The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-19
JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON.
Tire Great Gulf There Is Between
Their TWO Policies.

The national Democracy has rAlh'
cred momcutous impetus ia the last
year or two and the greatly ~inc7easee
vote f0r Democratic candidates Tor
congress and the election ~ Demo
cratic governors al the last election Il
she proof Of its i%ncreasing favor win
the people Ten years ago they call
ell otS ideas insanity. said Mt hfN-
an. epeaking at Boston. yet on no
question that We ever discussed y
we been more V~indicated than on our
idea thai more money would make
higher prices and better lines. The
Republican party has been IN power
for ten wears. with undisputed RUE
n IL hasn't done anything that ousht
20 have been done IL is its " iault-
What Is he result? We ind the ke
publican PARTY not 50 popular odas-
The party has gone or the tohosgan
slide. 50 that now il has just one man
whom il regards as popular enough
10 be the candidate for president,
Why is it that the president alone
has ESCAPED the paralysis hat has
fallen upon ali the rest There Is
only one explanation. and that is that
his popularity is due 10 his follow
ing the Democratic doctrines This
MAY BE- true of some things that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has done, but he stll
falls far short OF being a Democrat.
or doing an ne could have done for
TIE people He has allowed the infu-
cnce OF the protected interests over
the Republican politicians 70 prevent
him from recommending tariff Eeform.
Thus he has protected the trusts in
being able 10 continue to charge enor-
nous profits and keep up the present
high cost Of living He favored the
shipsubsidy bill although ~one-fourth
OF his own party in congress voted
with the Democrats q defeat IL and
those Republican members who voted
against his recommendation we're the
most ardent supporters OF some OF his
other policies He favors and has
done more 20 centrAlize power. in the
federal government than any OF his
predecessors. which is not only I'M
democratic but unconstitutional. and
his efforts in that direction car be
used as a precedent for further execu-
tive entertainment In the hands OF
some president in the near future.
whose ambition may Oyertop his pa
triotiSm. this action Of President
Roosevelt may lead 70 worse ends and
consequences than az this time.
II is well for Democrats 10 remem-
Der the great gulf between the politi-
cal creeds Of Hamilton and jefferson.
The Hamilton policy was. and is to-
day. that the great mass OF the peo-
pie are uuht for self-government and
require a strong central government
10 manage them. That is WIZ bosses
develop ike weeds in the Republican
party The Democratic policy has al
WAYS been the rule OF the majority
and local seIf-gOyernment in the
states and minor political divisions
that is. home rule and states rights.
for the least government is the best
government for the s-elf-governing
AnglO-SaNon race The lowest
tion possible 20 keep order for the
protection az the individual in his
Tightss and property is the Demo
cratic ideal
The Republicans 70 like 10 be
so bossed. but it would be impossible
10 find a true Democrat that would
peacefully submit to it, The gulf.
therefore. between Democracy and
this modern Republicanism is as great
and i'm upeefbfa ag that hot Wppu Fa-
fher Abraham and Dives.