Show DEMOCRACY AND LABOR No fact is traced upon the pages of history in clearer characters than the potent one that Democracy is the friend of labor Tho alliance of Democracy and labor is a natural sequence It is as old I as the world itself It is a lasting argree meat signed and sealed by the high contracting con-tracting parties with the creation of I mankind The people represent labor r if 7 j and Democracy represents the people Democratic principles ire entwined forever for-ever with the pulses of popular life Whenever the people govern they govern through Democracy The people plan and Democracy executes Democracy has ever been the popular rampart against tyranny and the assailant of oppression It is tho terror of thrones and the dread of dictators It is the stern embodiment of the popular will and the triumphant champion of the rights of the masses Dynasties have fallen tyranny has died the rights of mankind have I been vindicated and the agent has I ever been Democracy Civilization has blessed the Nations progress has smiled upon the world in obedience to the omnipotent voice of Democracy Democracy is the tongue by which speaks the masses The world is the heritage of the people and through Democracy is their ownership asserted The people labor By the sweat of their brows do they earn their bread and the voice of Democracy demands that their labor shall be free and untrammeled un-trammeled and that the bread that labor earns shall belong to it and it alone That voice compells attention It is backed by the strong hand of the people and in all generations the voice of Democracy has challenged the oppressor op-pressor and the hand of Democracy has wrested the bread of labor from the grasp of the spoiler Democratic principles princi-ples are inherent in mankind As the world grows stronger so does the Democratic principle add to its power When that principle dies the people pass from the face of the earth The enemy of Democracy De-mocracy and the people is Centralized I Power In all ages and in all generations genera-tions has the battle been fought between these deadly foes As the passage of I time has educated the masses as the advance I ad-vance of the world has brought intelligence I intelli-gence to the peopleso has victory perched on the banners of Democracy To all quarters of the worldwide battlefield battle-field will final victory soon come In our own country the final victory is already here All that remains to be done is to cement and guard the great triumph This is but a matter of vigilance vigil-ance and will not be neglected Centralized Central-ized power in the United States known as Republicanism has received its deathblow death-blow That arrogant power christened at its birth Federalism and reaching the full maturity of its growth as Republicanism Repub-licanism is finally broken The fruits of the victory are being plucked by the people and Democracy and labor united in triumph and anchored in the hearts of the masses will develop the greatest energies of the Republic and lead the Nation in the broad pathway of peace prosperity and power |