The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-28
GOV. WILSON STRONG -
FOR STATES RIGHTS
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tions and delegations OF power which
made our government virtually indr-
pendent OF the force OF general opln.
ion
Reform began to come in our states
as the people awakened To these cir
cumstances and bestirred themselves
To take control OF their own affairs
once more. so that We have come upon
one OF the most important, because one
or IA, most difficult periods OF our
politics. We are trying nothing less
ihan To revise our methods Of political
action. while We are In the midst of
great economic readjustment Both
ouT tnstrumentalitles OF action and the
objects We employ them To accomplish
both what We shall do and what
means and instruments we have az
hama by which To do them,
People should Rule.
cui objects are clenr. We want "a
truly free. TINT u truly open and
truly representative set of govcrn-
n-nts for our states, and by repre-
sentative We do not merely mean gOV-
ernnents Of persons elected to repre-
sent us, hut actually nnd constantly
resi'"nsibie 10 the larger and more per-
mancnt movements OF public opinion.
30 long az there WAS nothing I'm pa
tc,har 20 do. so long as We did not
clearly recognize our problems and
-ha4i-I+++t- seriously Applied ourselves 20
the remedy, we got along well enough
under the arrangements we had al
rcadE made, were indifferent and IN
attentive. pushed forward I'm an easy
going and thoughtless prosperity in
which We did not seem TO need tho
assistance OF government or the regu-
of the complicated and difficult tasks
al -t-ia4l+ell4e- Faaa justrpGnt which nLe
Immediately necessary. and. knowing
thls necessity, We are as much inter
ested In the full restoration of our
representative institutions as IN the
accomplishment OF our legislative OBJ
j"cts We cannot have the one with
out the other
But We want Just, well-considercd.
moderately executed readJustment OF
our present economic conditions---a r"-
adjustment based upon the facts we
have become impatient OF all sophia
tleaticn about the facts; We have de-
tcrmlned To go 10 the root OF matters
In our analysis OF them and 20 be per-
fectly fearless in our discovery OF them.
We mean 10 be conservative In the
remedies we apply. because we know
that 1. Is absolutely necessary 10 hold
the delicate fabric OF business to-
ge;her. We know that too great
speed In change would defeat our very
Cbtect. which is not destruction. but
the publication and rectihcation OF
what is wrong Many things that look
radical by way OF remedy are no doubt
conservative enough betattsr a STATE
cannot be tender with things that are
maniteStly wrong. unjust. intolcrahle
10 our people But the change that
cones step by step. that addresses it's
SELF 10 the correction OF one manifest
evil at time. that bases itself upon
actucl "a cts. and not upon eNtraVaE1nt
theories. that intends what Is just and
aCCOmpliShes IL by never going too FAR,
ia net only not radical. but is pro
fouTuB ana essentially conservative.
II there be diseases In our economic
il 20 In
not - let them alone. They viii
work eventual destruction much more
surely than any well-intentlonal ren-
ely could bring N about.
10 O. the rapid formation az thought
upon these matters I'm the tnitsd
states that g. producing the prescnt
alignment In our politics. We are
now divided. not 50 distinctly into
Into ProEressive- and those who resist
change.
Prosperity itself rests upon the
people and the facts \ contented and
hopeful people means rich and varied
ecsromic development The people OF
the United States are not .conten'ed.
They are just now not as hopeful as
they should be They are suspic ious
They are convinced that something tn
equitable lies at the basis OF the great
power which small Bodies OF men row
exercise In the business world. These
are the conditions not Of prosperity.
but OF disquiet. and there Is only one
rene oy for them--the remedy when
Prcersssives seek They seek ~. not
with hostility TO business, but with
hostility ito the present conditions
which make wholesome business Inn
possible They are seeking the faces
They are analyzins them without fear
or favor. and they are seeking RENE
edies which will NEE them.
Ii is worth while TO note that the
chief representatives OF the progr"s-
siye political thought OF the country
are the men who are hard students.
who always go into debate furnished
from top 10 toe with the facts Of the
case they are discussing; that their
speeches are not inhamed with rhot-
oric, but bristle with verihable f1cts.
Ihcy are seeking adjustment, accom-
me cations OF interest They MAKE
startling statements. but they seldom
propose startling changes in our law.
They merely propose sober regulation.
They are lighting not business. hut
monoI oily; not prosperity but the de-
termination by limited bodies Of men
OF the form which our prosperity snhll
take They cannot he silenced They
cannot he shunted on one SIDE. TheS
are speaking the opinions and con-
victions Of the people, Once entrusted
with authority. they VIII accompii 81
their objects with the self-possession
and moderation OF statesmen am
patriots
Co-operatIop IL Essential
Eut- here are they? What is their
orcnr'zation for success? What pros
psct have they or controlling the ar