Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-27
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growing out of it. The first one which
have suggested, of avoiding affirmative
abuses, the other of restraining. And, my
friends, Jefferson, recognizing, as few have
recognized, the temptations which come to
people; understanding, as few have under
stood, the human heart in all motives,
stated that one of the important duties of
government was the restraining of one cit
izen from injuring another. Every law that
begins, Thou shalt not is an act of re-
straint. Every law that begins, Thou shalt
not is putting limits upon somebody's self
ishness; and, my friends. I want you to
think, want you to consider, want you
to decide, whether the restraining power
of government is not needed more to-day
than ever before in the history of this
country. If I were to go into minute de-
tails, might be trespassing upon forbid
den ground, but when I say it is the duty
Of government to restrain every arm up
lifted for a neighbors injury, 1 want you
to understand that that restraining power
means that government should not only
prevent one citizen from shooting another,
or hitting another with q club, but that
government should protect every citizen
from injuring any other citizen in any 9TH
er way, directly or indirectly. And there
are indirect methods which are more potent
to-day for evil than are the direct methods
of injury. More potent for evil because
they grow UP unnoticed. until they become
SO strong that il becomes a question
whether the abuse can be eradicated Ev-
erybody seems to be SO much opposed to
one of these abuses that think can men,
ton it.
There are very few people in any party
who defend trust. There are few people
who say that few men ought to be per-
mitted to get together to organize or con-
troll the supply of an article, drive out
competition, and then prey upon society.
There are very few people anywhere Who
would defend such a thing as that; and if
there is a person who would defend such
thing as that, he amt fit to live in any
community.
MY friends. the trust, and speak of 1t
as only a representative of that means by
which a citizen can be injured without the
use of deadly weapon-a trust as the rep
resentative of these indirect forms of in
jury is a growing menace to the growing
welfare of this country, to the liberty of
the people. (Applause.) Why? Because
so far as there is a power unchecked, so
far as there is power defiant, that can
come into your house and bankrupt you, to
drive you out of employment, then, my
friends, this government is not doing it's
duty in protecting its citizens in the en-
joyment of life, liberty and property, and
the pursuit of happiness. Why are these
things permitted? Not because anybody
defends them, but because people are indif-
fefent to them. 1t is because they are so
engrossed in the cares of this world that
they do not turn their thoughts to these
subjects, and on thinking of them do not
recognize them, or the means of remedying
them. If you ask me how these things can
be improved, I say there are two ways.
I'm the first place, they can be improved
through political action. There is not an
evil existing in this country to-day that is
necessary evil. Every abuse of govern
ment can be eradicated; every bad law can
be taken from the statute book; every
needed law can be placed there. How?
By the people. Because, in this country,
the people at least govern; and il there is
bad government they, and they only are
to blame.
Political parties are necessary. In
government like this, without the co-opera-
ton Of individuals in parties, action is i'm
possible. But I believe that there is one
lesson that ought TO be learned by our
people. I believe that we have now gone
far enough away from the war and its is
sues-from the war and its passions-to be
able to act with more patriotism and to
recognize party in a higher and a better
sense than it was possible few years ago.
(Applause.) 1t is not an end 1t is the
means for the accomplishment for an end
When we regard parties as an end then
party becomes you'd god, and you become
Its servant. When you regard party as a
means. then you are the master, and it is
the instrument to accomplish your decree.
That is the only true idea of parties, that
men shall gather together. in order that
through the party they shall give effective
expression to their idea. And I want to
say to you that the man who belongs to a
party and advocates things in a party be-
cause he believes them. no matter to what
party he belongs, is better citizen than
the man who is so Indifferent to public
questions that he does not know exactly
where he stands. (Applause.) When a per-
son does not know exactly where he stands,
it is an indication that he has not much
knowledge of the question. When he
studies questions and understands them
and becomes interested IN them, he does
not find much difficulty in finding the party
through which he can best express his
ideas.
'I can look back upon the campaign
through which we have just passed and
can glory in it, because 1 believe it has
brought to the American people an awak-
ening that means much for the purlhcation
of the government. Great applause) l
care not what may be the immediate re-
such profound confidence in the patriot
ism of the millions of people, in their in
telligence and in their capacity for govern
ment, that, when once awakened, L am
willing to trust them on all questions, and
l believe they will find out their true des-
tiny and their highest good. (Applause)
And the campaign through which we have
just passed, which has resulted in the stir
ring of the hearts of the people as they
have seldom been stirred before, means
much for the future of this country. 1t
means that the people will watch their
public servants more carefully than they
used to when they were Indifferent, and the
more carefully you watch public servants
the better public servants you will have.
(Applause.) jefferson once said that but
for public opinion all public officers would
become wolves. do not suppose he meant
to make it a universal rule, so any friend
you may have would be excepted from the
eral rule. that public opinion has q re-
cannot be relied upon to carry out and per-
form the duties of their office. More than
that, Jefferson stated in another place that
free government is founded in jealousy and
not in confidence: that confidence is the
greatest danger. That sounds harsh. but.
my friends, it is true. Free government
exists in jealousy and not in confidence.
You have confidence that everything will
go well, and that confidence will be be-
trayed. But If you are jealous of your lib
erty, if you are watchful of the conduct of
your public servants, you will have public
servants honest, because they can tell
when you are watching them: and If a pub
lie servant enters public office with the
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