The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-05
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings Of
All Kinds in the Two States.
Prof. WOodburns Lecture Before the Teachers
-Stabbing at Notwithstanding Do
mestic Tragedy in Piatt County, Illinois.
INDIANA.
| Prof. Woodburn's Lecture at the Maxinkuckee
| Convention on Government by the People"

Prof. Wcodburn's Lecture at the BIaxinkuckee
Convention on ssGovernment by the People"
South Bend Times.
Prof. j. A. WOODBURY., of the Indiana Univer-
sity, in his lecture delivered before the North
ern Indiana Teachers Association, at Maxim
kuckee lake, on Government by the People,
representative governments there were two great
parties differing from each other in PRINCIPLES
and methods of administering the affairs of gov
erEment, ana, as it has been in the past, so must
it be in the future Two parties must exist and
will exist, for it is the only means by which in
diyiduals can express their will and exercise an
influence in shaping the affairs of government
No individual can be good citizen who refuses
to act with one or the other of the strong parties
since he can in no other way exercise the
privileges of voter to any purpose except through
the functions of party. He should have strong
convictions, and have the manhood TO assert his
principles boldly at all times. The machinery
of government must be carried into effect by
either the other party for there cannot
be good government by an adnixture of parties
History proves clearly that no nation has ever
prospered where an attempt was made to govern
by such admixture. Either one or the other,
then, must control for the time being. The har-
mony of principle must prevail, and where ad-
mixture of party exists there cannot be harmony
of principle, since the parties exist in their ndi-
viduaiity by reason of difference in principle
He had heard something of the mugwump in the
last campaign, but could not determine wherein
the mugwump idea could profit good govern
ment. He admired man who was bold enough
to leave his party and ally himself with the one
more in accord with his opinions aud convic-
tons, but he had no sympathy with that class
who bolted their party to bring about sort of
nsutralism in the administration of the govern
ment whereby the personality Of the party IN
power would be rendered impotent to exercise
the principles which brought it into power.
He believed in parties and in the government
of party but not III a government of parties
at one and the same time Two parties cannot
rule at once-one only can perform the functions
of government with justice and equity at the
same time. He deprecated the power of
money in controlling elections, and hoped the day
may come when an honest expression of the
voting class might be had-an expression that
would show the honest and pure convictions OF
the citizen.
The lecture was brilliant, logical and instruct
i've, and it would prove beneficial to pure politics
if it could be published and placed in the hands
of every voter in the State of Indiana or the
Nation.
The association was largely attended, and
most interesting programme made the meeting
of the best yet held in northern Indiana
The following officers were elected:
ID. d. Luke of Ligonier, president.
James Black, of Logansport, secretary.
A. j. Whiteeather. of Bourbon, treasurer.
John Mather, of Warsaw, chairman Of execu-
tive COMMITTEES