Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-30
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POLITICAL CHANGE,
SAYS Or. WILSON

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beliefs, what it is that puts hope in us
and makes US eager to serve with q
aisinterested public spirit.
my y answer to these searching
qtestions would be, in the first place.
that we have profound and abiding
confidence in the people themselves
The Republican party has sought to
serve the nation by showing its conf
dence In those who are the most con-
sp.cuous leaders OF the country's bust
ness and OF It's economic development.
Whatever their thought may have been.
fkeir action has shown that their conf
derce was not in the views and desires
of the people as a whole, but in the
promotion Of tho interests Of the coun-
fry at the hands of those who chiefly
controlled its resources. 1t has been
their first thought to safeguard prop
erty and establish enterprise.
SIN the second place, it is our con-
viction that the interests. by which
! mean tine men whose energies are
concentrated npon particular enter
urises established under the conditions
of existing law, cannot see the wei
ksfsre OF the country as a whole or in
true proportion and perspective. They
" ttIAA NAALAA 49, f%1t" nF~
Z too much engaged upon 4 particular
purpose. are TOO entirely immersed IN
the promotion of particular interests
10 see the peoples interest in its en-
tiret, or to hold anything OFF at arms
2 length and see how it stands related
10 the affairs OF the nation as a whole.
These things can be seen only from
outside thc interests, only by those
u whose thought it IL TO accommodate
4 the interests Of the general welfare.
whether that be pleasing to the inter-
ests or not.
"A third fundamental principle upon
which 7 believe the Democratic party
,-tion should rest is that the individual,
the corporation. tile single living
Mterson, not the artificial group of per-
Fyons existing merely by permission of
&the ! ". is the Only r~ightful possessor
alike OF rights and Of privileges. The
= corpe alton is a convenience. not a nat
trail member of society. Society must
be o. zanized so that the individual Will
not be crushed, viii not be unnecessar-
lily h.ampered. Every legal instrument
tality created for his convenience. like
the corporation. must be created only
"a for his convenience and never for his
n government Or suppression.
believe. in the fourth place, that
. the division OF political power IN this
3 country as between the states and the
= Federal Government and between the
several parts and organs of the Federal
n Government itself are fixed in law n
principle, and not simply in desire IL
sNscoavenience. We are a party of law
and OF service only within the law. We
believe that our constitutions are SUI
w-fcientls. liberal and elastic to serve
every legitimate purpose of public
poiics. We do not believe that the
policy OF the moment or the convenience
OF the moment would ever justify us in
demanding OF that fundamental law
: something more than elasticity.
4 We are told that the present extra
ordinarily high prices OF commodities of
all sorts is due not to the tariff but to
the fact that we are not producing
enough to keep up with the daily de-
rHand, and that this is particularly true
with regard TO the things We eat and
have daily need Of. Take meat, for ex-
ample, and see what the truth is. The
truth is that the meat trust has been
able TO control the meat market 10 such
an extent that scores of ranchmen Laye
been driven out OF the cattle-raising
business because it was Improbable.
seThe short supply of meat is due TO the
monopoly treated by the meat trust.
I'm brief, our program should be q
general revival OF popular politics, Of
common counsel, Of responsible leader
ship. We must supply efficient leaders
n eschew all the lower personal oh
jects OF politics. 1t IS a case of must
, IS well as a case Of may q case Of
necessity as well as a case of privilege
Is "If the Democratic party sees this
8 opportunity and takes advantage OF II
without selfshness, with patriotic en-
thusiasrn, with an ardor for the things
q rev age is to bring forth. it will win
not mere party success, but a glory
which il win itself be glad TO see
merged and Identified with the glory Of
z the nation itself"
Senator Gore. too. received a mighty
cheer. His name had evidently a
q familiar ring to everyone present. and
only words Of appreciation we're heard
as the blind statesman portrayed a
brilliant and successful future for
Democracy.
Senator George 5. siizer, Of AIiddlese1,
and Charles 3. y. O'Brien, OF Hudson,
were likswise the recipients Of ap-
pause. The Rev. DR.. Otis a. Glaze
brook, OF this city. also spoke.
"But it would be a great mistake TO
consider those circumstance as mere
~ ~ d party DEUgftltlitN+ = A4- EN+IfFSG
of a party is not the thing which should
J be fret in our thoughts. but the ser
vice of the country. These signs Of
changing public opinion should not
msise us eager Tor Office, but eager
4 for an opportunity to zee the Drin-
ciples VIC believe in realized in action.
rAboye all. they should lead us to re-
examine tItose principles, to assure our
sciyes vary definitely what it is that
ne believe and to ask how our be-
liefs can be made most sefyiceabie in
correcting errors Of policy and initiat-
Ing measures which will meet the OBJ
yious ana Immediate needs Of tile day.
lin order 70 determine this all-in1-
portant question, we must remind our
selves that our duty is Of the present
and the future. We are not old men
1coking over our shoulders, recalling