Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-04

Is as follows:
There has been a change of govern
ment. 1t began two years ago, when
the house of representatives became
Democratic by a decisive majority. 1t
has now been completed. The senate
about to assemble will also be Demo
cratic. The offices OF president and
vice president have been put into the
hands of Democrats. What does the
change mean: That Is the question
that is uppermost In our minds today.
That Is the question | am going to try
to answer. In order, If | may. to inter
pref the occasion.
Ii MEANS much more than the mere
success of IL party. The success of Il
party means little except when the
nation il using that party for q large
and definite purpose. No n can mis-
take the purpose for which the nation
now seeks to use the Democratic party.
1t seeks to use 1t to interpret a change
in its own plans and point Of view.
Some old things with which we had
grown familiar and which had begun
to creep into the very habit OF our
h'cth IN VI cti ''VE LAW
their aspect az we have latterly looked
critically upon them with fresh. awak-
enpd eyes: nave dropped their DISCUSSES
and shown themselves alien and sin
lister. Some new things as we look
frankly upon them. willing to compre-
bend their real character. have come
to assume the aspect of things long I've.
lieved in and familiar. stuff of our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by a new insight into orr own life.
Our Model Government.
We SEE that In many things life
is very great. 1t Is incomparably great
In its material aspects. In its body OF
wealth. In the diversity and sweep OF
it's energy. in the industries which nave
been conceived and built up by the
genius of Individual men and the lin
itless enterprise of groups Of men. II
is great also. very great. In its moral
force. Nowhere elise IN the world have
noble men and women exhibited in
more striking forms the beauty and
the energy of sympathy and helpful
ness and counsel in their efforts 10 rec
~ "aoiSs ttit '"tN w." ~
the weak in the way of strength and
hope. We have built up, moreover.
q great system of government. which
has stood through Il long age as in
many respects a model for those who
seek 10 set liberty upon foundations
that will endure against fOrtuitOuS
change, against storm and accident.
C1r iifa contains nNnry pppnt thing and
contains it in rich abundance.
But the evil has come with the good.
and much fine gold has been corroded.
With riches has come iu~eXcusable
waste. We have Sguandered a great
part Of what we might have used and
have not stopped to conserve the ex-
ceeding bounty of nature without
which our genius for enterprise would
have been worthless and impotent.
Scfrning TO be careful, shanlefhlly
nruul..II as we'll aS admirably efficient
We have been proud of our industrial
achievements. hut we have not hith-
erto stopped ~thoughtfully enough to
count the human cost. the cost of lives
snuffpd out of energies overtaxed and
broken. the fearful physical and spir
ituai cost to the men and women and
children upon whom the dead weight
and burden of it all has fallen p~itilesS-
~ the years through. The roam and
agony of 1t all had not yet reached
our ears. the solemn. moving under
tone of our life. coming up ont OF the
mines and factories and out OF every
bprtn ,r-tnrl finn -rvl truin had its tnti.
mate and familiar seat. With the
great government went many deep Sc
cret things which WE too long delayed
to look into and scrutinize with can
did. fearless eyes. The great govern
ment we loved has too often been
made Use of for private and selfish
purposes. and those who used 1t had
forgotten the people.
Duty Of Americans Outlined.
At hast Il vision has beeD vOiichSafed
as of our life az a whole. We see the
j with the. good. the debased and
,dant with the sound and vital.
a this vision we approach new af-
.irs. Our duty Ia to cleanse. to re-,
consider. to restore. to correct the evil
WITHOUT lIlIilTIuS Tue S'"bu- ~ purify
and h%unaniZe every protess OF our
common life without weakening or
sentimrntaiiZing II. There mas been
something crude and heartieSs and I'M
feeling in our haste to succeed and be
great. Our thought has been. Let CIV
cry man look out for himself: let ev-
sry generation hook ont for Itself.
while we reared giant machinery which
made IT Impossible that any but those
who stood at the levers of control
should have a chance to look out Tor
themselves. We had not forgotten our
morals. We remembered well enough
that we had set mp II policy which was
meant to serve the InnmhleSt as we'll AS
the most powerful. with M eye single
to the standards of justice and fair
NAV and saait inferred 1t with pride
Bat we were very needless and In Il
hurry to be great.
We have come NOW to the sober sec
ond thought. The scales Of needless
Dess have fallen from our eyes. We