The Calumet news., 1912-09-26
Invisible Government" Has Friend
In 7. R. Says Marshall
at Grand Rapids
DEMOS HAVE ONLY REMEDY
Would Take Away Taxing Power
OF the Trusts

Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept. 26.--Goy
Marshall Democratic vice presidential
nominee, in a speech here last night
charged that Colonel Roosevelt when
president violated every precedent of
the republic" In the matter OF the
consolidation of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company with the United
states Steel Corporation. thereby fur
ther fastening the power of the in
visible government upon the people"
The speakers address ,also contained a
caustic criticism Of former senator
Reveridge of Indiana and the Progress
sive party.
The brilliant versatile. and plausible
lndianian, who acted as temporary
chairman of the National Progressive
Convention and who was named by
the new party as it's candidate for
governor in my state. rang the changes
In his speech at Chicago. upon the evils
OF what he called the invisible gov
ernment'" said Governor Marshall.
ut was evident that he bad just
discovered an existing condition of af-
fairs which the Democratic party had
for many years been charging TO exist.
The difficulty with the Progressive is
that nothing exists until he discovers
IL and that he never discovers Il un-
I'll he can use it in his business. So
long as IL does not interfere with his
political success. for him. IL Is as
though 1t were not
Not a New Discovery.
THE invisible government is no
new discovery tor the democrat. That
is the government which the genuine
democrat has been fshting for more
| than three decades He was fightins
this menace 20 righteousness and good
government during ala of the years
that Theodore Roosevelt and Albert
existence.
The Democrat was alert. If power
less. during the years that Senator Be
veridge was standing i'm the United
| States Senate and by votes and voice
fastening the power of this invisible
government upon the toiling millions
Of America. The democrats of Indians
knew that this invisible government
existed when Senator Beveridge found
as his champion. two years ago, an al
legged democrat who by the Payne
Aldrich Tariff bill, had procured a
monopoly upon the glazed paper indus
| try of the United States. The demo
crat knew that the invisible govern
ment' existed when Theodore
Roosevelt violated every precedent OF
the Republican, struck the constitu'
| ton as though il were an unruly chilt
and by the very force and power oi
his great Office, aided and >abetted IL
| the consolidation of the Tennessee
ed States Steel Corporation thereby
further fastening the power of this in
visible government upon the people
The democrat knew during all the time
| of the campaign oratory of both Theo
dore Roosevelt and Albert j. Beveridg'
that though the voice might be thu
voice of Jacob. the hand was the hanC
of Esau.
Raps the Proeressives.
1T shall reveal an amazing lack o
discrimination on the part of the Am
erican people if they choose as thei
lagents to destroy this invisible gov
ernment these gentlemen who neve
discovered it's existence until afte
they had been retired from office
Conversion Is good thing, but In NJ
church that | know of, do they dis
charge the preacher and put the con
vert Immediately into the pulpit. Evei
so great and good a man as the Apos
tie Paul deemed II expedient to wal
three years after his conversion befor
he began to give advice to the peo
pie who knew all the time that there
tofore he had been wrong.
But the worse feature the Progres
sives' discovery of this invisibl
government reveals is their pretens
that they have laid out campaign
whereby they can capture and destro'
IL. Let us, however, reason together
No government Of any Kind can endur
without the power not only to tax bu
also to collect taxes. The Confcdera
ton among the American colonies wa
but q rope of sand because II ha
no power to collect taxes as well a
no power to enforce its laws. Whe
the constitution of the United state
was ratified by the several states, tn
vital spark in II which kept all tn
rest of II alive and which has main
taired It In greater or less vigor. wa
the right to tax and its power to col
lect taxes.
The "InvisibIs Tax"
The life OF the invisible govern
rnent OF which the Progressive com
plains Is the invisible tax which II ha
power to collect. This invisible Ia
has been put upon the people and col
Continued On Page Six.