The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-06-12
SHAW HITS
4 A R D A I
INSURGENTS
Declares the South Is Ignorant
on Political Ques-
y.v tions.
FORMER SECRETARY'S
BROAD ACCUSATIONS
Southern-Born Newspaper Man
Makes Answer to the
Iowan.

CHICAGO. III. June 11.-Leslie NJ.
Shaw. former secretary of the treas
ury. speaking before the members of
the Hawkeye Fellowship club here to-
day scored ''Insurgents9 in the Re.
publican party: declared "standpat'
ideas the only logical principles of
government and stigmatized the south
rs ignorant on political questions
Mr.. Shaw's remarks regarding the
south were given an unexpected dra-
matte twist when southera-born
newspaper man who was reporting
the address so far forgot himself that
he shouted;
TT Is not So"
at 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 speech. .
he said. "becausa the poodle are so
ignorant OF political conditions. It Is
not their fault. toe bnrden of the
great struggle Is still upon them But
for all that. nowhere Is there greater
ignorance nor greater eagerness to
know"
Championing "stondpat" methods OF
Legislation. particularly in regard TO
the tariff law. Shaw said:
"The Deoplo can't make the tariff.
n would be as wise to expect the
stockholders 10 run railroad"
Earlier in his speech he took oc-
10 Ic tot
ing the insurgents In the Repub-
l!can party:
II have no more respect for those
people who style themselves Repub-
licans and are not than those Demo
Gratis who live In Florida and pre-
tend 10 be Democrats and are not. "
Mr. Shaw had announced that he
would speak upon the subject. "Evo-
luton In Politics" His digressions
from the subject, however. became
vastly more interesting.
when was nominated for govern.
or in Iowa IN 1897" he hegan. my
canvass cost me exnct'v $500. and a
great Democratic paper said that the
machine was broken. No man In nv
state today could be elected with such
n machine behind him unless he spent
$500 600
This is evolution in politics
In Illinois, not lorr ago, resi-
dent OF the state OF Washington en-"
tered 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 government. 1t ls
said we have lost faith in the common
people.
I'VE cannot be consistent in poll
tics. We are SO sslflsh. SO greedy,
that we can't rise 10 the plane OF cit
ixenship
when the tariff was being framed.
Minnesota sent men TO Washington TO
see that barley be protected. To-Day
in Minnesota every public man VINO
voted for a tariff in anything except
barley Is likely 10 be retired from
public life
81 would say OF the insurgents what
was said by a famous man TO the Dem
ocrats. You run the government
You? What do you know OF govern
ment? Why. we can hardly run inc
government ourselves
1T takes a ncrvy engineer TO run
an engine schedule on foggy nighi.
The fog is here for us and there VIII
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
candidly. But this is well enough, Tor
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 priu
ciples are what we need
Some time when the family feuo
is over. let us go back to the otncf
homestead and again eat bread TO-
getber"