Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-21
OSTRICH GAME
ENTIRELY FUTILE
NO SAFETY IN HIDING OUR
HEADS
Governor Thomas Marshall Delivers
Telling Speech in Accepting
Democratic Observation-Disclosures
of Existing Economic System.
Associated Press.

| Governor Thomas r. Marshall Of
Indiana, in his formal speech of ac-
ceptance of the democratic vice pres
idential nomination today, attacked
the republican party on the ground
tina, it had Iostered special privilege
TO the point of making men every
where socialistic in theory if not in
conduct.
In this connection, he said:
1T is idle for a thoughtful man
in America, whether millionaire or
pauper, to longer play the ostrich
Safety does not consist in hiding
ones head in the sands of either
sentiment or hope. 1t is foolish for
the vastly rich TO keep on insisting
that more and more shall be added
to their riches through a specious
system of special legislation, osten-
sibly enacted to run the govern
ment, in reality enacted to loot the
people.
1T is worse than ignorance for
them to smile at the large body If
intelligent Americans who regard
themselves as- fortunate if the debit
and credit accounts of life balance
at the end 81 the year; and to as
sumo that tne mighty many, who
are becoming convinced that that
social systems hat we call Democracy
is but a gliftering generality, will
long endure5 the industrial slaverE
being produced.
Whether voting the ticket or
no, men everywhere looking upon
the awful injustice of this economic
system are becoming socialistic in
theory if not in conduct.
And shall any fair-minded man
say that if it rebounds to the inter-
ests of the people Of this country
that a hundred men shall control its
business to the good Of everyone
that there is anything fallacious in
the theory that government instead
Of transferring business to favor
ed few for the benefit Of all should
itself discharge that business for
the benefit of all.
II do not hesitate to say that if
it be impossible to restore this re-
public to it's ancient ideals, which
do not believe, and | must make the
ultimate choice between the pater-
nalism of the few and the socialism
Of the many, count me and my house
with the throbblng ieart of human
ity.
'The discomfort in republican
ranks is democratic discontent. How
much Of it has reached the point
where wearied with the bad work
ings of a good system, it is willing
to topple that system over and trJ
something new, | can not prophesy
But | am quite sure that what
ever badges men may wear in Amer
lea this year, whatever ballots they
Imay vote, and whatever battle erie
they may utter, there are but thre'
grades of citizens.
"The first grade is made'up OF m
favored few, their hangers-on am
their beneficiaries, who think tn
eagle is upon the dollar, not as al
emblem of liberty but " n emblem
Of power, and who look upon gov
ernment as an annex to their busi
ness affairs; these are they who il
the past year. of republican misrul
have turned the temple of constitu
tional freedom into a monye-chang
ers mart and have made of the CO
ordinate branches of The government
obeisant lackeys of the jinglin
guinea.
'The second grade consists (
| LDOSb uOSe OuliOOh upon AAAN nc
been enlarged by the civiliZatio
under which we live, who have bee
: taught BY the school and the co
lege, by the press and the magazin
: who appreciate the good things (
! life, whose horizon has been enlarge
and whose capacity for JOY and 90
!, row has been increased.
Il Conditions have become unbea
IS able to them. They have reach'
5 the point where, in the struggle f
A what they believe to be right, tn
se are willing to destroy the ideals
ID the republic. How many of the
IN there are. do not know. but !
RI know that special privilege in Z
re republic is breeding them day
is day like rabbis in a warren.
THE third grade of citizens
j. pleases me to call old-fashion
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