Evening star., 1916-10-01
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History Of Wing Party.

but before 1t had lasted very long i
acted upon exactly the same princi
ple-that the great body Of the peopl'
is not capable of doing its own think
ing. and that a small group oe per
sons must be allowed to do its think
ing for it, and the republican part!
has inherited that Aidea: not the ides
of government by the people, but o.
government for the people and con
troll of the people by those who gov
ern it.
ut was a foregone conclusion thai
parties that held such principles coulG
not live in America. The only reason
they existed for a short time was
that they did rally to their support
some of the fine. planning. enterprisins
as those men had the conscience OF
public service great things were con-
ceived and great things were done
but just SO soon as they put in pos
were attorneys Of special interests the
decadence of the party inevitably en-
sued.
| 'The republican party as now con-
ment BY the attorneys Of special in
! terests. They are perfectly willing
that the attorneys Of tho people should
, appear before them and plead for the
rights Of the people. but they are not not
termine action shall be participated in
BY the attorneys Of the people.
Formation Of Tax1hh
-one Of the things that they ara
most constantly talking about 10 the
protective tariff. and there was . time
whom a very wide taking Of counsel
tariffs, but not toward the end. Then
small group. Of selected counsslors
always determined what tho Items OF
the tariff should be. The only persons
heard were the attorneys for the
special interests, and the attorneys OF
| the people could batter at the door
as they pleased and never get a hear
ing.
"The end of such a party was fore
| doomed, and now the party that be-
lieves in the people and tries to do
things for the people has been in
happened? It has redeemed some Of
the promises falsely made by the at
torneys for the special interests And
it has done something more interest
| ing than that You remember that four
years ago there was a great body of
| spirited republicans who said:
This thing Is becoming fraud and
a sham. We have been taking care Of
some people. but we have not been
taking care Of the great body Of the
l
their morals; we have not thought
about their health; we have not
| thought about their rights as human
| beings, and we insist that you put
the policy Of this party in our hands or
we will go of and form a party Of our
own
Birth Of Progressive Party.
And thereupon the great progressive
| party sprang up-great not because 1t
turned out to be more numerous than
the party from which 1t had seeded,
| though 1t did that. But because 1t had
| the real red blood of human sympathy
in its veins and was ready to work for
mankind and forget the interests OF a
narrow party. I want to pay my trib-
| ute of respect to the purposes and in
| tentions of the men who formed that
group in our politics.
But the Interesting thing Is that. in
! asr7uch as they did not get the op-
portunity. we took advantage of our
/ Opportunity to do the thing that they
wanted to do. And l want you young
! fellows to understand the reason for
! that There are standpatters in the
/ democratic party. There are men sit
| ting down hard on the breeching strap.
| There are men who are trying to hold
back and to serve what they believe
| to be conservatism, though it is really
reaction. But the interesting thing
| about the democratic party Is that
| those men are in a small minority in it's
ranks, whereas in the party Of the OPP
| position they are in majority. and are
| in control.
Country Is Progressive"
! THE interesting thing for all poll
ticians to remember Is that the pro-
gressive voters of this county. all put
| together, outnumber either party. I
venture to say they outnumber both
| parties put together. This country is
progressive, and if you youngsters are
| going to be In the running you Will
! throw in your fortunes with the party
of which the progressives have the
| control
| II am progressive. I do not spell it
with a capital P, but think my pace is
just as fast as those who do. 1t does
| not interfere with the running. and
am very much astonished to see the
| company that some gentlemen who
spell their names with a capital are
| keeping. They are engaged in the in
| teresting enterprise Of trying to cap
ture a party which is fortified against
them. and refusing to enter a party
believe in their principles. the intel
lectual processes by which they arrive
at their conclusions are entirely OBJ
| scured to my intelligence.
But you will notice that party
| that merely wants control does no,
! have to have any principles. That is
the reason why surprise that a pro-
| gram has not been announced is un-
| reasonable. Look over the ranks Of
! the supporters of the republican party
Did you ever see a more motley com.
| pany in your life. Did you ever see
elements SO absolutely contradictory OF
| each other as the elements of thai
party? II they moved in any direction
| they would have to move in many di.
| rections: and If I am trying to get into
power by the support Of people that dc
| not agree with one another, 1t Is very
| dangerous for me to profess my owI
| opinion.
Politics Of Europe.
Back Of that party are those WHIT
want to inject into our politics thu
politics Of Europe. but not all who
have that purpose in mind are on tn.
same side. Some want to inject poll.
tics in order to move in one direction
| and others want to do 1t in order Il
move in exactly the opposite direc
ton. In these circumstances. 1t is mo-
| wise to announce your direction. SOM
of them are progressives. or were, ant
profess themselves dissatisfied witt
| the present leadership and guidance O.
| the party. and others are so well sat
isfied with it that they are afraid tha
the entrance of this new element will
| disturb some of their favorite plans
and SO. looking at each other with sus
and that Is the enthusiasm to get in.
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