The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
BOUTELL OF ILLINOIS is here
AND TALKS 4 LITTLE ON SOPH.
ISIS AND DEN lGOGIE
Believes IN the Old NatlsnaIism and
mats Why Ne VIM nun Independently
for Congress Make some Remarks
About the insurgents and TheIr Ways.

Representative Henry \. Boutell %
Illinois. who Lost the Republican nomina-
ton in the Ninth or north side Of Chicago
district In the recent primaries Co y. X.
GaRsbergen, and who announced that he
would run as an independent candidate.
b at the Waldorf Astoria. and he said
yesterday be was sail OF the same mind.
In an interview Mr. Boutsll paid his re-
' SpeCts TO the demagogues and opportu-
nists. whom he charges with responsibility
for the crisis that faces the Republican
party. and incidentally took a little ding
at the famous doetrinaire who IL the ex-
/ poneut and eXpounder Of the new
nationalism.
Yes said Mr. Boutell.- I shall run
] Independently. All my personal in
clipations are that way. Then. too. I
must confess like fight and feel conf
dent % winning.
NV ticket will simply he For Con-
gress Henry Shsrman BouteI. shall
DO independent Of everybody and OF
everything except the truth believe
FIR nly in the principle Of representative
government as has been established in
this country. The founders % this Gov
eminent designed IL TO he a government
in perpetuty. not a government 81 expert
msni.
Under any form % government evils
are bound To make themselves manifest,
but under ours when such an evil appears
the thing TO do il To root out the indI-
vidual evil not to destroy the entire system.
The advocacy Of the so-cslled insurgents,
who seem To he tainted with professional
ism, Of plans Ia do away with our methods
u slecting our Representatives do not
to me smack 81 patriotism They rather
hook like the endeayOrs 81 opportunists
and sophists who call attention To existing
evils in such n loud voice that the common
people. deafensd by the noise. are SCARED
into believing that the whole system ~
gone 90 the dogs and are disposed To
listen 20 a demand for a cnange.
III you read the history q philosophy
you will find that all down through the
ages the favorite practice ~ the sophist
IN phiIOsoph has been the favortte prac
tice Of the demagogue IN politlc- He !
cries down the existing law and he Offers E.
nothing To take its place. He simply !
tries 10 break down the whole system
a law is imperfect The laws you have ,
made are falhble Down with the laws j
a nd up with me-
You will find that these sophist- and /
are menaces Of mere words. !
whose lives and EDO rita have failed Ia
show any piece of constructive work !
Theodore Roosevelt among the many ,
really true things he has said. never said ?
n tr1Ier thing than What u needed IN this
republic ~ the man who has come To
work Co do something. even " he makes
a mistake The insurgents do nothing
but talk The party ur the man who re-
fuses work for fear q making mistake
simply writes itself OF himself down as
a coward.
President Taft is giving the country
an example u just what we need ~ this
time. a Nise. conservative, but none the
les progressive policy, and look To $50
hun herald within the next wear A. one
~ the able-t and greatest Pr-sidents We
have ever had I thinNhis pa tient wisdom
a nj sagacity IN deahng with great que--
tionS and particularly his patience under
adverse criticism have demonstrated TO
the American people that he u a man
IN whom ia the present cTlsis they may
have perfect confidence. a man " clear
VISION and sane ideas, and they will he
aulte convinced within the next year or
two II the next House should 60 Demo
cratic the results that Will How from such
n misfortune will he 50 drastic that they
will make clear to the people that they
must return TO hiS support two years
from now and hiring about has Teelection
IN 1912
4 take my stand Mr. Bout-il con
tlnlelt w favor w AlbsF "
government on which our
systern was founded and against all the 4
vaRa rie-~ Of the sophi-t and the demagOgu-,
and | heleVe that the attack which ~
spreading over this country ~ IKE case
81 measles. which after all helps the child,
and that Il will he thrown on aud rhe
country return again On sane view OF the
situation
Then you are not believer in the
new natonalisn'-
I am believer In the old natiOnalsm.
IN the principles 81 representative gov
eminent the old idea ~ personal virtue.
a nd IN the old ldsa that every citizen
should tax" a personal interest IN local
and national political ahalrz. believe
hat all our lilo can H. cured not by listen
ing 70 the blatant words of soPhists and
denaRogue- hut by the virtue NJ the
indivic usls and their devotion 20 their
duty. by which they can make their IN
tersst felt In that way representative f.
healthy generally a. u IL m many com
munlues in this nation now.
Making ourselves strong and pure -
the proper way 20 set about curing any
Ills of which we complain not 10y IN" adop-
ton OF quack remedies and vaRari"s such
a. pure democracy which ~as relected
bv the found - our Government over a
century ago. ! don't beli"v" ~ the
initiative ! don believe IN the r-'"r"n
dunn or the recall do not believe IN
the election 81 Judges or % n'ted States
nv popular vote ! do not he
lieve in the primary nominations. which
regard a. undermining our idea ~
Rovernm ent ] mean they
take away from a repressn iafive N.
respon -ibihty with which b" should he
clothed
-Some ~ our present dav makers 81
history sem 10 forget that the founders
~ this Govern nsnt knew lust a. much az
we about pure democracy Thsv had he
lore them and had studied the histories
Il the small homogeneous Greek States
hat had failed ~ carrying ont the theory
u IT, IL pure dempCracy proved failure
among the most Intelligent p@opie civiiiza-
lion has ever produced IN the absence of
Iis such a. have cropped ou' IN modern :
lines how futile II - To suppose that y
would b. "A panacrA Tor the temporary ills
hat come u the J~oDle 81 ninety tn n
hundred mi hons and the most hetsro-
Ksneous ConRiomeration % nat 1nalitias
hat ever had 70 he assimilated m IN. 4
World history
As frr the result ~ Maine said Mr
inutsll m answer 80 a question i can ,
,gesk With authority ~ q man who vas
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