Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Business Has Nothing to Fear
From Progressive Policies in
Public Affairs Declares Gov
ernor in Chicago,
PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS OF
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Candidate Finds Growing
Weakening of Party Lines
With People Voting Accord
ing TO Dictates of Conscience.
lib, Morning journal special Leased Wire.

tBy Morning journal special Leased Wire.I
| Chicago, Feb. 12.-EXpressing the
opinion that the country's business
has nothing to fear from the applica-
ton of progressive policies in the ad-
ministration of public affairs, Cover
f; paign for the presidential nomination
here in speech before the iroauois
| club today at Lincoln birthday
luncheon at which he was the guest
| OF honor.
| II sometimes thing it peculiar cir
| cumstance that the present republican
| party should have sprung from Abia-
ham Lincoln. | suppose that Is one
of the mysteries Of providence. The
richness OF a democracy is that i
never has to predict who has 10 save
| it. We do not have 10 train men 10
| interpret the United States. When IN
emergency arises there is always
geniuses who appear from the ranks
| of uncatalogued men to bear the
! standard and show the way to vic
tory.
"As our economic affairs now are
organized they cannot go on. The di-
vision is far more difficult to trace
today than II was in Lincoin's time.
Every problem we have to meet can
be solved without injury to business
or other sound interest
THE people have been deceived 80
| many times by puh'i servants th2l
! they are suspicious. Men are gettins
to vote according to the dictates "l
their conscience rather than accord
| ing to their label. In politics a man
should do what he promises To do "r
get out of the game.
THE republican party Is sadly
broken. II has lost its way. Ap-
| parently it is not bound for an ac-
commodating haven. 1t has been thc
business mans party in so many per
sonaIlv conducted campaigns that
many believe nobody else knows any
| thing about prosperity.
"America is "A business country and
! business must he taken care of. !
believe that the ills from which we
suffer can be cured without harming
sound business. | have no feeling "l
piety about any political doctrine eX-
cept the one that gives equal righ's
to all.
"The standard to be sought In all
reforms is good of the country Busl-
ness ls finding out for itself that there
is something the matter. Something
must be done to stop the domination
OF politics over business.
"Tf there is anything in this country
which business men fear II should be
destroyed. business and politics must
he separated. Business entered poll
tics: politics did not enter business.
Give politics a chance without tho
domination of special privilege and
great wealth. The biggest enemy bus
mess has is the man with program
which goes further than he can see
The stand -patters have I'm the days OF
their control imprisoned business be
hind u great dam. Men in control or
big business cannot hide today like
they could i'm the past.
"Searchlights are being turned In
to every corner Of the business organ
ization and things that were once
mysteries are now matters OF common
nowledge. There is no need Of break
in. down this dam and causing
commercial flood with its consequent
damage. Engineers have appeared
who have shown us how we may
pierce the dam here and there and re-
lease the water without harming any
body.
we look to the young men to bring
about these reforms by the application
of progressive policies. I ann not argu-
ing with the people. ! am telling
them what | think and am willing 20
leave II for the jury of public opinion
TO decide"