The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-21

ence l have addressed. Why? Be-
cause they are responding to their
country's call to duty once more. They
are fighting once more for the preser-
/ vation of the popular government-for
the principles of Abraham Lincoln and
| Thomas Jefferson.
| You Democrats can not vote for
the principles of Jefferson by voting
for the Crawford Fairbanks-Tom Tag
gart machine! You Republicans can
not vote for the principles of Lincoln
! II you support the gang which still
. controls your party in this state and
, nation"
| MIR. Beveridge then spoke on the
question he is SO deeply interested in
the freedom of the child slaves who
/ toll their lives away for certain un-
scrupulous American business inter
ests. He said the greatest war of all
ages was now raging in Europe, but.
he added, the dead on any battlefield
| there, no matter how sanguinary the
| conflict, did not equal the number of
children killed in this country every
! year by the industries whose slaves
they are.
Pleads for Child Slaves.
Even Russia has stopped this
slaughter of children, but We permit
the evil to exist" shouted the speaker.
and l want to tell you that these cor
porations who grind out the lives Of
! little ones are among the heaviest con-
| tributors to the campaign funds of the
two old parties. That is the reason
why this damning shame is tolerated.
but how long are you. Mr.. Working
man, going to stand for It?
! when you go to the polls and vote
the socalled Republican ticket and the
so-called Democratic ticket you are
voting for the continuance of the
slaughter of these children. II you vote
for Russell and for me, you will be
voting to stamp out this terrible evil.
l vowed eight years ago that I would
never rest until these child slaves
have been freed. and will never
! cease my fight in their behalf until
the end of their bondage has been
written into the statutes of the land"
Mr.. Beveridge then turned his atten-
tion to the fight now raging for the
restoration of popular and representa-
tive government. To obtain it, he said.
political machines and party bosses
must be exterminated. and he said the
method of their determination was pro-
vided by the Progressive party in the
initiative, referendum and recall.
This has restored the government
to the people in ten American states"
he said, and has been in successful
operation in one of the best governed
nations Of the world-Switzerland.
Wherever the initiative, referendum
and recall have been used not a bad
law has been passed, political ma
| chimes have been destroyed. bosses
have ceased to exist and corrupt lob.
byists have been driven out of the leg,
| islative halls
Favors Votes for Women.
Referring to votes for women" Mr..
Beveridge bluntly stated he had been In,
favor of granting women suffrage since
he was a young man, and that 1t was
| advocated by his father and mother
! before him. "A friend OF mine re-
| Gently remarked to me that he was
afraid of petticoat government, and Il
told him that any man afraid OF this
kind of government stood in dire need
of it, said Mr.. Beveridge. and the big
crowd laughed heartily.
1t was his discussion Of the tariff
! quests that the crowd took the most
interest in.
After explaining the social and gov
, ernmental reforms written into the
Progressive platform. which has been
translated into every tongue and de-
clared by every student the world over
to be one Of the greatest documents
for the safeguarding of human rights
ever written Mr. Beveridge said that fti
scientifically provided for q perma-i
nent and healthy Industrial prosperity.
| What the Tariff Means.
"Why Is ours the only government
where there never 10 q steady. healthy;
business condition." he asked.
"Why is ours the only country Where
workmen can be suddenly thrown out
Of employment?
III the United States was populated
"A densely as Germany or France We
would have q billion people. But We
have only 100, ,000 900. So with our COM
paratively small number and our great