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NOVEMBER 1, 1912
The Commoner.
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tho national campaign In ordor to
select tlie president who will appoint
the board that the trusts desire.
I am willing to go down on my
knees at morning and say to my
Heavenly Father: "Give us this day
our dally bread," but God forbid
that wo should make tho tolling mil
lions of this country go down on
their knees at morning and say to a
few trust magnates: "Give us this
day our daily bread' and have the
trust magnates answer: "Well, If
you vote the right ticket, the ticket
we want you to and enable us to elect
the man we want elected, we will
give it to you."
But, my friends, there is a greater
objection than I have already made,
and I want now to make it. That is
the objection to a third term, and
nobody can accuse me of manufac
turing an objection to fit this case.
Eighteen years ago, when I was a
young man, a member of congress,
I introduced a resolution submitting
an amendment, limiting the presi
dent to a single term In office. Throe
times, when I was a candidate for
office, I announced immediately after
my nomination that if I was elected
I would not be a candidate for a
second term, and if I could put this
restriction against myself when there
was no tradition to prevent and no
law to hinder I can protest against
three terms for Mr. Roosevelt, or
any other man. What has ho done
to deserve an honor greater than was
given to Washington or Jefferson or
Jackson, and an honor which Grant
could not got when he asked it?
What are you going to reward him
for? Is there some man who wants
to tell me? Is there a Roosevelt
man here who is prepared to answer?
My friends, are you going to re
ward Mr. Roosevelt with a third term
for giving us Mr. Taft for a single
term? Are you going to reward him
for allowing the steel trust to take
seven hundred millions out of the
pockets of the nation? Is that a
reason for your "putting upon his
brow laurels that were never placed
upon the brows of the patriots of the
early ages?
Against Mr. Taft who has been
weighed in the 1 alance and found
wanting, against Mr. Rfosovelt, who
gave us Mr. Taft, in the place of Mr.
Roosevelt, who asked for a third
term, and will not state how many
more terms he thinks a president
ought to have in place of these
two, I present to you our candidate
for president, on the Baltimore platform.
It is a better platform than I ever
ran upon; it is the most progressive
platform that this country has ever
seen; it takes the people's side on
every national reform on which they
are ready to act. We present this
. man, a man of intelligence; you can
not doubt that he is intellectually
qualified for the position; a man
whose heart is on the people's side,
and a man who hr.s the courage to
stand unafraid in the presence of the
influences that have overawed our
chief executives.
This man took the democratic
party in old corporation ridden New
JerBey", and In two years he has made
it as progressive as the democratic
pary is. We present him, not only
qualified In every way, but we pre
sent him pledged to a single term,
that he may be your president, and
spend no time dividing patronage in
order to secure delegates; that he
need spend no time in planning for
re-election; that he may give you all
his thought and all his heart and all
his energy; I believe that whten a
man is lifted by his countrymen to
this pinnacle of power he ought to
tear from his heart every bit of am
bition, and on his bended knees con
secrate his term to his country's ser
vice. That is our ideal president, and
we present you a man "who measures
up to that Ideal. . .
"And now let me present a per
sonal appeal. I appreciate tho
loyalty that these domocrats in In
diana have shown. I do not know
of a state outside of Nebraska and
I am not sure that I need except Ne
braska I do not know of a state
where tho democrats have been moro
loyal to me than they have been In
Indiana. I come, therefore, not
afraid to speak to them.
In three campaigns I was your
candidate, in threo campaigns I
cherished the hope that I would bo
tho one who, in the providence of
God, would lead tho nation out of
oondago to Wall streot and make It
tree. 1 tnought that I was going to
write my name among tho ImmortalB
by being the people's president. But
fate did not so decree, and now tho
standard Is in tho hands of another,
and, my friends, I flght as earnestly
under his banner as I ever fought
when I marched at the head of tho
column and was tho captain of tho
militant hosts of democracy.
I appeal to you to join with us in
electing Wilson and Marshall, and
then give us a senate and house in
harmony with the president, and I
believe that we will not only take
this government out of tho hands of
the plunderers, and make it a govern
ment of the people, by tho people
and for the people, but I believe that
in four years we will enact laws
which are necessary to make it im
possible for these men to take this
government from tho hands of tho
people, and we can then proceed
with the enactment of laws neces
sary to the best interests and wel
fare of tho nation.
News of the Week
Public sentiment In Chicago has
been greatly stirred against Jack
Johnson, the negro prize fighter. Ho
is charged with having decoyed a
young white girl from Minneapolis.
The federal officials have taken
charge of the case and many men in
sporting circles have withdrawn their
support from him.
Ham Rugh, tho Gary newsboy who
risked and lost his Hfo to save that
of a young girl whom ho had nnvr
scon. One Is at a loss to say whothcr
tno patnos, tno chivalry, and tho self
sacrifice of his act aro moro moving
because of its unusual nature, or bo
causo of tho fooling that it is typical
of tho quiet horolam which is 16 ho
found in thousands of men In the
humblest walks of life. Hardly a
railroad disaster, a perilous fire, an
accident on tho water, but furnishes
Its tale of instant courago and solf
forgotfulncss. But thcro Is some
thing peculiarly touching in this
quiet and undramatic sacrifice In tho
Gary hospital. Tho girl had suf
fered extenslvo burns through an ox
ploslon of gasoline in a motorcycle.
When Rugh, a newsboy with a
crippled leg, heard of this, and that
only by tho grafting of a largo
amount of cutlclo could the girl's life
bo saved, ho offored his crippled leg
for amputation. He wus warned that
the operation might result fatally.
"What's the odds," ho said, "if it
will only save hor life? The leg is
no good to mo, and I have no friends
to worry in case J die. Go ahead and
cut It off." No heroics in it at all;
but many a less knightly act has been
ombalmod in a hundred poems.
All business in Gary, Ind., was
suspended during the funeral of
Billy Rugh. Four bands were In tho
funeral procesBlon. Six uniformed
policemen wero pall boarers. The
mayor and city councilmen and men
and women generally bared their
heads In honor of tho young hero.
Senator La Folletto, In a speech
delivered at La Crosse, said he would
not vote for either Taft, Rooevelt or
Wilson.
Spectacle
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A cablegram from Paris, carried
by the United Press, said: That
diplomats believe the Balkan war
will practically bo settled by the
battle expected within a few days
between Turks and Bulgarians in the
vicinity of Adrianople, was confirmed
here on high authority.
If tho Turks are defeated, it was
said, their power may be considered
finally broken. If they are victorious,
on the other hand, it was predicted
that Servia and Greece, as well as
Bulgaria, will be more than willing
to stop fighting since they can not
hope to succeed where their more
powerful ally has been vanquished.
The irresponsible and turbulent
Montenegrins, it was agreed, may
not be so easily satisfied, but alone
they are not considered very seri
ously. With a view to this contingency,
informal negotiations were in pro
gress, It was said, by the cT ncol
lories of tho powers, looking toward
an Immediate effort following the
impending battle, whatever Its out
come, to induce the combatants to
accept moderate terms and end the
conflict.
Governor Marshall of Indiana
ordered the state militia to take
chargo of race tracks In order to
prevent race track gamming.
Norman Hapgood, for many years
editor- of Collier's Weekly, has re
tired from that position.
William Rugh, tho Gary newsboy
who gave up his leg in order to save
the life of a young girl, died before
leaving the hospital. The New York
Evening Post says: Not many can
have read .without a pang of true and
keen sympathy of the death of Wtt-
Governor Marshall, speaking at
San Francisco, declared in favor of
Chineso exclusion.
Former Senator R. F. Pettigrow
again announces that ho has once
more abandoned the democratic
party. Ho lives In South Dakota.
Many GreekB are leaving America
to embark for their native land in
order to take up arms against tho
Turks.
Robert Barr, tho Scotch novelist,
is dead.
Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, of
Portland, Me., was re-elected presi
dent of tho National W. C. T. U., in
session at Portland, Oregon.
Police Lieutenant Becker was
found guilty of murder in the first
degree at New York. A notice of ap
peal was given, and Becker was re
manded for sentence to tho Tombs by
Justice Goff until October 30.
Colonel Roosevelt is rapidly re
covering from tho effects of Cho bullet
wound received at Milwaukee October
14. He addressed a meeting at Madi
son Squaro Garden October 30, and
will deliver his final address of the
campaign at Oyster Bay on election
eve.
Suit In behalf of Colonel Roose
velt has been started against a Michi
gan editor for alleged libel.
The swiftness of tho Balkan allies'
attack on Turkey and their success Is
amazing to Europe.
Tho battleship New York, the
greatest .warship in the American
navy, was launched at New York,
October 30.
James S. Sherman, .vicp president
of tho United States, is seriously ill
and steadily falling at his home in
Utica, N. Y. His con,UJol pro?
nonnced serious by his pbycicians.
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