The Irish standard., 1900-12-15

take-a mistake that the great bulk of
the people under the surface are SLOW
ly realizing and are certain to eventu-
ally resent, rebuke and stop. 1t is
possible that in this Capitalization
movement we may yet have our Napo-
the time necessary to arouse the peo-
pie, and he will never have Il successor.
We will have our governmental evils,
and ws will pay the penalty, but our
democracy will never grow less; when
the full reaction from the effects OF the
civil war have come it will grow
more radical, more insistent in its de-
mands, more imperative. 1t will have
to be needed because it will be sup
ported by the Scotch-Irish and Dutch
hlood-the protesting blood Of the last
thousand years. l found, when l be-
gan my study of constitutional law
and constitutional history, that it was
useless to pore over the books unless
carried along with me Il fairly accu-
rate knowledge Of the people who had
made and unmade constitutions. That
is one thing l do not like about Wash
ington official life. All the time there
is a getting away from the purpose OF
the mass. of the individual, collective
ly and as an individual. That is the
governmental tendency most fear; it
arrogatcs to itself power it never pos
sessed and never can, unless it is ac-
quired by force. We are not Il gov
ernment created for presidents, nor for
political cliQues, but for every individ-
ual from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and when Washington acts Washing
ton must have that i'll view. The very
fact that Washington is dull on this
point is proved by the deep-seated tell
dency, growing stronger every day, Of
thinking citizens to revolt from both
the old line parties
Passing the art institute, the senator
said:
81 am Republican, and have the
faith that the Republican party will
yet recognize certain popular cravings
that it, above all other parties, is best
fitted to satisfy. But stronger than
any party feeling l possess is the de-
sire to see the experiment of the Con-
stitution aud the Declaration Of lnde
pendence carried out to the final end,
just as our forefathers intended they
should be. Both are classic declara-
tions, both are adaptable to any place
or age, by popular consent. The
masses are tired of neither, no matter
what contrary views some leaders
may have. But whatever the party is
that finally meets the views of the
people and brings this government to
it's final glory, it will be upheld and
maintained by the Scotch-lrsh and
Dutch and the urban regions. Let me
tell you that the war With Spain could
no more have been avoided than the
war of 1776 with England. Washing
ton to Il great extent was against that
war. l am not sure but that Wash
ington would have made concessions if
left to itself that we would have re-
GREETED all our days. But, and am
not Joking, the Scotch-Irish and Dutch
blood of the country would not stand
for it, and it came down to merely
question of delaying hostilities until
we were partially armed. The blood
of the people tells always when it
comes to crisis, and it must be the
people that we bark back when 1t
comes to declaring national policy.
"Why. l tell you" and his arm
swung out with force-"do you know
that there was time when the South