Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-08-16

some OF the chief parties in interest would
not take part-seemed even to resent dis
cussion as a manifestation Of hostility to-
ward themselves. They talked constantly
about vested interests and were very hot
1T is happy omen that their attitude
has changed. They see that what is right
can hurt no man; that new adjustment
of interests is inevitable and desirable. is
/ in the interest of everybody: that their
own honor, their own intelligence. their
own practical comprehension Of affairs is
/ involved They are beginning 10 adjust
their business 10 the new standards. Their
hand is no longer against the nation they
are part of il their interests are bound up
with its interests. This is not true of all
of them, but il is true of enough Of them
TO show what the new age is TO be, and
how the anXieties of statesmen are 20 be
eased, if the light that is dawnine broad
ems into day.
The working people of America-if
they must be distinguished from the mi
norty that constitutes the rest of it-are,
Of course, the backbone Of the nation No
law that safeguards their life, that i'm
proves the physical and moral conditions
under which they live, that makes their
hours Of labor rational and tolorahae, that
gives them freedom 70 act in their own
interest. and that protects them where
they cannot protect themselves. can prop
eriy be regarded as class legislation OF as
anything but as q measure taken in the
interest Of the whole people. whose part
nership in right action We are tryTine 70
establish and make real and practical Il
is in this spirit that We shall act II We are
genuine spokesman Of the whole country.
MANY CoNFEErScES Or RANETSs
AS our program is disclosed-fog no
man can forecast il ready-made and be
fore counsel Is taken Of every one con
ceTDed-this must be its measure and
standard the interest Of all concerned
fo example, IN dealing with the compli-
Gated and difficult question Of the reform
Of our banking and currency laws, il is
pain that ne ought 10 consult veTy many
persons besides the bankers. not because
We diSlrRSt the hankerS but because they
90 not necessarily comprehend the business 4
OF the country. Notwithstanding they are /
Indispensable servants Of il and may do 4
vast deal 10 make il hard or easy No /
mere bankers plan vii meet the require
ment& no matter how honestly conceived.
Il should be 6 merchants and farmers
plan as vel. elastic in the hands of those
who Use il as an Indispensable pari Of their
daily business ! do not know enough
about this subject to be dogmatic about il,
know only enough to be sure what the
partnerships in il should be. and that the
cootrol exercised over any system we may
set up should be, so far as possible, con-
trol emanating. not from a single special
class. but from the general body and
authority Of the nation itself.
CAMPAIGN FoR PUBuc's COOP.
We should 60 into this campaign con-
hdent Of only one confident of what
we want to do if intrusted with the gov
1t is not partisan fight we are
entering upon.
TO be free is not necessarily to be wise.
But wisdom comes with counsel, with the
frank and free conference of untrammeled
men united in the common interest Should
be entrusted with the great Office of Presi-
lent, would seek counsel wherever it could
be had upon free terms. know the tenn
per Of the country that lay back of that
and spoke through it. heed
with deep thankfulness the message you
bring me from it. feel that am sur
rounded by men whose principles and am
billions are those Of true servants of the
people. thank God and take courage"