The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-23

ward chairman two years before his
election? If we are to do anything for
good government we are to be earlier
in the field, and this demand for wake
fulness and activity presents splendid
opportunity for young men to be or
service. Another reason for this is
that those who wish to be successful
in business have little time for poll
tics, and young men often catch the
tone of their elders and act as if poll
tics were disgraceful, This is nothing
but political phariseeism, and the brand
of phariseeism should be placed upon
those who hold themselves aloof from
the politics in their community. 1t is
we'll sometimes for man to stand up
for office and be defeated keeping his
manhood. We have not a leisure class
who can devote themselves to the i'm
provement of our political affairs, such
as is necessary if our institutions are
to be perpetuated as our fathers left
them to us. In order to accomplish
this result it is necessary in the first
place to train our young men in the
idea of what true patriotism is and
what it requires.
pathize with the men of this generation
who take no interest in politics and it
seems to me that the men who have
lived through the civil war and period
of great national peril are recreant to
past tradition and to the remembrances
of their own generation if they let af
fairs go on without concern or action
of theirs
'The foundation of our Institutions
was laid in sacrifice, and preserved by
eternal vigilance and only in the con-
secrated watchfulness in the lives and
hearts and actions of our young men
can they be preserved and carried on to
their highest consummation.
Another thing to be sought is a
continuous public sentiment. We have
now a public sentiment which is inter
mittent and not steady in it's work
ing. Our institutions were formed and
fostered in a constant and vigilant pub
lie sentiment. Everything which has
in view the fostering Of this sentiment
and every occasion which may help to
arouse it is not to be looked upon with
indifference. Men must have also or
ganized public sentiment and l will not
deny the proposition that parties are
conducive to our prosperity, but I say
there is a marked distinction in the
organization of a party to bring out
public sentiment and the party organ
ization which is aptly and justly term
ed ring rule.
every man of common sense can dis
tinguish the true party from the ring.
Such rings should be defeated at the
polls. Let a party go to defeat which
is dominated by them. I am a republi-
can and was an old free soil man, but
I voted against my party and I will
vote against it again for the good of
the country and purity and righteous
ness which is above all we have had
in this city in recent years a growth in
the independent vote in recent years.
This Independent vote may be the
means of disciplining the parties into
independent action and l hope that the
practical politicians will take notice of
this growth in the independent vote to
their blessing and well being
Again we must never lose sight of
the moral ideals in the working out of
our destiny. Moral ideals have domi-
mated our whole political history. In
the house of God let it continue to DOM
mate it. Nothing can exist permanent
ly on American soil which was not
founded by our fathers on the faith in
the Almighty Cod
"Out of the religious conservation of
our past our institutions have grown
and out of these they shall continue to
grow and bear fruit. Let us ever bear
in mind that God reigns in the United
States and that He will never fail to
work out the ideal which has been il
lustrated in all our past history"