Show VI Word to th the Voters of f Utah ft h I In the midst of a strenuous political campaign when cur current currents ent s ties nes s engross the attention of the people a recurrence to funda- funda principles s ma may seem prosaic and and out t of of place pace N Nevertheless V rth l s iL are certain things that should never never- bo be forgotten by hy the th Citizens of f a free country among which are the principles that lie liethe II at the foundation of their government 1 this Tins reflection constitutes our justification for presuming g to trespass rc pasS for a few moments upon the time of our readers in n this special ecial issue of The Telegram edited by hy the Democratic and Progressive Pro Pio io- io vc women of Utah l f The Different Kinds of Go i k There arc three d distinct stin t. t forms of human g g t 1 A Democracy in D which l. l the people gov govern themselves j 2 An Aristocracy in which only a few hold the governing and 3 A Monarchy 1 in which one man nan or one woman exercises th the powers of government Every other form of government known to man is s either a Modification forms above enumerated or a combination of of the ove OUT oUr Government Our forefathers as a prelude to the establish establishment e t I of i our g gov- gov ov- ov v- v z ent in m the Declaration of Independence declared that all aU men men- jire ao created equal that t they ley ar are e endowed dowed with certain inalienable rights among which arc are arc life liberty and the pursuit ur l it of happiness happiness- that Hat t to secure these ends ends' governments are instituted l among men driving deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed These t Together with other matters st stated ted in the Declaration of Inde- Inde characterized the ever made p have been as grandest protest behalf of human liberty This was only a platform declaration but it was sufficient upon v Inch ich to wage the battles battles- of the of the revolution to a successful tn on and after the victory ory of i independence ce was won ron we find ive-find e find our om forefathers assembled in solemn convention f for r the purpose of framing a permanent government for themselves and the their posterity tr fe The They ordained a constitution which became and is the fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental law of the land the preamble of which reads as follows fellows K- K KWe We We the people of the United States in order to f form rm a a. a more perfect union establish justice insure domestic tranquillity pro- pro TIde for the common defense promote promote- the general welfare and secure t e blessings of lib liberty to ourselves h es and our posterity do ordain and this constitution for the United States of America The Declaration of Independence and the tho preamble of the cons con- con I s from which we have quoted demonstrate every to fair man and woman roman that this was to be a government of the theOple p. p people Ople for the people and by the people and that to too the whole people and not merely a few of the pe people i le In short a D Democracy a arid d not an Aristocracy as defined at the beginning of this article Political Parties In the very nature of things the instrumentality of political parties became an absolute necessity in carrying out the provisions of of the constitution It is impossible to conceive of an enlightened form f nil rm of government especially a government by the people with only one political cal party There ml must t be at lea least t one party opposed o th the party in power in order to correct the possible abuses of arbi- arbi t. t tary ary ary power and preserve the liberties of the people Hence in the thc thery thery Y ry origin of our government there appeared two schools of political nO ought Bought ht on led Hamilton who alth although ugh a zealous patriot and A Aman man Jan an of brilliant attainments doubted the ability of th the thc people to S 'S frn themselves and therefore leaned strongly towards an Aris- Aris I cracy as the bett better r form of government and and the other led by byI I fferson who had implicit confidence in the ability of the people o 0 govern themselves and therefore inclined towards a t Democracy a as S th the better form of government These two political schools of f t thought h have v waged an irrepressible sible le conflict from the very fo foundation dation of the go government nt to the resent time The Republican p party represents represents- the H Hamilton idea o of government and the Democratic party the Jefferson idea I K Bearing in in mind these distinguishing qualities of the two tAvo great I parties arties it was natural to o expect that the Republican party whenever the power would in the administration of the government i iii in favor of its inherent tendencies the result of which be for the benefit of the few as against th the h many for the I of the rich and the well to do as against as-against the middle classes and ad the poor of Silver I The The- history of th the R Republican pu party for t the e last h half hilf f century o more or de demonstrates that this expectation has been realized to ani an tent beyond the dreams of its most bitter opponents The dc- dc I de-I of silver by the Republican party in 1873 is one of the concrete instances instance of this vicious tendency to benefit the I If f fw w to th the injury of the many It requires no argument t t to demon demon- sate strate that if one half the money existing in a community is der de- de I r other othe half in m the han hands s of those who happen to have haveis haveIt It tt is 18 thereby doubled in ill value and at the same time the money lue glue lue of all other forms of prosperity except credits is jF only half halfa a if much as before This inures to the benefit of the rich to and tHose whose property is in in money and credits and to the injury of offie oft ofte t fie te e debtor class and those whose property property- is is other and edits i Here is a wonder wonderfully ly- ly conspicuous instance nc of direct legislation the interest of the few as against the man many and for this iniquitous ong Iong ong against st th the masses of f tile the people 0 of this countr country t tha lO I li lan ean an party is is entirely responsible u I Protective Tariff Tan f. f Laws t I T r i Another class of legislation legislation equally pernicious an and J. J unfair to tot t tn masses masse's of our population is the high pr pi protective tariff laws Jaws initiated and adopted by Republican administrations I I It c cannot at t ITIS fi s late date be su sud fed that these laws law's a arc i e i mC rost t invariably in the urit r rest of the fl rind d well ell to 40 40 p people op e hile le th th poor and anel c classes vh 0 have to obar bear the their liar of li burd burdens IlI receive no benefit or- or orif r-f if t they ley doit it dof-it t is re remote ret re- mote ote indirect and always a a. a matter matter of grave doubt doubt and speculation whether ether they are benefited benefit d or not It takes ke Jno money ey in in III large amounts build ld steel industries s woolen f factories sug sugar r factories and factories fac fac- tories Qi-ies ries of very every kind it it r requires quires large amounts to buy sheep e p. p her herds s scale cale in Ui Ya various lOUS kinds of Battle attle attIe herds and e engage gage on ou an extensive business and yet these th that t we have liae enumerated and others rs of a nature are and have seen been the favorites of of Republican protective pro pro- tive legislation on while the business of the poor tl the middle cla classes ses an and the common laborer l have ay received no protection n whatever whatever cx ex- ept pt such as exists in th the iridescent dreams and vociferations of Rep Republican Re- Re Republican p publican campaign orators r tors Banking and Currency Law Laws s. s I K I Again we find the same discriminating tendency in the he hc banking a and d currency Jaws laws forced upon the country and n maintained by the theR thelt R lt in wealth I favor of ot the few lew publican Republican party party always always favol favo p. p pf pi an Sad d almost of necessity aga against I st the interest of t thc q 19 masses 7 I money of the tue count country should in the interest of the the wl whole o e people bo be I c controlled ed by y the government and not by a few ew individuals The Thes s system ado adopted tea by the RepublIcan party has been such that a great greatt statesman t tes ll ha said Instead of f the government nt gO going 1 g into int the banking bank bank- ing slI bl t e banks went into the governing business In other w words the system w was s such that a few men were enabled to corner the money floney of the country at will wm and bring on a panic if necessary for their purposes whenever they c chose ose to do so 50 n 4 And such has happened more mor thin than once during the history of the RepublIcan party Instances c ei of legislation by the Republican party in n f favor vor o of the they Lew ie y as as s against th the are masses masses- are too numerous to mention in detail or at length But j Jve ve believe enough has been sa said d to show y the tenI ten- ten I dene deney of oj party towards an Aristocracy as contra contra- dist sl ed from a a Democracy which as we have shown was the form of government our our forefathers forefathers' designed to establish when t they eJ ordained the federal constitution Drift Toward an Aristocracy This this t tendency nd cy toward an Aris Aristocracy in 1912 Un reached l a point here it t became intolerable to an an overwhelming ing majority of the people of this country They rose in mass and drove the Republican party from power It was the strongest rebuke ever administered by Uy the people at the ballot box in in the history of the country Woodrow y p dr w Wilson Tilson was iv-as elected president by almost an unprecedented majority of the tile electoral college and ad entered upon the duties of his c office U Woodrow o drow Wilson His mission is ion was vas and is to rest restore re this gove government to to th the people from from Yh whom m it was as being insidiously taken aw away y- y b by y the th R an party in the manner manner we have described I Direct El Election on of U. U S. S Se Senators nat rs As partial restitution he lie has ha given us the direct election of United Sta States States' tes te's senators by the people Indeed th this s is is' is isa a boon the people never enjoyed before since the foundation of f the government Underwood Tariff Law He has lIas' g given u us the Underwood tariff bill which deprives the privileged few of their opportunity to lev levy tribute on ou the people and provides for a tariff for revenue as far as practicable without di discrimination cri ali n It provides f for for r in an income tax which is the very triumph rI of f Democratic legislation It is s so just and equitable that even ven en R who are opposed to it on principle are ashamed to lift their voices against it Federal Res' Res Reserve Act The president has given us a cu currency ncy system under the control of the government so thoroughly democratic in n ii its operation as jo joI to r render d l it it pra practically impossible that that- thata a few men Juen in the future can I bring on a panic I The business o of the country has become completely unshackled and an era of prosperity is assured for generations ns to come 4 Farm Loans Act AcL I He lie has given giVel us a farm loan system whereby farmers who under the old ld system were Unable to J negotiate a loan upon their fa farms as security on any terms or conditi conditions ns can now now borrow mone money at 6 per percent cent cent fora for a period of forty years if they desire G Good Roads d Act AcL He has provided a good roads system the provisions of f which if complied with by the states will ins insure ue good roads throughout through ut the country ther thereby by securing to every man woman roman and chi child d in the theland theland theland land a return for the taxes ilI imposed pos d upon the people Everybody Benefited Each and every everyone one of these Il laws w and others not enumerated at d ar are for th the benefit of the whole p people ople and not for the benefit of a afew afew afew few only as has bc been n the character of the legislation enacted and fostered by the Republican party The Doom of Aristocracy The Arist Aristocracy cracy attempted to be established b by the Republican party has received its death blow and if President Wilson is rep reI reelected re- re p I elected eJected and permitted to complete his program the government of th this cou country tr- tr will be restored to the people to whom it belongs and I f for lr whom it was ivas int intended by br the the- authors o of the Declaration of Independence In Tn- In Independence d dependence and the framers of the constitution I William Jennings Bryan I This good work however h has s not been accomplished by the wave of a magic w wand For twenty years years' prior to the election of Woodrow Wilson Vilson William Villiam Jennings Bryan as the voice of one crying crying cry cry- ing in the wilderness vigorously and earnestly protested against the wrongs s and ld grievances to which we fe have referred and it was it-was w was s through hI his mighty eff efforts as s a great tribune of the people more than any other one cause that brought about the revolution of 1912 resulting in liz ill the complete overthrow of the pernicious Aristocracy contemplated p plated ted by bythe the propaganda of the Republican part party Back to Democracy Owing to our limited space w we h have ve been compelled to refer only to the most cOl conspicuous p instances of legislation by by- each of M the great political parties partie Nevertheless Ne they show the tendency of of- each They They are ae milestones in iii the march of our government down to th the present time they show the drift on the one hand from a Democracy toward au an Aristo Aristocracy ra y and on the other hand back to a D Democracy I We W conjure conj re our readers rea ets as patriotic American an citizens to pause and think and o on the day of next November 1 to cast their ballots for the complete restoration and perpetuation of a government government govern govern- ment mont of of people by the p people and for the people by the tn tri triumphant re election of Woodrow Wilson as president of r the United States |