The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-07
YOUNG MEN
MUST SAVE
THE NATION
THEY HAVE BEEN THE
HOPE OF GOOD Gov
EMINENT IN ALL
AGES.
They Are Strong, Enthusiastic,
Unfettered by Habit and
Not Hampered by PREF
udice.

Hon. John b. Stoll OF South
Bend believes rhat our young
men are the hope of the nation.
He declares that aside from a
few notable exceptions the great
achievements of history have
been performed by young men.
This has not been alone because
they are strong though strength
is essential-but also because
they are inspired by enthusiasm,
unlnampered by prejudices and
unfettered by habits and conserv-
atisn.
In the American Revolution it
was the graduating Grafton OF
Samuel Adams that sounded the
keynote OF independence; and
the undergraduate, Alexander
Hamilton, was one of the most
inspiring champions of the move
ment, as, a few years later he
became a most efficient worker
in organizing the new govern
ment. Lafayette was but a lad
when he brought us help from
France. Washington himself
was in the prime OF youthful
manhood and the leading men,
bers OF THE Continental congress,
who. sustained him, as well as
the officers and soldiers on whom
he relied, we're mostly young
men. The most serious ObSta-
Gle these patriots met was IN
THE conservatism of the older
men, whose long habits of
thought made them loyal to the
crown. In the Civil war it
was literally the "boys" in blue
that saved the Union.
In THE political arena at tnat
crisis it was not the elder
statesmen schooled in compro-
misses. that comprehended the
great issues at stake. 1t was the
young men of both the Demo
cratic and the Wing parties who
broke through the traditional
formulas and bodily faced the
irrepressible conflict" until Lin
coins prophetic vision was real
lied and the house divided
against itself was united in the
bonds of universal freedom and
an indissolution union.
A crisis now confronts the
nation no less important than
that OF 1916 or that of 1861. In
the midst OF our free institutions
and marvellous prosperity-nay,
even nurtured by then-an evil
has arisen more dangerous to lib
erty than were the expressions
OF king and parliament OF the
1ggressions of the slave dig
archy. 1t is the power OF plu-
tocracy in the building up OF spe-
cial interests through graft,
corruption and favoritism. The
older political leaders of both
parties have been partners in
this unsurpation and some of
them sharers in its spoils.
Whether wilful or deluded.
these old leaders can not be
trusted TO work out the needed
evolution of the rights OF per-
sons above rights of property or
the good of all in preference to
the fortunes of the few.
1t is encouraging to note that
the young men OF the nation are
rallying to the occasion. In
every state, in every community,
their voices are heard and their
actions are coming into evidence.
1t was the young man in the in
terror department who thwarted
the plans of Ballinger. 1t was
the Younger men in congress that
broke the phalanx of the stand
patters. 1t is the young prose
cutting attorneys and governors
that are bringing confusion to
grafters and bride givers and
takers.
Indiana has her complement OF
such young men. When Albert
j. Beverr1ge entered the senate
he was one of the youngest ever
admitted to that body and he
STILL has the fire, enthusiasm
and strength OF youth. Rudolph
q. Leeds is another young man
vino is entering the lists for the
right. He Is moreover a type
OF the "ricll young man" whom
wealth has not spoiled. Wealth.
indeed is necessary for these
struggles. Robert Morris saved
the Revolution by his contribu-
lions of money when the army
was in sore need, and patriotic
ITCH men hefped Lincoln tide
over crises in the Civil war. So
the help OF such as Leeds is
doubly welcome. Schuyler Col
fax Is another who is earnestly
aiding in reform, both with en-
ergy and fortune, and although
now a resident of another STATE l.
yet an honored SON OF Indiana
These men are young, they are
and they are I'm earnest
Their enlistment in the cause OF
reform rs a token of similar ac-
ton throughout the nation. and
a sure omen of ultimate success
A New Peril
a new aeroplane peril has de-