Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21

insist that The psopai have Tie fiGht
and can bs trusted. 70 govern them.
selves. This our opponents deny: and
the Issue 10 sharply drawn bstwesa
~.
I prefer 70 work With moderate.
with rational. conservatives peovt6ed
only that they do In good faith strive
forward towards the light. But when
they halt and turn their backs 70 the
light, and cit with tho scorners on
the seats OF reaction. thsn ! must
part company with them. We the PEG
pie cannot turn back. Our aim must
be steady. wise progress.
Friends, our task ~ Americana %
to strive for social and Industrial
Justice, achieved through the genuine
rule Of the people. This 10 sur end.
our purpose The methods for achiev.
ing the end are merely expedients.
to be finally accepted or rejected %
cording as actual experience shows
that they work well or I'll. But In
our hearts we must have this lofty
purpose. and We must strive for It In
all earnestness and sincerity, or our
work will come to nothing. In order
to succeed We need leaders Of In.
spired idearsm, leaders to whom are
GRANTED great visions. who dream
greatly and strive to make their
dreams come true; who can hndle
tho people with the fire from their
own burning souls. The leader for
the time being, whoever he may %. il
but an instrument. to be used until
broken and then to be cast aside: and
II he 10 worth his salt he will care no
more when he is broken than sol.
der cares when he is sent where his
life Is forfeit in order that the vio-
tory may be won. In tho long tight
for Righteousness the watchword for
all Of us is spend and be spent. II
ia of little matter whether any one
man fails or succeeds; but the cause
shall not fail, for 1t is the cause OF
mankind. We. here in America. hold
in our hands the hope Of the world.
tho fate of the coming years: and
shame and disgrace will be ours II In
our eyes the light Of high resolve 10
dimmed, II we trail in the dust the
golden hopes OF men. II on this new
continent we merely build another
country Of great but unjustly divided
material prosperity. we shall have
done nothing; and we shall do as lit
tie II we merely set the greed Of
envy against the greed Of arrogance,
and thereby destroy the material we'll
being OF all of us. To turn this gov
ly,x~ Knit "
a piutocracy or government by a mob
would be to repeat on a larger scale
the lamentable failures OF the world
that is dead We stand against all
tyranny, b. the few or by the many.
We stand for tho rule Of the many IN
the interest OF all Of as. for the rule
OF the many In spirit Of courage.
OF common sense. OF high purpose.
above all in spirit OF kindly Justice
towards every man and every woman
We not merely admit. but insist. that
there must be self-control on the part
OF the people, that they must keenly
perceive heir own duties as we'll as
the rights OF others: but we also In
sist that the people can do nothing
unless they not merely have, but ex-
ercise to the full. their own rights.
The worth OF our great experiment
depends upon Its being in good faith
an experiment-the first that has ever
| been tr.ed-in true democracy on the
! scale Of a continent, on n scale az
| vast MS that Of the mightiest empires
! of the old world. Surely this is a
| noble ideal. an ideal for which II Is
worth while to strive an Ideal for
! which at need 1t Is worth while to
sacrifice much: for our ideal Is tho
rule of all the people in spirit Of
friendliest brotherhood towards each
and every one Of the people.