The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-26

ocrat to oppose the former as IL no
Is TO oppose the latter.
\ While the application OF the do,
trine OF direct legislation was patul
ally made TO the city first and to tn
state afterwards, the principle al
plies just as well TO the national 90,
eminent as TO governments GOVERN
smaller areas. The question is, sna
the people rule? And that auestio
Is as vital Ia The government OF tn
nation as In the government OF
state, county or city. or cours
In the nation the equal position o
The states must be respected, and 1
is absurd TO talk OF the small state
being overwhelmed by a popular yot,
Tor those who favor the application,
OF the Initiative and referendum /,
national questions favor IL with tn,
understanding that the people OF ;
majority OF the states us well as ,
majority of all the people must con.
cur.
One who believes in the right OF
the people To rule and In the capac.
ity of the people for self government
naturally accepts the fundamental
democratic doctrine OF local self gov.
ernment-tbat is that the people
can govern best where they best un.
derstand conditions. The democrat
believes that the individual should
be left TO choose his own course ex.
cept where his action would injur.
iously affect others, that each com.
munity should attend TO its own
matters, that the state should have
control of state affairs and that fed.
eral government should be supreme
In its sphere.
Ii man is really democratic In
sentiment, that is, IL he really be.
lieyes In the rale CT the people, this
belief dominates him IN the consid
Grafton of all the questions that
come before the people. lie looks ut
questions from the standpoint of the
whole people and not from the stand
point OF a few. Ills conception OF
society is that IL is built from the
bottom, not from the top. While
the aristocrat pictures prosperity as
dripping down to the masses from
The well-to-do, the democrat can not
Imagine prosperity that does not
begin with the producers OF wealth.
The democrat believes in applying
Democratic doctrine to every Ques.
lion. There are those who are con.
SANITY democratic, and then there
Ire those who are democratic In
'pots; there are those who apply
principles to all questions,
Ind there are others who apply dem.
,cratic principles TO some questions.
L ought TO be the purpose OF those
Who engage In educational work TO
nlarge the number of questions to
which democratic principles are ap.
lied. IL is hardly worth while to
waste time on one who Is really aris-
ocratic In sentiment. 1t Is impos.
ible TO make democrat out OF him
Until he has change of heart, but
is possible to show real democrat
hat he has failed To apply democrat
c principles TO particular question.
n 1896 a number OF persons left our
arty who called themselves demo-
rats. Some OF them we're aristo.
ratio In sentiment, and their de-
arturo was perfectly natural. They
ave not come back, aad they will
OF come back so long as the demo.
ratio party is democratic. but far
reater number OF those who left us
] 1896 left from misunderstanding
lost OF these have come back and
ne rest will come back. A majority
the republicans are really demo.
ratio in their fundamental Ideas,
nd to these we can appeal II the
party conyinces them
lat 1t can be trusted to carry out
principles.
TO recapitulate, democrat accord.
~ TO party definition Is a man
no connects himself with the demo-
ATTIC party and acts politically with
nose who bear the same party name.
. broader sense, lie is democrat
no believes In the rule of the people
nd who desires TO make the govern
tent the instrument In the hands OF
le people to carry out their will.
uch man trusts the people and
Iyors such reforms as will give TO
lie people an increasing power. And
real democrat will not only favor
methods In government
nd insist upon the right OF the ina
'rity 10 rule, but he will favor the
OF the government In
re interest OF the whole people ac-
riding TO the yeffersonian maxim,
equal rights to all and special priv
eyes TO none" IL / attempted 10
1ply these definitions TO particular
Iestions | would enter the field OF
lntroversy, but do not understand
lat there is or can be any contro-
.rsy over the doctrine that one Is
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