The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-24
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| useful, the necessary Nofh VI VIZ
cism. The critical and constructive
faculties seldom unite In the one per
son. The civic critics of the time
/ have not only barred the truth TO
view. but they have made mems per
ceptions keener. They have quick
ened the public conscience. They
have made the people eager 10 enter
further struggle which, leaving
Yesterdays revelations TO the past.
will move forward TO the work OF
! upbnilding a better civic structure
| Cor today. IL Is the construcuve'
rather than the critical faculty, which
! is now needed.
Steady Forward Movement.
THE preparations for constructive
work are already many. There has
been no retreat. There has been no
standing still. There has been
steady, forward movement. III the
public has been determined to dis
cover the pitfalls In its path, II has
been no less relentless In It's purpose
to move forward.
You may we'll ask for some pa.
tent proofs Of this. Let me cite some
OF the distinct and notable advances
gained. There Is now freer and more
direct participation by the people
in the selection OF public servants, IN
the shaping of public policies, ana
In the exercise of self-government
The insistent. popular demand which
has brought about this change 10 evil
dence of an alertness and sense
OF responsibility which are qualities
among the most essential for q free
people. Let no one be Of faltering
spirit, because in the adjustment 20
the new order a discouraging stu
alton has here and there been devil
oped That is but an incident OF
progress.
There have come, too. In notice
able degree, and there Is surely COM
ing In a much more effective degree,
freedom from mere partisan bias. the
RELOCATION of partisanship to its true
sphere, the dominance OF the civic
ideal over partisan need. Who can
gainsay the advances made In this
respect? More and more clearly the
civic welfare is seen to REQUIRE that
party be but the means, and be not
exalted as the end; that the public
good and not partisan success is
Democratic Idea Spreads.
/ Both here and abroad is seen the
fuller growth and order spread OF
the democratic idea. But yesterday
throne toppled in Portugal TO be re
placed by the aegis OF republic
, This trend of thought cannot be sti
fed. | hope every legislative cham
, Der of hereditary poyer will have To
surrender its inherited power to q
membership which gets title to rule
from something better than birth.
Then there is the advance OF wo
man toward economic independence
There is the tolerance and mutual
goodwill expressed in this service
today In a union of creeds, which, rec
ognizing common grounds OF unity
unites all, regardless OF differences
which have no place in work for the
common good. There readily occurs
. to the mind the movements for SAM
tation in the home. the shop. the city
at large; the laws to protect chill
dren. to safeguard women, TO care
for the unfortunate and to treat the
criminal humanely; the great popu
lar movements for the eradication Of
disease; the social service of the
schools as civic centers: the compre
hensive program for the discharge
of the states duty to its children.
: Here are concrete things achieved
They have not come without strug
gle, beset by temporary reverses
and requiring renewed effort. That II
the history of all progress. That 1,
the law of stable growth II is one
r of the blessings of a republic tina
, this struggle is imposed anew upor
each generation. Each has its owl
peculiar burden to bear, It's owl
: especial problems TO solve, Sinking
, which, progress is impeded, meeting
!. which. Improvement is speeded on
Eeach generation must share in tn,
= struggle, or confess itself unfit.
, Fixed Responsibility Desired.
Outof our gratitude this day, lie
) us ask to what constructive work w
may put our hands. The recent revel
: atoms of corruption demonstrate the
advantage of fixed responsibility IL
. public administration, of lodginl
! power in bodies so small that dis
eliminating selection by the voter
may be possible. and so conspicuous
that responsibility for the exercise
VI power Will always DS
Much of the lethargy with which
men have justly been accused in civic
affairs may be accounted for by the
fact that, under present conditions
any result attained by high minded
civic effort is out of all proportion
to the labor spent. II Is often the
mountain laboring and producing q
mouse. With enlarging municipal
; functions. II is particularly true tina,
a responsible. well-deflned body, lin
tied numerically, is needed for eflci
ent administration.
There is need of civic conscience
: alert 365 days in the year, which
reacting on public servants. will
drive out the sinister influence Of
special interests in the halls of leg
islation. We all need an ever-present
realization that this republic is ours
, in trust TO be transmitted TO poster
ity, and that IL will be either better
or worse for our influence upon it.
} II is not enough that We hear the
sermon in the church and the address
upon the platform, but that we pu;
our beliefs into the lives We live
with our neighbors and our fellow.
workers. Such a contribution OF self
to the upward struggle for civic bet.
terment is more effective than a con.
tribution of money. II Is heart and
mind, thought and deed given to the
struggle.
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