The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-11-01

made by both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr..
Taft
So far as that question goes we had
far better endure the ills that we now
have, than fly to others that we know
not Of"
SO the question of whether the Presi-
dent can override the Constitution of
the United States at his pleasure, we
have seen the Constitution overridden
and ignored by both Roosevelt and Taft.
The only thing for sensible people to do
is to make sure OF the defeat OF both
Roosevelt and Taft now, and of any and
all such men in the future, and elect
Democrat. whose political opinions and
the political opinions of the Democratic
party will insure an honest and faithful
adherence to the Constitution of this
government and the rights of the people.
There is no use in discussing the
Roosevelt platform at all, because as Mr.
Chanin said in his speech here last week
TO the Prohibitionists that the Roose-
welt platform was crazy enough to at
tract even some Of the Socialists 1t is
wild, impossible, and absurd platform.
What government under the sun could
possibly go INTO the private business OF
the people and regulate the prices OF
labor and costs and profits? Even if it
were possible to do it. how would we
find the time or the money, to pay the
expense of doing it2
Our greatest trouble now is that We
| have too much eovernmeut-the govern
ment has its hand too much in the PR
/ vate business Of the people for the peo-
pies good.
What the people most imperatively
need is less government and better gov
eminent. and give the people the free
/ dom to work out their own destiny in
their own way.
The crying demand at this hour IS TO
strike down The slavery OF monopoly that
now letters the tree limbs of the Amer
lean people. We are in the condition
OF Promelhus chained to a rock, while
the eagles Of monopoly and special priv
ilege feed upon our vlt2ls.
Thepeople have imposed upon them
at this vital hour, one overwhelming and
imperative duty, and that duty is TO
smash monopoly, and to smash il
at this election. 1t is our only means
by which We can secure industrial free
dom rom the slavery that we are no"
under,
This brings us to the paramount issue
of this campaign and this election. 1t /;
not an issue declared so by any party
but it is made the paramount issue, made
SO by the great law of necessity, and i
is also made so by the laws of both Coo
and man.
That issue is the high cost OF living
1t is idle to waste our time discussing al
sorts of wild cat ideas and notions
when thousands. and hundreds OF thou
sands of our fellow citizens cannot buy
enough of the plain necessaries of life tc
live comfortably. When people can no
get bread and meat enough Q eat, It's nc
time to discuss abstract questions.
The oniy thing fo- 4 wise people 10 d.
IS 10 S,r.k- the Hvd-a-hsadei monoPo
lies and special privileges. that have
caused ,h= high prices Of the necessarie'
of he, This is the cause OF the wide
spread unrest among the people Thi:
Is the cause of the fear of the increase o
Socialism This was the cause Of al
overweaning ambition OF one man start
ing a new party. The veto OF the bill,
reducing the tariff on the necessarleS 0
life. is what killed Taft and made Roose
welt imagine that he could again come
into power The high cost of living vii
elect Woodrow Wilson President of the
{ United States, and it will defeat boil
TAFT and Roosevelt, and so il should be
A second paramount issue in this cam
pagn is the election of Wilson, anc
Hon. David J. Lewis our Congressional
Candidate, and our candidate for Asso
ciate Judge. Hon. Glenn II. Worth
ington.