New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-07
RrVERIDGE ON NATION.
muERE SITES FAILED.
Wants Popular Election of Senators
-SpcaLs to Lndianans.

Alle.t j. IbtNeIiuEts speaking 4ASL
a. The dinner Of the Indiana Society OF
Ms YORK. al the Waldorf. defended the idea
e,r,ng national government against the at
= made against il by the jealous advocates I
.a+se, rights He declared that just rs the
- acting separately could not end slavery,
ocring separately now, they could not END
,,racies Of capital" The conflict, he said,
e NOT to abolish capital but 10 make it free
- ooual. AS most business is nation wide, 50
q must be governed by laws that are nation
Id the states cannot control THE buccaneers /
., business" so the nation is going to control
Them. he added.
When senator Beveridge said he was voicng
me sentiments Of the entire people of Indiana
man IN the gallery rose and walked forward,
saving;
7 beg your pardon
instantly there was great excitement among
the diners, and after looking up the Senator
started to proceed with his speech, when the
man in the gallery said:
Il beg your pardon again, when an at
tendart Of the hotel reached his side.
The man, who wore a gray suit. had partly
gray hair lie sat down. after explaining 70
those nearest to him that he not member
Of the society, but that he did not believe Sen
ator Beverage voiced the sentiments Of the
whole people Of Indiana.
The election Of Senators by the people, which
he said would surely come was advocated by
the Senator
Senator Beyerldge said in part:
The master note Of that portion Of the American
people living IN Indiana is Nationality Indiana IS
The geogrHp hicai heart Cf the nation. Indiana has
within her borders the centre Of population of the
nation. Aad Indiana, above all things is devoted
We American citizens living IN Indiana by formal
any No I,o,r - ID esr- ~ ,bs nation T. il
s1e san IA real vii lea
other state-Ony their legislatures have not carried
~ a 54I s a. ana vel ~ NJ nine million AMER
Jeans III New York. not one thousand know New
Works state flag when they see tit means
nothing 10 them, and they would do nothing for
T. whereas every man woman and enid IN New v
York knows the nag OF tie nation when they see H.
Il means everything 10 them and they would ole
t9T IL for dnese , common Tai and nor a
theoretical lberty-a liberty from the tyranny OF
not throw off, and the tyranny Of widespread con-
splracies OF capital when they manifest them
fhroy on; .the tyranny Of widespread conspracies
~ riot H,ben tbey manifest themselves which the
Tie historic hero Of Indiana is Morton. Abraham
Tilted states for the Mississippi Valley" The
reason Lincoln gave him That tile Is me l Teason
why DE is our hero-and that reason Is thar morton
Ison Indiana sentiment q n4f sI erest men
y Is as curious e Ts Is men are Great only
10y rejecting the common VIII and wisdqTn-usualiy
American Indiana gave to the nation, agreed WITT
franklin or many things mat toraay are F,,iy
franklin championed the election OF Senators by
NE people.
INDIANA FOR POPULAR CHOICE.
Indiana is for that principle to-day. only Toice
lndanas traditional conviction when say lAal
am for election Of Senators by the people az the
polls Why not? Is this not a government Of Dy
and for the people? Sooner or later election o.
phase Of our political evolution. See how the cleo
ton q Presidents has gone into The people
II is only part of that worldwide movement
into the hands Of tho peope-consider France
5taly, Germany England IN the last haif cen.
5e5sia given a constitution yesterday; look al
iatisnl INTO a modern popular government in lit
ne more than single generation
end The piraces OF capal In is67 and as The civ
War not TO abolish labor but make all
labor free and equal, the present conflict is not
equal The American people are merely requiring
big that il Is bigger than the nation
Some call this evolution of nationality social
scts-the laws OF business and corporations In
iiIngland To-day If some one We're 10 introduce
~ certain men and papers; yet, even from these
Of the English laws OF business and the 'secur
fly Of property in England. Most business il
laws that nation wide
WHAT THE STATES COULD NOT DO
The states could not make internal improvements
70 me nation made them. The states could no
prevent me scattering OF obscene literature 50 III
nation d4d H. The states could not suppress lot
end the poisoning Of the people by adulterate
food. The nation IS ending il. The states cou
not compel the sanitation OF packing houses, tn
The states could not preserve he countrv's foTesti
50 the nation IS preserving them. The states cOul
not irT!gate the arid West, the nation is work
nF that glorious and beautiful miracle. The state
cannot end the murdeTous infamy OF child labor, :
me nation Is going 10 end IL. and this FOR IN
saving Of the nation The states cannot control III
buccaneers OF business, SO the nation IS going
nous majority Of all business men who are nc
n q zUoy5 o,,r trstt.,,tioue ara for the DeoDle'
good and not for their III The Constitution wa
made for the people; tho people were not made 70
nance of national Hfe7 and not the articles OF GU
national death. 1t was meant TO free the hand
Mafsa 50 Interpreted il in '' The courts Lneo
50 Interpreted II IN the council chamber; Grant 5
Roosevelt is following In their footsteps and thu
obeyng The viii Of the American people; 81.
The other day at q banquet IN this city a VOC
from Massachusetts, denounced the dangers {
Indiana without TnisrepTesenting Indiana. Cor
Gresham Mccall warned US against ne Gang e
read the same thing from that great Seccessionis
sT Ra % 8red6oed ft is 81 So odMr Mccain IS alb
but ancient. Calhoun said all that Mccall sail
aoial!iy IN Our A1eaciS513,sctts deeIaTed in Cor
49, 4e Gul,iey s ToIissna purchase ''dssolves II
Union" But none of them uttered the real sent
abase,f % Sss been voiced by her Adamses h,
websters. her Summers, her aoars ana her Lodge
prefer them 20 her shays, her ouinceys ana ~
IcCans.
"A NATION WITH a BIG n
Nc Americans are a nation-a nation with b
"" Ye are not only nation, put We aIe
nation Of brothers. Mutual inl9re isrn 9iu m1tu
iove G,oi9s ms together Graves where sleep on
EnEisnd 10 those who feII At San Juan In cuba
IN The iunglcs Of the Philippines il;e er Eve,
Of American soldiers ana nor sla'e american ~
one Of those graves IS shrine on AiIr 49, q,
iriotsm and not state ,Jfbate of inivers
whole people pay the common, sire in battle new
honor and affection Those solqleis III eTbev d