Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-26
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Jenerson laid down the principle
that the people are sovereign over
their government. That declaration
stands as an everlasting challenge
which we invoke in our day against
those who have set privileged inter-
ests above the political and economic
rights Of the people.
TN the early years Of the repub-
lie, the federalist party-the con-
sentative party of Hamilton through
its control Of congress, the executive
power and the courts, enacted and en-
forced the alien and sedition laws in
ruthless disregard of the bill of
rights of the Constitution. 1t was
in opposition to this tyranny over the
lives of native-born and foreign
born Americans that jefferson or
ganized a new party and sent the
federalist party to its political grave.
People Rally to New Party
'In this campaign, within the cor
rupt and decadent old parties, we
find the political descendants of Ham
ilton and his tory followers, who
call the American people a mob
deny that they are the masters Of
their own government, believe that
government exists to protect the few
in their encroachments upon the
rights of the many, and denounce
as destructive radicals all progress
sives who dare assert the democratic
doctrines of Jefferson and Lincoln.
"Opposed othese two old parties
is the great progressive movement
which within the last few months has
taken form in this country. While
the progressive organization has been
built up in very brief period, the
great body Of public sentiment and
opinion which supports it has been of
slow growth and is deeply rooted.
1t has taken years of betrayal and a
long line of shameful abuses on the
part of the democratic and republic
can parties to convince the people
that they must organize for political
action outside both old parties in or
der to find relief from intolerable po-
litical and economic conditions. Our
ranks are recruited from every class
and from no particular section of
our country.
Old Parties Alike as Peas
"The policies and the candidates
of the republican and democratic
parties are as alike as two peas in a
pod, and for that reason shall here
after refer to them in this address as
our opponents
"The differences between ourselves
and our opponents are fundamental
and irreconcilable. These differences
are of two kinds: one political and
the other economic.
"On the political side the primary
difference between ourselves and
our opponents in this:
1--WE stand for the maximum con-
troll of government by the entire cleo
torate in the interest of all the peo-
pie and with special privileges to
none.
"Our opponents stand for the
maximum control of government by
the few in the interest of favored
classes to which special privileges are
extended.
People Must Control
''The progressives believe that the
machinery of government should be
so completely in the hands of the
electorate that the deliberate popu-
= lar will may be reflected alike in the
making of the laws and in their adj
ministration and execution.
"Our opponents, hostile to self
government, declare that this doc
trine is dangerous and revolutionary,
and that the machinery of govern
ment must be of such character or
so far removed from the people as
to yield, if at all othe popular will,
very slowly and after long delay
This difference in principle forms the
basis of the issues of this campaign.
Labor Should Get First Consideration
ION the economic side the differ
ences between the progressives and
their opponents are equally clear cut.
We hold as fundamental the PROPOSE
ton that productive labor = whether
it is of the hand or the brain,
whether it is on the farm or in the
citv-is entitled to receive as nearly