Evening journal., 1912-11-01

Our purpose is to shackle greedy cum
ming as we shacklo brutal force, and We
are not to be diverted from this purpose
by the appeal 70 the dead dogmas OF
r vanished past. We propose to lift tho
burdens from the lowly and the weary.
from the poor and the oppressed We
childhood and womonhood.
Nay, more. we propose TO sec that
manhood is not crushed out of the men
who toll. by excessive hours Of labor. by
under-paymspt by injustice and oppres-
sion. When this purpose can only be
secured BY the collective action of oui
people through their governmental agen-
cics. we propose 50 TO secure H. We brush
aside the arguments OF those who seek
to bar action by the repetition Of some
formula about Estates rights" or about
"the history of liberty being "thc his-
tory OF tho limitation OF governmental
power" or about the duty of the courts
finally 60 determine the meaning Of the
Constitution.
"wE ARE FOR LIBERTY"
We are for human rights and we in.
tend TO work for them in efficient fashion
Where they can be best obtained by the
application Of the doctrines of the
States rights. then We are for States
rights. Where. in order TO obtain them
il is necessary to invoke the power OF
the Nation. then we shall invoke to It's
uttermost limits that mighty power
We are for liberty. But we are ior
liberty Of the oppressed. and not for the
liberty of the oppressor TO oppress the
weak and 60 bind burdens on the shoul.
ders OF the heavy laden. It Is idle to ask
us not 20 exercise the power of the Gov.
enment when only by the power Of the
Government can we curb the greed that
sits in high places, when only by the cx'
ercise of the Government can We exali
the lowly and give heart to the humble
and the downtrodden.
We care for facts and not for formu
las. We care for deeds and not fol
words. We recognize no sacred right o.
oppression We recognize no divinl
right to work injustice. We stand 70
the Constitution. We recognize that on
of its most useful functions is the pro
lection of property. But we will no
consent to make OF the Constitution
fetch fer the protection of fossilze'
wrong.
We call the attention Of those VIII
thus interpret IL to the fact that in tina
great instrument of Justice life and lib
erty are put on a fun level with prop
erty-indeed. are enumerated ahead OF
in the order Of their Importance.
AS TO THE JUDICIARY.
We stand for an upright judiciar,
But where the judges claim the right I
make our laws by finally interpretin
, them, by finally deciding whether OF nc
we have the power to make them. the
: we claim the right ourselves to exercis
D that power We forbid any men. n
4 matter what their official position ma
+ be. to usurp the right which is ours, Il
o right which is the peoples.
o We recognize in neither court nor Co
Is gross. nor President, any divine right
n override the will Of the people express
h with due deliberation in orderly fashi
and through the forms Of law. We Pr
? gressivcs hold that the words Of q
!, Declaration of Independence, as given c
!. feet 10 by Washington and as constTu'
(. and applied by Abraham Lincoln, are
! be accepted as real, and not az empi
Z phrases.
6 We believe that in very truth this
4 Government by the people themselve
p that the Constitution is theirs. that q
O courts are theirs. that all the Cover
4 mental agents and agencies are their
a We believe that all true leaders OF Il
people mnst fearlessly stand for righ
r eOusness and honesty, must fearless
o tell the people what justice and honi
n demand But we no less strongly insi
J. that il lie for the people themselves fina
. " to decide all questions of public pc
y icy, and to have their decision made 9
p fective.
il EVERY PROMISE WILL BE KEPT
e In the platform formulated by Il
= Progressive party we have act fori
d clearly and specifically our faith {
every vital point at issue before th
II people.
n We have declared our. position on q
u trusts and on the tariff, on the machi
~ ery for securing genuine popular Go
II ernment, on the method of meeting &
" needs Of the farmer, of the business mi
~ and of the man who tolls with his hanC
in the mine or on the railroad, in Z
factory or in the shop. There is not
le promise we have made which cannot
&. kept. There is not a promise we ha
l. made that will not be kept Our pla
I form is covenant with the people
Is the United States, and If we are Civ
> the power we will live up to that GOV
,e nant in letter and in spirit.
le We know that there are in life inju
n tices which we are powerless to remed
he But we also know that there is mu
~ injustice which can be remedied, a.
r this injustice we intend TO remedy.
know the long path leading upward