Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-01

nance Of parties. but am sorry TO
say. ! have found nothing 10 interest
me and / am "a little biz ashamed Of
myself that / should have expected it,
for should have known better.
There rs fact running through all
our political history of which ! ought
10 have reminded myself The demo-
cratic party Is the only party whose
lie has persisted and whose vigor has
continued throughout an the history
Of this nation, and that has not hap
pened by accident u has happened
because It Is the only party, | venture
10 say Of all whose life has been gov
crncd or. az any rate, inspired by
definite prnciple--an absolute belief
VA the control Of the people their
right TO control, their capacity 10 CON
troll their own affairs and shape them
VA the common interest
"rhe democratic party has commit
ted many errors. the democratic party
has made some fatal mistakes Of ac-
tion. but the reason 1t has lived, the
reason It is the only party that has APP
parent Immortality in our politics, Is
that It Is the only party that has con-
sistently based It's beliefs upon the
things and the convictions that under
lie all American history the belief In
the government Of the people by theme
selves, and their own representatives..
=. Two Parties Have Died.
1T has witnessed the life and death
Of two great parties, and unless | am
very much mistaken, It viii witness
The early disappearance of another. II
witnessed the life and disappearance
Of the federalist party II witnessed
the life, tho increase, the demorallza- |
ton, the decline, and the disappear /
anco Of the whig party.
And then there appeared upon the |
scene the republican party, first Of all /
organized for great and difficult |
purpose; 10 prevent tho spread of tho /
institution OF slavery into the free |
portions Of the United states That
object they greatly accomplished And |
then there seemed 10 descend upon |
them the spirit Of the federallst and |
the wing parties. and ever since the /
increasing Decentralization Of that par
~ has been evident,
"Tho spirit of those parties was one /
81 limited control ofytho affaiN OF the .
tion by those WHO had tho biggest
Prlal stake in the prosperity OF the
y ~ Some Of them profosscd this
8 openly ana Some OF them prac-
It without protesting II. The 4
theoN Of Alexander Hamilton, who
founded the fodoralist party was that
the best kind Of government is gov
eminent by guardians and trustees,
and that only those who represented
tho great material enterprises Of the
country arc capable Of acting as trus-
tees and guardians So that through
out the period when the fedcralist
party was In control the whole idea
was that a small group OF carefully !
planning men should govern public
opinion and control administrative ac-
tion in tho United states.
The Wing Party
The whig party, when 1t arose, had
"A somewhat more liberal conception,
but before il had lasted very long. 1t
acted upon exactly the same principle
that the great body OF people is not
capable Of doing it's own thinking, ana
that a small group of persons must
be allowed 20 do its thinking for it,
and the republican party has nher- i
ited that idea not the idea of govern
mont by tho people, but Of govern I