Newark post., 1911-05-17

come the man of the people"
Wei, in the first place, it seems TO
me that a man Of the people is a man
who sees affairs as The people see them
and not as man o. particular classes
! or the professions sees them. You
! cannot afford to take the advice Of a
| man who has been too long submerg
| ed in any particular ofession-nor
! because you cannot trust him TO be
| honest and candid, but because he has
! been too long immersed and submerg
! ed. and through the inevitable pressure
and circumstances OF his life has come
! to .oOk upin the nation from a particu-
! lar point OF view The man, Of the
! people is a man who looks far and
wide uDon the nation. and is not limit
ed by professional point Of view.
! That may be hard doctrine; ii may
exclude some gentlemen ambitious to
cad. Human history has ex-
cluded them, and that is the end OF
the matter
Again he says, Lincoln could smile
at lawyers and turn away from MINIS
ters Because he had not had his con-
tact with life as a lawyer has, and he
had not .ectured his fellow men as a
/ minister has. He was detached from
! every point OF view. therefore superior
to every point OF view. You must have
man of this detachable sort.
Moreover you must not have man
il he is 70 be man Of the people, who
is standardized and conventionalized
And again, the last and greatest
characteristic OF all, he must be man
who has participated in the struggle.
He has iet life contained for him
nothing but effort, effort from the rs
ing Of the sun 10 the going down OF it.
He has, therefore, felt beat in him, !!
he had any heart, a universal sympathy
for those who struggle, a universal
, underst an ling of the unutterable
things that were in their hearts and the
unbearable burdens that were upon
their backs. A man like Linco II who
unders lands. His was part OF the
toll; he had part and lot in the strug-
gle. No man who goes jaunti.y and
, complacently through The wor vii!
ever touch the springs OF human ac-
ton Such a man with such a con-
sciousness, such a universal sympathy,
such a universal comprehension OF
what life means, is your man OF the
o peole' and no one e.se can be
In comparing the issues with which
. Lincoln had to dea and those CON
: renting lis today, he says: III there
are on.y two sides, | can easi y make
O UP my mind which side to take. but il
: ,aere are score OF sdes-where shall
( | go? What is the movement OF the
+ mass: Where are we going? What
\ are the signs OF the day, what doe:
a the mOrnin say, what are The task:
;, that we must Sc Our hands to-"
i Yes. Governor Wilson-those art
;. the questions. and we believe in you
tour you are honesty seeking an an
. swer to those questions and trying te
= detect Just what is the movement o
the mas But you viii be unab e Il
letect that movement. Your who'll
lie has been spent in reading OF th'
!. past. You cannot read the signs .
the times in the work aday world
The man OF The people does not ask
" where he shall go and what he shall
J. do. He knows. His lie and associa
}. tions with the masses make him ice
il the movement. He does not read th
r signs; he knows them. He does no
It ask what to do; he does it. The mai
o OF the people knows the strue
Is es, because he has endured them
" who sympathizes wi labor becaus
O he has wiped the sweat from his ow
brow He recognizes the rights c
e capital because he has beena pro
IS Queer himself.
e In the search for a leader, man
p nave looked toward the Princeto
,e president. Since his election as Gov
" ernor Of New Jersey, the Democrat
d press have kept him constantly in tn
s. .imelight. A prominent writer in on
at OF this mon his magazines says tha
,e Sham does not i've in his neighbor
hood" And we believe il. Last wee
If in Denver, when asked by reporte
" about the presidency, he said, Real,
ic | had not thought Of it." This is i
s. sequence o. what is said above III hi
IS Lincoln address, two years ago. II
knows well thar the American peG,f
w cannot afford to take the advice OF
O. man who has been too long submers
a ed in any particular profession" Th
is eader. today, must be man VIII
H. looks far and wide upon the nation an
n is not limited by a professional poir
g OF view"
1e This excludes some gent emen amb
1e tious to lead. Governor Wilson rea
E. ICES, perhaps, today eve more tina
when he spoke the words that this
IN hard doctrine-but says he, "Huma
lie history has excluded them and that
IS, the end OF the matter" Woodro
at Wi son is not a man OF the people
O. PEACE DAY--MAY Is