The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-07

issues, success win follow in 1904 as
surely as the night follows the day.
In the campaign two years ago one of
the greatest sources of strength to the
party was the wise, economical. busi-
ness administration of Governor Dur
bin, who carried into the affairs OF
state the same common sense which
him in the world of busi-
ness, and whom now have the great
pleasure OF introducing to you as your
presiding officer"
The Governors Battle Cry.
Governor Durbin said in part: I'VE
are here with our coats on today, but
when we go home we are going to
take them of and we are going to do
next year even better than we did in
the last campaign-we are going to
make it a round 10000 and be done
with it. l sometimes happen down
east, and they talk this way In my
presence: We'll. we are going to car
ry New York, and we are going to
carry Connecticut, and we are going
to carry New Jersey and some western
state But l don't hesitate to say to
them, Gentlemen, don't name Indiana
as that state
"The invitation in response to which
we have assembled was as broad as
the boundaries of Indiana Republican
ism, and the democratic character OF
this gathering. spelling democratic
with a small d. exemplifies the fact
that the cause of Republicanism is not
in the custody of any single leader. or
set of leaders. but that it is an express
sion of the common beliefs and pur-
poses of those who march shoulder to
shoulder in the rank and file.
"The history of the Democratic par
ty throughout period of twenty years
is the history simply of two leaders,
and today We find it an issueless or
ganization. cropping about. not for set
of principles to replace those discred-
tied by the resistless progress of
events but for some candidate whose
personality may constitute its plat
form in the campaign of 1904. With
the Republican party, principles are
paramount. individuals are only incl
dent. The leaders of the Republican
party are its trustees. not its dictators.
We have heard of men greater than
their party. 1t is within the power OF
no man to be greater than the Repub-
lican party; it is within the power OF
no man to make of the Republican
party personal appendage, or a mere
BIT of perspective The great leaders
of historic Republicanism have been
men great enough not to be ashamed
to put their ears to the ground that
they might catch the echo of the thun-
derous tread of those American mil
lions of whom and by whom and for
whom this government exists.
For being partisans we have no
apologies to offer. The history of this
has been written by political
parties, every line of It; it's great lead
ers have been partisans, every one Of
them. It's sea fights have been won,
not by pirate craft flying the banner of
political independence. but by it's ships
of the line, displaying common flag
and battling for a common cause Its
victories on land have been achieved,
not by guerrillas. or bushwhackers. or
camp-followers, but by men with souls
big enough to permit conviction to
get a lasting hold on them and not
afraid of being contaminated by elbow
touch with other men. And today, as
yesterday, the history Of this country
is being written, it's destiny deter
mined. not by the individuals whose
we note in the newspapers as
the authors of official acts, but by the
great organizations of public senti-
ment which speak and act through
them. In this republic there is attain
able only one kind of responsible gov
ernment, and that is party govern
ment; the single alternative is faction
alism centering about individuals, the
certain end of which, If history teaches
Is the downfall of govern
ment
"And especially and particularly
have we no apology to offer for being
partisans. Except for a
single period of two years. rendered
only by the disaster which 1t
brought upon the American people. no
other political party has been In COM
plete control of the affairs of this coun-
try since 1860, and the history Of the
United States during forty years of
dominant Republicanism is q record
Of national achievement unparalleled
elsewhere in the history of the world.
The tenth year of continuous Republi-
can ascendency In national affairs
finds this nation stronger, and richer,
and greater than in all its history It
has been before. and looking into the
opening days of year which is to be
by great political
struggle, we point to the visible re-
suits of this period of power in the
state and nation and confidently in
vite verdict upon the record.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS