The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-03-12
THE JERSEY new IDEA
SPEECHES ON LINCOLN'S ANNIVERSARY Deal
WITH PRESENT PROBLEMS.
From The Public. }


In the Republican party Of today as it was in the
heart Of the Democratic party century ago there is
revivng democratic sentiment hopefully prophetic 1t
be identified with individual Republican leaders here and there
men Of whom LaFolee the type Jersey it has taken
mpersona form in derison dubbed the
New Idea Here also there personal dentcaons course
but the public mind the idea rather personalities that
dominate The movement has brought he battle front
as George Record Mark NJ Pagan Everett Colby Mayor
Of Passaic ard James G Blauvet
Something Of the anmang spirit New Idea movement
may be this quotation from Mayor Lows address
Of the Passac Board Of Trades memorial meeting honor OF
Abraham Lincoln N the
There this land today system feudalis which has
processes production and distribution and is lust
binding and just people
of the earlier systems of slavery You obliged pay
tribute this SYSTEM which has living forty
the last years during period
life could be produced cheaper ever before in
the history of the world This condition things fostered by
corporate control Of the government Government by the people
which Abraham Lincoln stood has be The great
problem OF today to put the people back possession of stolen
government Abraham great exponent of the new
idea politics Who will take his place solving the problems OF
today?
The democratic spirit moved Mr. Bauvet Ga Republican
member OF the legislature and author of the pending bill for home
rule taxation New Jersey his address the
of the Republican Club OF Rutherford of which append
Let The struggle between
right and wrong OF which Lincoln spoke still with
toned the forms of special privilege praise of what
lose sight of the fact that from Lnons time
has offered pan have apparently troubled
heads about plan by which the who abors
the world shall have the product of his labor very well
who sit here and dine luxury talk about good
good times and good conditions but those good times good
dtion which spread you and general They
only small portion of the population While by
machinery while by inventions and doing work according
method and system which large numbers permit the producveness
of manifesty greater today than short period ago.
yet meagre portion the benefits this pro-
brought the who labos 1t enough
talk about political rights go artherand beyond that
and relieve present system OF those features which permit
million dollars thousand million dollars while
thousands OF other willing work work
ing the lack OF the opportunity work and when they do
get small their labor that they deprived of the
ordinary of life Lincoln and the his day
the both political and material that held millions of
bondage The question which presented you
me- the of the people this broad land today
infinitely greate-it the abolition of bondage millions
of That is the problem which be solved
quicker begin devote attention the
shall reach The Lincon day little dreamed
when he elected that within three years the emancipation proc
naton would go FORTH yet that inside of that period
emancipation accomplished and may hope that within
onab period solution partial solution solution of
present problem present injustice labor may
wrought conceive that the purpose of just God to
with land of unboded provision and prevent
enjoying 1t be by artificial system they them
selves established that denied the enjoyment of the
,ountes of God
There mistakng the spirit Of those speeches No per
unctor rehash they Of the words of Lincoln aped and
evitazed Those empty echoes that Lincoln
eberatng connection with phase obsolete OF the eternal
truggle democracy they connection with phase
hat struggle fresh expressions Of Lincops everything thought