The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-29

ing to their MINDS CnaL LneTe was more WORK un-
der Republican administrations, but being very
careful to keep the soft pedal on any reminders
of increasing living costs. The people murmur
approvingly and the money lords, hearing, rub
their hands gleefully as they contemplate the woe
and distress on every hand that is driving the
people to vote into power the party that will give
them another sixteen or twenty years of over
fattening food.
Thus do the money lords whipsaw you people
between their hard times party, the Democratic,
end their good times party, the Republican. They
always play both ends against the middle posi-
ton they are extremely careful to avoid in order
to make more room for all you people.
You can never stop this evil game by voting
either Democratic or Republican tickets. After
forty years trying to accomplish such an end
you ought to realize it by this time. You can
only put end to such inhuman practices by
first getting absolute control of your govern
ment and it's officers, from top to bottom. To
do this you must have party that you can con-
troll and that the money barons can't. When you
have control of government you can regulate the
money power by changing the rules of the game,
by telling the monopoes how they shall and
how they shall not do business. Then, in order
that the tariff shall never again contribute it's
share to confusing you and to partially running
industry by being too high too low, you can
take it entirely out of politics and the ignorant
politicians hands by non-partisan tariff COM
mission.
You already have the party that will do
these things with your help and support. 1t is
the Progressive party.
Direct primaries, the initiative, referendum
and recall, all promised in the Progressive plat
FORM that partys contract with the people, will
give the plain people of the nation control of their
political parties we'll Of their government.
| They will give you control of the officers you
elect after they are elected. In this way you can
| be sure that never again will old line party
leader be able to cynically remark: platforms
are made to get into power on. Afterwards they
don't count"
The Progressive party further agrees, if you
will elevate it to control of the government, to
abolish forever the power of the money lords by
properly regulating and controlling the sources
of their power, the monopolies and railroads and
banking system. 1t has also agreed to settle the
tariff question permanently by removing all con-
sideration of tariff schedules from control of the
ignorant, but shrewd politicians who most often
represent you in congress and placing it under
control of a non-partisan tariff commission. And
under the leadership of such men as Albert
Beverage, Theodore Roosevelt and our own
clean cut, young candidate for congress, Ebert
Russell, you know in your hearts and souls these
promises will be carried out.
1t is long past time for change in this coun-
try. Not change backwards to old conditions
under another Republican regime that will soon
bring it's inevitable troubles and consequent de-
sire for still another change. It is time for a
change forward to such things as the Progressive
party will put through and so fundamentally
change conditions that there will never again be
a possibility of switching back to the old, rotten
conditions under which we live today.
Just as black slavery was wiped out by the
Republican party of Lncolns day so will the Pro-
gressive party, made up of former Republicans
and Democrats who are faithful to Lincoln's
great ideals of government, wipe out the present
day enslavement of all the people by Wall streets
} money lords of monopoly.
The Progressive party will be Just as effective
as you make it. Sooner or later conditions will
force you to support it or to acquiesce in unend.
? ing industrial slavery for yourselves and your
} children. Give your support to that party soon
= er, before the monopolists can gain any more
power. Support the Progressive tickets in thi:
election and help just that much in bringing the
great fight for human rights nearer and nearer
: to the common enemy Wall streets money lords
of monopoly.
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