The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-17
Spontaneous Outbreak Possible.


While every assurance had oeen
given that there were no practical poll
tics in the celebration and none liable
/ to develop, talk in the hotel corridors
! included discussion of the question, rs
I it loaded?''
! This referred not SO much TO suspi-
cion of boom planned in advance, but
to the danger of spontaneous out
I break by the crowd
I Governor Harmon. of Ohio, and Gov
ernor Wilson, of New Jersey, were most
talked of when the conversation turn
/ ed to the presidency. There was gen.
eral regret that Wilson was unable TO
! come the sight OF the two governors
/ on the same stage and each giving his
I version of Democracy having been an
/ tcipated as a rare treat. There was
! much interest before the meeting IN
Governor Harmon. The fact that he
! had twice carried Ohio seemed TO have
made him an impressive figure with
many of the visitors. His speech was
I awaited with the keenest interest, be-
cause ii would develop whether there
I was any basis for the report that a
Harmon boom was TO be a feature or
the celebration.
In the galaxy of Democratic leaders a
familiar smile and winning voice are
lacking for the sage Of Fair View
( is an absent member. Mr. Bryan was
cordially invited to come to the jubilee,
but he declined to accept.
A change in the speaking program at
/ the banquet became necessary through
! the absence OF Governor Foss, of
! Massachusetts. Senator Taylor, of
/ Tennessee. and Congressman elect Lit
| Teton, of New York. Foss and Tsy-
! Tor were tied up in senatorial contests
and Littleton was unable to leave an
! important law suit.
The program for the day called for a
great mass meeting in Lyric audito-
roum and a banquet in the evening at
I the Fifth Regiment Armory.
Governor Harmon's speech.
Governor Judson Harmon said in
/ part:
! IF the purpose of elections were
merely TO express the choice of the
voters among the candidates present
/ ed they would become monotonous in
cidents Of the national life. Generally
! In individual cases, sometimes, per-
haps, when the candidates of one of
I the parties are generally preferred,
there is no particular significance in
! the result. This can be SO only when
there has been nothing in the con-
duct of the public business TO arouse
/ special interest and attention.
! But when. all over the country.
the usual maJorities of one party are
4 reversed or reduced and those of the
I other mount upward. the men chosen
are warned that something is expected
Of them beyond mere routine duties.
and they are left in doubt about what
| il IL.
! What several by-elections fore
Swallowed came TO pass last fall The
:, Democrats were put IN charge of the
house and would have been of the
/ senate. too. Ii it's entire membership
mad been subject to change. AS 1t WAS,
I they were given a large increase. 1t
was a political revolution.
The men to whom the people have
/ entrusted control of the house were
! elected because they are Democrats
and believed to he faithful to the
principles and traditions of their
| party. SO each of them assumes a
! double obligation. one To the political
associates who proposed. the other
4 TO the voters who adopted him as
their representative. though the duty
| Is the same to he had.
! The reasons for this emphatic
change on the part of the people are
| very clear. The millions of voters can
not join In formal order or issue
a proclamation. but they have ueans
to make known their VIII and woe to
( the public man who does not under
stand their language, though. like the
I voice OF God, II is not articulate
/ speech.
For sixteen years the Republican
party has controlled the body which
originates all appropriations of the
money collected from the people.
Republican Extravaganza.
During that period the expenses, OF
tflw army have increased four fold !:
/ Of the navy, five-foid, of the sundry
; ole gK.,sK F,tl
7 public needs required this multiplied =
ton OF demands on the people for
funds? II so. what are those needs
and who created them? The cost of
other branches of the government has
greatly swollen too, until the total ex-
/ penses have nearly trehled. not count
ing the Panama canal. and Congress is
appropriating $1,000. coo. 900 every year
| Are these enormous sums really re-
quired for the proper conduct OF the
| public business? Are they spent with
prudent watchfulness for purposes
wisely chosen and planned, so that the
/ people who supply them get just re-
| turns in public benefits?
when We call attention tn this
amazing growth in the cost of admin
istration we are asked what expeudi-
I lures we would cut off or reduce. Give
us a look Of the books and into the
! INFAMOUS " 1phhS bGotbtEH anu VIC
will tell We now have opportunity.
Let us take 1t.
/ This subject is closely connected
with another. and the two are chiefly
what the thunder was about in No.
yember.
The people have now decided to try
/ the Democratic party again. after an
7 unusually long interval. and II Is for us
who arc chosen 10 act on its behalf to
! justify their confidence, We can only
do II by each one individually devot :
ing his time and talents to the public
| business, with an eye single to the gen
I eral good, and by all acting In cordial
harmony to accomplish the common
purpose. Personal preferences, jeal-
ousies and ambitions must not be al
lowed tn spring up and breed confu-
sion In council or action. ] a.saoa.5a 5
I We are not only on trial: but II In
a limited trial. We must be faithful
l In the few things entrusted To us before
we can hope to be given more. or even
! to keep what we have"
I senator Bailey Talks.
| With a ringing demand for a safe.
| sane Democratic tariff for revenue
only, Senator Joseph w. Bailey. of
Texas. Democratic leader in the SEN
! ate. to-day delivered stirring adj
dress to the Democratic harmony
meeting here. He declared for pro
gressiveness" and without mincing
! words warned the Democrats OF the
dappers attendant urao tha na,,ir :,