The sun., 1901-10-04
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901.
BEING A REPUBLICAN,

Evidently there are some folks here
wolves. They imagine that it is nothing
more than professed devotion to an idea:
that mere belief in the ultimate victory
of right over wrong is all that is es-
scntial for the winning of that victory;
that because the ideals of Republicanism
are ut variance with the conditions ard I
methods of politics, it must protest ,
against existing evils only in word AMI /
sentiment. That is not being Republi- |
can. 1t is simply processing Republica
sentiment. Being Il Republican involves
active practical work against the power
and party active in its opposition to tie
practical realization Of Republican Ideals.
The basis of this active work, aside
from fixed faith iii Republican doe
trine, and in the deslraDllity of Repub-
lean ideals, III practical application t
the doctrine as the best method of Il;
tanning 10 the ideal, IL Il knowledge OF
the conditions under which the work
must be done; including the limitations
of those conditions put upon the ideal
in practice. A preacher Of the Cos c
who breaches it only by word of mouth
is not Il Christian. \ Republican Who
processes Il faith i'll the principles ana
theories Of the Republican party who
processes only who votes and works
against the success Of that party is NOT Il
Republican. The demand is for falth
manifest in work. Work alone attains
the ideal.
The mighty engines that pump the
water supply of tins city are attained
ideals only when they are at work Tic
great aSsemulage Of parts-the cylinders.
pistons, valves. wheels, the receiving ana
discharge pipeS-were of no uSc-really
did not exist when depicted alone upon
the draughtsman's board. They were
ideal. but ideal in the realm Of theory
They are now ideal in the realm Of fact
But how came they so! The practicH.
value Of that ideal is manifest by work
The great machines without which tltS
city could not exist. their symmetry their
strength the beauty of their poliSn
metal the smooth movement, the reglt
larity of their pulsations, and the result
ing full reservoirs and water supply, nrn
possible only because somebody did thu
body bent his back and soilcd his hands Z
i'll devotion to the ideal. The completn /
water plant, with all its ideality, with
its splendid life giving and life slstal I
ing results, would be useless except for
the men who endure the heat Of the boll-
or room-thc Crime and sweat of coal
hraving Yet these whose backs bear
burdens. whose clothing and flesh are
solrd by dirt in the prnntical pursuit of
ideals, are the uespised and forgotten Of
the ritcr The idculist who dreams, wAu
shuns the work-thc danger and the dirt
when forced to recognize the mc4i
whose solcd rlmpnt and dirty hands
attest tho trucSt ana best devotion 1,
high ideals, do So only td abuse and dis
credit them. The workers haze touched
the crude, unclean material in which ARE
all the promise ana power Of both mann
fest and yet TO he attained lorals, anG
because they have touched it. impractica
id"aliStS step aSlue, and gather in thri.
flowing robes lest they too be drilrd G.
by touch of the common and unclcan.
Apply thiS to politics. 1t Is rs tru,
there ns elsewhere. The applicatio
however, does not license any fool toconl
clude that we have confessed to or de
Tended unlawful methods iii politics. w,
simply affirm that here as in every otho
line Of human cndcuvor for the realizH
ton Of high ideals, the work, both il
quality ana quantity is determined u
the conditions under which the work h
gins The idcalst who ignores that, il
politics or elsewhere, is un impractita
stntmrntuliSt whose ideals are Of III
stuff dreams are made Of.
10 bc i Republican. iii the SENSE
to be devoted to Republican ideals in
practical way; to work with the matert
ut hand for the overthrow of upposin
forces AMI 10 attain rs quickly aS p't>
sihle. and itS fully as possible Repulii
can ideal by the application Of ltrpuhl
can principles 10 government That ca
only lie done hy opposing and dcfcatin
The Democratic party That must i
dane If it Il done. hy the Icpubcn
party organization in which the Repuhli
cans Of the State are associated I'M
" hich are recognized aS the opponent
ni tho Democratic party organization
No voter can bc Il Republican in tru
and effective sense iii amy other organ
zafipn. or 20 WORK for any other purlps
ihan HAT cspous, i by the Republican
50 organized and At work for the CON
plctr Wcrthrow II the opponents oi IL
publican principles in government.
70 bn thoroughly and sincerely Rc
Iullican in this State involves brin
ia. ana 1T work for the Rcpubicl
party when ana where work will do th
raSt soou in securing speedy and cor
rra Republican victory. Call tia
what else it may be called that alone
being Republican.
That unfortunate Democratic Git
Council. The Water department pay