The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-05-03

convention was cmlnenllf nlllug. N
man living more thoroughly typide
republican ideas Of today in theor.
and in application. If he ever had
conservative idea he wrapped it up il
a napkin and buried it long ago. I
he ever had any respect for the prin
ciples on which our government wa.
founded and under which it grew t,
greatness he has cast it aside, anC
now openly denounces any effort t
clock up by indexible statutes the
ceaseless changing and improving
methods which grew out Of the
thought of those thousands of minds
and the activities of those millions OF
hands II he was ever able to dis,
tinguish between the control of human
energies by principles of morality and
justice and the destruction of human
energies he has wholly lost that power
Of discrimination. II he ever had a
suspicion that there is anything ben
eficial or desirable in this country
that was not created by the repub-
lican party he has carefully eliminated
it from his public u~tterances, says the
indianapolis Sentinel.
With these natural qualifications
for republican craftsmanship Senator
Beveridge'S path is plain and clear of
distractions. The republican party
being in power it necessarily follows
not only that ''whatever is right, "
but also that the path for the future
is on the same lines. And we must
pursue it with feverish haste. He
who stops to consider is a laggard.
He who doubts is a dullard. He who
questions lisa traitor. "The American
people are living a century in a
decade" and the obvious course Of
progress is to make them live two
centuries in a decade-incidentally to
prod all nations that have the good
fortune to come under our control up
to the same rate Of speed, or make
them get off the earth. The primary
cause of whatever good we have was
Mckinley, with some assistance from
Deity. We do not exaggerate the
impious proposition. These are SEN
ator Beyeridge's words:
"McKinley, the master mariner,
who started the republic on its world
career from which disbelievers in our
destiny would turn us back. He was
great as events, steady as time, serene
as the heavens on still and cloudless
nights. He was a man of faith and
prayer. He cOunseled with the eter-
nal mind He obeyed the voice of
God as that voice spoke to him."
Second only to the beneficent work
of Mckinley is that Of the trusts,
which the republican party fostered
and built up. They are what make
the nation now, and what must be
relied upon to make its future. We
quote again from Senator Beveridge:
"He who would destroy those
organizations must first abolish their
causes-destroy the telegraph, the
telephone, the wireless message; tear
up the shining tracks of steel over
which the commerce of the world is
flying. And so the simplest mind can
see that attemps at such destruction,
though unsuccessful, would be dis
.astrous; yet that is what the oppoSi-
tion proposes. They suggest no better
methods. They propose no remedy
for admitted evils"
This revelation win be of interest
not only to ''the opposition" but
also to the republican rank and file
who had not yet learned that the
trusts invented telegraphy, the tele-
phone, railroads and wireless mes
sages, and that these inventions can
not live without trusts. And this
great work inaugurated by Mckinley,
Deity and the trusts must 90 for the
senator says:
"Ohward! ever onward! let that
grand work move! Retreat never a
single step! Yield not a victory that
we have won! Forward to a day still
better and to achievements still more
glorious. And when the young men
Of this convention are bent and gray,
may our falling eyes be cheered with
the vision true Of the old flag, master
of the seas; and our dull ears be
gladdened with the music of the old
fife and drum which never yet has
sounded except in righteousness, call
ing to council the nations of the
world, where in justice power and
glory the public shall preside"
Whoopl Hurrahl Red lights. This
is republlcanism in a nutshell, and.
Beveridge is it's prothet, as Roosevelt
is its Khaled.