Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-25
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER rs, 1919
Nationality is the aggregated in
dividuality of the greatest men of the
nation. -Kossuth.
Democracies of One Kind and Another

Democraees of One Kind and Another
We have been observing the formation of the
National Labor party with only that casual interest
that attaches the movement of people who run in
circles, that pay attention. to what is
being said and done in Chicago where this circular
progress is exhibition
No one questions the right of labor to organize for
political purposes. That a right as distinguished
from privilege. 1t is one of the comparatively few
inherent rights enjoy. We may also call up
spirits from the vastly deep" That is permissible
under our constitution according to loose construc
ton" of that document That is, the invocation of
spirits is not forbidden Yet, have constitu-
tional guaranty that they will
But whether it is wise labor make of itself
a political party is another and a debatable matter.
The only there be for the formation and
existence of political party is the harborng of
tain principles policies that other political parties
refuse to entertain in effect every political party
and old is in opposition to other political
party In order that political party may succeed.
its policies and principles must be numerous and
comprehensive to enlist the vital interest and
support majority, or, at least plurality of all
the people.
1t may sound strange, but it is a fact that every
political party is the outgrowth of wrong some
evil or some error. Our laws all spring from the
same source that is all our sound laws. The pur-
poses parties and laws are remedial rather than
constructive. They must be based facts and not
ideals. Laws which designed to bring about
purely ideal conditions become dead letters.
Parties having such purpose seldom enlist the at
tenton of anybody but theorists and dreamers and,
therefore, vanish into thin air
1t is not promising of the success of the National
Labor Party movement that it is sponsored by such
men William English walling who for some years
has been observing only beautiful cloud effects Last
Sunday Mr. waling told a Chicago audience that we
could have industrial democracy only through the
National Labor Party.
How many of want an industrial democracy
whatever that may mean? How many people are
there who want capltalistic democracy, if there
could be such thing? We suppose there are some
people who would like Presbyterian democracy, or
a Methodist democracy or a Masonic democracy
ANY kind of hyphenated democracy would find some
supporters and advocates.
What Mr.. Walling really advocates is class rule.
But IL had that there would be the danger that the
ruling class would be rent by factions. The nine
workers would become jealous of the railroad work.
ers The plumbers would envy the favorable position
Of the iron workers. There would be inevitable divi-
sions of the dominant class.
The only industrial democracy on a large scale
the world has is now on exhibition in
Russia We do not think it can be improved upon.
1t is the only kind of a class democracy there can
ever be.
Who would constitute the National Labor Party?
Naturally, it would be supposed the workers. But
not all the workers-we think comparatively few Of
them dissatisfied with things as they are that
they would desire them be radically different We
believe that very large percentage the workers.
as Of the American people generally, will prefer an
American, national democracy.
It is proper for labor take part in politics. 1t
has done so at various times; have the farmers;
so have the churches; have the people of every
Industry and interest All that any of them ever
accomplished has been accomplished through politics.
through either the democratic the whig the repubii
can some other recognized great party.
The farmers have and then aligned themselves
with the one the other of the two great parties
either for or against the tariff For the same reason
labor has at one time another thrown itself into
one Of these two parties. The churches at various
times to bring about great moral reform, have
lent their support to one party another Thus,
these groups have secured what they whether
1t was good for them not.
The movement started by the prohibitionists more
than a half century ago looked to what may now
call prohibition democracy. After brief Pickering
the flame diminished until the party a national
party could only smile a sneer. Then those
who desired suppression of the liquor traffic APP
pealed first of the old parties and then Ahe
other finally TO BOTH and have prohibition,
not as a party policy, but as an American policy
So it will be to the end. And when the time comes
that any class shall be able force upon the country
class politics shall have at the end of our
form of government
But we are nowhere that There are now as
there have always been, men and organizations try.
ing to make the world suddenly; who take no
account of the evolution of thought of natural and
orderly processes. They would change all in the
twinkIing of eye They have already constructed
new world, many of them--on paper. We have new