The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
JUSTICE STAFFORD'S
ELOQUENT SPEECH
Continued from Page Four.


strip men Of the ballot and you
take away from society the most pow
erful inducement that can prompt self
ish human nature 10 educate and ele-
vate its helpless and its poor.
We must find fault with the Crea-
! tor II we wish 70 complain that wealth.
virtue. ard culture cannot be safe in
the neighborhood Of poverty. lgno-
rance. and vice. he means that il
shall be so. He sees BIagden's alley as
well as Dupont Circle and He has
made il certain BY the laws OF nature.
I by every wind that breathes across
/ the city, by every tiny insect that
takes its UnregardeS flight from home
TO home, that Dupont Circle shall not
( be safe while Blagden's alley IS rot
ting with disease and filth.
Laws of Mature
The laws Of nature are democratic.
Il is just the same in government 4
/ community that has the power TO lift
ignorance and vice 10 It's own level and
VII not stretch out It's hand to do Il. de-
serves TO be ruled by ignorance and vice,
and eternal Justice viii see 20 Il that /.
( is 50. We cannot escape our duties; Ieg
/ Us face them. then. Ike men.
II Franklin OF Jefferson were here
to-day and saw this mighty population
with no voice in its affairs. he would
/ lay his finger. Ike wise physician. OF
I the body polite and say:
q" 'Here-here IS where you are ailinE-
Have faith in the principles thai
brought Us through Let rs take up the
stitch our fathers dropped. Let Us ap-
[ ply to our situation the rules OF govern
ment they applied 20 theirs. II you
should say 10 Jefferson. Why
should We be disturbed? VIII Il give
Jefferson would have answered You.
the man who loves freedom for anything
but freedoms self was made 70 De 8
slave
Even II we should fail. men woull
write over our graves The profound say
, ing Of Guizot. The struggle itself sup
Piled in some measure the place OF lib
erty.' But we cannot fail
rs this an hour to doubt or question
the principles Of free government?
Now. when those principles, encour-
aged by their success upon this CONT
nent, are shaking every throne upon the
globe? When on the shores Of the
Bosphorus Young Turkey is making good
its claim TO constitutional government?
Far East Progressive.
When Persia is starting from her rev.
cry and old Chins Is turning from the
slumber Of 400 years? Now. when in
the islands OF the South Pacific We our
selves are reaching out a hand 10 lead
a strange race into the ordered paths
Of AnglO-Saxon freedom
Let the sons Of Washington beware
lest the little brown men Of the Philip
pines enter the kingdom Of representative
government before them. II the people
Of Columbia prefer 70 take their ease.
no rude TefcrmeT viii disturb their resi-
But when We have passed away. men
viii describe us as the dying patriarch
in his prophetic vision pictured the most
degenerate OF MS tribes:
g Issachar is 4 strong ass. COUGHING
down between two burdens: and he saw
that rest was good. and the lad that It
was pleasant: and bowed his shoulder to
bear, and became a servant unto tribute
Sir. the danger 10 this country lies not.
as We sometimes think. IN the poor imui-
grant who fees 10 us from afar, still
smgrtilg from the lash OF tyrannv-ig-
nOTant and lOw-ninded though he be
The prize 4 citizenship viii appeal 10
him Re viii clutch it and hold il fast
as the immediate jewel Of his soul
The danger lies In him who. Ike the
base JuCean, throws a pearl away richer
than all his tribe n the man who viii
share the blessings OF liberty without
bearing its burdens: in the man who is
willing that impotence and theft shall
sit IN the seat Of power. so long as he is
left free 10 pile up his millions or scat
ter them like a lord on the playground
OF Europe
The Nations Capital.
The Capital OF the United States-what
IS it? II is not marble palaces nor lofty
domes nor splendid Obelfsks II it is any
thing. It typifes q great idea.
The deepest word that was ever Ut
tered to interpret that idea was wrung
from lips that tTembled between hope ard
despair upon the field Of Gettysburg
of the people, for the people. by the
people
Can Washington typify that idea while
it stands as it does to-day? It cannot be.
Il must be changed
1T wiz be changed.
AAN tA44AC VIII SAACtS Ctllit WEtH NJ
who stands IN the shadow Of these ma
jestiC structures. and Of the prouder ones
that shall arise viii have no cause 20
hang his head for shame ar any violation
or our principles. but win feel that here
here more truly than anywhere else on
the face OF the whole earth-he is stand
Ing in their august and visible presence
And now, Mr. President, at the END
aS at fhA hseinninz v-e frrr to ~,o,, not
to express the hope that you may dis
charge the new duties with clearer sight
OF frmer fidelity than you discharged the
oid-i3r that would be impossible-but
that in your more exalted station you
may find a wider field for your 5enefcent
endeavors. cheeTed, as you will be, by
the personal love of millions Of your fel-
lows and supported by the unwaverihg
faith Of all America
Lieutenant Coronrudcr Il IN