Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
CAPTAIN HOBSON URGES GREAT AUDIENCE
TO ELECT WIN. J. BRYAN AND ]. W. KERN

other administration, fragrant cases of
executive eneroachment and usurpa-
tion, but the most dangerous usurpa-
ton has been that of the judiciary, IN
injunction cases, until we have come
to a common saying that We are get
ting to a government by injunction.
I'm all countries where there are even
the beginnings of self-government the
agencies or instrumentalities are al
ways great parties. Where policies, or
my policies are the policies of indi-
vidual men, they indicate a departure
from the true method of erecting pop
ular government
'Tn all countries and at all times,
where elf-government has made con-
siderable progress, there are always
two great parties, and never three or
four. Unless one Of the two great par
ties is approaching dissolution it is
utter folly for a citizen to go of into
third party. At this juncture to join
the various smaller parties in the field
is like paving the air. The true way is
to get inside one of the two great par
ties more nearly in accord with the
Ideas entertained and try to have these
ideas prevail through that party.
True Line of Division
1.-THE great line of division between
the two parties in all countries is the
HlfteTe0C9 OF dILlluQe lOWdIu lA1I peAA =
ticipation of the masses of the people
in the work of government, which has
been slowly coming down from en-
perors and kings and classes toward
the people.
"One school of thought would have
the government come more slowly, ana
tend to conserve more the government
of the past, and from this school of
thought is built the conservative party.
The other school of thought has more
trust in the people and would more
rapidly carry the government down to-
ward the people, giving the masses a
more liberal share in the work of gov
ernment, and upon this school OF
thought is founded the liberal party.
At this juncture the Republican party
in America is the conservative party,
and the Democratic party is the liberal
party.
"It is bad for party to succeed it
self many times without a change. In
England it is logical for the Conserva-
tive party to be in power more than
the Liberal party. In America, on the
other hand, it is logical for the liberal
party to be in power more than the con-
servative party.
'It can be assumed that any party in
almost unbroken control as long as the
Republican party has been of necessity
liberal party long in power might be
subject would be those of radicalism,
and the ills to which the conservative
party long in power is liable are those
of overconservatism.
Republican Extravaganza
"There is a natural tendency for
party long in power to become extrav-
agant in expenditures. 1 realize that
the cost of government must continu-
ally, certainly as fast as and probably
a little faster than the increase in popu-
lation.
TN the last six years the population
has increased u per cent and l should
expect an increase in governmental ex-
! even 20 per cent. The actual in
! crease has been 431a per cent, and to-
day the appropriations of single con-
gress have exceeded the billion dollar
mark.
"The appropriations of the last four
years have exceeded SO, 100000, the
| total expenditures of the government
Republican administration is guilty of
extravaganza.
Another natural result of the long
tenure in power is bureaucracy, the
administration increasing the number
of officeholders and employees to per-
petuate itself in power. In the four
years preceding the war with Spain
additional employees were added to the
government payroll at the average rate
of about 400 a year. During the last
four years it would have been natural
to expect a legitimate increase OF 2500
or 5000, or even $500 a year. AS a mat
ter of fact the average has been more
than 10000 year.
President Roosevelt has increased
the number of officeholders by more
than $4,000, at a yearly expense of
nearly $7O,O00,OO0 and he himself. with
the members of his cabinet, has set the
most pernicious examples of political
activity for the perpetuation in power
of the Republican party.
"It remains to see if the Republican
party is suffering from those ills pc
culiar to the conservative party when
too long in power, namely, that of
| being too conservative and reaction
ary, and of becoming the conservator
Of special interests that want the gov
ernment to stand pat. SO that they