The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-20
OUTLINES BULL
MOOSE POLICIES
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justments made in accordance there
with.
Child labor is a national evil and
should be recognized as SUCH Moth
ing but national legislation and ac
ton can accomplish its eradication
The utterly ridiculous plan OF the
Democratic party in trying TO pass
remedial legislation In the several
states is self.apparent. The obvious
effect of such plan would be to give
manufacturers Of one state advan,
tages over another, and create bar.
riers between the states which nc
manufacturer can overcome, and II
favors a competition between child
labor and adult labor that no funda.
mental economic law or practice can
control The only legitimate and ef.
fective method of treating this evil
is that proposed by the Progressive
party to deal with 1t nationally,
through operation OF a federal law.
The Progressive party is the only
party that has declared for equal suf-
frage in its platform. Both of the
other parties are as silent as the
grave concerning this important anu
compelling subject.
There are millions OF women who,
as wage earners, indirectly pay taxes,
and therefore suffer the injustice of
taxation without representation. This
question is one of the most vital of
the hour, and will not be put aside.
Already a number of states have
passed legislation granting the ballot
to women, with the result a higher
level of morals has been established.
And why should this right be longer
withheld in the remaining states, or
in the nation? None can deny the
intellectual qualifications Of women
to cast a ballot in the best interests
of society at large, and to deny them
the full privilege Of citizenship be-
cause of sex is a mark Of the dark
ages that is still branded on our body
polite.
For the first time in the history Of
the country one of the great national
political parties has put itself fatty
and firmly on record as favoring ma
tional action on the temperance ques-
ton. The evil of intemperance is one
of the great evils with which the peo.
pie have to deal. It is a national
evil and should be dealt with as such
and by our national congress.
For National Regulation.
The Progressive party stands for
national regulation of business and
consistent with the proposed policy
believes that the business which,
above all others, offers serious and
insistent problems, should be no ex.
ception to that rule. In the state OF
Ohio the party has put itself on rec.
ord upon the question of prohibition
of the liquor traffic. 1t has declared
for the submission by congress of an
amendment to our national constitu.
ton to each state upon this question.
Any business which is so clearly a.
national one in its nature and extent,
national also in the scope of its con.
sequences, should be controlled by
national statute. The problems that
attach to the sale and consumption of
liquor are in themselves of ample sig
nificance to warrant the concerted
ton of the nation as a whole The
dominant political parties have here
tofore carefully pursued a policy Of
evasion toward this subject.
Organized and unorganized opposi
ton to the traffic in each of the coun.
ties and states Of the Union have
been trying to settle the question
along purely local lines. The expert
ence Of states where prohibition has
been adopted has not been such as
to warrant the belief that the liquor
traffic can best be dealt with as a !
local or state matter. The question |
is neither too sacred to be touched |
nor yet too troublesome to be cour |
ageously met and conquered. The |
Progressive party, believing in the |
principles of the referendum and the |
rule Of the people in all matters OF |
public welfare, holds that the voters
Of the country should be given an op |
portunity to register their sentiment
as to a nationwide policy upon this
subject.
/ might continue at length in touch |
ing upon the Progressive partys sea.
sonable utterances on currency, cor !
rupt practice, the courts, country life, |
patents, good roads, civil service, and
many other things deemed vital
enough to place them in the category
of things demanding party declara
ton and party action. They are all
worthy Of your consideration and
comparison of them with the platform
promises of both of the older parties
will conduce to added respect for the
Progressive faith that is in us,
And now, my friends, ask you, is
this Progressive party. this practical
instrument Of public service, which
has shown wisdom beyond the times
which stands out boldly and without
equivocation in all matters of public
concern and public betterment, is this
party, l say, worth while, and will it
be perpetuated? What is your an.
swer?
No other party organization in all
the countrys history has stood for
higher ideals or nobler conceptions
of duty and of citizenship. It's inf1u.
ence in 18 months has been to set a
new standard of thought and action
in public affairs.