New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-25
DR ADLER SPEAKS FOX LOW.
THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN MOVEMENT
AGAINST PETTY POLITICAL TYRANTs'

.c,1Scr PETTY POLITICAL TYRANTS.
,,..or ro,,x Adler lectured on the political sit
....,on ho,ore the Society for Ethical culture I'LL
C,orreg,e Hall Yesterday morning HIS lecture was
o s,ronp Enforcement Of the Citizens Union ino'o
ment and Seth Lows candidacy lot 'he M"'
He declared that every one must ao"' .""' a. q,
unusual note of principle had been STRUCK !" po..
tics In this campaign and that 'he'e w. 49,,
u,hsn devotion to principle was the highest ann
". ,,,,or He said that such a time was the
.o,, He smoke of the brilliancy OF the hrs' cen
,,-y y, American MISCONCEPTIONS win iiue"io
rome. and brilliant deeds He praised h'"co''''
and said: What a change wheh we co"'. 49,
,smnate the last few decades-parucu'urE '"'
period since the war. .,or.,,.
He said that the men who had been pro'i''"e"'''
consncuous since the war had not been mace ~
such large moulds as those who were promnena,, "a
sSs earlier history Of the country: ne Se, unch
that there some impeamet. ~ 70 enter into
Se pol,tica sphere than formerly and sa'a ~ r
the Object OF the present movement "a pent'a
'0rn DON'T believe said ;ns, ;hi: is n w loGhi
fight The whole G0un Fo rs year, TO
should fail believe return to power ro1 81 he he
enemy We vanavishG nb In'e cajamty Every effort
should be made to avert the caiSn h r.. nr,iste:
of Greater afa sn devoted solely to
the interests of the city The preceueh' u e'O'
Professor Adler advised the shaking on Of Ger
,an tVranny which he said. had been 'mpose1d
pGcs; en sshn ao them duty to
@ 6 dny t Mhen hsy sS
u uo,a Their Contention that they were too
busy do more It was ts,s sa the Sssp St Of
Napoleon and it now makes possible the pe''! ues-
He vigorously denounced bosslsm. and said:
Nov the cheerful. cheering and encouraging
hing is that the long epoch when citizen dd no,
have time to interest himself In civic duty IS aDou.
rnded That Is why take an Interest In TINS union
OF citizens which Is working SO nata 10 honor
allie man. II marks the arrival OF the time when
man of business will get aside par, o. ms '''h me
nor no marks the time When interest in civic
affairs has Increased. How Is 1t that proud peo-
Come to lie, ihemselve. be ruled by petty ,yrans?
He said that these political rulers were crai ~
and that they used these means OF plunderng me
PEOPLE rhe arst was by the maintenance of anony.
inousness the second by ne ung o. me snm, 10
sleep with strong wine. and he third by binding
him He said that political Leaders always ',, did
things In the dark and asked; rs tnsre IN umaea
standing between the leaders OF the onereh' parties
10 hoodwink the peoDe? ,
He declared that they made every effort to keep
press cried out against them He sad that they
worked on the masses with the strong wine Of
feapc the The intter he declared was the great
stumbling block in the of in par yay Of
reform as II had been instilled too strongly ne
believed that there was no prospect o: ever being
and that the best thing that could be done would
be be- 10 steer party feeling into right channels
He said that party stood Tor certain pohcy
and that par,isanship had nothing 10 DO with ad-
minIs.ra lions: II should deal with leglsla ton.
He smoke of the opportunity which the Citizens
Union movement seemed to AFFORD for the regener-
He said that it was possible that the new method
| OF nomination by petition might be me means OF
yeueying the people OF autocratic rule.
1T Is time" he said TO see to 1t mat In the
sho, pTevnii, He declared that the power OF the
political autocrat was adverse 10 the interests Of
The people and declared that monopolies and po,
| n,,cal machines went together hand In hand. and
Corrupted admin!stra,on lie sad that the mo.
III &C. creed and hunger, needed the monopolies.
lie lie dwclt upon the evils Of despotc system OF
political rule and asked how 1t could be tolerated
| In a republic.
| In closing. he said
| ,omnnrarv defeat but the movement has begun,
and let us be thankful that We have lived to see
movement for n better and purer life. II Is the
/ nrncinle OF Enforcement that Is at stake.