Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-07
WHERE DO You STAND, GENTLEMEN7

What saw Won, DR.. Ramsay, and you, Mr.. Booraem, and you, too,
Mr.. streitwolf, are you with us or against usf
By us, we mean the people, the great masses Of voters, the New
Democracy, and Woodrow Wilson who is our great leader.
We understand that Mr.. streitxof has promised to stand with
the popular choice for United States senator as against the repre-
sentahves Of the interests but he would help the cause q whole
lot if he would come out openly and declare himself
And there is Senator sizer-we are all proud OF you senator
You have always been found on the right side. There is nothing
two-faced about you. Your lot is with the people and you STAND OF
fall with their cause. But you need not fear of falling. fou via
stand and we will all stand with you. The people are aroused as
never before and they now have a leader whom they can trust
Woodrow Wilson is no trimmer. When he says a thing he means
it. What he does is in the open. There are no back stair methods
in his political leadership. He is, as Henry Watterson says, the
.apotheoas of the spirit of enlightened progress in the public mind
and heart. He has shown himself by his works a practical man OF
affairs a S well as a philosophic statesman; a party leader who Is IN
spired by real ideals and is not afraid to lead"
But you, DR.. Ramsay, where are you in this great struggle to
keep the Democratic party truely representative of the peoples Why
are you not out in the open fighting for real representative govern
|mentq WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GAIN BY REMAINING SILENT
IN so GREAT A CRISIS? You throw yourself open to suspicion,
Doctor, which is not to be believed of you You were elected to
serve the people. There is no doubt where the people stand.
You have already lost much valuable time, but it is not too late
for you to declare yourself. Read Governor-elect Wilson's speech
over again. The people have read every word of it, and what is
more to the point, they BELIEVE every word Of it On which side
Do not for a minute believe that your silence at this time is
Idignifed. 1t is anything but that. Even if you are against the po-
pie, they will respect you more if you openly tell them so. This is
no time to be hiding.
Do not be looking about for a compromise. 'GOD DEFEND US
AGAINST COMPROMISES, +" said Woodrow Wilson Thursday night.
IT WOULD RATHER BE A KNAVE THAN A COWARD" The
people admire a man who talks like that and then backs up his talk
by his actions. You are a man of your word, Doctor, and we have
never found a streak of cowardice in you. This makes us marvel the
more that you should remain silent at a time when your party, your
state nd your country call for brave men.
And you, too, Mr.. Booraem, why do you keep yourself so far IN
the background at a time when the people need you mostf You are
looked upon as a MAN. 1t has not yet been demonstrated that you
are controlled" You must realize that a great principle is at stake.
Is your party to fulfill the mission that the people expect of it and
restore popular government, or is it, too, bound hand and foot by the
q SYSTEM which, as Woodrow Wilson says, is . system of political
control which does not belong to either party and which, SO far as it
can be successfully managed, must belong to both parhes9"
The voters lifted you from private life, Mr.. Booraem, and chose
you as one of their representatives in the state legislature. You &C
tcepted this call to serve the state. You cannot, therefore, remain
Indifferent to the great question now before the people. Come out
in the open, Mr.. Booraem, and take your stand where those who
elected you can point to yon with pride as A MAN, and one who is
not afraid.
This is 40 time for clubbing, or trucking on trimming, gentle
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