Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-03

our water power. / wish we could have
made more progress than we have made in
| -his vital matter: and call once more, with
the deepest earnestness and solicitude. upon
the advocates Of careful and provident con-
servation, on the one hand. and the advo-
Gates Of q free and inviting field for private
capital, on the other, TO get together in a
spirit Of genuine accommodation and agree
ment and set this great policy forward at
once.
We must hearten and quicken the spirit
and efficiency OF labor throughout our whole
industrial system by everywhere and In all
occupations doing justice to the laborer, not
only by paying living wage but also by
what they ought to be. And we must do
more than Justice. We must safeguard life
and promote health and safety in every oc-
cupation in which they are threatened or
imperiled. That is more than Justice. and
better, because 1t is humanity and economy.
We must coordinate the railway systems
Of the country for national use. and must
facilitate and promote their development with
q view to that coordination and to their
better adaptation as whole to the life and
and industry Of the country can be free and
unhampercd only IL these arteries are open.
efficient. and complete.
Thus shall we stand ready to meet the
future as circumstances and international
policy effect their unfolding, whether the
S'eN1 ~Sths sAVViy VI SotAic idob anu Wltu-
out preface.
Platform Definite Pledge.
have not spoken explicitly, gentlemen,
OF the platform adopted at St. Louis; but 1t
has been implicit In all that have said:
have sought to interpret its spirit and
meaning. The people of the United States
do not need to be assured now that that
platform Is a. definite pledge, practical pro-
gram: We have proved to them that our
promises are to be kept.
We hold very definite ideals. We believe
that the energy and initiative of our people
nave been too narrowly coached and super
intended; that they should be set free, as
we have set them free. to disperse them
selves throughout the nation; that they
should not be concentrated in the hands Of
few powerful guides and guardians, as our
opponents have again and again, in effect If
not in purpose. sought to concentrate them.
We believe, moreover--who that looks about
to believe THAT the day of little Amer cam
ism. with Its narrow horizons, when meth
ods Of protection" and industrial nursing
were the chief study of our provincial states
men. are past and gone and that day of
enterprise has at last dawned for the United
States whose field is the wide world.
We hope to see the stimulus of that new
day draw all America. the republics Of both
continents, on to a new life and energy and
initiative In the great affairs of peace We are
americans Tor big America, and rejoice TO
to look forward to the days In which America
shall strive to stir the world without irri-
tating it or drawing II on to new antago-
nisms, when the nations with which we deal
shall at last come to see upon what deep
foundations of humanity and justice our pas
sion Tor peace rests, and when all mankind
shall look upon our great people with new
sentiment Of admiration, friendly rivalry and
real affection, as upon . people who, though
Keen to succeed. seeks always IN ha ~ on,a
generous and Just and to whom humanity is
dearer than profit or selfish power.
Upon this record and in the faith Of this
purpose we go to the country.