The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-23

Recently Mr.. Bran remarked /.

} were party lines 90 Acasely drasa 8
they are to-day. He sassAi har,
added thai he is largely responsible
for this sstuaisoa, This ~nald b
} more or less the ~coaai;ica, however
II Mr. Bryxa bad asver existed
Party lines are hsely drawn The
have beea 80 even Seos 1856 Ia
The ~Iszalcraiae party Aas casss .
pieces "a National ssssaoas aa4
disiniesrais9a IS IN progress in so<zx
Of she states, But sz the cAsrssse.
AZ te Republican party il The SsasA
Ec7s shSn osS nezaazaRc Saa
wraid ia sill probability jan thu
Republican oa4lA TAss Eaay ~,
cor ia 1905 Party platforms have
little uaaaeaoe especially wAsa saza<
sGbsecss are asasara1 Raaad
GaorsI2 wae-e TNezaacraS nspn.
lsssS and PruA1as&azasts combined
and, iEnsgaag TIE Democratic organ
sEatsaa, e2aeaea 3 pToAiAiaoa av
whsA tae nozaacEItae party hA3 ii.
aca&alg 1e3zred Against The Al
Ganta Constitution SAYS The geU
pe q lie Suite Akps ihrsur. pa.
ca creed and parts organization 10
iae winds Ii s33s There are
ocgt&ln A-1gs The people want and
=sZa 10 bare They hare begua 10
have saeza in the States ,hfg hsre
begun so have then Ia the Nation.
In a@ ae aez; q these Oh
esS FA-ss creed and party oreani.
EsigQa wIa he abandoned tee n,a1n-
chi they ges in the w2E-
As 1e people are Supreme there
4a Dc D. criticism a. their night 10
have wA4i Their want, but il does not
follow tass iaair Judgment j. al~2ys
q ths wsest The Washington Post
ays
Peohitiaoa cs the liquor srxtoe,
at course, Is directly contrary 10 Old
s&saGne1 Democratic IDEAS Fer
many ysars Democratic platforms.
atgsA state and national, contained
vls213ls aenancistSons Of sumpsuary
legislation, IS well a. al sll forms Of
pate-nlasm Occasionally an old
line Democrat wlll rise nowadays 10
oonde1n psiernslsn in govern
E1ea., and faint echoes are infre-
qgently heard Of JefarsOn's maxim
that 3 people is governed best when
governed least No doubt freedom
d the individual from the regula-
tlo-s aad restraints OF psternalistic
government is . cardinal principle
Of The Democracy az we used TO
know 1t but how much influence
has this principle over the action Of
Democracy in power? All through
the South, where We are told, De
l1ocrScy still preserves some of its
pristine purity, the legislatures are
applying the doctrine that legisla-
ton Is a remedy for anything and
everything with a vengeance. Par
iy dogmas avail nothing the people
will have what they want, as the
Atlanta Constitution says, or what
they think they want, and legisla-
ton runs not, with no guiding prin-
ciple except, possibly, faith in the
remedial power Of directive or inhib-
ltory statutes Il is one Of those
maladies Of popular government
which rGust run its course until j.
effects Its own cure. There is com
monty a healthy reaction in such
cases"
The results Of prohibition that
prohibits viii be beneficial TO the
South in many ways. II will bene-
fi the negro and a large class Of
whites There is no doubt that if
one city were singled out for pro-
hibiiion it would injure it, but If all
should be placed in the same class
and the law enforced in all Of them
one would hardly suffer more injury
then another, II the people are de-
iernined to try wholesale prohibi-
ton they viii not find parties stand
ing in the way.
Without referring exclusively to
prohibition, but speaking more gen.
the disposition to legislate on
everything under the sun must some
day have q check or there win be
little freedom left Within the last
six months many laws have been en-
acted in the South that are absurd
and In some instances outrageous
and In violation Of the true princi-
pies Of free government. Many per-
sons elected to make laws know
nothing Of the science or principles
81 Government. but are controlled
BY impulse, passing clamor or the
inability IN eco mone than ane side