The Washington herald., 1914-07-01

cago, taking advantage of the fact that
national nominating conventions are not
protected by law. followed a course Of
conduct morally every bit as bad as that
which at elections results in wrongdoers
of humber rank being put in stripes
They stole from the rank and file of
the Republican party the right to govern
themselves; to nominate their own can
didates and promulgate their own plat
form. They took this action with the de-
liberate purpose Of electing a Democratic
President. because they infinitely pre-
ferred the triumph Of their nominal party
foes to seeing the control Of their own
organization wrested from their hands
by the rank and file OF their own party.
They are foes OF decent citizenship. Their
political lives depend upon their keeping
politics in such condition that decent men
cannot succeed them, and that the ordi-
nary citizens cannot get control Of their
own government.
Remember that the action of these men
at the Chicago convention was merely
the elimination OF a long series Of ac-
tlons on their part. Their power and the
we'll being of the interests they sub
served depended upon their control of
executive action. and even more upon
their control OF legislation. Gradually
this control OF theirs had become almost
absolute. They opposed US merely be-
cause at the moment We embodied those
forces and principles. the triumph of
which meant the ending Of the system
which kept them in public life as EN-
Client tools and representatives Of the
great interests behind them.
BIamcs the Rossrs.
"Of course our contest must always
rr ~ ha nrEn
must always be a contest TO enact into
law and reduce to the domain Of execu-
tive action these principles. But IL Is
impossible to do this effectively until
We drive from political leadership the
boss whose very existence in politics
is the negation of those principles.
There is no use in endeavoring- to put
into effect our platform for social and
Industrial Justice IL the legislative and
executive officers OF government are
mere suboficers Of a boss. whether
this boss be Mr.. Penrcse, Mr. Barnes.
or Mr.. Murphy. Much of our effort is
to secure laws protecting the labor OF
women and prohibiting the labor OF
children in mines and factories. provid-
ing for wOrkmen's compensation and
the like. Our effort is to secure equal.
ity of opportunity, to democratiZe in
dustry and to better the living and
working conditions of all who are not
vicious. shiftless, and idle. Our effort
is to better the standard of living and
working. making il worthy of 4 free
people and gradually to introduce the
beginnings of representative govern
ment into business. This effort is
bound to come TO naught, IL, in its
actual working the forces of govern
ment are administered by men whose
whole theory OF action is based on the
alliance OF crooked politics with crook
ed wealth. These men will promise
anything good or bad 10 the laborer
before election and will perform moth
ing whatever for him after election.
Much OF our effort is TO help the men
who live on farms. to help industry, TO
help men and women workers, but this
effort will come to naught II honest busi-
ness men support sinister politicians
whose interested endeavor is chiefly to
help the crooked business men whose
success is achieved by swindling- his fel-
lows"
The colonel reviewed the performance
of the Progressive party in Pennsylvania
and in the nation.
Urges Tariff COmmissJon.
The Progressive party" he continued.
stands for protection as regards busi-
ness man, farmer and wageworker alike.
1t is against all favoritism to special
interests 1t believes that the tariff is a
matter. not of politics, but of sound
public policy, and that 1t should be de-
by a knowledge of facts. not
by trading votes and log-rolling. We
advocate the immediate creation OF
nOnpartisan commission with power to
propose revision of the tariff rates. sched-
ule by schedule, treating each case on
an intelligent consideration Of its merits,
from favoritism and the foster
ing of special interests
Let US turn now to the Progressive