Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-14
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
GREAT POLITICAL PARTIES

VA Il 4 4 vi d II IL III = -
Governor W-ooir3w Wilson vas lie
chic. speaker a. The annual dinner b.
The New Jersey senate recently. and
enlightened The assembly with some Of
his NOS illuminating sentences. TO-
r.-.
7 have been all NY life . Democrat,
1--1 l- tradition and conviction. But
] 10 10- feel thai his separates nc
from M Republican colleagues.
have never been q good party man
Il h. sense Of being 2 good la-er.
cannot haze man merely because
E= differ ll opinion
T1z- love q 6ga- I admit, bur II IS
nor because personal au-agJulsm IS
involved. 5-- III spike o. that fact The
only nan cant respect : ae who diT-
t=-s from ne without having reason
for #.
I-5s 2 rough Characterization Of -he
recent campaign that rhe people tried.
i- some blind way 10 prefer progress
slres 20 -esc-.ouaTies. Where they
could not ind progressive Republicans
enough they fell back upon progressive
Democrats,
J. Interests me thai th= present has
come 10 De a constructive era. i is no
longer possible for us simply 10 attend
10 our own business without -h0ught
for the business Of the country.
When was changing things il
Princeton and conservative people
asked Why / couldn't Il. things alone
/ answered thar if things would stand
still when LEI alone I might, but taae
no institution could mark time WIN
out re-rOgressiCu.
When the governor finished, Senator
Robert Hand Of Cape May county, sad
that since ne was sixteen years old he
had been trying TO get an answer %
the question, VIVA. is the difference be
tween the TWO great political parties
IL This country and he thought that
perhaps the governor was a competent
oracle. The governor replied prompt
" and adequately saying that he was
Democrat and not a Republican b.
cause, as he understood il, the RepuO-
Hcan frscsprinciple was the Hamilton
ian attitude that trusteeship in govern
ment had better be administered by
those who had the largest stake in the
community. He said that was in
s,anced in the protective policy, where
j. was held that the country was solid
est which had greatest prosperity in
mparatively limited class.
The governor explained that he did
not think that the stewardship OF any
one class was broad enough to be a
safe proposition. By the Republican
idea, as the men Of the small, money
ed class grew weather. and weather.
the prosperity Of the people al large
must follow, increasing also That,
the governor thought was like stand
ing a pyramid on its apex, and he be-
lieyed in building pyramids from the
ground up. His desire, as Democrat,
was for the interests Of the poorer ma
joriry, with the welfare of the money
ed few a subordinate consideration. He
said he had found broader thinking
for the public veal among the men Of
$500 incomes than among the cap
italists, who couldn't but be prejudiced
from knowing that much legislation
benefting the populace al large would
run counter TO their personal aggran-
dizement.
Briefly, this is that the governor
recognizes Democracy as meaning
government for the people and Re
publcanism government for class.
Both doctrines Of government have
many and able adherents. Governor
Wilson makes it very clear why the
Democratic idea rests upon a more
solid and lasting foundation than tn
Republican. A man having this well
defined in his mind is trustworthy H
not only wants to serve the people in
the best way. but knows what is the
best way and why it is so.