Evening journal., 1912-08-07

bN an INDUSTRIOUS eAiduulHb uhbohs
In Partnership With the People
These are all great matters upon
which everybody should be heard. We
have got into trouble IN recent years
chiefly because these large things.
which ought 10 have been handled by
taking counsel with as large num-
Der Of persons as possible, because
they touched every interest and the
life Of every class and region, have
IN fact been too often handled in
private conference They have been
settled by very small and often de-
liberately exclusive groups of men
who undertook TO speak for the whole
nation, or, rather, for themselves In
the terms of the whole natlon-very
honestly It may be. but very ignorant
" sometimes, and very shortsightedly.
too-a poor substitute for genuine com
mon counsel. No group Of directors.
economic or political. can speak for
people They have neither the point
Of view nor the knowledge. We need no
revolution; we need no excited change
we need only new point Of view and
new method and spirit Of counsel.
We are servants Of the people, the
whole people The nation has been
unnecessarily, nnreasonably at war
within itself Interest has clashed
with interest when there we're com
mon principles Of right and Of fair
dealing which might and should have
bound them all together not as rivals,
but as partners. AS the servants Of
ell we are bound to undertake the
great duty Of accommodation and ad-
justment.
We cannot undertake It except IN a
spirit which some find It hard 20 un-
derstand. Some people only smile
when you speak OF yourself az serv-
ant OF the people; Il seems to them
Hike affectation or mere demagogy.
They ask what the unthinking crowd
knows or comprehends Of great COM
plicated matters OF government They
shrug their shoulders aud lift their
eyebrows when you speak as n you
really believed in presidential prima-
ries. in the direct election Of United
States senators and I'm an utter pub
licity about everything that concerns
government from the sources Of cam
/ paign funds TO the intimate debate of
the highest AFFAIRS OF state
Tho Public Noble Whole.
They do not OF win not compre-
hend the solemn thing that is in your
thought. You know as well as they
do that there are all sorts and condi-
fions Of men-the unthlnking mixed
with the wise, the reckless with the
prudent. the INSCRIPTIONS with the
| fair and honest--and you know, what
they sometimes forget. that every
class. without exception. affords a
sample Of the mixture, the learned and
the fortunate no less than the unedu-
Gated and the struggling mass. But
you see more than they do. You sec
that these multimdes of men, mixed
Of every kind and quality. constitute
somehow an organic and noble whole
a single people. and that they have In
torests which no man can privately
determine without their knowledge
and counsel That is the meaning OF
representative government itself
You may think that am wandering
Off into q general disquisition that has
little to do with the business in hand,
but ] am not This Is business-busi-
ness Of the deepest sort. II viii solve
our difficulties II you will but take IL
as business.
The Tariff
! See how It makes business out of the
tariff question. The tariff question as
dealt with in our time at any rate has
not been business. Il has been politics
Tariff schedules have been made ur
for the purpose Of keeping as large a
number as possible Of the rich and in.
duential manufacturers Of the country
IN a good humor with the Republican
party, which desired their constant
financial support. The tariff has be
come a system Of favors which the
phraseoiogy Of the schedule was ofteI
deliberately contrived to conceal I
becomes a matter Of business. Of legit
mate business. only when the partner
ship and understanding It represent.
nre between the leaders of congress ant
the whole people Of the United State
instead OF between the leaders Of con
gress and small groups OF manufaC
turers demanding special recognitio
: and consideration. That is why H.
general idea Of representative govern
= ment becomes a necessary part Of IL
J. tariff question. Who when you com
] down to the hard facts Of the matte
J. have been represented in recent year
. when our tariff schedules were bein
discussed and determined not on IL
floor Of congress. for that Is not wher
/. they have been determined, but in I'll
/. committee rooms and conference
/. That is the heart OF the whole affai
a VIII you. can you. bring the who
q psople into the partnership OF MOI
n No one is Discontinued with represent.
!. tive government II falls under que
e ton only when It ceases to be repr
o sentative. II Is at bottom a question
e good faith and morals.
How does the present tariff look
o the light OF it? say nothing for 81
t, moment about the policy of protectio
4 conceived and carried out as a disir
@ lterested statesman might conceive 4
u Our own clear conviction as Demo
] Gratis is that in the last analysis tn
6 only safe and legitimate object Of tarii
T. cnties. as of taxes Of every other kline
Is to raise revenue for the support Q
J the government But that is not m
present point. We denounce the Payne
Aldrich tariff act as the most conspicr