The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-10-30
Sea cirt, N. j.. oct. 10, 1912.

Sea GRIT, N. J.s OCT. 19, 1919.
70 The Voters Of America:
am glad to have an opportunity to state very
simply and directly Why am seeking to be elect
cd President Of the United States. feel very
deeply that this is not ambition aman should
entertain For his own sake. He must seek to
serve a cause, and must know very clearly what
cause It is he ID seeking to serve.
The cause am enlisted in lies very plain
TO my own view: The Government Of the United
States, as now bound by the policies whic have
become characteristics Of Republican admin stra-
tton in recent years., is not free to serve the
Whole people tmpartia1ly, and 1t ought to be set
free. It has been tied up, whether deliberately
or merely by unintentionaf deve1 opment, with
particular interests, which have used their pow
er, both to control the government and to
troll the industrial development Of the country.
It must be freed from such entang1 ements and al
licences. Until It is freed, it cannot serve the
people a whole. Unit IL It is freed, it cannot
undertake any programme Of social and economic
bettermeut, but must be checked and thuarted at
every turn by its patrons and masters.
In practically every speech that make,
put at the front Of what have to say the ques-
tton Of the tariff an the question Of the trusts
but not because Of any thought Of party strategy,
because believe the solution Of these ques-
lions to lie at the very heart Of the bigger
question: whether the government shall be free
not. The government is not free because it
has grant cd special favors to particular classes
by means Of the tariff. The men to whom these
special favors have been grant ed have formed
great combtnat ions by which to control enter-
prise and determine the prices Of commodities.
They could not have done this had It not been for
the tartff. No party, therefore, uhtch does not
propose to take away these special favors and
prevent monopoly absolutely In the markets Of the
country sees even much the most elementary
part Of the method by which the government is
sto 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
odtous feature Of our present political situa-
tion. namely. the absolute dominat ion Of power
fu1 bosses. Bosses cannot exist without busi-
ness alliances. With them politics is hardly
dtsttngut shab1e from business. Bosses maintain
their control because they are allied with
Who wish their assistance In order to get con-
tracts, in order to obtain special legislative
advantages, in order to prevent reforms which
Will interfere with monopoly OF with their
'1oyment OF special exemptions Merely po1it-
i1cal leaders, not backed by money, not supported
by securely intrenched special interests. Bosses
would be entirely manageable and comparatively
pover1ess. By freeing the government. there
fore, We at the same time break the power of the
BOSS. He trades, he does not govern. He ar
ranges. he does not lead. He sets the stage for,
what the people gre to do: he does not act as
their agent servant, but their director,
For him the real business Of politics is done
,uuder cover. a.
The same means that viii set the government
gree from the influences which nov e2psfspt1Y