The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-18

representative is elected to think for
the people; the other theory is that
the people think for themselves and
elect Representatives to act fo- the
people. I do not know what your the
DRY is. but my theory-and I believe
the democratic theory-is that the PEG
pie do their own thinking, and elect
servants to do what the people want
done.
We are always talking about leaders
and yet her are two theories in re-
gard to a leader; one is that the lead
er is to think with the people. My
idea is that he thinks with the people
not for the people. / would lot think
it an honor to be the leader of people
who did Nc think; but it is an honor
to be a co-laborer with people who do
er is a man who is going in the same
direction with the people, but a little
bit ahead. l know of no better defini-
ton of a leader. If a mar is going to
be leader he must have followers, and
people will not follow him unless he
is going in the same direction they are
Occasionally men have thought them
selves leaders n they look around,
and found the procession going off son
another street. This is not unusual,
this country than a leaders without
amy followers, and yet we have had
them. And when it does occur it oc-
ours because the leader deserts mis-
people.
The representative, therefore, is a
man who represents and to emphasize
this point, l will add that if after a
man is elected to represent the people
a question arises where he knows
their position, to be different from his
he ought to resign, and let them elect
somebody to carry out their wishes.
He may go back before them as a can
didate and, telling them his views,
ask them whether they want him to
carry out those ideas, but no man who
believes in the right of the people to
govern themselves, will embezzle pub
lie power and use it as a personal as
set. l care o whether in embezzling
it he uses it to fill his own purse or
give expression to his egotism; a nan
the people who elected him that
he ignores their wishes, ought to be
kept at home.
Principles do not change, but con-
ditions sometimes require new appli-
cations. For instance, p the
law reads: Thou shalt not kill a
with a stick or a stone" Then
suppose a gun is interviewed. The
old law will not do, so you move to
amend by adding the words cor gum"
You would take an old principle and
bring it down to date. We kno that
the state legislatures elected the n
tors about one hundreds years with
protest, but it kept getting worse
and worse; finally an amendment was
proposed providing for the election of
by the people and, Brother
Tucker you were on hat committee,
if l am not mistaken, and o fought
for it-and we carried it through the
congress-, and then a mis-
befell the eoultry-we a a
congress-, which did not
give the subject consideration; and
another republican congress,
and it did not, but the sentiment con-
timed To grow and the third reDlIbli-
can acted favorably and then
and then another. Five times
the popular branch of congress has,
by more than a two-thirds vote, pro
posed an amendment that will MAKE
this change, and nearly two-thirds
of the states of the union have declar-
for it. 1 am in favor of it. 1t has
been in the democratic national plat
form twice, and it will be in the next
democratic platform. 1 believe in it.
Why?-because I believe a senator
be the representative of the
people, and that the people and not
the corporations, should decide who
shall occupy the seats in this highest
legislative body il the world.
Now, so far, I know 1 am not going
to encounter any opposition for l know
the man who ppose the popular
election of will not have time
to attack me; he will be busy defend
himself.
But there is another proposition,