not Democratic convention.
assembled at Baltimore, you
tied the of my nomination by
ocratic party for the high of-
president of the United States.
the to thank you very warmly
glnerous terms in which‘ you
ongh your distinguished chair-
(can {tal'ueied the notificatiuh and for
it‘ll tidr‘pel'sonal courtesy with
you have performed your inter-
, dI- important er.rand
pt the nomination with 11 deep
its unusual signiflcanc c and of
at honor done me and also with
profound sense of my responsi-
to- the party and to the nation.
Lexpect me in accepting the
speak very plainly the faith
in me. You will expect me, in
. (111111: politics and open the cam-
fin‘ia words whose meaning no one
(led-doubt. You will expect me to
" to the ”country.
V’egcannot intelligently talk politics
less we know to whom we are talk-
1111,11 in what circumstances. ’The
, ,‘nt\..ctrcumstances are clearly an-
,No previous political campaign
(time has disclosed anything like
_ Theaudlence we address is in
rdiuary temper. It is no audience
artisans. Citizens of every class
arty and prepossesslon sit to-
a single people, to learn wheth-
Iunderstand their life and know
, o afford them the counsel" and
dance they are now keenly aware
y stand in need of. W e must
,t‘ to ‘(Iatch votes, but to satisfy
thllukht and cause learn of (1 people
,epl' stirred by the conviction that
have come to (1 critical turning
[in tin their moral and political deI
The Awakened Nation.
We stand in the presence of an
(whitened nation impatient of partl-
(an tnake believe. The public man
Who does not realize the fact. and feel
stimulation must be singularly un-
" ‘ptibie to the influences that stir
rely quarter about him.
(duly, it is a new age. The tonic
bob (1 time is very exhilarating.
It requires self rcstralnt not to attempt
too pinch, and let it would be cow-
311:1!in to attempt too little
lb iii the broad light of this new
(my but we stand face to face—«with
j_ W mainly not with questions of
‘ (got: with a contest for Iogiice. not
petty struggle for advantage.
bomb-at against Republican, liberal
; netconserv lliil (I progressiveaguinst
rehatioaarv. With great questions of
t and of justice, rather-equations
_ flonal (lov,elopme(1t of the devel-
(iutpf character and of standards
action no less than of a better busi-
(system, more free, more equitable.
E?,dpeu to ordinary men, practicable
(I under tolerable to work under,
_Ihetter fiscal system whose taxes
come out of the pockets of
. try to go into the pockets of the
(on within whose intricacies spe-
vilege ”may not so easily (ind
(instances what is the mean-
. r platform and what is our (Ie-
ity under it? What are our
, thinking about. what it to
cd about. what it wishes
pm that is new and conniructive
tended for its long future. But
it: in a very practical document.
as not about to ask the people of
(tilled States to adopt our plai-
We are about to all: them to
' ”its with onion and power and
m of their attain. They
(1 know what sort of men
it of what definite purpose.
lotion of action and of pot-
one to give to the general
platform which the cou-
Baltimore put forth should
. .. is not a program. A
outlet of measures. odI
(tall and (lets all lost-la
r of the pudding is the
all filtration? From
(11111.1( udder ((11.11 I
(‘(I expect to handle
matters that (aunt be
next mentors and the
l.‘ (tel 11111111111 ((1
teal-rap; 1111: apparently
' governmental power in trust, for their
dustrlal and on ._
and the political life of the peeplo of,
the Philippines, for whom we hold
service, not our own. The other. the
additional duty is the great (an: oh
[indenting our people and our resources
' merclal I under-initially
Our own clear conviction 1111‘ 1'}an
crate is that. in the last analysis the
only" safe and legitimate objector tariff
duties. as of taxes of every other kindr-
is to raise revenue for the Mlpport of
the (government.
But that is not my
‘ .1. ‘ " ' n
. things? Who handed our economic
great "duty we
and of keeping open to the whole peo—
pin the doors of opportunity through
which they (aunt. .aoneratioa by (loner-I-
atlon. pass it’ they are to make cou-
quest of their fortunes in health, in
freedom, in peace and la (Iontontl.ncut
in the performance of this second
are face to face with
attentions of conservation and of de-
velopment, quentiona of forests and
water powers and mines and water-
ways, of tho building of an adequate
merchant marine, and the opening of
present point. We donouuce the Payne
Aldrich tariff act as the most conspicu.‘
one example ever (dunno-(1.1;. country
of the special favors and monopolistic
advantamis which the leaders of the
ltcpubllcau party have so often shown
themselves willing to extendlp those
to whom they looked fort-11111111111111 con-
tributions. Tariff duties. as they have
employed them. hare not been a means
of setting up an anal hie ((yaleln of
protection. They hae been. on the
contrary. a method of fostering special
'phistlcatod age. when men know what
every highway and facility, 11nd the
in Partnership With the People.
These are all great matters upon
which at eryhody should be bound. W a
have got into trouble in recent years
chiefly because those large things,
which ought to have been handled by-
laiin-v counsel. with as large a num-
ber of persons as possible, because
they touched every interest (111d the
life of (new class and region, have
in fact been too often handled in
111Il((1t(I.( (Inference. They have been
settled by very small and often do—
liberately (I\(Iluaive groups of men
who undertook to speak for the whole
nation, or. rather, for themselves in
the terms of the whole nations—very
honestly it may be, but very ignorant-
l,v sometimes, and very shortsightddly.
too—a poor substitute for genuine com-
mon counsel. No group of directors,
economic or political, (Ian speak for a
people. They have neither the point
(1‘? view nor the knowledge. We (1(ch no
revolution; we need no excited chance:
we need only a new point of view and
a new method and spirit of counsel.
We are servants of the people. the
whole people. The nation has been
unnecessarily. unreasonably at, war
within itself. interest has clashed
with interest when there were com-
mon principles of right and of fair
dealing (1 ha 11 might and should have
bound them all together, not as rivals,
but as partners. As the servants of
all we are bound to undertake the
great duty of accommodation and ad-
,lusi nient.
We cannot undertake. it except in a
spirit \\ hit 11 some find it hard to un-
derstand. Some people only smile
when you speak of yourself as a serv-
ant of th(I people; it. seems to them
like at‘fcctallon or more (lclnauouy
"l‘he,\ ask what the unthinking crowd
knows or (Ioniprchends of (treat com-
plicalcd matters of (.111 (I1 (uncut. 'l‘hcy
shrug their shoulders and lift their
eyebrows witch you speak as if you
really believed in presidential prima-
ries. in the direct election of United
i-‘lalcs senators and in ((11 (liter pub—
licity about everything.r that (Iota-ems
(:rworumcut, from the sources of cum-
paign fundsto the intimate debate of
the highest; allalrs of state.
The Public 11 Noble Whole.
They do not or will not (IolnprcI
bond the solemn thing that is in your
lbouaht. You know as well as they
do that there are all sorts and condi~
(ions of monmlho unthinking mixed
with the wise, tinI reckless with the
prudent. the unscrupulous with illl‘
”air and bonustw-anrl you know, what
they spun-lilacs forget, that every
class, without. exception, affords a
sample (11’ the mixture, the learned and
the fortunate no loss than the. unedu-
(Ialcd and the (Itrutzullug' mass. But
you see more than they do. You sac
that these (multitudes of men, mixed.
nl‘ (I11I1v kind and quality. (Ionstild‘lc
somehow an organic and noble whole
a single people, and that they have in
(on-(1111 which no man (Ian privately
determine without their knowledge
and counsel. That in the meaning of
representative government; itself.
You may think that i (1111 wandering
all into 11 general (liaaulnltloa that. has
little to do with the business in band.
but l (1111 not. This is business-Idolsb
nous of the deepest sort. it will solve
our (lllllculiioa if you will but take it
((11 business.
. The Tariff.
Boo how it (hula-a business out of the
tariff question. The tariff question as
dealt with in our time at any rate has
not booubusiacas. it baa been politic».
'i‘arifl’ (schedules hartI been made up
for the purpose of keeping as larlio (1
(lumbar as possible of the (Itch and in-
llueniial manufactureru of the country
in a good humor with the Republican
witty. which desired their constant
llnuuclal support. The tariff baa 11o-
cotne a (trait-mot favors, which the
phraneoloay of the schedule waa often
deliberately contrived to conceal.‘ it
beacon-((11 (nutter of business. of lcitlti.
(auto baaluoao. only when the partner
ship and (nuloralnnding it roommate,
are between the leaders, of (nucleus and
the whole people of the“ United (States
Instead of between the leaders of con,
areas and mail groups of (annular-
turors demanding spoolm récoauitiou
and consideration. (11111111 is why the
general idea of representative govern-
ment becomes a necessary part of thisI
1.11111: ammo.- Who when you come.
down to the hard facts or the matter.
have bum represented to recent "years
discussed and,
floor of (on
they have elm determined/ but to the,
, committee rooms
lamination not oaths
b! (as whole affair:
gem“ m, of every safeguard needed privilege. They have made it easy to
by an industrious, expanding nation. establish monopoly in our domestic
markets. Trusts have owed their ori
gin and their secure pow or to them.
business of a country like ours is ex-
(Ioodlngly sensitive to changes in hurls.
lation of this kind.
up, howeverIili advisedly, upon tariff
schedules written in the way i have
disturbed. When we act we should act
'without regard to the prices pertain
when our tariff schedules worn heluitj
for that is out where
No, Sudden Disturbance.
We do not ignore the fact that the
it has been built
indicated, null its foundation must
not he too radif’ally'or ton suddenly
with caution and prudence, like men
who know what they are about and
not like those in love with, a theory.
it is obvious that the changes we
make should be made only at such a
rate and in such a way as will least
interfere with the normal and health-
ful course of commerce and manufac-
ture. But we shall not on that ac-
count act with tinddlty. as if we did
not know our own minds, for we, are
certain of our ground and of our ob-
ject. There should be an innnediate
revision and it should be (low an art]
unhesitatlugly and steadily downward.
it should begin with the schedules
which have been most 'obviously used
to kill competition and to raise. prices
in the l‘niicd States, arbitrarily (111,11
lag elsewhere in the markets of the
w',otl(i and It should. befoteJt is tin-
isbcd or intermittod. be extended to
every item in (vary schedule which
affords any opportunity for monopoly.
for special advantage to limited
groups of licnellclarirs or for subsidiz-
ed control (11’ any kind in tinI markets
or the (Intel-prises of the. (Iounlry until
special favors of every sort shall have
been absolutely n1tl1d1.tu 11 and e( (Irv
part of our laws of taxation shall have
been trIausfotmml from (1 (:1 stem of
((11101 (uncntal patronage into a system
of just and reasonable. (barges which
shall fall where they will create the
least burden.
Tariff Demorallzes ' Politico.
There has been no more demoraliz-
ing influence in our politics in our
time than the influence of tariff logis—
latiou, the influence of the Idea that
the government was the brand dis-
penser of fat (its the. maker and un-
maker of fortunes. and of opportuni
ties stub as certain men have sought
in order to control the movement of
trade and industry throughout the
continent. it has made theI govern-
ment (1 prion to be captured and par-
tics the means of (alerting the capture.
it has made the business men of one
of the (host wit-lie and enterprising 11(1—
lions in the world timid, frclful, full
of alarms; has robbed them of self
confidence and (natfly force until they
have cried out that. they could do
nothing without the assistance of the
norm-(uncut at. Washington. It has
made them feel that their livell do»
pended upon the ways and means
committee bf the house and the finance
committee of the senate (in these later
years particularly the finance commit-
tee of the senate). They have inalal-
(Id very anxiously that those commit~
icon should be made up only of their
“friends" until the country in its turn
crow suspicious and wondered how
those (onilultteen were being guided
and controlled, by what lnflueacca and
plans of personal advantage. , Govern-
ment cannot be wholesomely conduct:
ed to such an atmosphere. its very
honesty la in Jeopardy.
For what. has the reofilt ' boom
Prosperity? Yes. if by prosperity you
mean vast wealth. no matter how dis-
tributed. or‘whether distributed at all.
or not: if you mean vast enterprises
built up to be presently concentrated
under the control of comparatively
small bodies of men. who can (later-
(uluo almost at plottouro whether there
shall bacompetltlon or not. The nation
as a nation has grown immensely rich.
lint what of the other side of the pic»
(are? it is not as easy for (1a to live
((11 it used to be; Our money will not
buy as much. High wages. even
when we can not them. yield ((11 no
(trout cmni'ort.
Irma caum‘mgh (Irma. ,
Moreover, we begin to (erosive some
things almut the movement of prices
that concern (to very deoplyo all it: our
a more definite determination than
ever to get to the bottom of (laminae
(or. We have been looking into it (1:
trials held under the Bheralaa not and
in ,invoallootloas in the committee
room of on 4111th men who
wanted to (mow the real tools have
been busy with inquiry. (all we booth
to see very (11.11111 phat“ ,
of the methods are by '73:? prices
attention upon the (er1! Mil.) ales I((itb'
él‘. control at tho”
laws over to them for l glulatlvo‘ and
contractual alteration? bWe have in.
these (linoleum-ea still another view of
the“ tariff. still another proof that; not
the people of the dialled Staten. but
011131! very small number of them.
have been partners in that legislation.
The trusts do not belong to the peri-
“0d of infant industries. lrlley are not.
the prodnclb o! the time, that old he
borlous than. when the (treat coutl~
neat we live on was uudovelope1l.tl1e
young nation struggling to find itself,
and get upon its feet amidst older and;
more experienced competitors. Th‘ey
helou'irto a very recent and very ao-
they wanted and knew how to get it
by the favor of the government. It‘
is another chapter in the natural his- 1,
tory of power and of "governing?
clauses. " The next chapter will set as i
free again. I
I am not: one ot.‘ those who think
that competition can, be established by
law against the drift of (1 world wide;
ebonomlc tendency; neither am I one.
of those who believe 'that business
done‘ upon a 111'th scale by a single
orannlzation-tlhll it corporation or ,
what you will—4s necessarily danger- ,
one to thc liberties even the economic
liberties. of a great people like our
own. full of intelligence and of In-
domitable energy. 1 am not afraid of
anything that is normal. I dare say
we shall never return to the old order
of individual competition and that the
organization of business upon ,a great I‘
scale of (Io-operation is, up to a certain :
point, itself normal and inevitable.
Sherman Law Amendments.
‘ Power in the .hands of great busi-
ness men does not make me appre»
heusivc, unless it springs out of ad-
vantages which they have not ,(Ireated I
for themselves. Big business is not
i
i
cause Its bigness in an uuwholosome
lnllatlon created by priviloaes and ex-
(Imptions which it ought. not to enjoy.
The general terms of the present
federal anti-trust law,
“(Imnbinatlons in restraint of trade.”
have apparently ' I proved Ineffectual.1
Trusts have grownup under its him
the methods by which so many of
them have established virtual monop-
olies without serious lot or hindrance.
it has roared against (111qu like any
sucking (love. I am not assessing the
responsibility; I am merely; stating the
fact. But the means and methods by
Willi l1 trusts have established monop
oiics have now become known. it (villii
be necessary to supplement. the pres
(Int law with such laws. both civil and
criminal. as will effectually 111111le andI
prevent those. methods, adding suc:l1
other laws as may be necessary to
provide suitable and adequate judicial
processes. whether civil or criminal
to disclose them and follow them to
final verdict and judmucul.
lint the problem and the (litilcuily
are much greater than that. There
are not (nercly great trusts and com-
billatlons ““ilitil arc to be controlled
and deprived of their power to (Ircutc
(nouopollcs and destroy rivals. There
Is something bigger still than they are
and more subtle,
dilhcult to deal with. There are vast
(Ionicderacics (as i may perhaps call
them for the sake of convenience) of
banks, railways. express companies.
insurance companies. (nanni'acturlna
corporations. minim: (unparatll‘lns.
power and development. companies
and all the rest of the circle, bound
together by the fact. that the owner
ship of their stoc k and the members of
their boards of liil‘ft‘t (are are controlled
(111d determiuwl by comparatively
small and closely interrelated groups
of persons u be by their informal (Ion-I
feduracy, may control, if they please
and when they will, both creditand
enterprise. They are part of our prob-
lem. Their very existence gives rise
to the. suspicion of a "(honey trust,” 11
concentration of the control of credit
which (any at any time become in-
tlnitoly (lunaoruus to free enterprise.
if such a com-entrailou and control
do not actually exist it is evident
that they can easily be not up and used
at will. Lawn (hunt be devised which
will prevent this, if lawa can be work-
ed out by fair and free counsel that
will accomplish that result without
destroying orI‘aorlouaiy embarraaalnil
any sound or loaitimate’ luminous 11o-
dertaklna or necessary and Wholesome
arrangement.
The Labor Que-lion.
(looking is not destruction of any kind
nor the disruption of any sound or hem
out thing. but merely the rule at right
and of the common advantage. 1 am
happy to say that a new spirit has be
mm to show itself in the hull; your or
two anions lulluoatlal (non of busineua
and. what is perhaps even more alnoiil
cant. 111110111: the lawyers who are their
((311er (Ignorant-11131111 that: this (spirit has
displayed itself cry notably in the last
few (nontlurln an alto to return in
some degree at any ((1 I111 the bran
than of genuine commiililm-
if I am right about this, it is 80an
to he (1.1.1 to act in (‘1 1111111111 with
the role at right and (cotton in deal
but with the labor urination. The so
called labor questlou‘io 11 ‘11an only
because we have 1101211111531
role all right: in India its labor
, Keith
_ (Isle of labor and capital
the hoodlum. the e
(no tilled. We blunt tall:
‘06
and (enhances? ,.
(lien and women,
(a: ((1 our (111111111 (automation.
ammo (all
moral conditions under which they
llivc. that makes their hours of labor
[rational
Molten in the interest of the whole
and standard, the interest of all con-
-l.l(e complicated null dltllcnlt question
got the reform of our hanklng and cor-
‘Ircncy law: it is plain that we ought
fthe bankers, but because they do not
‘of the country. notwithstanding they
dangerous because it is big. but. be-‘I .,
forbidding 3
very lnxurlantly and. have .. pursued .,
more evasive. more 3
5 lion of'tlnI. government to be (Iclcrlnllr I
Let me say again that what we are
. (pattern.
ll!
everything done for the worklugthah.
by law or by private agreement, as a
concession pause to keep him from
ballerina and a disturbance of our
police, Here again the sense, of ant-
vorsal‘ partnership (1111th came into
play if we are to act like statesmen.
as those who serve not a class. but a“
nation
The working people of America—4!
they must be distinguished from the
minority that constitutes the rent of
it-aro..of course, the backbone cf the.
nation. No law that safeguards their
life, that improves the physical and
and tolerable, that gives
lthem freedom to act in their own in-
forest and that protectb them where
they cannot protect themselves can
properly be regarded as class legisla-
tion or as anything but as a measure
people, whose partnership in right. ac-
,tion we are trying to establish and
'make real and practical. lt i‘s‘ in this
spirit. that we shall act if we are genu-
ine spokesmen 6f the whole country.
Currency Lawn. _
As our program is disclosed—Jar no'
man can forecast it ready made ,and
before counsel is taken of every one
concerned—Attila must be its measure
corned. For example, in dealing with
to consult very many persons besides
the bankers. not because 'we distrust
necessarily (tolnprahend the business
are Indispensable'scrvants of it and
may do a vast deal to make it hard or
easy. No more bankcrs‘ plan will
meet the requirements, no matter how
honestly conceived. It should be (1
(merchants and farmers‘ plan as well,
'elasllc in the hands of those who use
,It. as an indispensable partof their
daily business.
in dealing with the Philippines we
should not allow ourselves to stand
upon any more point of pride as if, in
order to keep our countenance 111 the
families of nations, it Wow necessaly
(for us to makcv the same blunders of
selfishness that other nations have
‘1madc.\\'e are not the owners of the
ii‘hllippine Islands. We hold them in
‘trust for the people who live in them.
They arethclrs for the uses of their
life. We are not even their partners.
it is our duty as trustees to (nuke
Iw hatever arrangement of gov ornmcnt
(will be most serviceable to their free
‘ dent and dcvolopnient. iicro again we
are to set up the rule of justice and of
right.
i Presidential Primaries.
i The rule of the people. is an idle
aphrase. Those. who believe in Ha as
I who does not that has caught the 1':(I (l
spirit of Anicrica‘.I bulk-to that there
.van be no rule of tight without it;
lthat right in polltbs is made up of
the lnt1I1(I~lI( of everybody and away
'rbudy should l.1|((I part in the action
that is to determine it. \\ o have been
keen for presidential prltnmloa and
the direct elm-lion of l’nilcd States
senators because we wanna! the (“I-
'01] by persons whom the |ltI1111|l.' illlti
actually (insinuate-l as man whom they
wore ready to trust and follow. We
have been anxious that all campaign
conirllmtlons and expenditures should
be disclosed to the public in fullest
detail because we regarded the indu-
(I111I1Ia which govern (Iatnpainns to la,-
1111 ((1111 ll 11 part of tho people's busi-
acss as anything (Ilsa (mun-1 (ad with
their (myth-(uncut \\(I (1r:I working
toward (1 very dcliulle obile l. llw uul
vernal partnership in public affairs
upon which the purity of politics and
its aim and spirit depend.
i do not know any (((IlIaltIr (nu-slim
than (lull of conservation. We have
been (( spoudl'brlft nation and (anal
(111w husband what we have left. We
(nust do more than that. We must do-
('1 ion as wall ((11 preserve our water
powers and (1111111111111 arcui waterways
to the transportation facilities of the
nation to supplement the rallwaya
within our borders ((11 wall 111111111111 tinI
isthmus. “‘(I ((111111 rcrlve our 1111-1I
(-lulut marine. (no. and till the ((111111
(main with our own ducts. We ((111111
add to our present postolllra survive ‘n
pan-ole post as complete ((a that of any
other nation. We (aunt look to the
health of our people upon (Ivory band
((11 well ((11 hoarton them with illulil'il
and opportunity. This is the rountrac»
live work of poveratnout. This in the
policy that has a vision and a hope and
that look» to serve mankind.
There are (puny aides to “(can about
(toauorvallon In «(any to new
oraliuo about. but hard to parltcalurize
about wisely. Reservation in not. the
whole of (Inawrvatlou. Tho develop.
meal of (treat slates ((111111 not. he stay»
(at inlaiinllcly to (Wait a policy by
which our forests and water pomnl
can prudently be (nude one of. bio
and development (hunt (to hand in
hand. The (many (we adopt must be.
(impressive-am negative (sorely. all it
We did not know what to (lo. .
Improving 'Our Hilton. . ,
With regard to the devolophiejot of
(greater and more some waterways
and the budding;I ((1111ro main ina-
‘ ‘ locomotive
(he calla of the ”me1 river. that
at central artery at our trade. it is
((1111; that. (no lateral (government moo
(i maintain the levees and hob
the (trout waists in harness for the
sea as oil? the seas. ,
necessary if you will but undo some
of the things that burn been done.
Without a (treat merchant marine We
cannot take our rightful place in the
commerce of the Iworld. lilorrbautn
who must depend upon the carriers of .
rival mercantile nations to carry their
goods to market; areal a disadvantage
,uhaniu will no; longIsutl'er themselves
«ought not to buffer thutnsclveswto
the two coasts of the continent, hu-
, the Republican party as organized un-
to international bade loo manifest to
need to be pointed cube and our (nor-
bc placed (it such ('1 (liaadvantaae. Our
industries have expanded to such ,11
if they cannot lind u/tree outlet to lluI
markets of the world. and they cannot
tlii'd (such an‘outlot unless they be
given ships of their own to,c1rr1'y their
gomllswshlps that will no the (Ionics
they want them to (go—11nd prefer tile
interests of America in their sailing
orders and their equipment. Our do-
(nestle markets no l(1111.,el' .IIulillc. We
need foreign markets. That in am
other force that is color: to break the.
tarli'f down. The tariff was eaten
bulwark; now it is a dam. For trade
in reciprocal; we cannot sell unlcsa we
able buy.
The very fact" that we have at last
takonthc Panama canal seriously in
hand and are vigorously pushing it to.
ward completion is eloquent of our re?
awakened interest in international
trade. We are not building tl1(I canal
and pouring out million up‘on million of.
money upon its construction merely to
establish a water connection between
portaat and desirable as that may bu.
particularly from the point of view
of naval defense. It is meant to bc a
great international highway. it would
be a little ridiculous if we. should build
it (1111) than have no ships to send
through it. There have been years
when not a gingle ton of freight pass-
cd through the great Suez Ian: (I in an
A'metlcan bottom, so empty ale the:
seas of our ships and seamen.
industrial Education
‘Mbele is another duty \vhhb lth
Democratic party has shown iisell‘l
great enough and close enough to lllci
people to perceive. the duty of aorevxr‘
meat to share in proplotiug ilfl'i'ii‘ui“
tu_r((l, industrial. vocational education
in every way possible within its (Ion-l
stitullunal powers. No other platforml
has given this intimate vision of 11 p:-1r
ty‘s duty. Education is part of the
areal task of conservation. part of
the (.1111 of renewal and of perfected
power. '
We lnIne set ourselves (1 arc-1t pro-
gram. and it will be a (treat par'ty (it. (t
(I-arrics it out. it must be 11 party with-
out entanglini: alliances with any spo-
(Iial iutcrt-st whatever. it mum have
the spirit and the point of view «11‘ the
new (Inn. “Man are turning away from‘
(lol' its old leaders because they found
that it was not free, that it. was (I11t:111~
gicd, and they are turning,I to us be
cause they doom as free to serve them.
We should go into this (I:(11(p:Ii_I..II11
confident of only one tiiillgw1nlllit|vlll
of what “(I want to do if intruslcd
with tho anu-rntnont. it is not :1 p: (1%
sun light we are entering 11111111. “'(I
are happily excused from personal (1t-
tnclm upon opponents (1nd from all (an
oral ludh‘Itmcnts against the (non op-
posed to us. The facts are patent to
everybody: “'(I do not have to prove
them; the more frank anion-.2 our oppo-
n’cnts admit (heath, llur thinking must
be constructive from start to liulsh,
“'(I. must show that “'(I understand tinI
problems that confront us (1111] that we
are soberly minded to deal with (loan,
applyiua to them not lllillil‘llmlt and no.
lions. but hard sense and good (Inuraac.
A Government For Public Good.
A presidential campaign may easily
degenerate into a more. (manual con»
tent and (to lose- its real dignity and
significance There in no lndlapcnaa
hie ((11111. The government will not
collapse and (to to place» if any one
of the (aIntlennIu who are aecklun‘ to
be lutruatod with its guidance ((hould
be left at home. nut. (non arrI instru-
ments. We are 1111 lunmrlaot as the
cause we rcpt-(meat, and in outer to
be important (bunt really represent a
cause. "What in our canon? The pen
pic‘s cause? That is easy to any but
what. (look, it mean? The (01111111111 1111
manual any particular internal; what:
(Iver? \‘im, but that. too. (walla tramp
laiiou into acts and rivalries. We rep:
resent the desire to («It up an uncu-
laalod novrrunwut. a (aircrmncnt that
(unmet be used for private purlmaaa.
either in tho field of boson-((11 or in
the hold of politics; a [IllVill‘ilillulli that
will not tolerate the use of. ihtI organs
(ration of (1 areal party in serve the
personal aims and ambitiona of any
individual and that will not permit
leaialution to be employed to timber
(my private interest. ll in (1 (anal cum
militia. but l (on fine to serve it. ((11
you also are. 1. could not havo (1c-
copied o nomination which left (be
bound to (my man or (my map of
man. his than can be Just a ((1 not
iron. and no ((1111: who has to allow
«rayon buoht to undertake the solemn
(militia: of government to (1‘5?
(-111 or post whatever. toast of all in
"(no moraine post of president at the
milled lithium I
[bid .snotamwllymlw
(use. but wisdom comes with soap»
(all. with the (goal: and free canton
the common interest. Should i be in
from I(with tho grotto (to of mania
it («and be had upon free term
point that they will burst their Jackets I
onus of minunibleietl 111m drilled to.
deal i Mid beet: (unit 1 wherever;
You, use, should give up I
prove] to this efficient family
rcmcdyfi—your bowels (viii be1
regulated so surely and safely I, |
your liver stimulated; your
digestion ((0, improved byi '
"who" ' in boxes 10¢". lilo-‘1
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_ BAN‘K (e m TROUBLE.
DANIELSON. Aug. 7.~The Wind-
ham County Savings Bank was you (-1-.
day, enjoined from paying out or 1o«
celving monethy Bank Commission-
ers Norris S. Lippitt and Fred P. Holt.
who came here yesterday afternoon
and began. an examination of the
bank's books. While (wilting oillcial is
given out. concerning the reason for
the order, it is understood that 11 dia-
crepancy Ibaa been found in the bank‘s
accounts, which, however, it is thOnght
may be due to In clerical errol‘.
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