Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-26
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DENVER, Colo.-"The next presi'
dental election will see the return to
power OF the Republican party. And
il will be the Republican party oil
Mark Hanna. The party of blind cap.
italism; unselfish and unseeing. After
that, in 1920. we may move forward
again. think we will-but the inter.
regnum OF reactionary dominion is in
eyitabie. And the only thing diminish
ing the full effect of this step back
wards Is the fact that, in economics
and education, this is not the America
of 1896. Otherwise, with that one
qualification, It seems to me that in
the next presidential election the old,
purblind Republican party will swing
back into power, the party of. Mark
Hanna, that counted dividends upon
everything" ..- -.
At which announcement the speak.
er paused. Then he smiked as some
great consultant who tells you that
science has said its last word in the
interests of your beloved and that the
rest must be left to nature.
The speaker, by the way, was also a.
consultant of kinds. LID,
His name, Charles A. Beard. His oc.I
cupation, professor of historical and
contemporary politics In Columbia uni.
yersity.. His standing in scholarship
that Of doctor Of philosophy, with a
reputation amongst scholars both here
and in Europe. 49,.
People Believe Wilson -
Has Not Made Good. A
In saying all this" Dr. Beard con-
: tinued, having most conveniently
paused just long enough to present the
opportunity for the above few words
of Introduction, Il am not speaking as
a prophet. Prophecy Is not my func-
ton. But as a man whose special
business Is that of studying contempt
rary politics with their relation to
what has happened and what may
happen from any given set OF facts
and circumstances, am merely say.
ing that all the data / have at my
command points to swing back to
the Republican party in 1916, and,
probably. the last appearance in ma.
tional politics OF the principles of Mark
Hanna @sas
my observations" said DR.. Beard,
lead me to conclude that the people
OF the country do not believe President
Wilson has made good. And / do mott
think that public opinion, in reaching
that conclusion, has been much in
fluenced by the financial and CONNER.
cial depression resulting from the war.
The view of the people is based upon
other facts connected with the pres
ent administration and those facts are |
integral with the actual character and
history OF the Democratic party in |
national politics.
The Democratic party, considered |
nationally, is the party of the South.
In the South today they have not COM
pulsory education. On the other hand,
they have condition of child laborI
that is an offense to modern civiliza.
ton. And, Also. there are in the
South, still, those rotten boroughs'I |
which were the scandal of England |
back in the days of the Third George.
Now, from a party controlled by |
national factors OF that kind you can,
not get any real progress in the mod. |
ern state. And President Wilson cam
do nothing, while depending for back.
ing upon such party, to put through |
any policy of legislation touching the
fundamental needs of the whole coun.
try.
@0f course" said DR.. Beard, "there
was the New Freedom. But the New
Freedom was only Cobdenism written
politely, with its doctrine of Iaissez
faire' hidden under a lacery of golden
words And there was in it nothing
in the way of philosophy or statesman
ship that can be applied to our coun.
try today 1t was pleasant readingi
and it gave you vague thrills of dis
tant, dim things; but that was all in
the end, and President Wilson has
quite failed to crystalline It out into
any national program touching our ma.
tional needs" III j. -
And we have national needs" con.
tinued DR.. Beard, national needs andi
national problems 49,. |,
Congress tried to solve some of
those problems through the bill pro.
Giding a literacy test for emigrantsi
That was not perfect scheme, but
it was at least an effort to get a.
vast question under control But the
president vetoed that bill and now we