Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-22

mankind tosthe very loftiest endeavor /
nd produced what I conceive to be the q
most perfect system Of government 8
aver devised by the brain of man since I
hat far-of rtheocracy of the Jew went
Town beneath his demand for the ]
pomp and splendor Of earthly power.
And yet, LIDO not hesitate to say that {
L 1t be impossible to restore this Re {
public to its ancient ideals, which l ,
do not believe, and I must make the
ultimate choice between the paternal-
ism of the few and the socialism of the
many, count me and my house with the
throbbing heart Of humanity.
Three Grades Of Citizens.
The discomfort In Republican ranks
is Democratic discomfort. How much
Of 1t has reached the point where
wearied with the bad workings Of a
good system, it Is willing to topple
that system owe and try something
new, / cannot prophesy. But am
quite sure that whatever badges men
may wear In America this year, what
aver ballots they may cast and what
ever ba~ttle-cries they may utter, there
are but three grades Of citizens. The
first grade is made up OF the favored
few, their hangers-on and their bene
~ficiaries, who think the eagle is upon
the dollar, not as an emblem Of liberty
but as an emblem of power and who
look upon government as an annex
to their business affairs; these arr
they who in the past years Of Repub
lican misrule have turned the tempt.
OF constitutional freedom into a mon
ey-changers mart and have made Of
the coordinate branches Of govern
ment obeisant lackeys Of the jinglina
guinea.
The second grade consists of those
whose outlook upon life has been en
larged by the civilization under which
we live, who have been taught by the
school and the college, by the press
and the magazine, who appreciate and
enjoy the good things of life, whose
horizon has been enlarged and whose
capacity for Joy and sorrow has been
increased. Conditions have become
u~nbearable to them. They hesitate ia
hope for reform SO often has 1t been
promised to them and SO often has IL
been denied. They have reached the
point where, In the struggle for that
which they believe to be right, they
are willing to destroy the ideals of the
Republic. How many there are Of
these, I do not know, but l do know
that special privilege in the Republic
is breeding them day by day like rab.
bits in a warren. I
old-Fashioned Democrats.
The third grade Of citizens II
pleases me to call o1d-fashioned con
s%titutional Democrats. These are they
who believe that the equality of man.
kind does not consist in an equality
Of brain and Drawn but in an equality
whereby every man, native and for
e%ign-born, has an inalienable right tt
exercise all Of his ability in getting or
in the world just SO he realizes thai
in getting on he owes 1t to himself
to. his family and to the Republic Il
see to 1t that he gets on honestly ant
that he does not prevent any othe
man from obtaining the reward of hi
honesty and enterprise. These old
fashioned Democrats believe In max
ing money, but they believe that ever!
dollar made should be SO clean tina
an infant may cut its teeth upon II
They hold that 1t Ii no part of govern
ment to boost one man and to boot al
other, and that any system Of govern
ment which enables one man to TAX
advantage of another Is not q system
under which a Democratic condition
OF life can thrive. They hold tina
from age to age, social and economi
conditions change, but that the grea
principle Of the equality Of all men b.
fore the law can never change Will
, time shall last, and that the homes
Interpretation of this great Drincipl
in statutory enactment, judicial cor
: struction and executive conduct, wi
take from the life OF a people th
: mighty avarice of the few, bind u
the broken hearts Of the many an
loose the bonds of all who are In sla'
: cry to wrong. injustice and ignoranc
/ IL 1 doubted that the return Of tn
/ historic Democratic party to powt
would fail to right the wrongs OF Il
dustrial life, to wipe out the injustice
OF legislation and to preserve the o
o portunity OF every man for happines
i then my voice, now weak, would |
= silent. 1t I did not believe that, in-s
8 far as human agency can. this par
It of ours will promote the brotherhos
y OF mankind, | would here and now T
9 pudiate it. But believing as | do tn
the Republic had its origin In an !
u SEPARATION which did not come from Il
n mere brain Of a mere man but sprar
Q from the heart of humanity, believiI
8 that this age more than any white
q has preceded 1t calls for conscien'
. and brotherhood In governmental {
1t fairs: hoping that every sacrifice
It mind and body and personal go'
e which has been made, is q guaran
o. OF the perpetuity Of this, the late
and greatest experiment upon the pa
T Of a Democracy to work out It's idea
Ie in government; and trusting that Z
le God Of Washington, the founder, a
st OF Lincoln, the preserver, will still
the God OF the republic, and will n
permit his chosen people to fotev
t, wander In the wilderness OF leg
v lative sin, Il accept upon its pla7forl
m the nomination Of the Democrat
If party for vice president Of the Unit
r. States. And may mn. right hand 4
nat her GINNING and MY tongue clea