Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

gerated. We meet in no spirit OF despair,
| but rather to rejoice in victory lot
law and order. 1t is true that we were
defeated at the polls by our old-time op-
ponent. the democratic party. 1t Is true
that we are now going to work out again
the problem of eating our cake ana nav
/ Ing if. too, by showing how it Is possible
4 to change from a system of protection
| for manufacture industries to one Of
| tariff for revenue only without affecting
| the industries . to their detrfment ana
| without hating production or lowering
| wages. II is true that we are to witness
| an attempt to satisfy the crying need for
| a new banking and currency system by
| a plan which Is to embOdy as many as
| possible of the features OF the Aldrich
monetary compassion plan disguised AS
much as may be so as to permit denial
| of any resemblance. 1t is true that we
| are to witness change of Ofhcehoiders
| from republicans to democrats, and we
are to see how economical the new adj
| ministration Is to be compared with the
| cd We have been through this before.
| 1t may be that this time they can do
what they have not succeeded in doing
heretofore, and, if SO. and they can main
tain the prosperity of the country at It's
present record level. then We shall re-
joice at their success.
Want of Basis Cited.
"What is there in the present condition
that the progressive party represents
which can lead us to suppose that human
| nature has changed that no restraint is
| necessary In all society" TO prevent one
man from depressing another. or to pre-
vent a ma iority of men from depressing
an Individual or a minority? What is it
| that constitutional limi, atoms are for in
a popular government? y popular gov
| eminent is a government by the people
| that is, by a majority Of the people. who
re
exercise the electoral franchise, and con-
stitutional limitations are imposed to
prevent the misuse of the power OF the
ma jority so that the individual or he
minority may not suffer injustice through
the action of the ma jority, Where Is
the security in present society that the
majority may not from time to time do
injustice to the minority and to the in
dividual?
1T is said that We distrust the people
if we assume that the majority will ever
do injustice. In other words, the conten-
ton is that the vote of the majority Is
passing upon gwen question determines
some times one way. and some times an
other in which case is 1t right? If the
wisdom of fathers and of the long
line of able men who have fought for
popular government has led to the intro Il
duction into every scheme OF government !
of restraints to prevent injustice by the
majority to the minority, and the in |
diyidual, what is there that has happen |
ed In recent years to make us feel that
a change has come over the character or |
majorities that they may not exercise |
the tyranny that they have exercised in /
the past and in respect to which they
have been restrained by constitutional |
limitation?
How are the inequalities in society to |
be wiped out? How is government to |
assure happiness to the individual? Is |
1t ny an equal distribution of property: |
Is 1t by taking from one man that which
is his and giving ii to another who has
not earned it? l submit that this fs the |
ultimate result of thorough analysis |
of all the theories advanced by the pro- |
gressivc party. It is easily seen that |
under the progressive program the whole
machinery that has been carefully |
built up by the older statesmen of this |
country and of England to save to the
individual. and the minority, freedom.
equality before the law, the right of prop
erty and the right to pursue happiness,
is to be taken apart and thrown into
a junk heap and the preservation Of such
rights or privilege. II you choose to call
them such. Is to be left to the charitable
impulse of a benevolent administration
Grounds for Doubt.
"No one at all familiar with the princi-
pies of free government and the tendency
Of erring and power loving human nature
would be content to have his liberty or his
~
happiness dependent upon the benevolence
Of any one
Now it has been suggested that the
republican party can unite again with
many Of the progressive party If only
different rule could be put into iorce
through the convention or the national
committee by which the reduction of
southern representation would be secured
and a fairer method Of selecting the can
didates for President by the republican
party could be devised. haven't any op-
lection to any method which shall be
fair That is not reason for Joining or
giving up the party. 1t is the principle
that the party advocates that should
control one in its support
1T is not that the republican party Is
DESTROYS of holding office or power,
though neither is to be despised, but 1t is
that in this crisis we feel that We nave
the means of preventing the country from
taking a step which, If taken, Will pre-
cipitate us into governmental chaos. will
set the community on a chimerical chase
for an ideal that is impossible to realize,
and that in that chase the community
will lose the inestimable benefits OF
permanent popular government that we
have developed after thousand years
of struggle and have created. maintained
and preserved inviolate for 125 years of
national liberty.
Neither Bitter Nor Vengeful. 1
I'VE are not bitter; we are not cast
down. we are not vengeful. If the people
of the United States can stand a demo-
cratic administration for one. or two
or even more terms We shall certainly
not object to their capacity for endurance
in this regard, but what we wish to
assure ourselves of Is that neither
through democratic radtcalism nor
through progressive radicalism shall the
pillars of our noble state be pulled down
and the real cause Of the people be sacr1-
feed to dreams of demagogues and
theorists.
rio nFMhNO FIR STAMPS