New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-18

nor by accepting It's decision as TO the
seating and unseating Of contested dele
cations. -
than this between the plain people or the
country on the one side and on the other
tho mowers that prey, the representatives.
OF special privilege In the world or busl-
moss and their tools and instruments IN
the world OF politics. .,, -
There can be no compromise In such n
contest II is natural that the representa-
,iyes OF special privilege who know that
special privilege cannot continue u the
people really rule should resort unblush-
ingiy 10 every kind OF trickery ana DIS,
bnnesty in order 10 perpetuate their hold
upon the party. and should be eager cal
lously 10 destroy the party II necessary,
10 prevent It's being controlled by Its rank
and he ~, mo
have a right Eolemnly 20 appeal 10 all
honest men 10 stand with VS. on "hht mas
now become a naked issue OF right anu
wrong There can be no yielding. no ninch'
ing on our part We have tho people be
hind us overwhelmingly. We nave justice
and honesty on our side we are "arilhss
against bossism. against privilege, sociaI
and industrial we are %arrlng n t"[ Wv" ~
fair dealing as between man ana man
we ara warning 10 save inc hepqp,l'0ai,
party: and the only reward TOT "hlch we
esk IL 20 nut our party In such shape thht
n shall be OF the highest possible service
10 the people OF the United States.
At "The Parting OF tho Ways
Mr.. Roosevelt reasserted that ne stood
for the right Of the people 10 rule. while
Mr. Tai, stood for government by rep
resentative part OF the people. and again
reviewed the revolt OF the primary cleo
lions in which. he said, the people declared
for him and repudiated Mr.. Taft by an
overwhelming majority. continuing
The parting OF the ways has come. The
Republican party must dennitely stano on
one side or the other II must stand hy
for the rights OF humanity. or else 1t must
stand for special privilege our opponents
are fond OF calling themselves regular Ike
publicans In reality they have no ttle 20
rncrnbership in any party that is true 10
the principles OF Abraham Lincoln, They
are fghting for the cause OF special privi-
Ieqe. and their chief strength Ia drawn
from tho benefciares OF intrenched eco
! nomic and social injustice.
do not IN the least mean that tney arr
all of them, or even majority or them
! Influenced by improper motives, any tilU %
than / would say the same thlng OF IN
men in the North who during the CIVIL
War were favorable to slavery and hostile
| 10 the Union. But most OF the master
| spirits among them have strong selhsr
| interest in resisting the campalgn agalns
Industrial wrong. The real masters
smopg our opponents are often by NJ
means the men nominally In the forefront
These real masters OF the reactlohaTS
| forces have a tremendous personal interes
| in perpetuating the rule Of the boss II
| noIitics with as It's necessary accom-
| paniment the safeguarding or prlvllekt
and the enlarging OF the sphere OF spee ia
| back OF the ordinary political leaders VINO
| are against us.
a Shot at tho Newspapers.
They are the men who directly or in
directly control the majority OF the grea
| daily newspapers that are against us Be
hind them comes the host OF honest , GU
| Information are choked misunderstanc
our position and believe that In opposlnt
| US they are opposing disturoers or IN
| neace In addition to these are the mel
who now, as in every age are intellectual
| " and temperamentally Incapable OF con
eenting to progress, and who worship
the shrine Of the sanctty OF property
even though that property be illlcltly &C
| ouired and used TO the detriment OF tn
| Community All Of these honest men arr
| seduiously taught by the big. sinister mel
above them that revolution impenus II W, W.
They are taught TO believe that change
means destruction.
They are wrong. The men who tenn
perately and with self.reslraint en n,o VIII
st ,tit, at Injustice, right grievous wronl
and drive intrenched privilege from III
sanctuary are the men who prevent reVo
We who in this contest are lighting FOL
the rights OF the plain people. we who arr
fRhting for the right OF the people 10 ruiz
| themselves, need offer no better proof o
the fact that we are lighting for all citi
GEMS. no matter what their politics, thai
| that which is afforded by the action o
| that portion of the press which Is con
trolled by privilege. by, the great specia
try-in San Francisco. In Cincinnati. II
| Chicago and st. Louis, in Boston an
| PHILADELPHIA. But they are strongest II
| New York Some of these newspaper
are nominally Democratic some nominal,
| Republican, some nominally independent
But in reality they are true only to IN
| real or fancied interests OF the great cap
| italist class. by certain OF whose member
they are controlled.
| The most prominent representatives o.
| these papers in New York and Massachu
setts supported Mr.. Parker against me II
! 1904 Mr.. Parker was a Democrat. but h
was entirely satisfactory to these masters
all they could TO overthrow the Repub
lican party and to elect a Democrats
| President But when | began TO be seri
! ously talked about for the Republican
nomination this year these papers one an,
all turned Republican TO the extent OF be
coming my furious opponents and tn
| furious champions of Mr.. Taft
II these methods were allowed 10 prevail
the Republican party would come to al
end, for IL would cease TO be the pert!
of the people. II would pass under tn
control OF an olgarchy of the representa-
tives of privilege, and no method OF over
throwing that control would remain. avail
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