Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-02-12
BARNES SPEAKS
ON CONDITIONS
REPUBLICAN LEADER THINKS
COUNTRY SUFFERING FROM
TOO MANY IDEALS
DEPLORES PATERNAL|sM
Thinks President I,aboring Under
lallacious Economic Ideas
And Has Violated Ameri-
can Policy

ALBANY, y. Y, Feb. IL An
analysis OF national economic con-
ditious and Of recent political his
tory formed the subject OF a speech
delivered M the annual dinner OF
the Albany County Republican or
zation tonight by William
barnes. member OF the Republican
National Comi,tce from New York
Mr. Barnes explained Why he retired
from the Republican State Commit
tee. lie gave his ideas regarding the
'cNll that heSt- the country
America" hc said. els suffering
from confusion of ideals In that nat
ural spiritual aspiration of the race
has expressed itself in recent think
ing iu materialistiC form, without aC-
cepting natural law. that must gov
crn materialisiic things The pro-
pOsal for % minimum wage hy statue
b. the best example ! know Ol this
particular kind of erroneous think
mg
"Such false methods of accom-
pa hing @ good result invite unuer-
rssary malrrialistic Disaster thus
crushing the uplft of the spirit.
which secures lts quality only De-.
cause of its superiority
This error has taken iis most
unfortunate form in the popular
miscouception of the meaning %.
wealth and in placing upon govern
msnt possibilities and burdens i'm
possible for it 10 bear effectively.
The attempt 40 capitalize the rnlis-
ious instinct OF the human race into
q political asset has been the method
used by the ambitious for power
from the beginning of organized hu-
man society Through the creduli-
" of the race, through is love OF
the mysterious. through It's devotion
10 the unknowable. the progress of
real democracy has been impeded
by those who would exploit H. not
necessarily. though frequently Tor
financial gain, but for the exercise
OF vanity or power
"Our nrnsent ~Oyernmcnf ai
Washington, whatever may he the
integrity OF ise motives Of the Pres
ident. which ! do not impugn, has
been under the Influence OF fa,lac.
ious economic ideas; and so has vio.
lated that American policy OF pro.
lection. which. properly explained
means thar each tariff schedul,
should be- 80 high that no American
industry can be destroyed hy iorrisn
competition. and so low that no
American industry can, through a.
.ccure abnormal profits
'ThIs i- the economic mistake
which has been made. Assault up.
ON wealth. as such. ls am as-auiI
upou the power 10 produce Power
fo produce means employment The
lack oi II. idloness. which, it long
continued means starvation.
The second error is the ,oufus
ION of me ideal OF democracy which
& liberty with the pursuit of cfilc.
.cucy Tho tendency OF recent Leg
..iation 10 establish efficiency
through lrrcspousihility /, au assault
ruou democratic institution. lnci
HDiagcy has been assaulted as th'
evil Tho remedy proposed has beer
tho injection OF O. theory destructive
off democratic principles through me
attempt 90 apply them iaiir.ou-lN. f
Ifd Kind OF of'irionrr vhicI
mako. for the seryile and not th'
democratic state
Nr Barnes said that his ideas o
place the Republican party should
u..rpy Ito withstand The pOlitica
error. of the time" were based upor
nrm beliefs The American Ropub
.. Ho siid. was based upon the rocI
1I ludfvIdualism. llc found .aul
with "1 tendency In American
.Haurht to deny Democracy. h'
.uurolchIuil Government from ih'
nelc %. common welfare as antaro
u-ur fo individual welfare ThI
tendency ho added. was most pop
u..l', voiced by % porinatoiir acool
orator and party leader. Mr Bryan
President Roosevelt Doc asserted
publicly expressed IDEAS so con O
rant with those which Mr. Dry
advanced thJi hc was depicted Zoo tn
press o' the country as having tol
pr Mr. Bryan's clothes
The National Committeeman r0
viewed The Republican aute-convou
lion struggle of 1919 when th
year 1919 came. be went on. II
aaa CInrr t0 me- that we had relin
luished nothing 90 the contention
which we had made in 1879. and th
issue for which we had hattled hal
become more clear no candidate 10
Governor senator or state oliir
Who had accepted the RD0serelt.a
proparanda oi 1919 could be- nom.
mated by tho Republican,
Therefore he continued, prior q
tho primary election. hc announce
that no would not again accent th
choirmonship Of the state committe
or retain membership in o. Hl
remained in the responsible pos
uou 40 ths head ot the party orgau
ization 0f the state after The victor
which vas certain 10 come. tho on
tire purpose for which J had hor
fru'ondinF might have lost Do
orality u would have boeu chars
sf fhaf ms desire WIS for power an
not i0r tho maintenance of iho pr.r
,'nIa- '0r uhirh ] had in.i .ted tha
t1c Republican party should r0r
tend. that my puruoe waH '0 hul
up party oralrlfaf.0n through tt
aid of patronage. prestige and th
occupancy o. official station on th
rar of friends 90 establish Wy-r