Show I CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED 1 The historic meaning of the phrase consent of tho governed Is simply government by i discussion That Is to tay the interests of the community should be consulted through some representation of those Interestsin the conduct of the government The attempt at-tempt to Interpret that I phrase as meaning that the authority of the government gov-ernment cannot be exercised without the acquiescence of those subject to It Is an entire novelty which implies condemnation entrc l I demnation of the acts and principles of the founders of the government In I practice It would mean the destruction of government for its authority would exist purely upon sulleranco and would terminate at once In the presence of riot or insurrection In promulgating the new doctrine of the consent of the governed Bryan slaps In the face the Southern leaders of his party At the very time he was raising that cry In behalf of the Filipinos pinos they were engaged In destroying the political rights of the negroes The position taken by the Southern leaders Is that by Investing ignorance with the voting franchise public opinion Is not really elicited but suppressed and that In order to estaollsh government by the consent of the governed as understood by the fathers the Suffrage must be restricted to those who are Interested in the maintenance of good order and are able to appreciate political 1 responsibilities respon-sibilities This Is a view of the case which admits of argument but It cannot I can-not be reconciled with the Bryan interpretation Inter-pretation of tho phrase Tho Southern I leaders are aware of this and they are frank enough to admit that It Is merely a campaign cry Tlliman of South Carolina who read the platform In the i Kansas City convention with n force and unction which thrilled the audience audi-ence only a few weeks previously declared de-clared in the Senate that we took the government away from the blacks we stuffed the ballotboxes we shot them we are not ashamed JLVThal men who do I these things should go about denouncing the presence of national authority in the Philippines because it does not meet with the consent of some of the governed there Is the most shnmcles effrontery ever displayed I politics Pittsburg Chronicle I |