Evening journal., 1900-02-23
MR.. PATT|SON
At Y. NJ. D. c.
Democrats Give the Former
Governor Of Pennsylvania a
ROusing Reception.
MONEY ISSUE NOT DISCUSSED

BUILDING or THE NIcARAGUAN
CANAL AND ANTI-ndPERIALIsM.
HIS REFERENCE TO ENGLAND's
WAR.
Former Governor Robert r. Pattison
Of Pennsylvania, entertained the mem
bers Of the Young Mems Democratic
Club and their guests last night with
an interesting speech. The Philhar-
monte Orchestra furnished music and
vocal selections were rendered by the
Brownson Quartet The committee IN
charge or the afair was composed Oi
NJ. d. Murphy, chairman; Courtland G..
Montgomery Herman First, Harry Il.
Bucher and Francis J. McNulty Adju-
tant-General Garrett J. Hart presided.
The former governor said:
Il accepted the invitation TO be with
you with a great deal OF pleasure l.
do not know place nearer home where
a Pennsylvania democrat can learn
more than from the Democracy Of this
Peninsula. When the committee in
vited me | was like a man who applied
for position as messenger In the
Treasury Department His application
was filed. While near his home one
morning he saw a messenger OF the
department drowned He al once rush
ed to renew his application. He was
told he was too late for the secretary
had appointed the man who saw the
messenger fall In.
j lost no time in accepting your ln-
vitatiOn. IL gives me pleasure TO be-
with you on this Washington birth
day occasion. This is the l6Sth ami
versary OF the birth Of Washington. al
very short period OF time. AT the mem
tion OF his name all differences OF party
are hushed and all do him honor
'Washington's best wishes always
went to those fighting for liberty. What
would have been his feelings tonight
when war Is being waged by a great
empire against a small people? How
would his feelings have been stirred
by these people defending their
homes? How indignant he would
have been to have heard the unheard-
Of-proceeding OF the seal being broken
upon the official correspondence Of a
representative Of this country by an
other power.
"A hundred years and a little more
have elapsed since our Constitution
was framed. Whether this is the be-
/ sinning Of the twentieth century or the
ending Of the nineteenth we can con-
trast parties for a hundred years.
Parties are not confined TO any coun-
try Men naturally divide into parties.
The political organization OF people.
10 has been written, is of more consid-
GRAFTON to the development Of a country
than anything else. The first form OF
government had its foundation inI
force. the few against the many. the
strong against the weak Force could
only be maintained by standing armies.
The first two parties of which there isl
history were the Tory and the WhigI
parties Of England The Tory parry
believed in government by Divine right.
To rebel would have been to be guilty
OF treason and to be sacrilegious The
Whig party held to the doctrine of
original compact. The people were
held just as well under the compact
as by Divine right. The first king was
successful soldier He re-
mained until more success
ful soldier came to oust him. The
ed feudal barons finally began toI
claim equality with the king and here
was the first dawn of personal liberty.
The king called the barons together att
times to discuss matters OF defense.
This led up to the Parliament OF Eng
land
1T remained, however. 70 our own
country to make a new departure. We
ser up the claim OF equality OF men.
So when our Constitution was framed
this equality was maintained After
the revolutionary war was talked OF
there arose the Whig and Tory parties.
They had the same doctrines they
/ haa in England The Whig party sus-
tanned the war; the Tories supported
the king At the close OF the war
there was but little left but Wings.
When the constitutional convention
met there were those who opposed sur
rendering colonial rights But the re-
suit was that great instrument which
has excited so much admiration from
all wise men. After Washington was
inaugurated, Alexander Hamilton be
gan to strive for an Interpretation Of
the Constitution. which meant a cen
tralization of power. Thomas Jeffer-
son favored keeping all power possible
in the state. Men divided themselves
again. and so the formation Of the
Federal party. with Hamilton at its
head. and the democratic-republican
party, with Jefferson at It's head. Both
lparties supported Washington. The
Federal party triumphed in the election
Of Adams, but when jefferson was
lelected by the democratic-republican
lparty the Federal party lost its
strength About 1924 the demo-
cratic-republican party aud the
opposition became the Whig
party. After the formation Of a
lWhig party. After the formation of a
number Of other parties. the demo-
lcratic and republican parties were left.
The same conditions which divided
men long ago divide them today. It
lmakes no difference what party name
YOU give it. men will divide on these
lines. The man who Is willing to trust
the people and TO take care Of himself
3 will go into PARTIES bv himself.
THE republican believes IN the cen
tralization Of power: the democrat be
lieves in as little government as pos
sible and the right of men to govern
themselves. The republican believes