The motto was. "Protect the weak. defend the right. and womans honor shield." It appealed to the chivalrous spirit. but we have reached a position now when it seems to me we should reverse that saying and leave the first clause to be the climax. to be the greatest. " Protect the weak". it carries all the rest. And when I hear men in the halls of Congress representing the great masses of the American people pleading for the right of immense combinations and corporations which throttle and destroy all competition under the guise of benefit to the American workingman. it seems to me we have reached a point where a renovation of our thoughts and our ideals is necessary. We have heard the cry of protection to the American workingman raised in defense of corporations that import foreign socalled pauper labor and drive out our American workingman till I am tired of it. The very Steel Trust so eloquently praised by the gentlemnan from Tennessee. as I am informed. has a great majority of its laborers imported. and many of them can not speak English. We need to be represented here by Representatives who speak for the masses and not for the classes. men who speak for the millions of consumers and not for the petty few of the petted industries.
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