The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-30
Sea cirt. ". j.. oct. lo. 1912.

Sea cirt, N. j.. oct. lo. 1912.
To the voters OF America:
an 81 lad to have an opportunity TO state worry
simply and directly shy an seeking 70 be elect
cd President OF tho United States. Ifeel very
deeply that this II not an ambition man should
entertai in for HIS sake. He must seek TO
serve cause. and must know very clearly What
cause IL Is he Is seeking to serve.
Tho cause am enlisted in lies very plain,
TO my own viev! Tho Government OF tho United
States, az nov bound by tho policies which have
become characteristic OF Ropubl lean edministra-
tion In recent years, Is not free to serve the
whole people impsrt tally, and IL ought to be set
free. II has been tied up. whether deliberately
or merely by unint ont tonal dsvel opment. with
particular interests, which have used their pow
er, both TO control tho government and to
troll the Industrial development of the country.
II must be freed from such ansl euents and al
ltances. Unit 1t is freed. It cannot serve tho
people ~ sholo. Until 1t Is freed. 1T cannot
undertake any programme OF ocial and economic
,betternent. but must bo checked and thwarted at
every turn by its patrons and masters.
In practically every speech that make.
put at tho front OF What have to say the ques~
tion OF the tariff and tho question the trusts,
but not because OF any thought of party stratesy.
because believe tho solution OF these ques-
tions TO lie at the very heart OF the bigger
question. whether tho government shall be FREQ
or not. The government IS not free because 1T
has grant spec ial favor9 to particular classes
by means OF the tariff. The to whom those
special favOrs have been grant ed have formed
great comb mat Ions by Viii ch to control enter
prise and dot ermine tho prices OF commodI dIttes.
They could not have done this had It not been for
the tariff. No party. therefore, which does not
propose 20 take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely in the markets Of the
country sees even much as the most elementary
part of the method by Viii ch the government is
TO be set free.
The control to which tariff legislation has
led both in the field OF politics and in the
field OF business, is what has produced the most
odious feature Of our present political situa-
tion, namely, the absolute douinat ion Of power-
ful bosses. Bosses cannot exist without busi-
ness elliancos with them politics is hardly
pist ingui shable from business. Bosses maintain
their control because they are allied with
who wish their assistance In order to get
tracts, in order to obtain special legislative
edvant ages, in order to prevent reforms which
viii interfere with monopoly or with their
joyment OF special exceptions. Merely polit-
tcel leaders. not backed by money, not supported
by securely 3ntrenched special interests, bosses
would be entirely manag eable and conparati lively
povsrless. By freeing the government, there
fore, We at the sens time break the power OF the
boss. He trades, he does not govern. He
ranges, he does not lead. He sets the stage for
what the people are TO do he does not oct
their agent or servant. but as their director.
For him the real bus siness OF politics Is done
under cover.
The same means that Wifi set the government
free from the Influences vnioh nov constantly