The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-02

70 che Voter OF America:
I an glad TO have an opportunity TO state very
s1mpAy and directly Why am seeking to be elect.
Cd President OF the United States. feel very
deeply that this IL not an ambition q should
entertain for HIS own sake. He must seek TO
serve q cause. and must know very clearly what
cause II Is he IL seeking to serve.
me cause an enlisted in lies very plain
20 my evn views The GOVERNMENT OF the United
States, bound by the POI ies VII ch have
become charact ertstie Of Repuel lean administered
tton In recent years. is not free to serve the
vho1e people tnpart1ally, and it ought to be set
FREQ. IT has been tied up, whether deliberately
or merely by unintent tonal devel opment. with
particular interests, which have used their pow
or, both to control the government and to con.
troll the industrial develop OF the country.
II must be freed from such ansl ements and al
licences. Until IT is freed II cannot serve the
people as whole. Until It Is freed, 1t cannot
undertake any programme Of social and economic
oetterwent but must be checked and thvarted at
every turn by its patrons and masters.
In practically every speech that make,
put at the front OF what have to say the oues-
tton Of tho tariff and the quest Of the trusts
but not because Of any thought Of party strat egy
because believe the solut lon Of these Ques-
ttons TO lie at the very heart OF the bigger
uestion. whether the government shall be free
or not. The government Is not free because It
has grant ted special favors to particular GLASSES
by means Of tho tariff. The men to whom those
speo1al favors have been grant cd have formed
great ooub inattons by vhioh to control ent err
They GOULD not have done this had It not been for
the tariff. No party, therefore, which does not
propose to take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely IN the markets OF the
country sees even muoh the most elementary
part OF the method by Viii Oh the government is
20 be set free.
The control 70 which tariff legislation has
led. both in the field Of politics ai.a in the
fie1d or business, Is what has produced the most
ooious feature OF our present political situa-
tion, namely, the absolute domtnat ion Of pover-
fu1 boesee. Bosses cannot exist without bust.
ness a11tanoes. With them politics Is hardly
uistaneuishable from business. Bosses ma aintain
tne1r CONTROL because they. are allied With men
vho wish their assistance In order &c. get oon-
treess. IN order 70 obtain special legislative
advantages, IN order TO prevent reforms Which
v1l1 interfere With monopoly or With their en-
3oyment OF special exemptions. Merely O. poiit-
s4Qe1 leaders, not backed by money, not supported
oy sscurely tntrenehed special interests, bosses
would DO entirely manageable and comparatively
pover1sss. BY free1nS the government, there-
fere, 70 az tho same time break tho power Of the
boss! Hs trades, he does not govern. He ar
ranges, he does not lead. He sets tho stage FOR
vhat The people are 80 do; he does not aet as
their agent or servant, but az their director,
For h1n the real business OF politics 10 done
under cover.
The same means that VIII set the government
free from the influences vh1eh nov constantly