The Brinkley argus., 1913-07-18


 rights, equal opportunity for all perfect equality under the law, special privilege to none'--call attention to de-
 fleets and inequalities in legislation pledge themselves, if continued in of flee, or put into office, as the case may be to correct them. destroy trusts ana monopoiies. reduce the tariff-do any thing and everything to relieve the people of their burdens and give them prosper ity and happineSs.--and then, when they
 have received the trust they ask, pro ceed to make conditions worse. Their records are unbroken records of broken -pledges. Trusts. monopolies and favored interests have gone on and are Stili going on growing richer, while the peo- pie are left to sweat under their burdens and grow poorer It all reminds us or the oidtime vision of the seven full ears and the seven lean ears. the seven fat kine' and the seven lean years of plenty the products of which were to be husbanded for the seven years of famine" that were to follow.
 Every time the Egyptians went to their public crib and stock pen. 1t was little worse than before until finally, at the end. they were all slaves Nevertheless
 when they went, they always got some thing. But how is 1t about our crib and stock pea2 As often as we get to them, we find Uncle Trusty' has just been around and gotten everything-the
 'full" the thin the fat" the 'lean,
 shueks, cohs, horns hides, hoofs and all
 --EbA II all TUT us itll II makes no difference who is on guard or in ellarge-w whether Republican or Demo erat.-he just cant refuse Uncle Trusty."
 The further we go under the guidance 0f either of the old parties, the worse it gets. The prosperity they biennially and luadrennially load up for campaign pur- poses never reach us When the election
 s over the cart breaks down--or if not. the ''robber Tariff or something else blocks the way and takes it all; If not one thing it's another" Then comes more denuDciation. more talk about cor reciiug evils. They are going to doctor the tariff. tinker on it, fix it: and they do doctor do fix" do 'tinker''--but end up by making 1t worse. It Is now being -doctored." liked" again; and the new 'doctoring and fixing ideas would be amusing, were their consequences iess serious Some of the moro burden some itemsa including the sugar sched ale, on which there is an enormous daily ste8lage in the way of unjust exactioDs. are to be left undisturbed for three years
 Just to give the favored beneficiaries time to gather in the peoples "sheckles." and stock up with an nexhaustible fund of future comfort The logic of it all is that if your clerk or oonfidante has gotten into the mean habit of daily pill fe1ing a few dollars from you, you must let him go on until he has stolen himself into comfortable affluence: that when thief has stolen your horse, you must let him keep it until its restoration will cause him no inconvenience. Iii ether words Uncle Trusty must have alt ihe time he wants
 There is much that is radically wrong in tho conduct of our affairs. and for which the old parties must be held re- sponsible Our soil Is fertile, our eli mate saIubrious. We get all the sun shine all the rain, we could ask. Our peopla perform their work with patient diligence and good Judgment. Our crops gre rractically always abundant. Stin the already enormously high cost of livA ing tie price of everything we have to buy. goes steadily on increasing. In the niiilst of general abundance we find our selves unable to get many of the things we need and ought to have. If you go to your banker, who has always stood by you for little accommodation in the way of advancement. you find him suffering under the influence of nervous finan- cjal scare caused most probably. by tho reckless swing of the present admtnis- tration's legislative meat ax." which nothing but the most abundant and un- questionable security can quiet Instead If leading us. as they promised, out of the '.hard times" the Republicans had led us into our Democratic friends have us to the verge of a ruinous panic And what for all these evils is the remedy? Put men ct the helm of public affairs who know how to do things and have the will and courage te do them
 When. less than a year ago. I first read our Progressive Partys platform, and saw that ite stood for the mainten- aHce of the Constitution in the spirit in which it's framers intended it should he understood and maintained: for ex- banding the National jurisdiction, by constitutional amendment where neces- sary to all problems of general concern that have grown beyond the powers of the individual States for the oblitera- ton of sectionalism for the inviolable preservation of the Jurisdiction and con- trol of the individual States over all matters of concern to themselves alone: for the conservation and use of all the couutrY's resources. business, institu- tons laws and sovereignty for the bene- fit of the people, for the improvement of our rivers, especially the Mississippi and it's tributaries and the storage and hushanding of their surplus waters so as to prevent overflow of their fertile valleys; for equal rights and equal op- portuntIes for all; for the establishment and maintenance of industrial justice: for the equal political rights of women: for the recognition and enforcement of the will of the people as law; for the correction of the evils of child labor especially Tn hazardous employments ; for the minifniza ton of the risks of per sonal Injury in hazardous employment for tho just compensation of labor; for equal justice between employer and em- Dloyee and for the recognition of the iutegisty. merits and deserts of the old Confeaerates. as well as the old Federal soldierS--I said to myself. as the fat woman said when she put on the stock
 Ing. Tt looks to me like there is some thing in it"f And when after giving 1t q more studious reading. and seeing the { it was direct in all things. evasive In nuthing and that the remedies and meas ares tt proposed were feasible and would. if put into operation. accomplish thc desired end. [ compared it with the respective platforms of the old parties merely their old catchy declarations and Broken pledges. artfully redressed and diSgu@ed--l saw that our only hope of relief lay in it's success, In the triumph of it's principles, and felt that tt was my duty and that every fair minded man who would take the trouble 10 inform himself would feel it to be his duty regardless of locality and former affiliation. to get ipto its ranks.
 have not here the time. even If the occasion were fitting. to discuss the principles of our party in detail. or even to ao into an enumeration of them: but if our rcfieetiug conscientious Demo cratic and Republican friends of the state will avail themselves of copy of its nat lnHal platform. free their minds ffom ths bias and prejudice Of past af- fitiations- and give it a studious and inst consideration. their conclusion will not De different from mine.
 Am [ asked the relevancy of these principles and enunciations to special election for Governer2 Then let the eiestiouer know. once for all" that have no personal penchant for the office of Governor It's salary does not attract me- neither have l the vanity to wiz myself center'of public attention. NHo was it that said, Let him tM,t vSuld h. rifef amou@ you be your SerVaI6
 have accepted this nominatlH only 10 assist in the medication aG spread of the principles of OUT new xfid rapidly and when correctly understood, will re- ceive general favorable consideration.