The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-09-04

an address at the State Grangern pic
mic at Williams Grove. south of Har-
risburg. The governor was surround
ed by such crowds wherever his train
stopped that he found when he cross
cd from Pennsylvania into New Jer-
?. at Easton tonight, that he had
1de half a dozen speeches. had
lken hands with thousands of peo-
- and had talked collectively to
altitude. IL was the opening of the
4 mpaign outside of New Jersey.
- The Governor In all rode 215 miles
~ 'ough Pennsylvania and when
& sht came he was tired and hoarse.
Lancaster. Harrisburg. williams
Owe. Reading. Allentown and EAST
great crowds jammed the railroad
IDS and the Governor competed In
talks with the noise of locomotives
a trains
Several thousands people wedged
ODD smselves In the big Auditorium at
iliams Grove To hear the Governors
ncipal speech. but far more were
able To gain entrance and the Gov
ior made a second speech out
ors.
The Governor digressed materially
m his prepared speech. but de-
oped much the same line of
ought. criticising Co. Roosevelt's
IN Views and taking issue with
esident Taft's veto of the farmers
free list bill. He referred indirectly
CO political conditions In Pennsylvania
outlined by Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer. who introduced the
Governor. and spoke of the Penrose
revelations.
AT Williams Grove Governor will
son said In part:
1T Is strange that We should have
put of so long looking into our Gov
eminent to see whether II is. In fact.
run according to the rules we origin
ally laid down for IL. but 1t is certain.
thot we arc now looking into 1: cry
Sharply indeed, ana without the least
danger that We shall be deceived
ogaiu as 10 is character. Our idea of
IL he's bcen. irora the first, that II was
genuine partnership ana that all
were upon one footing. and were to
share alike.
But n very interestin thing has
come to light. That Is not In fact the
way the Government has been admin
istered In our time. IL has been i'm the
hands OF self-constituted trustees and
the partnership seldom been allowed
real governing voice In its admin
istration.
We had supposed that We were
conducting the national business along
the lines laid down by jefferson. but
We find that as a matter of fact we
have been continuing II along the
lines laid down by Hamilton. Hamil-
ton believed that the common run of
man had little qualification for such
business. that II could be really COM
pretended and wisely directed only
industrial enterprises and owned the
chief bodies OF property In the coun-
try. And In our time the leaders of
the Republican party have conscious
ly or unconsciously adopted the no.
ton.
THOSE men financed party cam
paigns and were always on the inside
when party policy was to be deter
mined. Tariff schedules. the foreign
policy OF the country the chief ex-
penditures OF the Government--every-
thing went as they suggested. while
the rank and file OF us Jared as we
might and were happy II We had any
small shares In the prosperity which
they organized for themselves. They
were the trustees we were their wards
and took part In the common life as
they planned and directed What went
on In the trustees meeting we were
very seldom able To learn--learned
only by impertinen' inquiry. only by
Congressional Investigations or trials
In Court which the trustees COM
piained sadly interfered with the
regular course OF business.
MIR. Roosevelt has proclaimed him
self convert to the protective policy
i say convert because ne at one
time very frankly avowed n different
opinion--and has said that while he
admitted that. no doubt some duties
were too high and ought To- be lower
ed. on the whole, the policy pursued
By Republican administrations haA
been tho right one: and ne thought