The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-22
NECESSARY TO FORM PARTIES IN
 GOVERNMENT
Woman Member of EXecu tive Committee Defines
 Principles of Democracy.

Mrs. H. Otto Wittpenn. member of the Democratic National Executive committee, represented the Demo- cratic party at the Victory Confer ence' of the New Jersey suffrage party, which was held in the Robert Treat Hotel, Newark, late in April In the course of her speech. Mrs. Wittpenn said:
 4'In our form of government parties are still necessary, although they are becoming less so. The experience of the Progressive party shows that a third party is not practical We must therefore choose between the Repub- lican or Democratic parties In this we are not relinquishing our inde- pendence of choice.
 'rWe are determined to begin our political activities by dropping per- sonalities, for we know that there are good and bad men in both parties. The difference between the parties is more fundamental and permanent than any personality It goes back l to the two types of mind, the con servative and the liberal The Re publican party is strong on organ1za- i tion- Organization needs brains. money and a m otive for untiring en- ergy and persistent work We ac- | knowledge that there are more college ! bred men and women of leisure in i the Republican party We acknowl- edge that it contains richer fndivid- i Irals and corporations We recognize l that perfect organization needs cash | It seems fair to look for the motive i behind the energy and work which l have built up and are constantly up- i holding the Republican party Why 1 do the richest classes and corpora lions support the Republican party i It is evident that it is primarily the party of property, although Governor l Stokes has just stated that it is in | danger of being Bryanized by social istic and communistic compromise.
 Party of Personal Rights.
 | The Democratic party is a party
 of agitation, a party of protest, hav- ing had it's birth in the protest ot
 Thomas Jefferson against the iror
 bound rule of the Federalists. The
 elections of Cleveland and Wilson
 both demonstrate this point The
 protests of our party have invariably
 been, not for material gain. but fol
 the preservation of the human e1e
 ment and of personal rights a: l against property rights. The Demo I cratic party endeavors to work ou
 the many perplexing problems of gov
 ernment by faith in the growth O.
 the people, learning from their owI
 experiences. faults and blunders-
 '-The Democratic party does not be
 lieve in the government of the man,
 through the brains of a few. It i:
 largely composed of persons wh'
 need the protection of the govern
 ment as expressed in laws, becaus'
 they have not had the advantage O
 wealth or education. It is primaril, ! @f
 exposes them to exploitation,
 The Democratic party is a party O
 the common people. It does not take
 a prophet to foresee that the ques
 tions which in the future will daily
 become more and more acute art those of the relations between tn, II, employer and the worker, those which involve the care and protec ,I ton of women. and children in theil sE.works and 5n fhetr hea3th- we=clain Athafo.- fo.-theDenooGafic party aHnder