New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

tileN intend TO the intelligent
pIeI ,e "Ro adopted it have understood and en-
written what What was said and what through all the
In the light oF tbn tbap speaks @ me same thing -
Is tho 9n ts OF public thoughts TO public opinion?
simply required BY his S6ae 10 or govern that heS vs.
-.legran6, q Udy, py a sort Of political wireless
thorfy S Pg9hc and or is he for the time being au
IL Is base betrayal of trust for an officer elected
i1g ~ S'e PLATFORM, with a view perhaps of carry
IUonG, , aiter securing his office and support the
the accenfenco S or there is an implied promise in
PPpgaf Pqesse5 go fF that Judgment legally
be detected by the mani 16irac G9I9 ana Sa nd
sentative ,t OF opinion on the part of the repre-
the people and not on the part of the fepresenta
ye b must he also shift or should he be true
1i,r 1eTe e{ me refer to the difference between po
IS ruer % W6ate%a4c 2cg The holder Of the
&hGwever & much he may be limited in the scope of
60HRtS a0dS b5 that td the King Of England ruler He
the less ruler If that oce cet Rg W9Ie bV e e
n' S1uP@Ied pea With the authority which attends H.
eoH1i2 eeE3n is for Oil life or for given In this
shorr and specifed dGSi term 0niceFS Tor generally
That is the universal rule but we choose the
in accordance with constitutional PROVISIONS lie
itS may be 1nlputSlve enthusiastic, strenuous. eXhib-
zen zen. P0sed IN administration, but one doubts
ruler Neither one is absolute. Each is subject
10 limitations. The range of his power is pre-
sGribed- Yet within that range each is most en-
Rdees Gge IF ruler o rrIs Ts there Il is no divinity that
temporarily made ruler. He should, therefore.
be va always Ways, in -.t, touch with the people.
nave nave given hlm and soon may take away his
70 T The Pssst Mhs ruling II g. he 6 rules with
or this nation. Not for his glory but our good
for our welfare. and in the abundance of the bust
ness and prosperity he brings to the people. rather
5han In the spendor Of his surroundings, or even
in in the number and magnifcence of his ironclads
E We sometimes speak of public officials as being
number Of ministerial officials doing purely clerical
work calling them public servants is not improper.
but putting these ministerial officials TO one side
ana ana considering only those who are the different
legislative and executive officials, there IS pres
ent the idea Of ruling and ruled.
Take the office OF President, the highest execu-
subject to reelection The idea that fixed short
term is that of preventing permanent injurious
OF some AMBITIOUS and unprincipled President, il
ever mere should be one such In office.
,d 1T may not be generally known that the conven-
scrlped a Presidential term of seven years, wkh n
pfohibitlon upon reelection; and only the con
records show, without any discussion or sugges-
T"n fo %I reason therefor this was Ghanged INTO
the Judgment OF many men, among whom am one,
have left the Presidential term of years with
provision We should not now have the spectacle Of
and seek with the American people
AS l said; a wise ruler IS not Indifferent 70 the
are many. he may wen defer 10 them in ali minor
quarrel with them about simplided spelling. Per-
haps it would be foolish for anybody to quarrel
he naturally. and wisely seeks harmonious re+a-
@ 0nS no Wh ARa YET and o 6e9bGs his
part greater than he can rightfulfy make.
tons Of governmental polity he should never turn
his back od on the expressed PRINCIPLES OF the party
should take office on an implied promise and then
TepacheTy puIhs and traitor is always despcabe
Nor, in respect 70 new questions which may arise
lines Of policy which he IS firmly convinced tend
upon him to be true TO his convictions st the ex-
pense of present popularity.
Above all things he may never disregard the
always remember that which the wise man said:
righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a
More and more are we coming 10 learn that in
politics, well as in business as In all other re
mighty factors Of every iife Some sneerinely said
Of Theodore Roosevelt. when Governor Of New
ments II it were true that they had become so
6gr1ea 0eneta 'Pe b b ben 6essinF on the
man who discovered and unearthed them: Per.
this state that he has done better and has dscoy-
ered the godep m en- rule men ~ bd la 6eIn With m one
another with other nations and the people or hose
nun is not @ Ia hen learn that in America we Know
"a "a pa1ese may t te % %Fa+berbnod ny COD and the
brotherhood Of Man the Supreme Court to the
Chief Justice Marshall was bitterly denounced for
his rulings In the Aaron Burr case But today;
not only are these rulings considered az beyond
question, but his judicial fame is the chief glory
OF American jurisnrUdeuce. So long as the judTes
Of this land continue 70 be like WashinEton who,
as Tennvson says. STOOD four square to all tho
winds that blew long. may be sure Will
true democracy abide; there viii be no danger OF
mob rule no fear Of despotism the part of the
rulers and this government of and by and for tho
people will not pass from the face Of the earth.
Among those or the platform Z. r. I.
Gould Bishop Potter Emerson McMlln. A. Bar
ton Hepburn Isaac y SeliEman, ex-JustlCe Morgan
J. OBrien. James r. Reynolds. Hamilton Holt.
Professor John B. Clark DR.. Parkhurst, the Rev
Dr. " r. Huntington, Rabbi Siverman. Robert
F.rskine Ely. Professor Franklin II. Giddings.
Herbert L. BridGman and Henry l. Stoddard.
Among those in boxes were J. Perpont Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harding Davis Mr and
Mrs Robert J. Collier, Henry Phipps. jefferson
VI. Levy Ny. and Mrs Clarence Whitman, william
{. Demorest. Senator and Mrs Casserly Mr. and
Mrs Philip NJ Lydis. Woodbury. G.. Langdon
Charles r. Flint Ernest Flagg, Senator Martin
SAKE. Mr and Mrs. Henry Clews and Mr. and Mrs
Ralph Pulitzer.