The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

has such thing as a common adver-
sary, reckless in the fulsome pride of
our successes, and forgetting that the
unWf1tten tenets of the Republican
faith are naught If not a second ser
mon on the mount, some of us permit
our tongues to send forth the poisoned
shafts of Islander toward the heart of
some member of our common family
with unholy intent or reckless disre-
gard. Statements are distorted. facts
are garbled, disSension is soWn broad
cast, factlonalisn is engendered. Ambi-
ton to gain honors is pitted against
the equally personal ambition to re-
tain them, until the term Republican
mas become an abstraction unless pre-
coded by the all sufficient Identification
of Buster or tanti-Buster." Upon in
quiry as to its import, the questioner is
informed that these constitute two
parties of gentlemen, each bent on
kicking out the other.
One is reminded of the cartoon which
was exhibited in the days of Louis
Napoleon, in which the leaders of the
Revolution are depicted as kicking out
Louis XVI; Bonaparte kicking out the
leaders of the first Republic; the Bour-
bons kicking out Bonaparte; Lamartine
kicking out Louis Philippe: Napoleon
III kicking out Lamartine, and under
meath the picture the oTninous words
ITO be continued"
With my apologies to the distin-
guished speaker who used the quota
ton at a former meeting of this club
some years ago, and who is now in the
enjoyment of merited honors. I am
constrained, because of the peculiar
aptitude OF the words to borrow them.
He said, 81 do not believe that the Re
publicans of Kansas at this time save
any ammunition to waste in killing off
Republicans. To use the expression of
a distinguished ex-statesman, 1--WE
need converts, more than we need VIC
TINS" especially when the victims are
taken from our own ranks. And
think the advice Of that distinguished
philosopher would be-"Lysander, my
son, the political highway that Is
Strewn with bodies from fratricida1
war, usually has its terminals in a po-
Htical graveyard"
The application is too obvious to per-
nit of enlargement upon the theme.
1t is no more true of yesterday than
it is of today or tomorrow. To hold
ones own means to advance; to retain
only that which one has. in a party
sense, is retrogression-
Wherein is the real or fancied cause
of this domestic wrangle? One says
his brother presumes too much and is
not sufficiently tractable; ana the
brothers. reply calls to mind the dehn1-
ton of government as conceived by the
old Irish nurse. Her deceased husband
had been a pensioner. In response to
an inquiry from a young lady, whom
she had at one time attended, as TO
how she was getting along, Moran SAID,
BADLY enough, darlint, only the guv-
err mint intinds to do somethin fer US.
And what's the government, Norah?''
says the girl. us it jokin' we are, Miss?
Sure livery child knows what's the guv-
err mint It's half dozen gintlemin.
an the loikes, maybe, that meets an
thinks what's best fer thimsilves, an
thin says what's best fer us-and
that's the guver' mint"
Assuming, Mr.. Chairman, that the
contentious of both brothers are true,
would not the most ordinary demands
of propriety confine their pros and cons
to the family circle, and deeisively pro-
test against it's being carried to an ex-
tent that would leave upon the family
as a whole the evidence of their diff
ferences? Would 1t not be eminently
fitting and much more considerate to
adjust these matters within the hneET
The primaries, the county and state
conventions are really but party's
grievance committee before which ev-
cry man is the equal of his fellow IN
opportunity. Why, then, in the name
of peace and the Republican party ana
the future reign of both can We not
forego these ordinations and recrim1-
nations before the world at large, stop
irving our cases on the streets and IN
the press and carry them before the
proper tribunal; and why, Mr.. Chair
man. can we not all join in one popu-
lar acclain-"For Gods sake. let US