Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12
Former Secretary of Treasury
UphoIdS Stand Pat Meth
ods of Legislation
SAYS PEOPLE INCONSISTENT
Declares South Is Ignorant on
Politics, and Is Given
Angry Denial
TAssocIate9 Press1

CHICAGO, June 11.-Leslie NJ. Shaw
former secretary of the treasury, III
speaking before the members of the
Hawkeye Fellowship club here today
scored insurgents" in the Republi-
can party, declared "standpat' ideas
were the only logical principles of gov
ernment and stigmatized the south as
ignorant on political questions.
Mr.. Shaw's remarks concerning the
south were given an unexpected dra'
matte twist when a southern born
newspaper man, who was reporting the
address. so far forgot himself that he
shouted:
"It is not SOL"
"It is true" responded the former
secretary as he reiterated his state
ments. 1.-THE south is the best place
in the world in which to make a
Speech" he said, because the people
are so ignorant of political questions
It is not their fault; the burden OF
the great struggle is still on them.
But for all that, nowhere is there
greater ignorance nor geater eagerness
to know"
Championing "standpat" methods OF
legislation, particularly in regard to
the tariff law, Mr.. Shaw said:
1.-THE people can't make the tariff. II
would be as wise to expect the stock
holders to run railroad"
SCORES THE INSURGENTS
Earlier in his speech he took occa-
sion to make this statement regarding
the Insurgents in the Republican
party:
IT have no more respect for those
people who style themselves Republi-
cans and are not than for those Demo-
Gratis who live in Florida and pretend
to be Democrats and are not"
Mr. had ann0nnCa0 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 governor
in Iowa in 1897" he began, my can
vass cost me exactly $3.50 and great
Democratic paper said that the ma
today could be elected without mai
chine behind him unless he spent $780,
600.
This is evolution in politics.
I'm Illinois not long ago resident
of the state of Washington entered the
senatorial primary contest and he got
10000 votes.
This, too, is evolution in politics.
Despite these things when some of
highest form of government it is said
we have lost faith with the common
people.
PEOPLE NOT CONSISTENT
I'VE cannot be consistent in politics.
We are so selfish, so greedy that we
can't rise to the plane of citizenship.
when the tariff was being framed
Minnesota sent men to Washington to
see that barley was protected. Today
In Minnesota every man who voted for
tariff on anything except barley is
likely to be retired from public life.
IT 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 the
government ourselves
sit takes nervy engineer to run an
engine on schedule on a foggy night
The fog Is here for us, and there will 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 public ques-
tions candidly. But this is we'll enough,
for If we did not like conditions we
would have other papers. Sentiment
of the section<is the thing that domin-
ates. God held us to get away from 1T.
General principles are what we need.
Some time when the family feud is
over let us go back to the old home
stead and again eat bread together"