Evening journal., 1902-02-25

the success anticipated in the section
that once went TO war and fought as
never men fought for the idea OF sec
tional supremacy; the South had learn
ed her lesson. The people Of the West
were aroused and infiamed by numer-
GUS orators who endeavored to create
the impression that the people Of the
East were plutocrats and heartless
money-bags preying on their brethren
in the West The American people set
the seal OF their disaproval on that
idea and II has died OF neglect But
the demagogue is not to be cheated
out of his prey and we may expect to
20 find the attempt to array class
against class as long as there are gull
lible voters. One common cause of just
complaint Is the endeavor to stir up
strife between capital and labor Re
Eardless of the rights involved in any
controversy. agitators intermeddle and
succeed in making the situation very
much worse. AS a matter of fact
worl1ingmen and capitalists are made
out of the same kind of clay which
mother earth furnishes in such abund-
ance that il is not extraordinarily pre-
cious. And since both capital and labor
are commodities controlled by individ-
uals. they partake OF the nature of
human beings. with all their weak
nesses and strength. Each disagree
ment must be settled on its own merits,
and no one can say off-hand that either
capital or labor is all wrong, and the
other the perfect ideal.
In our state for political reasons
there has been an attempt to array
class against class. We are told that
the aristocrats constitute one party
and the "plain people" another. This
is on its face the appeal OF the dema-
gOgue. since should all the aristocrats
of the State combine to form a party,
all their votes together would not make
IA perceptible showing even in a single
district. Il might be pertinent to ask
what is an aristOcrat? And we are
inclined to think the reply should be
"a man who has more self-respect than
the man who hurls the epithets has.
1t is natural that there should be a
difference in the personnel of political
organizations since they are deter
mined by their differences in principle
When there is division of a party
into two factions. owing TO the deter
mination of an element TO violate the
law and indulge in wholesale bribery.
Il is natural that there should be a dis
ltinction between the adherents of each
Those who like rascality will form a
class and those who do not will form
another The latter class on the whole
will be better. and the word aristocracy
does not apply to them, unless IL be
that they are aristocrats in morals and
intelligence. Such party will have
| in its ranks persons from mechanic to
capitalist. and from farmer to pro
fessional man. and the one bond which
win bind them together is common de-
cency.
But IL Delaware has aristocrats she
should thank heaven that they are of
a decent sort; they do not buy men
Wholesale; they have too much regard
for the poor man to offer him bribe
They fight political battles and go ia
defeat without attempting TO destroy
the organizations with which they are
AFFILIATED. And it must not be for
gotten that when a party needs an
aristocrat OF another kind; one who is
TO spend his money in the shameless
effort to buy a State and TO destroy
a party, he has to be imported.