
be honest enough not to deceive the
voter, not TO dissemble, and not to
resort TO legal technicalities in order
10 force the voter either to vote for
candidates he does not desire In of
fee, or TO vote agsins. his principles
The progressiyes claim TO be d.
vorced from the republican party on
the ground of non-support They have
left that party and all its works and
all its ways. They claim that the re-
publican party Is even worse than the
democratic party; yet here In the
state OF Kansas they propose TO place
the republican emblem above their
progressive electors and thereby force
the Taft republicans to DO one OF
three things, none of which they want
70 do: to vote the progressive ticket.
TO vote against their principles and
for the democratic ticket; Or TO stay
away from the polls and not vote at
all.
That may be z marx Of SLICK poll
tics but IT is rot marx OF homes:
politics. / should ike 10 win the
votes Of the Taft republicans Sc Kan
sas. provided they. really want 70 vote
for me. but insigt that If they Do M
want to vote for me, they shoEld have
the risnt az American ctsizers, 10
vote fer Mr. Sherman.
There can be 10 do1tf ~ 70 TIE
duty Of 3 governor whoae atste saees
this condition of aGsirs. He ssa0aso
Al once convene hia Legislature 70
change the states sseezs0a sawss
Every man In Kansas sa1afl Rare 4
chance 70 vote for she esESss6s3ea 5e
desires in Office. IL fS also ne Sssg
Of your governor 10 zee sl4as ne ~
publican party nas IS fSe&ss s,o@ ne
ballot ana under tss ensg4ssa
Il cannot speak ser r.g 9ssssssss,ssa
ed associate, for na<ss sssesao1
most honestly plead, Esss I ssn1asxs3y
say for myself that Esy slsss N zeye
eminent make ne prefer fsss soss ~
Kansas, when the G.sr ~ s&ss s4aae
have had a chance ~ mr. a. @aes 81
sire, to the winning n Kaasas qasosza
political trick. sgea - Il Defag
worked here-a tr1Gk akSes Ssoglt s3S
become candidzts f1T o1aassslss