Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-14


tolerated in America.
Il cannot doubt what verdict they
will render.
when they have made their an
swer they will turn to us, as it is
right they should, and ask what
we have to offer in exchange anG
what pledges we can give that oul
offer will be performed. We are
ready for the question. We are pre-
pared to offer Democratic pro
gram based on Democratic principles
and guaranteed by a record Of Dem
Ocratic performance.
The Promise of Democracy
This program we have outlined
in our platform, these principles
are those by which the Democratic
party has been guided throughout
the years-and which, like the creal
of the church, should be repeated
whenever Democrats assemble
belief in equal rights to all mer
and special privilege to none; In ar
ever wider and more equitable dis
tribution of the rewards of toll anC
industry; in the suppression of prl
Vate monopoly as a thing indefen
sible and intolerable; in the larges
cal government as against a cen
tralized bureaucracy; in public of
flee as a public trust; in a govern
ment administered without fea
abroad or faVorltism at home.
And our pledge will be the Ions
roll of beneficent legislation passed
during our years of power, and thu
conduct without scandal or corrup
n faf0 Eain
fought under the gallant and inspir
ing leadership Of Woodrow Wilson
Il have expressed, in genera
terms, my approval Of the proposals
contained in our platform. You will
not expect me at this moment tc
discuss them in detail or to outline
the methods by which they are to
be carried into effect. There will
be time enough for that.
Far more important than the Ian
guage of such documents is the spir
it that breathes through them and
gives them life. The country has
the right to know whether under
the guidance of~the Democratic party
it will follow a. course of wise and
continued progress, Or be given over
to the delusive panaceas of the
dreamy radical or the SNUG com
placency of the conservative VINO
thinks that all goes well if only Il
goes we'll with him.
Political Terms Defined
'The words progressive and
'reactienary' have been much used
in American politics. There has
been little effort to define their
meaning. They are becoming mere
tags which politicians fasten on
themselves or their opponents with
out INDUCING in any mental process
that remotely resembles thought.
But, like shipping taps, the thing
which really counts is the destina-
ton written on them-progress to
what; reaction from what-that is
the real question.
Motion may be either backward
or forward; it may even be going
around in circles. From my point of
view he only deserves to be called
a. progressive who cannot see a
wrong persist without an effort to
redress it, or a right denied without
any effort to protect it; who feels &
deep concern for the economic vel
fare of the United States, but real.
ICES that the making of better men
and better women is a ma tier grea t.
err still; who thinks Of every gov.
ernmental policy first of all in its
bearing upon human rights rather
than upon material things; who be
lieves profoundly in human equal
ity and detests privilege in what
ever form or in whatever disguise
and who finds the true test of sue
cess in the welfare of the many and
not the prosperity and comfort of
the few.
1.-The civic unit of America is not
the dollar, but the individual man
All that goes to make better and
happier and freer men and women
is progress; all else is reaction. Pro
gressives of this sort, though They
may not care use the name, never.
theless in their hearts are Demo
Gratis.
Striving for Great Ends
I'VE shall strive, therefore, for the
things that look to these great ends
for the education of our youth, not
only in knowledge gathered from
past ages, but in the wholesome vir'
tue of self-help; for the protection
of women and children. from huma n
greed and unequal laws; for the pre-
vention of child labor and for the
suppression of the illicit traffic in
soul-destroying drugs.
1--WE shall conserve all the natural
resources of the country and pre-.
vent the hand of monopoly from
closing. on them and on our water
powers, so that our children after us
shall find this still a fair land to
dwell within.
And to the veterans of our wars
especially to those who were stric&
en- and wounded in the country
service and whose confidence has
been so cruelty and corruptIy abused
we shall give, in honor and in hon
esty, the grateful care they have SO
justly earned.
Concerning our sentiments toward
labor, three is room for neither
doubt nor cavil in the light Of our
past history. The right Of labor &c
an adequate wage earned under
healthful conditions, the right to or
ganize in order to obtain it, and the
right to bargain for it collectively
through agents and representatives
of its own choosing, have been es.
tablished after many years of weary
struggle. These rights are conceded
now by all fair-minded men. They
must not be impaired either by IN,
junction or by any other device.
THE Democratic party, however
goes step beyond this. Its atti
tude has been well described as one
inspired neither by Difference on the
one hand nor by patronage on the
other, but by a sincere desire te
make labor part OF the grand coun.
Gil of the nation, to concede its
patriotism and to recognize that its
knowledge of it's own needs gives it
s. right to a dice in all matters of
government that directly or pecu-
uarly affect it's own rights.
Democracy Unchanged
This attitude has not changed
it will not change. Democracy in
government and democracy in in