Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-21
so and doubtless has had no more
foundation for the statement concern

foundation for the statement concerns
ing Governor Cummins.
1t ought to go without saying that a
party platform should be drawn VITA
the purpose of consolidating all Its
legitimate strength for the campaign
against the opposition, and Of present.
ing an inNulnerable front to the en-
envy No smaller considerations should
weigh against this purpose and there
is no reason to suppose that the con-
vention OF 1902, was Influenced by any
other motive.
The platform for 1904 should be
chosen with the same ends in view. 1t
is not important that any one man
shall have his way about 1t, but on
the other hand it should not be made
with inten. to rebuke or outlaw any
body, whose opinions are shared by an
important body of republicans. 1t
should not be made to proclaim an ex-
treme policy upon a subject over which
there are differences of opinion.
There are newspapers which say
that the republican party can afford
to lose thicty or forty thousand, votes
for the deiectable satisfaction of get
ting back" as they call it to the pre-
else position which the said news
papers occupy. Such loss would mean
la sacrifice Of congressman and Of popu-
lar strength to which this paper GER
tainly will not contribute, and which
in its opinion, wise leadership will not
allow.
The opposition to last years plat
form can have no other purpose than
to narrow its declarations and in our
Judgment to narrow them means to
make them Unsatisfactory, not to one
man or few but to many. 1t is to be
done for The purpose of gagging some
body, and that is not popular or sue
cessful policy in this country of free
speech and newspapers. 1t is much
wiser to allow some latitude of opinion
even though that liberty be at times
unwisely exercised, than to undertake
to put everybody into strait jackets
The Judgment of the party can be
trusted to deal with individuals and
with propositions when they depart
radically from the accepted views of
the party. but it is unsafe business to
undertake to make close fitting defini-
tons in convention. The republican
party cannot make a vote in this state
by rewriting last years platform, ana
the very fact that that platform is re-
pudiated and rewritten by a faction,
if it should occur, would. be iniur-
ious and Unless the language is chos-
en- with care, might be very harmful.
JUSTlFIABLE IRRITATION.
IWebste' City -Tribune.l
Such articles as LATE Young has
been writing the past few months on
the tariff question will make republ
can votes wherever they are read. His
arguments are rabae.-Man-
chester Press.
This reminds the FTeeman-Tribune
of a remark once dropped by Judge
Chase. He, was accosted on the streets
of Webster City by we'll known demo
crat who was Ii ferwerlt adfnirer of
Capt. George w. Bell, known tfruout
Iowa as Sleeping Angel Bell" Bell
had delivered a political address the
ndght before at Wilson's opera house,
and Mr.. Chase and the aforesaid
democrat We're In the audience. The
democrat remarked to Mr. Chase:
THAT was a great speech of Bells last
might. His, arguments were simply I'M
answerabla and rlut one Of you republic
cans can answer them" NO" retort-
ed the Judge zone might as we'll try to
answer the braying of jaclsass.''
Foley,s kidney Cure If taken In time