Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-23
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follow corrupt leaders with blind ODE
iiencs. the eValtation OF party above
principle. all these make for the
waste and loss OF political powe and
popular rights. and inevitably bring
Fith :h"m the long train OF evils IN
government With which this coaAiry
but too familiar.
Every man whose value as = pro-
irrer ~ ritisen. or as a human
BEING is reduced by unjust or unfair
conditions OF lie Is an exampll OF
waste Every mother. who froU. mis-
fortune or the high cost OF living Ia
unable 10 bring M her children AZ
mother should every wife upon
y hom falls the crushing burden OF
rnproyiied widowhood' every hus-
band who. for the lack OF little mar
gin. can be neither good father nor
good citizen every hoy or girl driv-
On by poverty 70 evil courses. every
one ~ these suffers waste dll \
loss Of what life should he. and rep
resenis waste and a loss To the COM
munity.
Men and women can reach reason
able efficiency as citizens. as WORKERS.
as men and women IN all the rola-
lions Of 'ife only when ley hav, faif
conditions Of labor and OF Twins.
Our great task is to secure for all
men, all women, and all children the
conditions necessary for efficiency in
the present and the future. an We
can not stop until that task is aorciN-
plishei
Unless tie whole theory or aero
cratic government Is wrong, for oil
these wastes and losses, economic. so
cial and political, there is remedy.
That remedy is not new. but as old
as the Declaration OF Independent"
not strange. but as familiar 2, The
Constitution not CifficHlt but as
simple and direct as the right 10 vote
II lies In the more intelligent aad
Elective participation Of the people
In tho control Of their own Affairs.
That is the purpose OF the lniti"'ve.
Referendum and Recall. the sort
Ballot. and the Direct Primary
each OF them a weapon in the hands
OF the voters.
The Progressive movement Is th"
effort TO apply in practice the p~opo-
sition. long accepted IN theory lnt in
fact denied. that the general welfare
standy above and beyond privilege,
profit and party
II is the general welfare wh'ri' de-
mands that the natural resources
ehau hc conserved. 'hat industrial
slavery shall cease that the burden
Of industrial accidents shall NOT fall
on tho widows and the orphans, that
tho WORKING day shall be 81 decent
length. that taxation shall not fall
heaviest on the poor that Justice and
not 'echrical,tv shall control the
courts Of Law. that the representa-
tivcs Of the people shall obey III" peo-
Iplc and not tho bosses and tina, the
special interests shall be driven out
NJ politics What she general wei
fare demands. the Progressive NOV a
ment proposes 20 get for the people
The ropressivc movement is al cf-
fort To make this country the hest
rossinic place for men, women and
children 70 i've and work in. Ia its
essercc Il is great mora movement.
II recognizes that the rights Of the
poor are more sacred than the p~iv-
ileges of the rich. and tn It human
welfare Is better worth working AMI
fighting and living for than property
and profits.
Tho Progressive movement IL
stronger than any PARTY, greater than
all its leaders. higher than pers nal
motives or aninositi,'s. larger thsn
anything except the whole people, for
=, believes in the Golden Rrle md Is
founded imperishably upon the mora
law.
Five or six years AGO q Senator.
about whom | knew aud cared but
little. began 10 drop into my office
in the Forest Service He cane OF
/ his own accord TO help the Servlees
] and In that he stood alone. Before
long his help began TO count. Until
that time had known him merely by
reputation that he was a solitary
man in the Capitol feared and dislik
cd by the old leaders. for he repre-
sented point OF view which had
many less followers in the Senate
then than Il has today. Even the
men who should have been his
friends failed at first 10 understand
him. and was slow 10 get his met
sue because had been preiIdiced
against him.
Gradually. however, the tact. be-
gan TO appear | watched his fights
and saw that he had courage I
watched the legislation he Supported,
and saw that he had common sense
! came TO understand what he nd
done. and saw that he vas wise As
learned his point Of view. ! likod Il.
and found that he liked mine On
conservation matters We were fully
agreed. As came 10 know him bet
ter, found him as loveable as he