The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-17


hvefed' before the Tax Payers Protec-
:, tive Association. of West Virginia, at
Charleston. Monday evening. October
14th, Al2.. - = ~
My Fellow Countrymen: - ~
v tits a rare pleasure to me to look
into the faces of this splendid Ameri-
can audience. ! regard you as patriots
70 and NOT az lpartisans. There is, In
fact, but little room in this great
county of ours for partisanship.
l think may safely go further and
! address yop as statesmen and as op-
: timists. My ideas of craftsmanship
! and Of optimism may differ. slightly
from 'otheSs, hstgIy caunot help feel
Ing that%asS real definition Of states
manship iss NIT thu one given by
faestaslous narasaman of my own
sp6Ittieian who is dead"
hut serage American cit
izen With proughly educated brain
enlighteaaed %6nsciente and devotion
to ths idSaHa' OF the greatest republic
the world hasSyet known. &.
~ have but little patience with some
of our modern types of statesman
ship: with men who see 70 one politi-
cal. party all the evils Of public life
and. in the other political party al,
the virtues of public life; the man
who insists in changing the nationar
anthem from my Country, IT'S Of
Thee, Sweet Land Of Liberty, Of Thee
Ising," SO that it will read my Coun-
try STis Of MEs,, Sweet Land of Lib
erty, Of ME- 1 sing 49,, .>,,., 49,.
l. somehow feel that the statesman
whom you and believe In Is the man
= who is able to impress the loftiness
of the ideals for wnicn he stands,
upon hts country rather thssl his own
personality ...@. :. -.< al. :, =. Z
-. l. am not worried when such a man
dies, for I know that his ideals will
., 1Sae ~ - 80. , ~ :. H.. ~.
Party tags are not everything, for
! citizenship should always be greater
than party Occasionally you will
find notable exceptions to this, as
in the case Of an arden democrat Of
my acquaintance in cne Pine Tree
State, who has always prided himself
on being member of the party #
Jefferson. In q recent discussion Of
he relative merits of tao Republican,
:, Progressive and Democratic parties,
he EXPRESSED himself in this wise:
'"The elephant Is a pretty slow fellow.
He can carry q tremendous load, but
he hasn't an abundance of gray mat,
ter. The Hull Moose is a misfit name
for any party. The Bul Moose IS
naturally eewafd.---He fans- at the
approach Of danger, he smells badly,
he leaves his wife on the slightest
provocation, and he devours every
green leaf and tWig IN his pathway.
, II is true that my party IL sometimes
characterized by the title Jackass.
Now the Jackass has one desirable
qualification as a party emblem the e
days. You who have attended the cir
Gus, have, of course; noticed the jack
ass act, Wnere the clown offers re-
ward to the Fellow who can ride him.
and you have seen them make, the at
tempt and with what disastrous re-
suits as they were thro%n in every
direction.
Do you see the point? There isn't
a political boss on earth who can ride
the democratic. jackas:.
My friends, I assure you, that, IS
my only alluson to any thing of 4
political nature, in my. addres this
evening, and you are no. obliged to
make any application of it.
You men of West Virginia como
honestly by your nigh ideals of citi-
zenship. 1t is part Of your coicnia1
tnheritage. Way back centuries age
on a beautiful day in June all. Eng.
land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
were marching as one man to that
historic spot known as Runnymede
They were opposed only by. King Joha
and few barons Of the north. They
were there for purpose, and thai
purpose to establish for themselves
the rule Of the people, and upon thai
Historic spot that day, trere was sci
up milestone in English history, fo1
there was enacted that famous Bill o.
Rights known today by fvery schoo
boy and girl In America as "Magns
Charta." One clause of that famous
bill reads something like this: 1--WE
will not go out against one man, pro
ceed against him, nor dispossess hin
Of his rights, except through the iudg