The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10
REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
Strong Endorsements of the Utter
ances of senator Fairbanks.

ances of Senator Fairbanks.
Troy On. W Times Nov. 2s.)
The close approach of the meeting OF
Congress gives special interest to what
prominent Republicans and representative
Republican newspapers are saying with
reference to the recent election ana the
conclusions to be drawn from Ii. one or
the noteworthy utterances comes from
United States Senator Fairbanks, of In
diana. who in reply to request for an ex-
preston of opinion said:
my Interpretation is serious rather than
Jubilant. The leaders OF the Kepupnedhh
party, when they get together In WASH
ington this winter, will doubtless nave d
very sober realization of their great re-
sponsihility. The recent election means
that the great mass Of the American pe0-
pie has extended to the Republican party
an invitation to prove that 1T is worthy OF
continued lease of power. The party was
already in possession of both the executive
and legislative branches of government
The opportunity was presented TO the
voters in every State of the Union to de-
sentatives in Congress should be for or
against the policies of the Republican
party. The verdict is one of renewed trust
and confidence; 1t also conveys burden
The Philadelphia Press selects Senator
Fairbankss remarks from many others
as specially noteworthy and commendable,
and adds:
There is nothing more encoura ging in
the Republican outlook than the disposition
to construe the recent victories of the party
in a thoughtful rather than i'm an exultant
light 1t shows that the party understands
correctly and weighs accurately the respon-
sibility the country has placed upon 1t by
renewing its lease of power. There is no
exultatiOn over the fact that the spOils OF
office have been retained but sober sense
of the magnitude of the task the party has
assumed
THE Republican party was never so
strong in the affections of the people as it
is to-day. 1t has been given larger ma
jorities than in the recent elections. when
some great wave of popular favor has car
ried Ii into power But In no campaign as
| devoid of passion and prejudice the re-
cent campaign was has any party in the
history of American politics received a
more significant Endorsement. IL Is encour-
aging to see that it interprets this indorse-
ment correctly and proposes to use its OPP
| portunity for the good of the whole coun-
try"
That this is i'm harmony with the preva-
lent feeling throughout the country cannot
be doubted. The Republican party won be
cause the American people were of the
opinion that ii could be trusted This opin-
| ion was not reached hastily or through
wholly partisan impulses, but by sober
| careful study of all the factors in the stu
alton. The records of the two leading par
| ties were compared and contrasted. 1t was
| seen that the Democratic party, by pro.
/ fession and action, had shown itself in.
| capable of dealing with the great questions
| of the day, and that to place power in its
| hands meant serious jeopardizing of thu
| public Observation-Disclosures confusion
| endangering of the country's prosperity anC
check to the effective development which
attests natural and inevitable natona
| growth.
| The conditions prevailing present prob
| lens that must be met and solved. The Re
| publican party has met and solved many
| other and some of them vastly greater
| problems. There is no reason TO doubt tha
! 1t will acquit itself equally now. At leas
| the people trust 1T and have just given Il
another vote of confidence. And the re
| sponsiblity will be met in the same spiri
of courage and patriotism which has char
| acterized the party's action heretofore.