The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
GOVERNOR WOODRUFF
 SCORES THE BOSSES THINK OF SELVES FIRST
Public Should Know of What is Going on in Gov
 ernment.
Tells Rockville Changers They Are a Menace to the
 State.

Rockville, Aug. 27-Gov. Woodruff was the principal speaker this after noon at the annual meeting of the East Central Pomona grange held at Lake snipsic. Dairy Commissioner Noble and Cattle Commissioner Averin were also present. The speaking be- gan at o'clock. The remarks of the governor were as follows:
 1T am glad to come here as. one of your guests and to have this chance to meet you all and to Join in your out ing. I believe that much good results from these gatherings.
 'The social side of your nature gets a chance to develop and you have an opportunity to compare notes concern ing all those matters connected with the interests represented by your work. You hear speeches on various subjects all of which widen the horizon of your life and mine and shows us a larger sphere of action-for while each man has his own work, all men must have a common interest in each other,
 From this springs all that is sue cessful and permanent in business and in government.
 Our state. is small after all and is made smaller and we are made near CT to one another by conventions of interests, by public gatherings; by the swift collection of, news and its slmul- taneous distribution; by the telegraph, the telephone. the railroad and the trolley-we are a united people-our million inhabitants are one neighbor- hood of knowledge, in opportunity ana in ambition. Our purpose is to sue ceed; to obtain our share of happi- ness. We are interested in one another and responsible to one another for the part we play in the public and private life of this fiourlshing commonwealth. The direct inquiry to one of us Is an indirect injury to us all. Not only is this true of our lives and our work ln the various industries In whoch our money and our energies are engagea but 1t is especially true regarding the integrity and the democracy of the laws by which our lives, our opportuni- ties and our fortunes are secured against any kind of oppression or fraud. The law concerns us all and should be made only for our common welfare.
 we became guardians of our suc- cess by making sure that our laws are enacted and administered for all the people, without preference to any in- divldual or corporation-so just and square that no wrong can be done to any honest man or to any honest en- terprise, Sometimes We wander from iris idea. but we cannot wander far without danger.
 ''The grand idea of democracy must prevail. It must be a government of the people, by the people and for the people, As citizens we are masters of our own destines and if we lose our liberties 1t is our own fault, We must be sincere in our citizenship and in the exercise of our great power as lndi- viduals-united in one common purpose good government will prevail. we are not building up great political parties; we are building a great state which must be made so strong in order and law and justice that it will prevail against the selfshness of any political conflict
 "The duty of the citizens is to know what is going on and to demand a straightforward account from those who represent us in public life. There should not be any mystery about a government by the people. The more we know the better we are able tc judge what is best for us Let us have the truth and the facts and noth- ing but the truth and have 1t all the time, or know the reason why.
 "The administration of public affairs should be done under searehlight SC trat every citizen can see what is right or wrong in the state.
 'I have always believed that our government can be made practically perfect by reducing it to common business methods, as applied in the t1rst-class commercial establishment; and it cannot be done right in any other way. If it is not done in a straightforward way there is a reason for it which every good citizen should make it his business to find out. If any man Is In politics only for what selfish profit he can get out of the people, that man--no matter who he may be-should be driven out of the government by the lash of public opinion
 T believe that the material out of which good men are made is better than ever in our history, and the de- mand for this material is steadily in- creasing with the enlargement en- richment and enlightenment of our commonwealth.
 Political leaders are necessary, but political bosses are a constant menace to the state. No man can represent the people and represent a boss at the same time. It's the same old story about serving two masters. If you put the question to the boss, What do you consider the object of legisla- tion?' the boss is sure to answer, The greatest good to the greatest number Ask him again, What do you consid- CT the greatest numbers? and the boss will reply without shudder, Num-