ple
in it could really do to express themselves to one another and to the
world, was with lockouts, strikes, political deadlocks, minority holdups
and party threats--shall be turned out of office by the people and
huddled away out of sight.

In our industrial and political expressing and acting machines on every
hand we give notice we are going to pick men out, men who shall make our
machines express us, our freedom, our justice, our steadiness of heart,
and our belief in America, in ourselves, in one another, or our desire to
listen to those who disagree with us, our human sporting instinct about
our party and ourselves, and the victory of the people, the common sense
and good will of common human nature in America and the world.

To the great capitalists who instead of being fellow laborers, are still
mooning absent-mindedly about in the last century, still prinking
themselves as the owners of their world, and still thinking of themselves
as the captains or military leaders of industry--to the labor union Dukes
and Dictators that capitalists like this have created to fight them--the
hundred million people appointed to run this country, give notice.

* * * * *

I would like if I could to publish this book with blank pages for a few
million signatures--and a place for the new President or proposed
President to sign, too.

The Presidential candidate we want, would have it in him to put his name
down with the rest--with something like this, perhaps--"I do not say I
could sign every paragraph in this book, but the general idea and program
of organizing and giving body to the will of the people as expressed in
this book--the spirit and direction of it and in the main the technique
for getting it, I sign for."

I believe that the American people when they know in reality, as they do
know at heart, what I am believing in this book, would be inclined in
looking up their candidate for President to pick out a President who
would have written this book--the gist of it--if he had had time.

At all events here it is--this program or handbook of the beliefs for a
people.

I put it forth as being more concrete than political party platforms
are--and as a practical and plain way for a nation to look over a
President, find him out, and follow him up.

II

THE MAN WHO CARRIES THE BUNCH OF KEYS FOR THE NATION

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