Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-28

and to arouse from its letharSy dormant
society.
Il am far from saving that statesman
may not strongly sympathize with the
general purpose of the enthusiasts. may
not clearly see the real abuse and wrong
and evil which these leaders of the cru
SADIE are picturing to the people and may
not take part in the initiation and carry
ing on of that movement, but generally it
will be found that the statesman mod
crates his expressions. sees the practical
difficulties and does not initiate the fury
of the eloquence of those with whose
work he sympathizes.
Begin with the revolutionary period 1t
was men like Samuel Adams and Patrick
Henry and Luther Martin who aroused
the people of the thirteen colonies to the
Indignation which led to Lexington and
Concord and Bunker Hill.
But when the revolution had to be
fought it was the men of calm counsel.
of sturdy patriotism, of clear heads and
of common sense that had to organize
the fighting. 1t was Washington and
Franklin and Robert Morris and their
associates who raised the sinews OF war
and organized the men whom the spirit
of Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry
had aroused to enlistment in the cause
of resistance of oppression
And finally We come to one who il
illustrates perfectly the distinction which
l have made in other cases between
enthusiastic reformers. self-sacrificing
crusaders, sincere lovers of their kind,
leaders of political movement on the
one hand and statesman equally
moved. equally courageous. equally self
sacrificing. but with different method
and far keener sense of the practical,
equally tenacious of the high end sought
Abraham Lincoln.
Plutocracy and Boss Rule.
Another issue which we have had in
the last ten years in our politics is the
avoiding of the danger of plutocracy
and the elimination of corrupt control
OF wealth and corporations in our
pontlcs. am not going TO be personal
IN regard to this. but l can only allude
come about; that the leviathan of the
people has been aroused and that a
condluon in the public mind has been
p1o1uced mat is most salutary.
That the machine and boss rule
which We're the handmade of threatened
plutocracy and corrupt political con-
troll are now anathema in the minds of
theSpeople and that growing out of this
crusade and as part of it is a spirit of
protherly love and greater interest of
all for one that no one can fail to ap-
preciate and approve and rejoice in
But accompanying these great changes
Tor good have come excuses. and those
who were advocates and doubtless es-
reform in the public have lost their
statesmanlIke qualities and are now
encouraging the extremes to which
people aroused under such danger
are prone to go.
The ideal of statesmansh today is
that of the man who recognizes the re-
form and rejoices in it. but who is able
DH clear thought and Intelligence of
the people to reach them in a political
way and lead them away from the ex-
tremes which would sacrifice the in
estimable boon we have received from
our Washington. Hamilton, jefferson
Madison and Lincoln.
THE American ideal in statesman
ship today is the man who can. by his
eloquence. his Understanding of the
people his lear-headed knowledge. of
the pS4nciples that will make society
useful 10 its merubers. Jay the founda-
ton either in one of the old parties or
IN a. new. for party. action that NAV
attain this goal of patriotism and COM
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