The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-15

Joined upon the masses of our people;
and they are invited, in the bare sub
sistance of their scanty homes, to pa
triotically rejoice in their country's
prosperity. This is too unsubstantial
an enjoyment of benefits to satisfy
those who have been taught American
equality; and thus has arisen. by a
perfectly natural process, dissatis-
fed insstance upon a better distribu
ton of the results of our Wanted
prosperity. We now see its worst man
Hesitation in the apparently incorrigi-
BILE dislocation of the proper relations
between labor and capital. This. of
itself, is sufficiently distressing; but
thoughtful men are not without dread
of sadder developments yet to come.
There has also grown up among our
people a disregard for the restraints
of law, and a disposition to evade its
limitations-while querulous structures
concerning the action of our courts tend
to undermine popular faith in the
course of justice: and last. but by no
means least, complaints of imaginary
or exaggerated shortcomings in our
financial policies. furnish an excuse for
the fiippant exploitation of all sorts of
monetary nostrums.
II hasten to give assurance that
have not spoken in spirit of gloomy
pessimism. l shall be the last of all
our people to believe that the saving
grace of patriotism among my country
men is dead or will always sleep.
know that Its timely revival and activ-
ity mean the realization of the loftiest
hopes of a free nation l have faith
that the awakening is forthcoming, and
on this faith / build a cheerful hope
for the healing of all the wounds In
flicted in slumber and neglect. Nor
do forget my surroundings as 1 speak.
If the city of Chicago has had expert
ences that support my recital of perils.
l do not fail to remember that 1t has
also been here demonstrated in what
manner good citizenship can protest
against them. AS in the municipality,
so in our nation, our veal or woe is
made dependent upon the disinterested
participation, or the neglect, of good
men in public affairs. 1t is time that
there should be an end of self-satisfied
qualification or pretense of virture in
the phrase I am not a politician and
it is time to forbid the prostitution
of the word to a sinister use. Every
citizen should be politician enough to
bring himself within the true mean
ing of the term, as one who concerns
himself with the regulation or govern
ment Of a nation or. state for the pres
ervation of its safety, peace and pros
perity. This is politics in its best sense,
| ana lniS is ROOQ CltlZeISnlp.
II am by no means unmindful of the
extent to which the American people
are in certain sense, governed by
| parties. and / am quite willing to
confess a strong party allegiance.
speak tonight of something broader
and loftier than party-of higher law
under whose sanction all parties
should exist and By whose DEGREES all
parties should be judged. l would
have the mass of our voters so con-
stantly impressed by this law. and so
| insistant upon its observance. as to
force upon the managers of party or
CARNATIONS the necessity and expedi-
ency of its recognition. Within the
limits of this law of patriotic Ameri-
can good citizenship there is abundant
room for intelligent party activity;
but this activity must be clean and
ACCOMPLISHMENTS in its intentions,
frank in the declaration of it's pur-
poses and honest in the affairs of the
people"
Aside from a public reception to be
given in Mr.. Clevelands honor from 3
| to 4:30 o'clock in the Art Institute. the
| programme for tomorrow has not been
1 definitely decided. In the morning, he
will ride with friends and may visit
the University of Chicago and Armour
| Institute. HsE a
After the reception he will leave for
his home in Princeton, n. ].