Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-21
g INSURGENCY DEFINED.

Attorney General wilson Describes
Good and Evils of Movement.
The address of Attorney General Ed
ward Wilson, chairman Of the onyen
ton, in part follows:
Gentlemen of the Conventions:
By your gracious kindness l am per-
mitted to preside over this splendid
gathering, and l thank you most sin
cerely for the honor this service i'm
plies.
/. felicitate you upon having a birth
right In the Republican party. 1t
means something to have an abiding
place in a political organization which
has made substantial achievements for
individual liberty, for the dignity of la
Dor, for the uplift of our fellows and
the safety and material advancement
Of a great nation. The past Is an in
spiration and its achievements are i'm
perishable. Neither the cynic nor the
carping critic can despoil us of its
treasure. The moth and rust of envy
and hate, either within or without the
party, cannot corrupt, and political
hostility cannot break through and
steal. We may say with confidence
what Webster said in speaking OF the
nations achievement at Bunker Hill,
'The past at least Is secure" In 1t and
under the leadership of the party of
our common choice have been written
the brightest pages of American his
fnIsxy 1IIrtY1 IA. a NnDafnI 80 .o-r -.o,o 4l.~
fifty years.
Inspired by Faith.
Two things give promise Of perma-
nency TO a party of vigor and useful
ness. First, faith In leadership and,
second, faith in principles. Both have
inspired US. Both have been instru-
ments of controlling and ~affectionate
regard. 1t does mean something to
have followed the inspiring leadership
of the gentle and discerning Lincoln,
the silent Grant, the resourceful Gar
field, the humane Mckinley, the fam
ing Roosevelt and the wise and tactful
Taft. 1t means something to belong
to a party which for more than half
a century has met wisely, with courage
and patriotism, all the confusing and
vexatlous problems and dangers Of
government and through 1t all has
wrought something substantial for
righteousness, national prowess and
national growth. Whenever the re-
mote past is brought in review the op-
posing party Is either silent or sullen;
whenever the immediate past is re-
called the opposing party regards with
doubt and disgust the ~discredited lead
ership Of Bryan and the vagaries and
vaporings to which its members were
committed under his guidance. Mem
DRY In government Is the sentinel Of
safety and when the sentinel of mem
DRY sleeps danger indeed stalks abroad.
We do not wonder hat in this political
crisis upon which we have now fairly
entered the motto of our opponents is
forget" while ours is remember"
But some one will say that the spirit
of insurgency is abroad and that it will
mark a new era In our political des-
tiny. What Is insurgency? 1t is man
ifestly Of two kinds-irst, the sort that
stays within the party and seeks by
patient, temperate and intelligent eff
fort to correct what Is thought to be
wrong in policy or principle. Such in
surgency is worthy 1t is of unQues-
t1onable value. And sometimes, In my
opinion, It is not unlike 1.-The leaven
that leavens the whole lump" But
there is another kind of insurgency,
the sort that deserts and seeks with
violence and abuse to either cripple or
destroy the usefulness of the party of
our common choice. The deVotees Of
such insurgency stand without and In
public places and with the spirit Of
Pharisaism thank God they are not as
other men. 1t is the insurgency that
would rule or ruin. And such insur.
gency is unworthy and ignoble.
Refers to "cannonism."
But Of what does insurgency COM
plain? Two things principally-frst
"Cannonism,' so called, and second,
the tariff. Wen, what about Cannon
ism2 In the first place, 1t is clear that
no one man can be greater than the
greatest nation on earth and by anal
ogy no one man can be greater than
his party, and so it is that Mr.. Cannon,
no matter how much he may be be
loved or despised, cannot be made a
national issue. 1t is enough to say that
If the rules which he enforced in the
house Of representatives centralized