The Detroit times., 1914-10-07
"Its Ideal Is Tammany; Lock-
step Is the Mode Of Locomotion
It Prescribes,r Writes
Mendon Judge
PARTY SPECTACLE, HE
SAYS, is DEPLORABLE ONE
Pawn Ii Patronage in the Poll
tical Game the Machine
Plays

No man In Michigan stands for
higher ideals Of citizenship than the
Hon. George L. Yaple. OF Mendon.
The Democracy OF Michigan has nc
more earnest supporter Of the princi-
pies Of Jefferson and OF Wilson
No Democrat is more highly re.
spected by the rank and file OF the
party and the opinion Of no Democrat
carries more weight
In communication to The Times,
Judge Yaple arraisns his party for the
spectacle i presents in the present
campaign with its reactionary ma
chine element in control.
Judge Yaple writes as follows:
To the Editor OF The Times:
The spectacle presented by the Dem
ocratic party In Michigan Il a depior-
able one. But II In the natural result
OF the methods and practice or the
controls the .orsaniaations views poll
tics simply az game In which the
pawn fs patronage. and party organi-
xation as an adventure Of spoils II
time function OF parties the education
or citizenship and public service. II 10
animated only by the purpose to se-
cure the control and distribution OF
Al nrst Il based Its claim TO control
the federal patronage In this state
upon m agreement alleged 70 have
ton whereby Il was 10 have spcn seon-
tain deissaiss for wilson II sush an
va: SsSsh sSs N. sss
tlon for support was money instea4 of
SsI!s mora!a yhsssss y ~ 80, css sHee w 3. |.
I lh6 4 orHanixation Ia ba6ed on 6p0fls.
o1>4<eo u the state administratiom
!. NE machine controls the appointive
s effsss them si sna 5as TSs msehfns 81 Ia
lDofty In control Of patronaFe u pow
\ SYf1l, and II uses fts power to perpetu-
!. ~ itself. II is a despotlsm OF one or
e is the negative of9democracy. So far
- 1t ID effective, Il Gtffies independent
thought and actions. deadens con-
ssisecs and sxacss IRON onsd,snc iss toc
ssssSs sSsesS i III mean. blind oSsdisnes to its
or1ers.
don 1T e aasH prsncfiSes. * @ It's id.Si is Fam
many There can be no machine with
out bops. and when the machine 10
Intrenched In the party. the boss con-
trolls the party. The so-called public
servant becomes what Roosevelt aptly
calls sub officer OF the boss The
people eiected---is merely the agent or
the machine. subseruency 70 the ma
,hine n made the test sof Dfea1ty to party
md OF fitness for office.
"A political machine r. Invisible gov
srnmsnt ~ itS mcss po.Ssnr pcSt. ana rtisS y,r,Hus
and the foe OF decent citisenship. True
democracy stands for political and so-
cial reform IL II moral an well -
political movement. A political party
should be IN. fact one .sof the best e
all the esensi%ss % for e.vlc 1;c s1ncas,on treinnr
ana IN this school We should have
teachers who are leaders. and leaders
who are stAtesmen.
n party IL under the domination
Of Influences which deaden. II 90 the
fsnssGp fssrsss and 4 Of the people Men
who merely play the game are for
. mat very reason unified for leader
ship. and "a far az they exercise con.
troll the party dsgensrates into : sohooi
OF political tr!ckery. .s a..
rss s,,ncsiUns ssi,snai l. % q vt:sly FIsstsr I'm.
portancs hort than any spscinc 1sgislation.
Every victory for the machine 10 .
defeat for the cause OF true democ-
rncy. II II to be hoped that We nnve
wItnssssd Tor the last ums nns,ic IN oflsos ~,
e ss.ss &. sss ssrvIss y
nsndon. Nich.. Oct 8, 1914