Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-19

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lev months that neye paced since ns
Won n's single nanasd Victory tor popu-
az eminent y reKenera1eo rev 81
sey 2 menoEepis session q t1's otAss
Legislature.
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rnQ ta.lEes We count y no exaege raslon
% ueciare OUT opinion snat no 0sner
American mas epproacled more nearly
g sAerson ana Lincoln Y WgnoerAui
.acllisy ana 1enelty g. stssng sns PROD
ems APO tne,f Hpl1tlons Wnlcn toucn
re ;,. AmeEleanls5n from every angle.
ne peok's " l,s ~ Alten PslNiiege-
inspired eensure q WOODROW wilson e
2 aemagogne, an AMBITIOUS sell-seeker
ana ~ sne me wOzn-ooe mesno1s q ~
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ssv1a IN t,criS have ~ frea s accss
ano,,s,b ~ c,,r orvn aoanfa 81 direct
ano,,1b CONTROL ovar them There are
barriers r. hraak down and nrocesses
to simplify. which we liberals believe
we know how to get at. We mean by
one change or another. to make our
government genuinely popular and rep
reaentative again. I,
We are cutting away anomalies, not
institutions, We are clearing away
the Jungle and letting in the pure light
and air. not destroying the wholesome
forest or creating waste places where
there was productive growth I,
..Such tasks are typically American.
III has ALWAYS been our privilege and
our happv capacity to show how thew
can be done-without revolution. with
ont strife or hatred or iniustice. with
cut the necessity of drawing. in De
srocnnaville,a memorable phrase a ain
ole tear or single drop Of blood from
mankind -,
The main object of what we are at
tempting, both in state and nation, is
to establish close connection, very
sensitive connection, between the peo-
Die and their governments both II the
states and ia the nation. IN order that
we NAV restore in such wise As win sat
isfv ua again. the liberty and the onnor-
h,nitv in whose interests onr onve e,,..
ments were conceived
But some men put d false interpre-
ton upon this. There Is q certain nm
reasonable fear in the air, as if the
process we have been going through
were, in some degree, vindictive; as if
there had been bitter feeling in it and
the intention to discredit those who OPP
posed it. z
The crash Of political organizations
has been only the crash Of those that
did not comprehend. but resisted when
there was no right reason for resisting,
and forgot that their very reason for
being was that they might serve opin-
ion and the movements of the peoples
will If any systems of political prac-
tee have collapsed, only those collapsed
which were unsuitable to the objects
Which they have professed to serve
I'VE are no longer in the temper Of
1t ack. We are ready for remedy and
adjustment, and begin to see where to
begin and in what direction to move,
A promise of craftsmanship follows a
s.s.eat of revolution, There can be no
mistaking this. Programs are taking
the place of philippines; and programs
can be sobetly examined and assessed,
as unqualified criticism and denuncia-
tons cannot be. =
We look beneath the label to the
man and his thought. i hichever party
pf.yes most fit 10 conceive and mt
til ourh a wise progressive program
viii become the liberal marty Of The
nation Tories will be welcome Is "a
sort to the other and eniov the nriyi-
leyes Of minority.,
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