The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-12

storage of food products, the adoption 1 Of an indeternainate sen tance system I for conVicts, the commission form of government for cities, .ncl1 ling iii l. 1 tiative, referendum and recall; direct 1 primaries for all elective officers: abO- ishment of all nominating conventions i personal registration md drastic iden- l tification system to prevent fraud; a non-partisan blanket baliot: civil ser 1 vice for election officers; primaries for ! United States Senators; and a long list of other remedial, legislative measures. All this within two years, in the boss l ridden, trust controlled, niasmatic mass Of political corruption known as I New Jersey!
 It was this record together with his 1 independence, his great ability, his op- position to boss rule, and his eminent personal qualifications which made i Woodrow Wilson the Democratic can 1 States It is stupidity or malice alone that in the face of such a bril- 1 liant record, could suggest that Demo ] cratic success could serve other than ! as a triumph for American principles and better government.
 | The third term movement is, no
 an honest protest against base polit- ! icaI methods. But clear thinking makes it obvious that all proper relief may be had at the hands of the Dem ocratic party without following the reckless and violent crusade of the leader of the Progressive Party Against the extreme rdO1CdIlSin, lIl0 1 unreason the petulance of the third party we protest in the name of ccn-
 mon sense and American tradition. On the other hand, we have no patience erwise keen and intelligent, which re- fuses to recognize the need of 1cgfsia- tive and governmental reform. Safe and snug within their own domain they view the world a spectacle and refuse to take part in the earnest at tempt to better the condition of their
 respectable element of our population which is the silent partner Of these active and insidious forces which are
 keen for governmental favorl1isn: Ehe combina ton of avarice and ir- differ
 ence constitutes the iner-fa wflict all
 popular movement must overcome To
 such as these, there is no1h-ng wrong
 and discontent is always reprehen-
 sibIe
 Lawrence, Massachusetts. has no
 lesson for them. They can learn with
 with indifference, if they learn at all,
 that the biz protected industries in
 that district, in some cases bave been
 paying an average weekly wage Of
 seven dollars and at the same time,
 eighty per cent. dividends upon wa
 tered stock; that little children were
 working over hours in these same big
 months shivering in the cold and
 without a stitch of underclothins,
 while the managers of these concerns
 have for years been making pIaintive
 
 terest of the American working man
 The unemployed, and the poor may not be very wise and may not be very influential, but they. know when they are cold and when their children are hungry: and if their legitimate pro tests are treated if they were maj ters of no importance, there will de- veIop, as there has developed, dull discontent that drives them into the ranks of socialism makes them the easy prey of the demagogue and the fake F6forn1Rr I purpose to try to understand all of the conditions that affect our citizenship, to take the measure of all legislative and govern mental evils and endeavor to correct these evils by the application of the doctrine of justice and fair play. No new political organization is needed to advance these reforms. A great po- Iitica1 party is already consecrated to this service in behalf of the American people. It has nominated candidates whose integrity and independence no man challenges. It is unentangled party It is a great historic party. Its founder, was the greatest Demo of all time. His hand had scarcely laid down the pen with which he drafted the Declaration of Indepen- dence. when the forces of popular gov ernment began to take form under his direction He founded the Democrat ic party he gave 1t life and vitality, he proclaimed its principles. and set it upon a career of usefulness to hu- manity It has seen other parties rise, become great decline and pass into oblivion. It has survived. them all It was never more alive and ney- CT more needed than it is to-day. It makes a universal appeal to all who l love liberty and believe in equality be- fore the law.
 To us who are gathered here in this great. convention it means all this 1 and perhaps, even more-for it is the party of our allegiance and the party 1 of our hope.
 I see before me, men who have serv- l ed the party long, men old in years. | their hands to me and welcomed me l into what has been years of political l Ia bor with no expecta ton of reward | and but little hope of victory; but, l nevertheless, service that we were 1 all glad and proud to render. I see 1 before me men of my own age who 1 have stood shoulder to shoulder dur | ing these long years of defeat and who | have never whimpered and who have | never given up. see before me the | younger men who have been we1com- l ed into the larger fellowship of the l party and to broader field of useful | ness know what this hour means | to you, my friends and comrades i
 We have come weary way tOgeth- | ar It has been long, dark night 1 with but few stars to guide cheer | us, but now the sun is upon the hill- l ops the way and the victory are be- fore us But as God is my judge, I | would not desire that victory, sweet as it would be after all these years. | if did not believe that it would se- cure better and cleaner government | and serve to set our beloved country | once more upon the path of true pro- l yress and lead counErymen to | greater heights of civilization and to broader fields of achievement STRIKE IN PAINT CREEK
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