The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-28
The Exaltation Of Men Above
Principles Will Ruin Demo.
cratic Government
men SUSCEPTIBLE TO EMOTIONS
THAT MAYPR0vE ET0bED DANGEROUS
The Election Of Men Without Regard
to the Principles TrNS Represent
Tends to Make . s. ~ent Of
Passions and Prejudice D.

Of men rather than the devotion to
principles, and the general onrush
Of the country toward political
chaos" Senator Joseph w. Bailey last
night sounded clarion call to Demo
Gratis of all shades to return to the
true Democratic principles.
Striking out at demasoges and
those who preach personality rather
than the party, Senator Bailey assert
ed that If the country continue for
another fifteen years in the course
which It has been following there
will be no such thing az a political
party. The election. he said, would
then be decided solely according to
the personalities Of the men onerine
themselves as candidates.
Both Of the great parties, Senator
Bailey asserted, have been forgetting
their original tenets. He said there
was no doubt that this was the day
Of the Democrat; but insisted that II
ephemeral victory were to be turned
into permanent and lasting success
duplicating the period between 1890
and 1860, there would have to be
more substantial platform than the
mistakes of the other side.
Reject All Isms and Fads
"If," said the hard-fghting sena-
tor whom William Jennings Bryan
has refused to meet in debate, IRE
jecting all isms and fads, we will sci
our faces resolutely in favor Of our
ancient principles, without stopping
A. .>~..~x ,,,J.o+hov e analln vsNfnrv 0Y
defeat, we Will make our future Sc
cure; but as long 10 We palter with
great Issues. or turn aside to court
the favor Of factions or clsases. we
can neither restore ourselves to the
confidence Of the people, nor bring
this government back to the principles
on which its founders intended that
1t should be administered"
That was the way In which Senator
Bailey denounced the various issues
that have been raised as expedients
by the men who have, in recent years
acted as the leaders Of the Democratic
party. The very moderation which
the Texas senator put into his words
refusing to deal in direct personali-
ties. give additional strength to his
fearless denunciation of the false gods
Of Democracy at a time when the
prophecies Of Democratic success are
rending the air.
The senator frankly suggested that
the Democrats of the entire country
should not be content with victory
for Democratic principles. He de-
cried such battles as the one In which
Foss Of Massa achusetts, was elected
describing it as a contest between
men, not principles.
Roosevelt for President
For the first time, the senator's in
terview divulged the fact that there
had been serious consideration among
leaders of the Democratic party OF
Theodore Roosevelt as the Democratic
candidate for the presidency in 1872
This consideration grew from the
the Chicago Tribune's poll
"A most impressive example Of the
tendency to exalt men above party
principles" said the senator, "was
furnished by a canvass among the
Democratic editors Of certain states
% to their presidential preference.
The result showed that out Of some
thing like 1000 who expressed their
opinion, IT'S declared for former
President Roosevelt.
"Undoubtedly," continued Senator
Bailey, grimly, ''the former president
has supported certain Democratic pol
icies, and to that extent deserves
Democratic approval. but all we'll in
formed men know that the former
president has at one time or another
denounced every fundamental princi-
pie of this government which Demo
Gratis have been taught to cherish.
among the many strange things
that have come to pass in the political
affairs Of this country the strangest
of all is the suggestion of Theodore
Roosevelt as the Democratic nominee
for the presidency. It was as II the
Wings had been asked to nominate
Andrew Jackson or the Democrats to
nominate Henry Clay. 1t is as absurd
as II the followers of Thomas Jeffer-
son had been asked to support Alex
ander Hamilton in the early days OF
the republic and exemplifies how COM
pletely many Of our people have been
won to the idea Of the man and away
from the idea of great principles"
Unjust Condemnation.
Just as the exploitation of men,
pver principles. leads to fulsome
praise of some, SO does 1t lead to
Unjust condemnation of others, the
Texas Senator asserted. He cited the
sases of Senator Aldrich and Speaker
Cannon in support Of this statemen