The sun., 1907-04-14

| Inc Democrattc party ought to oppose
any further expansion OF our territorial
possessions. We have committed one fatal
blunder. Now do not let us add any more to
! our unnecessary burdens. The Philippines
will guarantee would not sell for dollar
and half In the market Of the world. Who
| wants them? Where is the bidder? Not
nod Of the head will you get from the nations
OF the world. And then. when you have
/ Withdrawn the Philippines, put Guam at
auctlon-another gem In our string OF pearlsl
| There Is another proposition that the Dem
cratic party must maintain unless ithas drifted
away entirely from its anchorage, and that
/ ls that this Ia not an executive government:
| that the governmental distribution of powers
provided for In the Constitution must be pre-
served: and that the President Of the United
| States. to Whatever party he may belong
| must not exceed the functions OF his office
and encrOach upon the remaining depart
ments Of the Government.
Now, my friends, | have given you briefly
| the character of platform that " ould frame
| II | had any hand in the construction of a
Democratic platform. / would add a plank
declaring that there is no such thing as an
unwritten Constitution of the United States
that II it requires change il must be amended
not by Secretary Root. but by the sufrrages
OF the people; and that IL is a reasonable act
to insert into 1t, whether by judicial con
struCtion or otherwise. any power or grant
that Is not confined within the we'll defined
authority and limitations Of the instru-
ment.
II the Democratic party will take a stand
for principles substantially like these, in my
humble judgment. and rid itself of the de-
fusion that it can attain success by simply
becoming an annex of the Republican party,
then believe there is a chance for victory
IL We. however advocate principles that are
not Democratic, and are again defeated at
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dtsintegration was at hand because the only
thing that has kept us alive through all the
strange vicssitudes of our fortune Ia the fact
that we have never yet wholly abandoned
the historic traditions of our faith. and have
never yet. upon all the pages OF our history
sounded final retreat
speech or George Harvey.
Col. Harvey was next up and he waded
right into the onslaught on the White House
without the slightest delay:
My text will be found in Ecclesiastes. tenth
chapter, thirteenth and sixteenth verses
Woe to thee, . land. when thy king is a
child. The beginning of the words
of his mouth is foolishness. and the end Of his
talk is mischevous madness"
The preacher had In mind ruler. not
necessarily young in years, but boyish in
mind. in temperament, in impetuousty, in
love Of excitement. in passion for notoriety.
In needless disregard of considerations born
of sobriety and calmness; a daring leader.
though an unsafe guide; possessor of talents.
but not of knowledge; noisy. confused con-
Trajectory, Inconsistent. illogical, irrational
yet so emphatic and insistent in expression
as in effect to pose as the discoVerer of all
truths, while, in fact. only an enunciator of
the principles or failacies of others; main
tanning each tenet with uncompromisinR
arrogance until compelled to abandon it and
then shrouding retreat in impregnable am
biguity; constructive statesman by pro-
fession, a destructive politician in practice
in seeming a Chivalric Orlando: in fact a
Bombastes Furiosol
Such the king whom the preacher depicted
as likely TO bring woe upon the land. hose
talk beginning in foolishness ends in mis-
Chevous madness! Lest there arise any
misunderstanding as to the pertinenCe of the
present application let us admit at the out
set that such also Is the ruler under whom we
now live and have the remnants of oNr moral
and political being. We are told that a
President chosen by the people is immune
from criticism. that he is a thing apart. not a
mere executive off1cer. but tribune enveloped
in the odor of sanctity which safeguATded the
kings Of old. 1t is a new idea. Criticism Of
Official conduct has ever been a preroEstive
OF the people. Not so nowl The heavy hand
of fear rests upon the land. The audacity Of
many. The mighty organization known as
the Republican party has become a mere
personal machine. Its former leaders have
drawn back affrightedly into their corners.
Their wishes are no longer regarded, their
consultation no longer desired; obedience to
edict is not only exacted from. but enforced
upon them.
So, too. with the representatives Of the
party founded by Thomas Jefersoni With
-sdUseSntiri -1nunrarey- f1ernocrl1+c SENATOR'S
and Representatives eat the crumbs OF patron
age from the hand that smote them and
lick the boot whose impact they have felt.
while simultaneously their undisputed. If
not. in fact, peerless leader, hobbies like a
cripple in the wake of his successful rival,
gathering as he goes the few scraps that are
left OF his own faaces. Publicists here
tofore courageous hasten to follow the crowd.
Every business man. Republican OF Democrat,
every one you know, RACES in the protecting
silence Of private discussion, but speaks
with bated breath or not at all In the face OF
possible publication. All have grown so
accustomed to unstinted preaohments, I'M
merciful seedlings and scornfu invective
that it seems but natural that the few who
still venture to insist upon the inaltenable
right OF communities, whether encom passed
by State, city or township lines, to govern
themselves should be denounced as reac-
tionaires. and the yet smaller number who
EdlSt blltN lccDlG NOlCtS Ou DcHhll Vi CdublOu
and restraint in the conduct OF great affairs
should be held up to painful derison as COM
temptible mOllycoddles. Never before was
there such universal heed OF the Injunction
Of the preacher: Curse not the King no.
not in thy thought, for a bird Of the air shall
carry the voice and that which hath wings
shall tell.
DID We EVER HAVE a DISHONEST PRESIDENT"
How happens IL that u whole people has
been thus brought under the yoke OF tacit
submission, with no voice raised in protest.
with none even TO ask the reason why? Pei
marily we are informed with much bare
OF trumpets that at last we have an honest
President But did we ever have disEOn-
EST President2 In land where for more
than hundred years no blot has stained
the personal escutcheon OF its Chief Ma gistrate
IL there 30 great occasion for bOasting now?
Or may the undue emphasis placed on hon
e-ty he, perchance. the outcome OF essential
cunning akin to that of the cuttlehsh? How
else can We account for the persistent and
distressing charges Of wilful prevaricatiOn?
When before has President OF the United
States. lesser OF greater. at what seemed
the critical moment in his own candidacy,
beSought large sums OF money Tor use. not
in conducting political canvass over pro-
tracted period. but on election day; When
before has IL been n cesslry TO purg" an
official conscience and reinforce "A claim of
civic rightDess by CHASING one who has been
a friend in need, however unworthy. with