Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-31

Sea Girt, N. j., oct. 10, 1919.
To the Voters of AHerica:
I am glad to have an opportunity to state very
simply and directly why am seeking to be elect
ed President of the United States. feel very
deeply that this is not an ambition q man should
ent tertain for hfs own sake. He must seek to
cause, and must know very clearly what
it is he is seeking to serve.
The cause I am enlisted in lies very plain
to my own view: The Government OF the United
States, now bound by the policies which have
become charact eristic of Republican admin stra-
tton in recent years., is not free to serve the
whole people impartially, and 1T ought to be set
free. 1t has been tied up, whether deliberately
or merely by unint ent onal devel opment, with
particular interests, which have used their pow
er, both to control the government and to con-
troll the Industrial development of the country.
1t must be freed from such entangl ements and al
1tances. Unit il it is freed, it cannot serve the
people a whole. Until it is freed it cannot
undertake any programme of social and economic
betterment, but must be checked and thwarted at
every turn by it's patrons and maste ers.
In practically every speech that make,
put at the front OF what have to say the ques-
tion of the tariff and the question of the trusts
but not because OF any thought Of party strategy,
because believe the solutio Of these ques-
tions to lie at the very heart of the bigger
question whether the government shall be free
or not. The government is not free because It
has grant ed special favors to particular GLASSES
by means Of the tariff. The men to whom these
speotal faVors have been grant ed have formed
great comb mat 1ons by which to control enter-
prise and determine the prices Of commodities.
They could not have done this had 1t not been for
the tariff. No party, therefor Wht CHI does not
propose to take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely In the markets or the
country sees even much the most elementary
part Of the method by ioh the government is
to be set free.
The control TO. which tariff legislation has
led, both in the field of politics aud in the
field Of business, Is what has produced the most
odtous feature Of our present political situa-
tion, namely, the absolute domtnat ion Of power
ful bosses. Bosses cannot exist without bust-
ness alliances. With them politics is hardly
distingui shable from business. Bosses ma intain
their control because they are allied with men
who wish their assistance in order to get
tractsr in order TO obtain special Legislative sF
advant ages, in order to prevent reforms which
VIAL interfere with monopoly or with their en-
joyment OF special exemptions. Merely polite
tce1 leaders, not backed by money, not supported
by securely intrenched special interests, bosses
would be entirely manageable and comparatively
power1ess. By freeing the government, there
fore, We at the same time break the power OF the
boss! He trades, he does not govern. He ar
ranges, he does not lead. He sets the stage for
what the people are to do he does not aot
their agent or servant, but as their director.
For him the real business OF politics is done
under cover.
The means that Will set the government
free from the influences which nov constantly