The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-06-06
"BEAUTIFUL BUT WILL AVAIL
NOTHING

The Milwaukee Journal com
ments upon the editorial in last
weeks TIMES, calling for party
harmony, as follows:
The WASHBURN TIMES, Rep,
has an interesting article in
which it expresses the not un-
natural desire to know why good
Republicans are called upon to
turn in and fight each other at
the behest of Half-Breed or Stall
wart politicians. tits the opinion
of The TIMES that sit is the
duty of the Republicans to rel
egate to the background the fac
tionalists who are endeavoring to
use the political machinery of
the state for their own selfish
purposes. THE TINES theory
is beautiful, but it will avail moth
ing in these work-a-day times.
Either the Half-Breeds or the
Stalwarts are going to control
the next Republican state con-
vention, and every fellow who is
interested in that party has got
to take one side or the other. 1t
would be nice, of course, if both
the Half-Breed and IStalwart
politicians could be turned out to
pasture, but who is going to do
it? What reason does The TIMES
think is back of Governor LaF'ol-
lette's action in driving the Stall
warts out of the state institutions
and putting Half Breed strikers
into them? No, Mr.. TIMES, it's
only the fellow who is neither
fish, flesh, fowl nor good red her
ring who can follow your sound
advice at this time.
Perhaps the Journal is right
when it says that either "the
Stalwarts or the Half-Breeds are
going to control the next state
convention, but we must dis
agree with the Journal when it
adds that "every fellow who is
interested in that party has got
to take either one side or the
other" The TIMES is not a
"straddler," by any means, and
we're the StalwartS absolutely
right we should be heart and
soul with them. Likewise for
the same reason would we fight
for the Half-Breeds. But we
maintain that there is good in
both the factions that should be
supported, and likewise a good
deal of bad that should be weed
ed out. For these reasons pure
and simple we believe that the
members of the party in the
state should express in unmis-
takeable terms their disapproval
of the factional war now being
waged in the Republican party,
and while it may be impos-
sible to 'sthrow down" the
factional leaders, yet it is possible
to show them that the party will
not stand for what the good old
German called their "monkey-
doodle business. Instead of
Republican editors gulping down
the ''isms" of these factions they
might be better employed in US
ing their efforts to force these
same leaders to adopt a more
sensible and safer course, and
one that would unite the party,
instead of continually broaden
ngthegulf between the elements.
If these factional leaders could
be taught to believe that if they
cannot rule still they cannot ruin
then there would be easier sail
ing in the state for the party.
1t is time for Repu blicans who
advocate the doctrines of the
party for principles sake to take
a hand and exert their influence
for good against those who wish
to control for "what there is in
it,"
AMOS p. WILDER, editor of the
Wisconsin State Journal, is TAX
ing his vacation. The vaca-
ton is an original sort of one for