The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-13

our hopes. Now, the thing that stands
in the way of the proper policy OF
conservation and makes it impossi-
Bile to form that pol'cy is that the
government OF the United States is
now under the influence OF men who
want to control the forests, control
the water courses, control the mines,
who will not admit that these are
public properties which We hold in
trust for future generations as well
as for ourselves and who are resist
ing the efforts of those of MS VINO
would extend the threads OF law all
through those industrial processes
which threaten our resources and
threaten our lives and vitality.
Then there is the matter of the
regulation of the hours of labor, Of
the conditions OF labor, the question
OF the sanitation OF factories, of the
limitation of hours Of work for women
and children, Of the limitation ot
hours for men, questions which are in
part state questions, but also in part
federal questions. All Of these mat
ters have to be treated by knowledge
and pursued by Constancy of pur-
pose which no special interests ought
to be allowed to stand in the way OF.
And the government of the United
States under the democratic party
will attempt to put all through this
nation the structural steel Of law, so
that no man can doubt what his
rights are, or doubt the stability of
the thing that he is walking on.
"All over the country We are fac
ing the same problem. 1t is a prob
lem not OF revolution but Of read
iustment. And what | want to sug
gest to you is that the only basis,
the only standard, Of re-adjustment
proposed or suggested by our oppo-
nents is the standard Of expediency,
and that only the democratic party
offers standard OF principle. inc
expediency of the situation is merely
to see to 1t that those who receive
special privileges behave themselves.
whereas our principle is that nobody
ought to receive or retain special
privileges at all-that every special
privilege shall be destroyed, not with
a ruthless hand, not in such fashion
as suddenly to upset the conditions
OF business, hut nevertheless with the
firmness and kindness Of the judicious
parent. For the government Of the
United States at present is mere
foster child of the special lnterest
1t is not allowed to have a will OF
its own. 1t is told at every move
don't do that, you will interfere with
out prosperity When we ask, where
is our prosperity lodged?' a certain
group of gentlemen say, with us.
Now, for my part don't want
to belong to nation, and take leave
prettily to believe that ] do not be-
long to a nation, that needs to be
taken care of by guardians. l want
to belong to nation, and | am
proud that ] do belong to a nation
that knows how to take care OF IT.
self.
"It would seem as if America were
about TO see a generation grow up
which must be a generation or en-
ployes, unless it makes up its mind
to be a generation of masters. The
great militant, fighting, triumphant
America the world has known and ad-
mired is nation Of officers, nation
of men who are their own masters,
a nation of men who will originate
their own processes of industry and
of life, and we shall never see the
day, | confidently predict, where AM
erica will allow itself to be employ
ed and patronized and taken care or.