Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-22

private affairs for self siCrihc" iu the
public service that women lay aside
thoir urighborhood aud household
cares to Join their man iu facing the
contum"ly ana dcrisIun which always
are the lot Of the pioneers Of politics,
the leaders of reformation
"Not since those bitter das which
preceded the war of the l,rNolution,
have men and women IN this country
faced such struggle with so clear
a constituencies Of the cost which
It must entail and Of the duty TO bo
done.
AS our forcfathcrs said In the Dec
larauon Of Independence, men bear
Injuries patiently ana long bear
them until they are no longer bear
able. and rebel only when petition
Is arrogantly denied No great re.
volt Is born of single cause.
"One Of the greatest Englishmen
Of an times, who hoastcd Of his pray
err that the American Rcvomtiunists
might be victorious said, In the
House of Commons. that in antiquity
ana among other peoples revolutions
often had been purely political in
their origin, bat mat, among people
~ English stock. their causes of rev
ulutious We're always to he found in
economic oppression or unjust taxa
ton. My friends, Wc have rcbrlled
against political corruption, against
suppression of the popular VIII, We
have rchelled against the economic
exploitation Of the many 10y the few
we, who are strong enough to llsht,
have taken up arms in behalf of the
weak AGAINST the strong.
1--WE have declared that, since civic
and financial corruption, Ike social
misery, are national in extent, We pro-
pose that the nation shall deal with
them.
The organization Of the republican
party in the last campsiRr, declared
that il would not 10 rugrcssive'
say to You that, however great the
zeal, however progressive the purpose
Of our friends who call themselves
democrats" they cannot both sub
scribe to the democratic doctrine OF
state Sovereignty and carry into law
all over this nation, a progressive
program of reform.
I'VE are coming nearer and nearer
a parting of the ways. Those who
would 80 with the conservatives Will
be joined with those who cXalt the
little sovcrcignties of the states, and
those who are progressive will join Us
who would extend the great sover-
eighty Of the nation.
Let us credit those, on whom has
fallen the burden of the government
at WASHINGTON, with integrity OF IN
tcntion and get busy ourselves with
the labor of enrolling in our ranks,
those who agree with us, and TO the
spread of an understanding of the is
sues.
"To the East of YOU, our friends
have vet to fight FOR those nstru-
mcnts and methods of popular gov
ernmcnt which have been won in tho
West; but, everywhere, East and
West. North and South, we must make
il plain that we are engaged in a
common struggle 10 make people hap
pier, rather than richer. We must
overcome the prejudice which re-
mains against the instruments of gov
crnment, necessary to this purpose
Those who are in power have declar-
not only their faith in the eiilcacy
of the several states to deal with the
problems which far transcend their
borders. The leaders of the democ-
racy declare their disbelief III these
commissions which all
the world has found necessary for
the application of law to the complex
problems OF modern life and modern
Industry. To be sure, they do not
say that they would abolish bodies
like the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, already created, in spite of
their antiquated doctrines. But they
would not add to the number of such
commissions. Theirs Is program of
reform, which would not allow
agents af the government to touch
the private life of the citizen. Here
too. we have joined issue with them.
For this reason. we wrote into our
charter OF political liberty, that pro
gram of social and industrial justice
which, new to political parties in this
country. has been the law of the land
for nearly generation in Imperial
Germany and in Royal England. For
this reason. we declared that, by law,