The Calumet news., 1911-04-14
Governor Of New Jersey Calls Upon
Democrats to State Clearly
Their Aims in Belialfof
the People
TALKS TO LEAGUE OF CLUBS
Declares Democracy is Not tie Mere
Theory Of Government, But That
Its Blood is the Blood o.
The People.

indianapolis, Ind, April III rcine
the Democratic party 20 state its crecc
In the concrete and define clearly In,
especial force OF privilege it declare.
against IN a general campaign "fol
the rights of the people" Governor
! Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey I'm "a,
address to tho National League OF
Democratic clubs here set forth I'll,
objects of the party rs he believe,
they exist and should De stated. Gov
ernor Wilson said in part;
I'VE are fond Of speaking Of our
selves as the party of jefferson and
Jackson, not because we are a party OF
old men, reminiscent of things gone
by and i'm love with what has been,
but because we are party touched
with the ideals which made these men
great, whose names we recall with
such reverence and enthusiasm. be-
cause the breath Of our party's Jlfe is
its utter faith in the principles of
Democracy 1t is its devotion to the
rights of the people or whatever class
or degree as against all claims of priv
ilege, MS against all selfish vested in
terests which seek control instead of
freely serving the life and develop
ment OF tho nation.
The Party Defined.
1T is go far from being a party Of
moro reminiscence q party which tries
To draw the country back to policies
which belong TO another time, to the
circumstances Of another age. that IL
is. above all others. a young mans
party, because a party OF movement
OF readjustment, a party that presses
toward the future with unshaken faith,
with unwavering confidence and ever
renewed hopes and aspirations for the
principles of freedom. which are none
other than the principles Of opportun-
ity the principles OF men not made.
but on the make, struggling from
to achievement in a free
exercise of their powers.
"These things are embodied I'm JEFF
ferson, the thoughtful, philosophical,
thinker for mankind. and
i'm the rugged Jackson, who seemed to
cut his way toward the right by rough
instinct and the mere energy OF an
honest indomitablc nature; and so we
see embodied in them the two sides of
Democracy. its thoughtfulness, its vi
sion of hope, its confidence in the
progress and liberation of mankind
and linked with these its force as of
the common people. its abounding en-
ergy outside as we'll as within the
field of cultivated thought.
Not a Mere Theory.
Democracy Is not a mere theory
Of government II is an energy of life
dwelling in the rank and file. inter
preted once and again by great lead
ers, but not confined to their private
cult and understanding. It's blood is
the blood Of the people. It's purposes
are the purposes shared by all man
kind. Its hopes are the hopes OF all |
rational civilization.
"This Is the day upon which we ut
ter our creed and renew our views. 1t !
behooves us to ask ourselves what our
creed Is. and to answer the questions
without subtlety or sophistication, in !
the plain terms Of every day life. Wei
must state our creed in the concrete,
not In the abstract. our thoughts run
back of course, TO the great Declara
ton of independence which jefferson
gave us. but we cannot mention the
questions of our day 1t is a mere
starting point for our thoughts. Itl
Is Of no consequence To us unless we
can translate its general terms intol
examples of the present day and sub
stitute them I'm some vital way for the |
examples IL itself gives. so concrete. so
involved in the circum
Of the day in which IL was
and written. II Is an emf |
nently practical document. meant for
The use of practical men; not thesis !
Tor philosophers, hut a whip for ty-
-ants: not a theory OF government, |
out a program of action. Unless we
'an translate it into questions Of our
pwn day. we are not worthy Of Il |
we are not sons of the sires who act
I'd in response TO its challenge.
New Declaration OF independence.
I'VE say that we are against priv
Ilege and for the rights Of the people, |
,ut privilege has worn many forms. |
What is the especial form Of privil- |
sge We now fight? How does VI en-
langer the rights OF the people, and
what do we mean TO do In order 10
make our contest against IL effectual2
what are 10 be the items OF our new
of independence
"By privilege. as we now fight II,
we mean control Of the law, OF lcgis-
alton and cf adjudication. by organ
zations which do not represent the
people. by means which are private
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