The Washington times., 1936-06-26
WRITER SEES
SIMILAR AIM
FOR NATION
Delegates Jubilant at
Radical Revision
OF Principles
BY EDWIN C. HILL
Special Correspondent Of The Washington
Times

Special Correspondent of The Washington
Times
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 26.
The reelection of President Roose-
velt would utterly transform the
principles and purposes Of gov
eminent in America, precisely as
the election Of Mr.. Roosevelt did
actually and radically transform
the principles and purposes Of the
Democratic Party.
This notion is not confined to
the Republican opposition, nor is
it exclusive With the thinning con-
servative minority of the Democ-
racy. On the contrary, it is the
cheerfully excited talk of the
party representatives attending
this convention and reflected in
the editorials of newspapers most
ardently advocating a Roosevelt
New Deal victory next November.
There's no. secret about it no
whispering in corners. It's a topic
on every tongue. Under the
stimulation of that belief-the
conviction that we will be in for
a brand new kind of government,
one cut loose from all the old
standards and restraints - dele
gates and visitors are as pleasure
ably stirred as children who are
suddenly told that they are to be
taken on q long journey, to some
strange, foreign place where every
thing is different and Of course
very wonderful.
One Man Rule
What is taking place here-re-
flected in the speeches that al
ready have been heard, and also
in the platform itself, though
necessarily much more guardedly,
is so important that it may be
months before the people gen.
orally will perceive it's significance.
A party made over by the will of
one man, a nation similarly to be
transformed.
The transformation is more
amazing than the phenomena wit
messed in Cleveland when the Re
publican party broke from the
principles of Hamilton and Lin
coin, and went over to the politi-
cal philosophy of Thomas Jeffer
son, seized the doctrine Of States
Rights abandoned by the Demo
Gratis and surrendered to the
Democrats it's own long g-cheriShed
principle of strong central govern
ment.
AS this convention approaches
the final stages of its work, the
scope and purposes Of the new
Democracy are clearly revealed.
Aims of New Democracy
Simplified and narrowed down
to a few words, they can be fairly
stated as follows:
A completely centralized author
ity in Washington.
The powers of the Federal Gov
eminent increased and expanded
as never before.
The authority of the States
diminished and contracted where
ever they conflict with the in
tents and purposes Of the New
Deal.
Extreme paternaliSm, as op-
posed to the independent individ-
ualiSm traditional in the party
for a century, and symbolized by
such Democratic leaders as Jeffer-
son, Jackson, Douglas, Tilden and
Grover Cleveland.
The public revenues open to
the economic necessities of indus
trial groups and the personal
miSfortuneS of individuals.
Individual Rights
The Constitution to be inter
preted according to the demands
of the hour and harmonized with
the general theory that capital
and industry must subordinate
all rights to the welfare of the
individual: to be treated as a per-
fectly elastic instrument which
cannot be permitted, by archaic
intelligenceS, to defeat the will of
the people as expressed through
the Executive and Congress.
The Supreme Court of the
United States to be brought into
harmony with the principles and
purposes Of the new deal by meth
DDS not as yet clearly revealed.
These headings represent the
transformation of government
which reelection of Mr.. Roosevelt
and the triumph of the New Deal
are confidently expected to bring
about.
Delegate Loyal
This frankly revolutionary pro-
gram is received here with excite
ment, a thrill of impending ad-
venture. Never was there politi-
cal convention the quadrennial
council of a great political party,
SO absolutely under the control of
one man as this gathering reveals
itself to be under the soothing but
powerful domination of the Presi-
dent.
All but a handful of the dele
gates have adopted for their own
the motto of National Chairman
Farley: "The President is always
right" It has come to be a habit
of thought.
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