The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12
Former Secretary of the Treas
ury Scores Insurgents and
Praises "Stand-Pats."
SAYS SOUTH TOO IGNORANT
TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS
Admits That Modern Politician
Is Selfish, Greedy, and Not
Good Citizen.
By Associated Prnss-

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June ll.-Leslie NJ. Shaw.
former secretary Of the treasury. speak
Ing before the members of the Hawleye
Fellowship club here today. scored in
surgents' in the Republican party. de-
clared "stand-pat" Ideas the only logical
principles OF government. and stigmatized
the south as ignorant on political ques-
tions.
Mr.. ShaNs remarks regarding the south
were given an unexpected dramatic twist
when n southern born newspaper man.
who was reporting the address, so far for
got himself that he shouted:
1T Is not So"
1t is ,rue." responded the former sec
retary as he reiterated his statements
The south is the best place In the world
in which TO make a speech he said, he
cause the people are so ignorant OF poliI
cal conditions. II is not their fault: the
burden OF the great struggle Is still upon
them. But for all that. nowhere Is there
greater ignorance nor greater eagerns less
to know"
The Public Don't Count.
Champoning "stand-pat" methods of
legislation, particularly In regard To the
tarlff law. Mr.. Shaw said;
The people can't make the tariff. II
would be as wise to expect the stockhod-
erS to run railroad
Earlier in his speech he took occasion
to make this statement regarding the
insurgents" In the Republican party:
Il have no more respect FOR those peo-
pie who style themselves Republicans and
are not, than for those Democrats who
live in Florida and pretend 10 be Demo-
Gratis and are not"
Mr. Shaw had announced that he would
speak upon the subject. Evolution In
Politics"
His digressions from the subject. how
ever. became vastly more interesting,
when / was nominated for governor
in Iowa in 1897 he began, my canvass
cost me exactly $3.50 and great Demo-
cratic paper said that the machine was
broken. No man In my state today
could be elected with such a machine
behind him unless he spent $500 900.
This Is evolution in politics.
"ln Illinois not long ago q resident OF
the state Of Washington entered the SEN
atorial primary contest and he got 10000
votes.
"This, too, is evolution in politics
Despite these things, when some of
us do not think the direct primary the
highest form OF government, It is said we
have lost faith In the common people,
Selfish and Greedy.
1--WE 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
Minnesota every public man who voted
for tariff In anything except barley is
likely to be retired from public life.
II would say of the insurgents what
was said by famous man TO the Demo-
Gratis; You run the government-you?
What do you know OF government? Why.
we can hardly run the government our
selves
ut takes a 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,
do not discuss questions
But this Is well enough. for If
we did not like conditions We would have
other papers. Sentiment Is one thing
that dominates. God help us TO get away
from IT, General principles are what we
need.
Some time when tho family feud is
over, let us go back to the old home
cfp broad fOpether -