The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-14

suscting the interest 81 ten times a. many
ppoplc. have not bOen punished or even
pro'pcutcd? Is this the natural reward
Of q god tuIsR
txCusr1 FoR rowER GRABBING.
'The plain truth N that there has been
no time during the past eight year,, since
the abuses alleged became fragrant when
thcy could not have been eliminated. Noth-
luc has been 80 much needed a. rigu,
honest, unYeldinR enforcement OF me la"i
lO,h civil and criminal but instead OF
gorr on with the enforcement OF the law
aVlin,t rebates ly putting the Iallroa
officials responsible for them behind prison
bars precisely IA We do other inaletaclor~,
their misconduct j. made an excuse Tor iur-
thor concentration Of power ~ the Federal
Government
III is expected 10y the Administration
and the milrold oIici1lS who opny CON
sent Ia the movement, a. well a. ny thoHe
who are ostsnsibly opposed to II, that The
pople in their just indignation at the
wrongs done 20 the many for tie heneht or
the few will loaa sight OF the danger OF 20
vast Capitalization Of power until II ~ too
late 10 check Il. But we should never FOR
got that the safety Of our institutions Ia
involved in every such mo vo ment, and IN
stead 81 submitting 10 il should insist that
wien a trust or a railroad has violated the
Grim nal ldw the place for the guilty ohi-
cial il in jail or the penitenuary, not IN
the Cabinet or in the board rooms OF great
railroads. We DO not defend or excuse
any wrongs lut w must insist upon the
truth Of the maxim that two wrongs do
not make a right
a second effective way Of dealing with
the trust proper il 10 take away all tariH
duties on articles made by any great com
binntion ~ long az it violates the law or
wlle il discriminate ties in price against the
American customer in favor Of the for
eiRner.
THF TALK OF REoROANIZATIOS,
From time 10 time much idle talk Is IN
dulged in about the organization or the
reorganization Of the Demo- cratic parry
This Is to forget two things. Tho first IL,
that WHEN a party has an itea and a pohcy
which makes appeal To lah tho peope
they will not lie long in getting toHt ther
10 promote this IDEA and this policy.
THE Second thing TO he horne in mind
about organization, IA that II begins down
IN the snC Hest political units tat com.
pose our political life. We are confronted
BY forces which, when not purely per-
Ronal arc almo-t wholly mechanical.
They ARE repre- -fnted by party, wei
mBnageI. Inueed, In that two thirds OF
tha Union 10 which il restricts it, HctiNi-
tie II has everything that patronage can
suggest or imply. In rrtum for favors
received II sells 20 the highest bidder or
freely gives the powers Of COVE nment,
Nothing that tho ingenuity Of monopoly can
suggest, as vii. in its >cOP- or interest,
is withheld.
ION the other hand. We cannot deal with
trust, or self-sOekinR ClaF~. We neither
have nor can aCquiC the things they want,
and we can say with truth that. witn IN
owpr we haU riu-ed even TO consider
them as a possible asset 1t may lie an
q cement OF w,aAnC~s, but we have never
De veloped the faculty OF purchasing votes
IN gross by turning over to chosen agents
powers belonG ing to the people
The heartiest cheer 20 interrupt Judge
ian e
Grover Cleveland's name. There vas only
scattering applause when he spoke OF Bryan.
There vas a great old noise when Mayor
Mcclellan rose after being introduced a.
speaker on The City Of New York. The
1ammany men howed and gave Chautau-
qua salute and Il was two minutes before
the Mayor could begin. He said in part
The Mayors Speech.
"Since last election great deal OF Demo-
cratic time, thought and eloquence have
been consumed in trying to eXp.ain why
We were defeated. What better opportunity
could we possibly seek than this celebra-
ton OF the birthday Of me founder Of our
party TO face the truth like men and to
acknowledge that our overwhelming defeat
was due TO the unwillingness Of the people
TO entrlst 10 the Democratic party the gov
eminent Of the United States.
No statesman, no honest, no real Demo-
Graf can noEOHbly or honestly hope for the
victory of the Democratic party through
the mistakes Of its opponents To deserve
10 win We must be worthy Of winning
To seek the Peoples confidence We must
be worthy OF their confidence Better,
far better that We should never hold power
o gain than tIat We should la returned as
. reUuke TO the Republican party and as the
lesser Of two evils.
CH'NUE OF HEART NEEDED QUICK.
Eve shall never know whether the cleo
tions OF 1854 and 1892 were won because
the Democratic party was strong or be-
CaDse It's candidate was stronger, because
the people believed IN the Democratic doc
tT1ne IN the abstract or only because they
had confidence IN the courage, the wisdom
and the honesty Of Grover Cleveland. II
the only tTIunpns IN iitty years are attrlbu-
table TO popular condolences IN the Cdudi-
date rather than in the party, there Is grave
need OF d change-a change when must
take place before we shall nave tue night
70 hbDc tor victory at the polls II change
Of mart is needed, the sooner II Is attempted
the aDOner II can he effected There il no
day Ike to-day 10 begin
"Ihe successive def eats which We have
Eustaihcd IN the last decade mean either
that tie members Of our party have III
resentment vOted against our candidates,
or that the old sul ler7 Of Democracy
are dead and that the new generation has
not follCVei the Traditions OF the past.
Although tbs l. serious, a. Is no reason
why we should despair While New York
Is the create stronghold Of Democracy
in the North, i l. by no means the only
one.
"TheTe is. no more pernicious theory
than thot wlirh pToClaims that securing
public Office by election IL the sole am
lition Of Democracy. Office holding is
not the only function of the Democrats
party. Too much Of that theory, and
too much leadership based upon that theory.
Is answerable for the position In which
We find ourselves to-day.
PRESENT DANGERS AND THEIR REMEDY.
we are confronted with dangers from
without and within. loyalty to our country
may require US 20 accept policies which.
whether wise or nl advised, have placed W.
In a osition from which we cannot re-
cede. position Taught with danger, lead
ing possibly to intTna tional complications,
with an inevitable extension or CuTtail-
inent Of territory az the fortunes Of war
may decree, requiring. Doubtless, that
some part Of every page Of the future his-
tory Of our country shall lie written in
human blood.
IF during the last few years we had had
the power to impress our fellow citizens
with the wisdom and the sincerity Of our
our hostility 20 the aggression Of corporate
greed, we might have averted conditions
which have produced marvellous economic
changes, changes which perplex the states