Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16

having different economic policies. str1v-
ing from one two years and one four
years to another for the popular approval
Thank God that in these great contests
the men who make them and seek Tor
following Of the majority have but one
hope, one aspiration. and that Is that IN
receiving from time to time the popular
approval we have but one desire-the de-
sire to serve the great republic.
Believing with all our hopes and as
pirations and honest opinions that our
policies are best for all the people, we
come into power, we lose power ut
subsequent election and again lose. 1t may
be. but in the fullness of time prevail. and
in each case our sole desire Is to serve
the best interests of our country.
And as I look into the eyes OF my
honored friend and opponent, Senator
Williams of Mississippi. and as he losks
into my eyes, we acknowledge, each OF
us, that in generous opposition as virile
men we voice our best Judgment as to
what will bring the greatest good to the
greatest number. One or the other Of us
Is mistaken as to economic policies.
Unit in Following Flag.
1--WE are a unit in following the flag.
in loyalty to the flag and in wishing the
greatest good to all the people, although
We honestly differ as to what the best
policies are. When q majority speaks
every two and four years, the majority
whether you call it republican or demo-
cratic. submits until the policies written
upon the statute books prove their wis
dom or their want of wisdom, the minor
ity criticising and the majority uphold
, ing, and thus as the pendulum swings
back and FORTH and as men come and go.
the life Of a generation being thirty-six
years, If mistakes are made, when the
appeal comes to the voters of O0OO0, O0O
people, we bow, as the majority de-
termines. And In the end. as the de-
tried, although demagogues sometimes
play to the opinion Of the plain people
and make themselves their self-consti-
tuted voice. the wisdom OF q majority
corrects the errors which have been
made.
Il a uniformed that it was saying of
Cicero that it is impossible for men In
public life to be friends. because OF their
jealousies and contests. That Is lie In
the United States Of America, although
It may have been true In the old days OF
Cicero. We strut and fret as real or fake
leaders Of public opinion. but after all the
majority determine.
No Partisanship Manifest.
Eve have differed concerning policies,
but in my almost forty years of service
In the National House Of Representatives
1 have found that on 99-1OOth Of all
questions of appropriations. Of devotion to
the flag, of a desire to bring the greatest
good to all the people. there has been no
partisanship. For almost thirty years
was a member of the great committee
on appropriations, and for sixteen years
of that time was it's chairman, and in
nine-tenths of all the questions that came
before the House when. I was chairman
Of that great committee l had as much
support from the then democratic mi
no ity as I had from the republican ma
jority.
Tonight. my friends, I am an old
man. Measured by years I am old. I
am about to retire from public life.
will soon be seventy-seven years old.
My face Is toward the setting sun. But
when the sun disappears below the
western horizon 1 shall go secure in
the feeling that whatever party may
from time to time be chargeable with
revenue legislation and with appro-
priations II mistakes are made the
people will correct them.
Looking in your faces, many members
Of the House and Senate, 1 accord to
you who do not agree with me politically