New-York tribune., 1912-04-04

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are correct the designations are not de-
manded with any 'impulsiveness on
such leisurey deliberaton that the day for
holding the primary would have passed be-
fore the request becomes effective. Now.
gentlemen. If these newspaper reports ara
correct such request Is good deal worss
than a sham.
We are in a period Of change; we are
fronting a great period Of further change.
Never was the need moro imperative OF
men Of vision who are also mon Of action.
Disaster is ahead Of US IL we trust to
the leadership Of the mon whose hearts
have withered and whose eyes are
blinded, who believe that We can find
safety in dull timidity and dull inaction.
Tho unrest cannot be quieted by tho in.
genious trickery of those who profess
to advance by merely marking tims lt
cannot be quieted by demanding only
the prosperity which is to come to those
who have much, in such quantity that
some will drift through to those who
have little. There must be material
prosperity; they arc enemies Of all o.
US who wantony or unwsely interfere
with or disregard IL; but II can only
como in permanent shape if obtained IN
accordance with and not against the
Clouds hover above the horizon through
out the civilized world. But here in Amer
lea the fault is our own IL the sky above us
is not clear. We have a continent on which
men and women-nt to face the mighty
days. II We fail. the failure will be lam
entable; not only shall We fail for our
selves. but our failure will wreck the firm
desires Of ALL throughout the world, who
look toward us with the eager hope thae
here, In this great republic, we shall show
that, from ocean TO ocean, the people can
rule themselves and this ruling can give
liberty and do justice both TO themselves
and to others.
Tho Fight Will Go On.
The present contest is but phase Of tho
larger struggle. Assuredly the fight will 60
on. Our opponents, representing the bruts
power OF ceded privilege can win only by
using the led captains OF mercenary politics
and the crooked financiers who stand behind
those led captains and those newspapers
which they own, influence or control. They
can win only by playing upon the timidity
or the short-sig ghtedness or the mere lack
Of knowledge Of worthy citizens by mis-
leading them into supporting for the mo-
ment the powers that prey. the powers OF
pllage, the dread powers that exploit the
people for their own purposes and that
turn a popular government into a sinister
sham.
Certain big men who. alas. have some
time perverted the courts to their own uses.
the people insisting upon justice being done
by the courts. We answer that with all
our might We will uphold the courts against
law.essness and that we also intend TO seq
that in their turn the courts give justics
TO all. We say in the words of Lincoln
that We must prevent wrong being done
either by Congress or court The people
OF these United States. rightful masters Of
both Congress and court, not to overthrow
the Constitution, but TO overthrow the men
who prefer the Constitution
s..l 20 IL
when he said In the course OF his joint
debate with Douglas. that is the real
issue. That IS the Issue which will con-
tlnue in this country when these poor
tongues of Judge Douglas and myself
shall be silent. II is the eternal struggle
between these two principles-risht and
wrong-throughout the world. They are the
two principles that have stood face to face
from the beginning Of time. The one s
the common right Of humanity, the other
is the divine right of kings Ii Is the same
itself II is the same spirit that says, You
toll and work and earn bread and III
eat it, No matter in what shape II comes,
whether from the mouth OF King whc
DESTROYS the people Of his own nation,
lives by the fruit Of their labor, or from
one race of men as an apology for enslaV,
ing another race, 1t Is the same tyranncsI
principle"
And. of course, this applies no less :,
the man who oppresses others by the abuss
of special privilege. be his wealth great
roads and mines and factories who forget!
his duties to those who earn him bread
while earning their own. or only the owner
of foul little sweatshop in whlcn ne
grinds dollars from the excessive ana uh-
derpaid labor of haggard women.
Eternal War Against Tyranny.
We who stand for the cause of prog.
ress for the cause Of the uplft or hu-
manity and the betterment Of mankind. are
pledged TO eternal war against tyranny
and wrong, by the few or many by piu-
tocracy or a mob. We stand Tor JusucS
with hold hearts and keen eyes We face
tine coming years, for we know that ours
are the banners OF justice and that all
men who wish well to the people must
right under them. We fight tO make this
country A better place to live In for those
" no have been h@rshly treated Dy rate, ana
If we succeed II Will also be netter pace
to live in for those who have much. Non:
of ms can really prosper permanently II
masses of our fellows are debased ana de-
graded. If masses OF men ana women arc
ground down and forced TO lead starved
and sordid lives. so that their Souls ar"
crippled like their bodies and the fine edge
of their every feeling blunted.
| ask that those OF us to whom Provl-
dence. To whom fate, has been kind, re
member that each must be his brothers
keeper and all must feel their ooiigaton
TO the less fortunate who work beside US In
the strain and press or our eager inoufrh
life / ask Justice for the weak for their
sake; and / ask il for the sake of our chill
drcn and our childrens children who are
to come after us This country VIII not ne
a good place for any of us IL II is not rea,
sonably good place for all OF us. Mhen l
Mead The cause of the crippled brakeman
On a railroad of the overworked girl in q
factory. of the stunted child toiling at
inhuman labor OF all work excessively lohg
or i'm unhealthy surroundings, of the family
dwelling in the squalor of noisome tene-
ment, of the wornout farmer In regions
where the farms are worn out also; when
| protest against the unfair proht OF un-
scr,,3ulous and constituencies men or
against the greedy exploitation OF the heip-
Loss bv the Beneficiary of privilege, | am
nc. only lighting for the weak am i,sh,ins TX
also for the strong. TIE sons OF AL OF US
will pay in the future II We OF the present
do not do justice TO the present. II lIs
fathers cause others to eat bitter Oredh
The teeth of their own sons shall he set ON
edge our cause is the cause of JuStce
for all. in the interests OF all surely mere
never was a more noble cause; surely there
never was cause I'm which II was Detter
worth while to spend and be spent
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