Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-12
SCORES
/. REPUBLICAN
INSURGENTS
STAND PAT IDEAS ALONE
LOGICAL SAYS LESLIE M,
Former Secretary Of Treasury
Stigmatizes South as lgnor-
ant on Political Questions and
Easy to Deceive,
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Chicago. June ll,---Leslie NJ. Shaw.
former secretary Of the treasury,
speaking before the members of the
Hawkeyc Fellowship club here today,
scored insurgents" In the republican
party declared 'standpat' ideas the
only logical principles of government
and stigmatred the south as ignorant
on political questions
Mr. Shaws remarks regarding The
south were given An unexpected dra-
matte twist when southern-born
newspaperama who was reporting
The address So far forgot himself that
ne shouted
ut is not So,
1t 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. "because the people
are so ignorant of political questions.
II is not their iault. the burden Of the
great struggle is still upon them but
for all that nowhere is there greater
ignorance nor greater eagerness t.
know
Championing stand-pat methods
Of legislation. particularly in regard
To the tariff law Mr.. Shaw said:
The people can't make the tariff.
II would be rs wise to expect the
stockholders to run railroad
Earlier In his speech he took oc-
casion to make this statement regard
inc the insurgents in the repubi-
can party,
Il have no more respect for those
who style themselves republicans and
are not, than tor those democrats who
live in Florida and pretend 20 be DEM
ocrats and are not,
Mr.. Shaw had announced that ho
would speak upon The subject
Evolution in Politics. Ills digres-
sions from the subject, however. be-
came vastly more interesting.
When | was nominated for gov
ernor IN Iowa IN 1897" he began,
my canvaSs cost mo exactly $3.50 and
great democratic paper said thnt
the machine was broken. No man in
my state today could he elected with
out a machine behind him unless hc
spent Sh00.ODO.
This Is EVOLUTION In pol.iics.
In Illinois not long ago resi-
dent Of thcNstate of Washington en-
tered the Fenatorial contest and he
got 10000 Votes.
rms, TOO IS tNtlntlDn IN politics.
Despite these things when some
Of MS do not think the primary the
highest form Of government IL is said
we have lost fnith in the common pco-
pie
we cannot be consistent In politics.
We are so selfish, so greedy. that we
can't raise 10 the plane OF citizenship.
'When the tariff was being framed
Minnesota sent men to Washington
to see that bailey he protected Today
in Minnesota every public man who
voted for n tariff on anything except
on barley Is likely to be retired from
public life.
Il would say Of the insurgents what
was said 10y a famous man 10 the
democrats.
You run the government, vou
what do you know or government.
why, we can hardly run the govern
ment ourselves
1T takese nervy engineer TO run an
engine on schedule on foggy night.
The fog is here for us and there will
he trouble ahead unless we begin to
take care.
We have gotten 20 the point where
we do not think of public questions.
do not discuss questions
But this IS well enough. for
If we did not like II we would have
other papers. Sentiment of the Sec
tion is the thing that dominates. God
help Ms 10 get away from IL.
some time when the family feud IL
over let us go back 10 the old home-
stead ana again eat bread together"