The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-21
MARSHALL ON DEMOCRACY.

"Homespun' indeed, az he described
IT, IS tho speech Of Governor Mar
shall yesterday in accepting formally
the Democratic vice presidential nom
ination. 1t Is tho speech Of plain
man to plain nen-thc sort OF speech
that the old man can read and approve
as after supper he sits back In his rocker
by the evening lamp. There is fine
Aomeliness ia tho exposition OF Denoc-
racy by this gentleman from Indiana,
who talks as frankly and with as little
reverence for the sham OF rank MS did
that good American in Hoosier Tark-
ingtons Hoosier play, who treated
Russian grand duke as common man.
affectiona,ely called him DOC" ana
invited him to get off at Kokomo. and
any or tho feliers can tell YOU where
live" Not the specific pianl<s of the
Baltimore platform. but the brond
spirit upon which the Democratic
party IS based, is discussed; Governor
Marshall exceeds Governor Wilson in
the breadth and generality OF utter
unee
Evidcnuy this Marshall is not like
Die great Marshall in his opinion or
Je1erson's political faith. In fact. the
great Chief Justice not only differed
widcly from the Man OF Monticello. but
disliked him. Tho Hoosier olarshall
says
Many have assumed that only the
unutterably poor and those sinking
into that class were Democrats. and
that the immcasurebly r!cn and the
climbers We're Republicans. But these
divisions have not been logical IT was
not the outward and visible which
marked tho inward and spiritual OF
Thomas Jefferson Born or the blGest
blood n the Old Dominion. and accus-
toned as gentleman, scholar. diplomat
and statesman TO all the luXuries of
his generation. he was the man who
declared chat all men were created
equal and that an We're endowed with
certain inallenable rights. such as l!Ie.
liberty ana the pursuit OF happiness.
( Even TO his dying hour this seeming
aristocrai had not q single heart
tAroo which was not IN unison with
/ Tho heart throbs Of his fellow men
iis great opponent I'm statecraft spraug
from lineage SO lowly as TO be un-
! NiioWii % 4ih none or the advantage :
/ NJ either fortune or family Hamilton
/ believed in hanging on princes faNors
/ pr ia catering TO the chosen few
/ ne indiVidualism OF Thomas Jefferson
/ is not dead u has not moldered back
70 aust ia the grave at Monticello ~
walks the earth this day. knocking az
'ne door of rich and poor. of wise ana
ignorant calling upon all men 10 make
Iot mis- -se the millennium OF state
craft wherein 40 one shall claim TO be
I TIE master and all shall be glad to be
tne servants Of the republic"
The representative system OF govern
inent is not wrong. but the unjust us.
az the system' is. Governor Marshall
FONTS ont The misuse Of tho power.
% government has produced great pop.
oiar discomfort The centripe,al anc
centrifugal forces. one tho Itopubllcar
ana tho other Socialist are seeking to
draw our government away from its
CONSTITUTIONAL conception OF three co.
'f-inaie nrHneaes and from it's guar.
anty to each Individual Of am oppor.
'ln.ty t. assert hls natural and ac.
quiied talents in au honest endeavoi
20 succeed rae main ain OF the Dem.
'ocratlc party is 80 guarantee In lawm