"Into  this  breach  step  the  amalgamated  groups  of  forward-looking
men  and  women  who  perform  useful  work  with  hand  and  brain,
united  in  the  Farmer-Labor  party  of  the  United  States  by  a  spon-
taneous and  irresistible  impulse  to  do  righteous  battle  for  democracy
against  its  despoilers,  and  more  especially  determined  to  function  to-
gether because  of  the  exceptionally  brazen  defiance  shown  by  the  two
old  parties  in  the  selection  of  their  candidates  and  the  writing  of  their
platforms  in  this  campaign.  This  party,  financed  by  its  rank  and  file
and  not  by  big  business,  sets  about  the  task  of  fundamental  reconstruc-
tion of  democracy  in  the  United  States,  to  restore  all  power  to  the
people  and  to  set  up  a  governmental  structure  that  will  prevent
seizure  henceforth  of  that  power  by  a  few  unscrupulous  men.
