Show i I I I DOTERS PRAISED BY J. J DR PADEN Presbyterian Minister Gives In Interesting Interesting Interesting In- In Address on Political Parties FIRST TALK OF A SERIES cl Well ii I tor Pa-tor PaI Ably hl Dl l limo tho tie 1 Function Function- U Usei C and Abuses lu I of or In The boiler bolter from solo his p party rL was warmly defended fn and commended h bj by HeV fl W. W M. M 1 pastor of the tile First Firt Presbyterian church hi In his address a athe at atthe atthe the y Y V M. M 11 C C. A. A yesterday afternoon Dr 01 Pad Paden en spoke on Tho Time Function Us Use URO anti and Abuse of or Political Parties Partes Ills Ils address Is la the time first of or a n serIes on civic topics to lo be bo given on Sundar Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday day dar afternoons at the tIme Y M. M C. C Amens Amen's Amens A A. mens men's me meetings tn Governor John C. C Cutler Cutel presided at the time meeting and gave his endorsement to the lie series of or talks to I. I be lw given lie le salt said sId that In a government government gov gov- ov- ov such luch a as w ours II it I vis as mos most essential that lint the time three fold relationship relation relation- ship hip of or the time v voter otel tem time the office holder am and the time g general ncr I government should be thoroughly understood l. l because no noman noman man knew when he lie might aught be called upon to 0 take o up the time duties dute and reIllon responsibilities re re- re- re Illon of ot office and no man manholding manholding hol holding office knew linew when l l W m ht be be called upon to step back hack again into private life In e cr every citizen the he governor gov gov- O said there Is a potential ruler ruler- ship and amid it I Is 18 essential that young men should know the time principles am duties lutes o of office Dr Paden prefaced his remarks s b 1 saying that Inasmuch as he lie was vas a preacher and arid not tot n a political speaker he lie would speak from a text His Ills text wa was ivas from Acts 1 1032 32 Some Sonic therefore cried one thing and some another anti and t. t the more mor p part rt know not ot whore where he fore ore they were were were- conic como together He lie Io said in part Dr lr Address I If Jr you want a n good Illustration of ba bal bad party part feeling rend read time the story of or the time at attack attack at- at attack tack made upon Paul at Ephesus A As our version quaintly suggests the time more mor part of or tho the multitude e were not nut vcr very clear chear In Iii their timely minds as ns to what all an th time the trouble was about some somo accounting fo for It I one way an and some seine accounting for or i it I About the lie only timing thing the they agreed on was their party catch wor word 01 or war cry Great Is Diana of ot th time the Eph One might suppose as 08 h he gets Into time the spirit piri of or the story that tha he hc had gotten goten into the stampede move in luent cut of a modern political convention While this is not a fair fah example con of or th the whole spirit of or our modern political palte parties it I is u n fair example of Irrational Irrational irrational Irra Irra- political parti partisanship We Ve ea can almost see the silly sheep on the time Jum Jump after this or 01 that accidental tal lend leader r rushing the they hey know not where am and amid blinded b by the tIme lust dust which tho they themselves them them- sel e selves have o ha raised Yet there Is a place under every fro free government o for well wel organized polItical parties partes Such parties are arc re found at mit their thel best in countries which make make most o of personal liberty nn and a popular Jo eln govern ment flout This Is especially S true of oC ou our and En England land Jt It I Is Ii not tiL true o ot or RU Russia la or Turkey Such uch organIzatIons organization are arc essential where the time people have huv laid haiti lai upon them the time duty of or self govern sll ment I. I Sometimes especially during great national crises government b hy by party parly seems to 0 add to the time national peril This was uvis true truc during the last las year of oC the he Civil I CI war IV It looked for Cor a awhile while as us if to use Lincoln's f figure ure th the people o of the time North were bent t on swapping swapping swap swap- ping ln horses while the they were crossing a raging stream But lut the right pal party part on We e e all al claim Lincoln as os we alt all ni claim now but both of oC these men were men who were capable o ostrong or of strong party feeling They hey each cach stood too for certain principles and m measures measure with wih ill all al their ought might and gathered about them hem us as the time tay days went t by men upon whom they could depend to cooperate co co- co- co opera operate to in with t hi t them lm The u Une Uie itt IC Our political parties should be 10 what they cost as or organizations for fOI th Ume nomination of oC candidates for Cor office Such candidates should be lie nominated not as us its during our early history I by 1 o i t or 01 con congress rss or 0 ot of too the state stati le legislature hut but t by the time people them them- selves sel The llie primary election electon Is an aim os es- es s- s feature of our OU form of or govern o ern ment Wo We believe e not on only that the lie people and the lie whole people should hu c the lie rl right ht t to ote vole but that lint the time people and amid tho timo whole people 11 havo t their hel say ay as at to whom they vote ole oe for In lit other oilier words tho they have Q ha tho thu rl right ht of or nomination and amid th the lie declaration of principles us well wel U as nit time the right to vote ote for this his or 01 that nominee or 01 this or 01 that political program A political party has Immis Us its Is mW uses mites As AM men ma may nitty and timid should associate assoc assoc- mite ate for the time purpose of selecting candi dates ates and declaring their principles so they should associate for the iho of electing those whom t I they hey hc have havo chos eliot eliot- en as us their lenders and lwI lw- lw I thI un by so NO doing win If possible governmental mu l 0 g. g Illon for ro the principles or policy molicy time they hey stand for or Political campaigns pessi- pessi mists to lo time tho contrary notwithstanding arc ame IC of oC great gleat 01 lt to a u self governing sel Jo people They tend to f quicken time tho ordinal or or- dinal citizens citizen's sense Else of oC political re reo re- as itS ivell wol as his hit interest ii In political questions the they hey arc are worth thc they co cost t In iii educating and crys- crys public opinion A Presidential lal campaign n Is at its is host best a it great n nation naion national lon al ill revival r It I la may not be conducive o to u what we itc would call woul I but II it I dooM docs have its Is worth In iii quicken lug ing Ing time the citizens citizen's sense itemise of oC his itis personal responsibility as at a member of this great commonwealth Parties also alao have their use uso after the tIme election is over 1 0 It I is 11 usually bad bud for fora a city or state to cl be bo so thoroughly un un- un tier der the lie control of an any one party the tho minority linen havo no rights which It 10 Is obliged ed to I 11 respect When hen u a brutal majority can break brenk down dowa down all ni opposition and virtually silence nil all ni criticism of or Its Is nets acts there la Ia Is danger of ring rule reckless reck reck- less ess legislation anti and all sorts orts of or tion Hon al The Ic A hl of or hull nl I I I ta ri rUe lct Of or course party hart spirit hut may luy be mole mis used or abused U it I Is an In alu abuse e of or a port part party organization to It I a n means of getting political office rather than thal u a I means of oC promoting political principles This hIR Is 01 one of oC th time tho greatest abuses l to which our political parties hurtles are addict addIct- tro ed 01 cr of or f our party contests are lucre mero battle rero between those thoNe who mire arc In office and wish to BtU hero thero anti ami those who are arc out nut of oC office anti and do not wish to stay tny there time they thoy un are nrc mere not struggles tru Ils between the time Ins an and the outs not contests for Cor better heter l laws law better beiter beier ad ad- or better principles but m mere acre contests for or the time of oC pap public of of- lice When hen such politicians get Jet Into office they care n neither for the niece decu- i logue nor lor time the lH constitution though on onor one of or them line has cynically sid said that thu it I is Iw sometimes necessary r to pander cr lo to Un Unmoral Itt moral immoral sen sentiment t mel t of the time community Iy til political party purly of oC today odny too often lucks incite principle which alone hN gIvis s sa a u t party purLy via vital force I do tin not lint moan mean rma by this that our parties partes cannot find Ind nil all al sorts orts of oC points or principles to till up fl their heir platform Mr Mv 11 Bryce shrewdly b Itt tho modern tl party part plat mint form UK as bi inmate up nit of oC about i parts o of it conciliation denunciation ami ammil declamation Jhc They arc too O often 1 thou lo 10 n In lii on nn on not to lo aland on The tiie oce cc thing timing the lie mo most moat t of oC them evade e Is T 1 1 T 1 1 T T T T TT i T T T 5 T T T 5 the lie real Issue This is Js one of or the time most demoralizing features of or modern party party- Ism ISI For Por ns os one has suggested ono uno of ot Urn tIm best preventives of or bribery Is to give Ive time the v voters a real and anti living issue hen to o. e. Political parties are also given to compromise and arid evasion This ia is especially cape espe daily true where two part Ins are close I ly matched Under such circumstances ithmer I or both will wil evade vado real Issue hume to win the time vote ote of or tIme the half bred hl or dough Now I do not den deny that Is a u. place In politics 10 ns as In life for Cor compromise but not on moral 1 Is Issues Issues Is- Is sues nor Is compromise worth While In iii the time long JonS run nut on un any real issue No real Issue can be H settled t Hel un until t I It I Is settled right As Lowell says Compromiso Corn Com Cor prom promise may maye be lie n a good umbrella but hut It Is a n poor roof e The Time of or our OUI pol politicians i t are ure cur cursed ct with wih timidity ly y The national state or local party which Is going to win ivia during the coming year antI and years ar will wil be time the party parry with wih the most niost courage and Initiative the Initiative thc the most ou outspoken readiness to deal wi with h real reat Issues and to deal nl with those thos Is Issues Is- Is sues for Cor the sake of or the tue principle Involved In Involved In- In nut and mul not with wih a mere hope of or gaining office orico thereby When hen with wih our political leaders lenders learn that truth and righteousness cannot be gagged anI h by their sl silence When hen will wi th they learn that lint they thoy cannot canno the from politics by refusing to talk about abolt It or make Its Is laws a q t part of or their po po- po- po creed Another sign of oC moral weakness s sometimes manifests Itself Isel in the lie ll- ll disposition dis- dis Im Imposition position of political parties partes to put men upon t their lr platforms who ha havo haus fut u us as little character as ns the platforms themselves Great conventions Will vII pick up dark Ilak horses not because tho thoy stand Uj for fOI anything any any- thing thing distinctive either cither personal or In Iii II the thc It monItor matter ter of ot principle but simply imply 1 is ns negative quantities the they do o not not It lo cs Ies open to attack So Ho men omen o of personal magnetism are arc sometimes selected se- se De l'- l' to lo win in the tue battle batte which 1 th h. h party Jart has line not th the lie courage to win wm on a program of or principles Good mm men an- an ar also sometimes put up to capture voL x eor nor a bad lart party As Aa tor one says of t thi this policy poley When hn a t corrupt purt party Ss S's has hus bt- bt hen rebuked by defeat through time the revolt rr ol of Us its Is own best heat members for presenting an unu unusually ual bad can candidate It Is like ly 13 to fool tool time the public time tho next time by nominating an unusually good oo man conn confident of ot so o recalling Us own Is se- se ceders and amI also enlisting that large class cass of or Christians who hold the time 1111 lar fallacy that lint 1 II If the Clue lie hc m n u good tini noll omit ii I It I I line no nut not t matter I I er mu admit iou ii t t the ii 1 t. t American voters oters have hav e been ben in iii time the past more rea ready y to vote voto Cormen formen for Cor formen men measures but the time watchword measures measure not men seems seem now likely to have Its Is d diy in Both loth good men an and good measures we must have Boler's Called Traitors A final Unal abuse of par party spirit is some some- tm times miCa s seen in the lie endeavor of or part party men muon to brand those who dare to break awa away from froum the regular t ticket ket ns as trait raiL ors You might YOl suppose that such a course course- cours was ws worse than treason a against ones one's countr country Now If IC thero is anything certain In him this whole matter it i if IS Js that the time American freeman has tho time Inalien mallen- able right the time divine right to kick bolt scratch his lila ticket or ot organize 1 those Imose who agree with him men and measures Into u n third mini or teth part party Those Independent men mn whether the they timey remain in the party and amid kick remain In ll it I and scratch cratch whether they hwy bolt IOtt hol or reorganize arc are the lie most mos t vital factors time the regular or irregular ular r conies artes have to deal wih with They have ha havea haea e a mind of or their own and anal nd a will wiil wil of ot their thel r own fhe They rime are usually men who have hav e some sonie principle or on measure for foe tor which m the they timey greatly reuth care cart and as Mr Ir Bryco hassal has ha s sal rum Tn the tho r end I lf tel cut ii men mr n ho r en re 1 are arc worth more moore more than thamm a hundred r d omen men i who do not care Moreover I er I If Is Is-a Is a moral purpose at work In time the scratching or 01 O bolting tho ultimate weight of the time movement Is sure Such men when time they get et loo loose J in ill one OliC of oC our om political conventions as ns thoy they sometimes some times hues do du thank Gol God not oll only reinforce out our faith In iii time the ultimate worth wOIth and assured dominance of p personal sonar liberty but time the they give Ive us living Hid antI personal of that lint central truth not only of ot personal liberty hut but also LiSO of personal religion God alone Is Lord of the lie conscience and hath halh minnie made it b free free free- I |