The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-08
PARTNERSHIP OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT IS
KEYNOTE OF VIII SONS SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE

served asd transportation unose ssad<
lily cheapened By them. 6uoh e1pena
ditures are no lArgoae o. tho pakt OF
the government: they are uAtsonel fnv
vestments.
The cuestion Of q msroAAaE uArfne
turns back TO the tart0 aSa1n. % which
istry Lave, which. II coupled With the
tarifi. mi1ht almost b supposed to
have been Intended to take the Amer
lean nag on the $500. Dounties arc
mot necessary, II you viii but undo
some OF the things that have been
done. without q great merchant ma
rine ~ cannot take our rightful place
|chants who must depend upon the car
riers OF rival mercantile nations 10
carry their goods TO market are at
a disadvantage In international trade
too manifest to need to b pointed out;
and our merchants will not long SUI
fer themsslves-ought not to suffer
themseives--to be placed at such
pGn ded to such q point that they will
burst their jackets, ii they cannot hnd
a free outlet to the markets Of the
world; and they cannot ind such a n
outlet uniess they be given ships of
their own to carry their goods-Ships
that will so the routes they want them
to go-and prefer the interests OF
America in their sailing orders and
their equipment. Our domestic mar
kets no longer suffice We need for
rign markets. That is another force
that is going TO break the tariff down
me eartH was once a buiwark; now Il
IL dam. For trade 10 reciprocal; we
cannot sell unless we also buy.
The very fact that We have at last
"a ha On avyA ,ufx Sr,
hand and are vigorously pushing il
towards completion is eloquent of our
reawakened interest in international
trade. We are not building the canal
and pouring out million upon mil
lion OF money upon its construction
merely to establish a water connection
between the two coasts Of the CONT
nent, important and desirh bic as that
may be, particularly from the poin.
of view OF naval defense. 1t Is mean
to be a great international HIGHWAY
II would be a. little ridiculous il we
should build II and then have ne
ships to send through IL. There have
been years when not single ton Of
freight passed through the great Sue2
canal IN an American bottom. SO
empty are the seas q our ships and
seamen. We must mean 20 put Al
end to that kind OF thing or We woulG
not he cutting new canal at our
very doors merely for the use Of our
men ofwar. We shall not manage
the revival by the mere paltry device
Of tolls. We must build and buy ships
in competition with the world w.
can do u IL we will but give ourselves
leave.
Promote Education.
There In another duty which the
Democratic party has shown itself
great enough and close enough to the
people to perceive, the duty Of gov
eminent 10 snare in promoting aei-
cultural. industrial. vocational e1r l.
ton in every way possible within As
constitutional powers, No other !, at-
form has given this intimate vision
Of a party's duty. The nation ca3,-
not enjoy It's deserved Tupremacy ~
the markets and enterprises OF tl.
world unless its people are given q
ease and effectiveness that come only
with knowledge and training. Educ
ton is part Of the great task Of con-
servation, part of this task of renew n
and OF perfected power.
We have set ourselves q great pro-
gram, and II will be great party
that carries II out. IT must be party
without entangiing alliances with any
special interest whatever. II must
have the spirit and the point OF view
Of the new age. Men are turning away
from the Republican party, as or
ganized under its old leaders. because
they found that 1t was not free. that
1t was entangied; and they are turn
ing to us because they deem ne free
to serve them, They are immensely
Interested. az we are, as every man
who reads the signs of the time and
feels the spirit of the new age is in
the new program 1t is solidly based
on the facts OF our national fife, It's
items are items Of present business.
1t is what every man should wish 10
see done who wishes TO see our pres
emit distempcrs made an end of and
our old free. cooperative life re-
stored.
We should go into this campaign
confident of only one thing -confideuf
OF what we want TO do IL entrusted
with the government IT is not
partisan night we are entering upou
We are happily excused from per-
sonal attacks upon opponents ami
from all general indictments against
the nine opposed to rs. The facts are
patent 10 everybody; we do not have
10 prove them: the more frank
among our opponents admit them.
Our thinking must he constructive
from start to finish. We must shov
that We understand the problems
/. that confront us. and that We are
soberly minded to deal with them,
applying to them. not nostrums ana
notions. but hard sense and good
courage.
Not Personal Contest.
A presidential campaign may easily
degenerate into mere personal con
test and 70 lose its real dignity and
significance. There is no indispen-
sable man. The government will not
collapse and go to pieces II any one
Of the gentlemen who are seeking TO
be entrusted with its guidance should
be left at home. But nem are inytru-
ments- We are az important as the
cause we represent and in order to be
important must really represent a
cause. What is our cause? The peo-
pies cause? That is easy TO say.
but what does II mean? The common
as against any particular interest
whatver? Yes, but: that. too. needs
translation into acts and policies we
represent the desire to set up an un-
entanbled government. a government
that cannot be used for private pur-
poses, either in the field Of business
or in the field Of politics: govern
ment that will not tolerate the use o,
serve the personal aims and ambitions
ofany individual. and that will nor
permit legislation to be employed to
further any private interest. 1t is a
great conception, but am free to
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