El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-23
Politics
TODAY view OFTEN
TOMORROW HERESY
Underwood Points to Con
servatism of Washing
ton, in Banquet Talk.

Philadelphia Pa, Feb. 2s-An elo-
quent eulOgy Of George Washington BY
representative Oscar W. Underwood, Of
Alabama, chairman OF the ways and
means committee Of the house, ana
Democratic floor leader, formed the
chief address before the annual ban
quet of the State society Of the Cincin-
natl here.
While declaring washington the
greatest example in history of many
sided. balanced. noble man." ne
laid special emphasis on the conserve
tism which guided the father OF MS
country" throughout his public career.
At q time when 50 many OF US are
disposed to put upon the statute book
nOstrums for relief from our Industrial
and financial and economic evils ne
said, 1T viii be well for US to call to
mind the striking contrast between the
moderate volume and temperate cnar-
acter OF laws enacted during his presi-
dency and so much OF our present day
legislation OF the experimental sort re
flecung often merely q view Of TO-DAY
that is likely to be the heresy Of to
morrow and attempting to deal with
the Objectionable tendency before It IS
seen that It viii not be arrested OF it
self or before We have sufficient IN
Outstanding of it to be IN a position
to know or apply the appropriate
remedy.
The recommendations and legisla-
ton Of Washington's administration
were not along guess work lines he
assured men that they should gather
and be secure in the possession OF the
harvest OF their labor"
Hints at DictatOrBhiD.
A slap at expresident Roosevelt was
seen by some in one Of representative
UnderWoOd's statements, which warned
against the possibility Of q dictator
Observation and reflection have
shown" he said, how treacherously
easy Is the transition from centraliza-
Of lob he
Republican party set 50 much by and
which good many OF US Democrats &C
Qutesce into q personaliZatiOn OF gov
eminent and then 70 usurpatiOn Of gov
eminent Washington IN all his career
uttered no greater truth than when he
declared that a constitutional govern
ment, under such circumstances be-
comes almost as a matter Of course
despOtism."
representative Underwood said IN
part:
WashinEton's Common Sense.
Washington distinguishing COM
mon sense and practical turn OF mind
served him well in the administration
Of his high office. Few. II any, mere
generalities or qutXotic schemes for &C
ton were suggested by him; but, on the
contrary, he seemed to be master OF the
underlying principles OF the business
needs OF the country as he had been OF
the plans OF his campaigns.
We have problems Of q serious na-
ture confronting Us for solution, and
doubtless they viii increase as time
goes on We, as people, have tolerated
the doing OF things which must be IN
done or made right and not cOndoned;
we have at times set too much store By
mere material success and judged as OF
minor consequence things which broad
en- and elevate and ennoOle q nation;
we have made compromise with things
OF evil import We have, at times. been
unmindful OF the rights OF others as We
have hurried on to the realization OF
ambitious plans; and, IN our indiffer-
ence to the demands Of good citizenship,
we have been guilty OF or acquiesced IN
a course OF conduct that has given Else
to sullen expressions OF an unrest TO
which we cannot afford TO be uncon-
cerned listeners; FOR unchecked unrest
is likely to breed discomfort and dis
content IN its turn disorder. And, unless
We frankly recog nize this. we shall have
no reasonable hope of correcting the
conditions which arouse, II they do not
altogether justify. those expressions,
and which are a menace not only to our
continuing prosperity but to our self
respect and our reDute in the world"