Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-05
THE INDIVIDUAL
AND THE PARTY

, want the support of such bosses al
panrosa Barnes. Lorimer, Crane,
Guggenheim and the rest of the ialt
managers. Will, or can Wilson,
aoht such Democratic bosses as
Murphy. the boss of Tammany Haii'
Taggart of Indiana, Sullivan OF
nois. and the powerful bosses Vi Il
| different southern states Where ny
J Democrats are so completely o"nou
bv the Democratic party that any
bodv on the party ballot Will lnya-
ria blv be elected? There Is no paltS
contest in the southland. Inc Deni
ocratic bosses, backed by the an
| roads and other gigantic corpora,
zion interests, rules the soutnein
states supreme. How a ne HsnI
these powerful bosses md be erect
edP He can't. He must nave thelt
active support or be defeated. %
Won see there Is a vast dlHerehce
between the individual n the party
TO which he belongs.
Mr.. Roosevelt is speaking out IN
omen meeting, naming the croohs
nv their names, and -all1ng a spaue
q shade in his battle for pontlcai
| cleanliness and social and industrial
I Justice. He is uncomprom1slngly
oDposed to free trade or tarlft ior
revenue only, the cardinal doctrine
preached by Mr.. Wilson and Demo
cratic candidates. He believes In
the protective system which mas
built up Perth Amboy ana lni9
great nation. But he believes III
and advocates a just protection SO
Just that a just share OF the prone
goes into the pay envelope Oh Ino
w~age-earner, leaving a fan proHt 10
his employer. Mr.. Roosevelt anu
the platform he stands on, IN otheI
words, advocate a ~sc1entl1c taIiL
based on the protective prlnclpie'
exact information and on the prlh-
ciple of justice to all in the interest
of all. He is fighting special prlVl-
lege in all it's forms, and insists on
placing human rights above proper
ty rights, and the welfare of the ma
ton above party. Among other
economic principles which the
Roosevelt platform Is pledged to
carry into effect is protection TO
burdened men, ~overworked women,
and helpless children. 1t is The first
time in the whole political history
Of the nation that a great party has
declared for this great principle OF
human brotherhood in direct con-
tradistinction to the platitudes or
the old party platform that are for
mulated by and in the interest of
the speclal-privileged classes. No
wonder that progressive men and
women in the old parties are flock
ing by tens Of thousands to the
standard of the Progressive party
and are out on the highways and by
ways inviting the common people to
come into their W rights as c1tl-
zens Of a self-governed nation.
We are facing the dawn of a new
day in American politics. The peb-
pie of New Jersey can not possibly
render themselves and the nation a
greater service than to vote for
Roosevelt and Johnson at the cleo
ton next November. Former Gov
ernor Fort, who has set aside all
personal interests to become the
state chairman of the Progressive
party in New Jersey, should be as
astic cooperation with the end in
view Of carrying the state for
Roosevelt this fall. BY so doing We
WILL DS COulSIIF4iS t1S SIedIcol pOS-
sible honor on Governor Wilson, be-
cause this action Will mean a read
justment that will eventually result
in one great progressive and one re-
dictionary party. In this contest in
div1duals are only Incidents. prin-
ciples everything; and it is for US,
the rank and file, to assert our
manhood and political self-respect
in such a tanner that will place
New Jersey in the front rank of
the progressive states of the union.
To act otherwise will only cause us
grief and deep regrets in the near
future. We have ruled ourselves
long enough in Fourth of July
speeches. It is high time to ad.
vance from the kindergarten to the
higher political grades where we
will be conscious of our rights and
responsibilities as American citizens
and empbatically refuse to be gov.
erned without our consent.