Show HOW ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY the third party has not been gainin ing ground for the past two weeks although an attempt has been made to use lise the term progressive in do de it t tha the cause has failed ailed to enlist t those who were 1 ors most the followers pj or theodore J mi shy say hat abol lette has no right to that name the largest organized elements which have come unhesitatingly and enthusiastically to the support of 0 the third party are socialists radicals communists I 1 W W s and members of other bodies who are essentially opposed to the principles upon which this government was founded these elements could never have been attracted to or held unless underlying der lying the camouflage phrases of the platform there were to be found those prin principles princia cip es to which they the radicals adhere and which strike at the very heart of the country their plans which they believe can best he be carried out through the third party would take away from the small business man the opportunity of making a living for himself and his loved ones and in the last analysis would strike deep at the moral structure of the nation it must not be forgotten for a moment that to these elements of the third party soviet russia is the ideal form of government gavern ment 0 the R russia u s s I 1 a n form of government would take from the wage earner his chance to advance it would deprive the children of the nation of their chance to secure an education it would prevent their occupying higher positions in the affairs of the world than their parents have held the latter would be but mere cogs in a vast machine that w would mean that the children would be in the same position as are the little ones of russia today it has been estimated by statisticians and published in magazines and papers throughout the country that one out of every 13 of our voting citizens is today an employed of the government the state the county or town the purpose of a paternalistic na listic government a matter on aich many of LaPoll LaFollett ettes es followers are agreed would mean a nation of office holders it would mean that about every three persons would have to labor to support the fourth one which would mean taxes increased to a point tar far far higher than they are today government employed emp loyes as a rule are given 30 days vacation every year they are given thirty days sick leave each year all of this with pay it is known here that every trick and device to tool fool the voters will be tried already vast hordes of speakers have ben sent to county fairs treet street corners political and other places many of these them stump speakers will no doubt try to convey to the people the idea that with the success of the third party everyone will have bags of gold and will have to perform little it any labor A large portion ot of labor has already revolted the clerk the business man will have none of these promises the farmer will not be tooled fooled by promises that he knows cannot be fulfilled the mother the wife in fact the women of the nation are arc not going to be tooled fooled into voting tor for something that will ultimately bring misery if nothing more to their homes As aa one man expressed it here the other day oh thatis R were alive he would bo be dashing from one part of the country to the other he would rally round him the people who believed in him he believed in law and order ho he fi believed e in decency and he would help open the eyes of the people to the danger that confronts them he would strip away the glittering promises which clothe the third party he would point out to the real progressives progress ives not those who would trade on the name that this third party is not what the country needs he would show that in the end and this camouflaged party means a practical enslavement for the chili dren of the next generation and a body blow to the grown folks of today he would show the real motive behind the movement and would drag into the light those that are trying to use the third party as an excuse to foist upon this country a soviet rule plain words these but the truth |