Arizona republican., 1918-03-21
DEMOCRATS URGED
 BY THEIR LEADER
 ID FORGET PARTY
IRepublican A. p. Leased WIre1


 NEWARK, N. J., March 2O.-New Jersey democratic leaders, assembled here tonight for a reorganization banquet were greeted by a message from President Wilson, as national head of the party, calling upon them to rise to the test of a new time when old party slogans have lost their significance and to commit themselves to disinterested service to humanity.
 In letter presented by Secretary Tumulty, the president said the ne- cessity for his staying Ion the job made it impossible for him to be present, but it was clear that in the present posture of affairs in New Jer- sey, he could not overlook his re- sponsibility to point out what he be- lieved to be the duty of the democrats of the state in a great hour of crisis.
 Bids Us Search Our Hearts
 Every sign of these terrible days of war and revolutionary change. when economic and social forces are being released upon the world, whose effect no political seer dare venture to conjecture" wrote the president, bids us search our hearts through and through and make them ready for the birth of new day, day we hope and believe, of greater opportunity, and greater prosperity for the aver age mass of struggling men and wom- en, and of greater safety and oppor- tunity for children.
 Old Party Slogans Dead
 The old party slogans have lost their significance and will mean noth- ing to the voter of the future, for the war is certain to change the mind of Europe as well as the mind of Amer ica. Men everywhere are searching democratic principles to their hearts in order to determine their soundness, their sincerity, their adaptability to the real needs of their life and every man with any vision must see that the real test of justice and right ac- ton is presently to come as it never came before. The men in the trenches, who have been freed from the eco- homie serfdom to which some of them had been accustomed, will. it is likely. return to their homes with a new view and new impatience of all mere political phrases and will de- mand real thinking and sincere action.
 Forget All But Service
 Let the democratic party in New Jersey, therefore. forget everything but the new service which they are to be called upon to render. The days of political and economic reconstruc- tion which are ahead of us no man can now definitely assess, but We know this, that every program must be shot through and through with ut ter disinterestedness that no party must try to serve itself but every party must try to serve humanity, and that the task is a very practical one, meaning that every program, ev- cry measure in every program. must be tested by this question and this question only: is it just, is it for the benefit of the average man, without influence or privilege; does it embody in real fact the highest conception of social justice and of right dealing without respect of person or class o1 particular interest?
 This is high test. It can be met only by those who have genuine sym pathy with the mass of men and real insight into their needs and opportun tics and purpose which is purged alike of selfish and of partisan inten- tion. The party which rises to this test will receive the support of the peo- l pie, because it deserves it"