Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-24
RECEPTION HEPBURN. .HAMER
BANNER Meeting Of CAMPAIGN
TEMPLE THEArER FILLED WITH ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE WHO
GREETED REMARKS OF sPE AKERs WITH EVIDENT AppRE
C1Ar1oN-sPIENDD ADDRESS FROM SENATOR HEPBURN
SPEECH OF COL HAMER WARMLY APPLAuDEp

Last nights political meeting at
4he Temple theater was the banner
meeting of the campaign, and the in
terest and enthusiasm of the audi
.,nce that crowded the auditorium in
the reception Of Senator Hepburn
and Col Thomas Hamer is evidence
that the Republicans have thrown of
oil apathy are awake to the issues
and making a winning campaign.
In introducing Senator Hepburn,
Chairman Crum took occasion to
Quote from mo less prominent au-
thority than Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota that no state in the
Union had a stronger representation
in the senate than had Idaho" Mr..
Crum then introduced the senior
senator from Idaho, Weldon r. Hev-
burn. The ovation that Senator Hey
burn received when he took his place
upon the rostrum. and the applause
that broke many times from the
audience in the course of his remarks
showed plainly the appreciation that
the citizens Of Lewiston have for the
man whom his party has chosen to
succeed himself in the senate Of the
United States.
Senator Hepburn grounded his re-
marks on the premise that he wished
to discuss with the people in this
campaign the principles Of govern
ment in the school of politics. Incl
dentally, he made reference to the
challenge published in the morning
paper from . representative Of the
Socialist party asking for a joint dis
eussion OF Socialism. but reiterated
the assertion that he was here to
talk the. principles Of government.
snd as Socialism was a fight against
government he and the challenger
had nothing in common.
In discussing the principles of gov
ernment that have been dividing Is
sues between the two parties since
the foundation Of the government,
Senator Hepburn took up the tariff
and made a strong and logical pre-
sentation Of the facts pertaining to
the upbuildin of national markets
and consequent prosperity under the
regime Of the Republican party. Fol-
lowing are among the more pertinent
points that Senator Hepburn touch
ed upon in the course of his address:
Government is q question of prin-
ciple, not men. 1t emanates from
hut to h1 ~ NJ ivNIo q
emanates from men that constitutes
the government. The government Is
for men and by men and is the con-
crete determination of men as to
the rules that should govern them.
Someone has charged me with hav-
ing said that the representative of
the people, whether 1t be myself or
another, was not bound to take no.
tice Of and observe the will of the
people in the exercise of public du-
Ties. No statement could be farther
from my views upon the subject than
that. l am one Of those that have
always, for a great many years, stood
UP for the principles that the off,
Ger was the mere agent of the peo-
pie; that he was their selected repre-
sentative, chosen for the purpose Of
carrying out. not his own arbitrary
Will, but the will of the people that
selected him to represent them. That
is the principe upon which this gov
eminent is based. 1t is charged that
have said that this was not a gov
eminent by the people, but by their
representatives or their agents. That
~ not only inconsistent. but an un-
True statement.
Let US talk government for q little
oit. The principle upon which this
s''efnment was organised was that
known as = republican form of gov
e'nment, which acts ! through its
CHOSEN Representatives, as distin-
uisned from . democratic form Of
government, which acts as a town
meeting acts. where all the people
'eo'ne together. Because of our vast
numbers and the vast area of tn,
country. 1t would be utterly imprac-
e..aoie for the people to meet to-
e'her In mass assemb y for the pur-
Use OF formulating or considering
"eir laws and provide for their ex-
luton; SO that We adopted a repub
i'.an form Of government. under
uich the people act through their
,in neh representatives under condi-
permitting of rapid change, so
e provide against the perpetua-
IN tn OF unsatisfactory representation
:. Na. is the form of government that
nteed to the people Of this
uhery by the constitution of the