Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-24

thought and purpose, which VIII not
merely produce, but will also parity DC
produced by, such legislation n al
ministration, there will come a Very
perceptible change for the better.
"In the same way / do not believe
that my laws, any reconstruction OF
society, will eyeI enable the individual
to substitute anything else for his W
character as the chief force Is working
out his own SUCCESS. The character OF
the average man must always be MS
chief asset. 1t is just as with the SOL
der. Unless the soldier Is of the right
type, unless he has the qualities or
courage, loyalty, endurance, then no
perfection Of discipline, no perfection
of arms, will avail him. But 1t Is also
true that a high quality of individual
natural proficiency Ia the soldier Will
not enable him and his fellows, taken
together, to make a good army unless
they have the right weapons and the
right discipline. SO In civil life. Willis
nothing can take the place Of a mans
individual character. yet bad laws, bad
social conditions may make that char
acter OF no effect, and good laws, good
social conditions, will enable the char
acter to work with the utmost possible
efficiency.
Buckins the Old System.
I'VE have against US In this fight prac-
tically every representative and bene-
q,tn-- - Jhn old ov~tnpa nf nptUtlp go
both IN politics and in business. The
immense majority Of the bosses are
against us. The Immense majority OF
tho big business concerns which profit
by unfair and improper conditions In
the business world are against US.
Above all, we have against US prac-
tically every representative Of the allt
ance between crooked business and
crooked politics, which has been tbs
most fertile source Of corruption In
American life. We also have against
us all that portion Of the press, includ-
Ing the majority of tbs great New York
dallies, which whether from conviction
or for less proper REASONS represent
Wall street. For instance IL Is a curl
fact and illustrates how entirely
indifferent to any politics, except that
Of the till, the newspapers Of this type
are that the same papers, including
the great majority Of the big metropoh-
tan daiies, which as Democrats cham
pioned Judge Parker for the presidency
against me In 1904 IN the election, are
now championing Mr.. Taft against me
for the nomination within the Repub
lfcan party.
But we also have against US many
sincere and we'll meaning men who are
misled because the channels Of intor-
nation are chohed or who are fright
ened because they do not entirely IN
derstand IL position. These men have
no cause for fear, and they should be
with Us. We are revolutionary only IN
the sense that Washington and Lincoln
and their colleagues were revolution
airy. We preach hatred Of no class *
cept the class of crooks, and ever In
that Ease we hate tho crookedness and
do not wish TO hurt tho crooks unless
1t Is absolutely necessary In order to
stop the crookedness. We preach dis
content only with injustice and wrong
doinS.
What Popular Rule Means.
"I<t me illustrate by two or three
examples just what l mean. We wish
the people 10 rule. That means that
we wish direct primaries for nomina-
tons. We are against the convention
system because IN actual practice at
this very moment the men who man
age the conventions have shown that
they use them not to represent but to
misrepressnt tho voters behind them.
IN the same way we wish to zee sena
tors elected by popular vote. We think
that the people car choose their own
senators better than tho politicians can
choose them for them. So as regards
industrial injustice. In the tariff, for
instance, \ believe In a protective tar
tx. but l wish to see the benefit get
into the pay envelope Of the working
man as well as appear among the divi
dends. For this reason l advocate thu