The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-12
LESLIE N. SHAW SAYS THAT DIX
LELAND LACKS kNOWl.
EDoe-INTERRUPTEp.
INSURGENTS DENOUNCED
Former Secretary Of Treasury Declares
That "S.andpat" Ideas Are Only
Logical Principles OF Government
Speaker Thinks Sentiment Should Be
Taken From Throne.

Chicago. June il.--Lcslle NJ Shaw,
former secretary of the treasury.
speaking before the members of the
Hawkeyc Fellowship club here today,
scored insurgents" In the republican
party, declared stand pat" ideas the
only logical principles of government
and stigmatized the south az ignorant
on political questions Mr.. Shaw's re-
marks regarding the south were given
an unexpected dramatic twist when a
southern born newspaper man, who
was reporting the address, so far for
got himself that he shouted
1T II not So
III is true" responded the former
secretary as he reiterated his state
ments. THE south is the best place
in the world In which to make n
speech" he said. because the people
are so ignorant of political conditions,
1t Is not their fault. The burden of
the great struggle Is still upon them.
But for all that, nowhere Is there
greater ignorance nor greater eager
ness to know
championing stand pat" methods
OF legislation. particularly In regard to
the tariff law, Mr.. Shaw said:
THE people can't make the tariff.
II would be as wise to expect the
stockholder to run railroad
Earlier In his speech he took occas
sion to make this statement regarding
the "insurgents" In the republican
party:
II have no more respect for those
people who style themselves republi-
cans and are not. than those demo-
Gratis who live In Florida and pretend
to be democrats and are not"
Mr.. Shaw had announced that he
world speak upoh the subject "Evo-
luton In Politics. His digressions
from the subject. however. became
vastly more interesting
Political Evolution.
when I was nominated for govern
or Of Iowa In 1897" he began, my
canvass cost me exactly $3.50 and a
great democratic paper said that the
machine was broken. No man in my
state today could be elected With such
a machine behind him unless he spent
s500.0 900 This Is evolution In politics.
In Illinois. not long ago. resident of
the state of Washington entered the
senatorial primary contest and he got
10000 votes. This. too. Is evolution in
politics.
despite these things, when some Of
us do not think the direct primary the
highest form OF governement. II Is
said we have lost faith In the com
mon people We cannot be consist
ent In politics. We are so selfish. 50
greedy that we can't rise to the plane
OF citizenship,
when the tariff was being framed
Minnesota sent men to. Washington to
see that barley be protected. Today
In Minnesota every public man 80"
voted for a tariff in anything except
barley Is likely to be retired to pri-
vate life, ! would say Of the insur-
gents what was said by famous man
to the democrats You run the gov
ernment? You? What do you know
of government? We can hardly run
the government ourselves,
III takes nervy engineer to run an
engine on schedule on foggy night.
The fog Is here for us and there will
be trouble ahead unless we begin to
take care.
I'VE have gotten To the point where
we do not think Of public questions.
Newspapers do not discuss questions
canNidlv. Brt this Is well enough. for
II we did not like conditions we would
have other papers. Sentiment is one
thing that dominates God help us to
get away from 1t. General principles
ar" what we need.
Sometime. when the family feud Is
over let us go back to the old home
stead and again eat bread together"