For a generation at least there has not been a situation so promising for the ultimate public welfare as that of to-day.

Our people are like a hive of bees, full of agitation before taking flight to a better place.

Also they are ready to sting.

Out of the whole situation shines the confident hope of better things.

If any man is discouraged, let him consider the rise of cleaner standards in this country within the last ten years.
The task of translating these new standards into action lies before us.
From sea to sea the people are taking a fresh grip on their own affairs.
The conservation of political liberty will take its proper place alongside the conservation of the means of living, and in both we shall look to the permanent welfare by the plain people as the supreme end.
The way out lies in direct interest by the people in their own affairs and direct action in the few great things that really count.
What is the conclusion of the whole matter?
The special interests must be put out of politics.