West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-05-14

"ENpedieney Never Got a Nation Any
thing He Ssys--Thomas Jofferso,
No Weather Vane--Whst the Do
moersey Should Do.
Governor Johnson was the principa
speaker at the Jefferson day dinner II
Louisville, uo was received with
cheers. lie said In part:
81 realize, my friends. that on tho
grounds OF expedlcncy executives arc
sometimes prone 10 temptation 10 do
things which arc not justified by the
written law OF tho country. believe
that tho written law OF tho country has
majesty which compcls tho allegl.
anco OF every man who lives under the
government. and should like TO SEQ
tho timo como I'm this country again
when we were willing 20 abide by tho
constitutional forms OF government
aud not be ruled by those cxpedicnts
which change with the tides. remem-
ber, In tho history OF Henry OF Ma
varrc. that plumed knight who led the
hosts from ono camp to another fight.
Ing for sacred cause, when no be-
camo king OF France. on the ground
or cxpcdiency he renounced the old
faith and took up n new which he had
been lighting. and what became OF the
people by whom and with whom he
had been fighting NIL the years OF that
turmoil and troublc2 They disappear
ed Rs the dew before the morning sun,
and tho Hugucnot had to come TO
America 10 live.
"Expcdlcncy never got nation any
thing; it never got people anything:
IL never will get the Democratic party
anything. When the Democratic party,
In It's national convention plants It's
cause upon tho ground of expedlency
and adopts a platform based on expe-
diency it cannot win and IL ought not
TO win. What we want today is to go
before the people with patriotic, man.
ly declaration and ask for tho concur
renee OF the people I'm that declaration.
Tho Democratic party has not always
been worthy OF Thomas Jefferson. but
ho has always been worthy of tho
Democratic party. He wns worthy OF It
because ho was not weather vaue I'm
politics. Ho was there yesterday and
tomorrow, and if the Democratic party,
is TO build wisely and well IL will
stand by Thomas Jefferson and the
things no stood for and abate tho
wrong wherever II might exist
81 know IL may be q long road 20 the
victory which we all want TO see come.
If we have the patience TO endure IL. ic
We have the faith that ought to be in
us and if we have the lntrepidityl
which ought To be characteristic OF n
Democrat we Will get there. remem-
Der few years ago that | stood with
my wife overlooking Puget sound
heard much OF the place, and wanted
to SEQ IL first from the Mount Rainier
sido and then from the Mount Tacoma
side. We went over there one of those
misty days when the bay was over
cast We hadn't anything to do down
town, and we went and stood and
looked from Mount Rainier A half
hour, an hour perhaps. had passed.
We were about ready 20 give up and go
back TO town when suddenly tho
clouds began to separate. My wife
said TO me, There Is tho mountain
said: No; IL Is not I'm that direction.
1t is over here She said: You are
mistaken. It is there. / said to tho
driver where is Mount RainierP He
said, over there / felt indorsed.
"suddenly tho clouds began to break
away, the gloom disappeared, and the
sun broke through and sent its slanting
light down on the snow capped peaks
Of tho Olympic mountains, 100 miles
away. Wo saw the glory OF heaven
reflected upon the mountains of Olym-
pus, and they were greater and better
and brighter than those over yonder.
IL we shall stand long enough and look
for the sunlight to shine through tho
clouds OF gloom and do our share to
lift tho clouds, we VIII see tho noun
tain OF Olympus, and we will be able
to get up there on the summit and
look down into the caves OF gloom
where we once had lived, and we Will
see bright and glorious the heavenly
triumph OF the Democracy Of united
nation"