Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-31
DEMocnACY-ITs MEANING
AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

Governor Ferguson has come IA.
10 unr midst for the purpose Of
Interpreting the new Democracy
Seeing the party assaulted 81 home
and abrond, hc dcmres 10 lend what
aiI be can lo the cause 90 ihc
masses, realizing full we'll what
President Wilson has meani a. the
Nation aud 10 the world aud whai
he has \ IN him 10 mean in The
near future, when . fury Of re-
adjustment d bound ~ shutter an
industrial orbits all sueiai cuie
g0rieA The Governor object
here Is moi partisan in tho eeuae
that II ls hie desire 90 eKnlt par
ticnlar persons llo viii mcrol,
Arrive 10 clear party principles
from those inlsc doctrines which
have been brought into being hy
aposiaios aud political iunkclcrs,
themselves grown big with pros
poets pf spoil Reing here, aa be-
has every good right 10 be. the
Goycraor win find himself the
tnrRcl for considerable criticism,
bat Co no manner Of adverse critic.
ism upon The part OF Dempcrats f.
ioF there has never heen a Dpmo.
crai va False 20 principle so true
20 hope Of private gain. that he
would knowingly herd with odds
and ends with the one idea of
overthrowing those indispensable
haiWarks which his party has rne
"a Tor us guidance toward separ
ate. useful existence. aud as mat
Ter Of projection against political
Adventures and masaudcrs. su,h
as hnvo tlourishpi la Nueeos conn
~ since Clarke pcase. himself Il
Republican, first raised ,he stand
ard ~ Commercial Honesty
As we have said Governor Fer
gison has come to Corpus Christi
for ihc purpose oi sllmulaiinr
thoughts Of Democracy 10 thr
hest OF our kuowlcdec and we
have opposed Governor Ferguson
IN more than one instance, We
OWES no Corpus Christian this or
that, aud brings no knife with HIM.
As the duly constituted head est
taN Texas Democracy, hr feels,
iuSt is he Is morally bound Ga
feel that there has not heen u time
within our period Whom the surcrss
Of The party, ia al IT'S separate
branches. ha. been Of such FAR
reaching cnpsequcncc io the Na
ton as whule and 10 the poopl,
~ az naiinns. weighed down hy
the miscrlcs aud Embellishments al
war Indeed. when measured ae
curdin9 20 lhe magnitude aud m
trinslc merit nf iss acts. The Wilson
Administration stands without 4
peer since Colonlh, times. 81 ~,
shall Attempt 10 make PLAIN y,
enumeration, only considering Il.
outstanding achievements.
ssaas
During a pcriod OF world crisis
wheu the body ~ international Law
has hccu rejected by a majority al
those nations who have given i
sanction an,lauthority, Woodrow
Wilson and Congress heNc kep
The United States free from war
at the Same time respecting al,
national honor and giving Il sig
niilcnnpe oF a revolutionary SORT
They have established u a. a thns
Of fundamental creed that TIM
Nation, ia its might as sovereigl
power. will nos undertake. WA
OF aggression that Il will not at
tennt ARMED Intervention "a ne
half ~ commercial adventures
that II viii not interfere ia foreign
disputes naturally Wing without
ila sphere 81 activity. that Il vii
moi traffic Ia human lives for IN,
sake % gain. Il i true that thi,
policy of hou0tahlc peace has not
been adhered 20 without error: hui
IL is equally true that, for ever,
mistake made, there has hccn soli,l
achievement IA the promotion %
international understanding and
good will, as instanced BIZ our sue,