Arizona republican., 1904-06-24

squads in opposition can hardly raise another army. The enemy has neither guns nor ammunition, and if they had would use them on each other. Desti- tute of the weapons of effective war fare, the only evidence of approaching battle is in the tone and number of their bulletins. There is discord among l the generals; discord among the sol diers. Each would fight in his own | way, but before assaulting his repub- | lican adversaries he would first destroy his own comrades in the adjoining tents. Each believes the weapons
 chosen by the other are not only wick
 ed but fatal to the holder. That is ! true. This is the only war of modern
 times where the boomerang has been
 substituted Tor the gun. Whatever fa-
 talities may occur, however, among
 the discordant hosts now moving on St. Louis, no harm will come this fall
 to the American people. There will be
 no opposition sufficient to raise a con-
 ffict. There will be hardly enough for competition. There are no democratic plans for the conduct of the fall cam paign. Their zeal is chiefly centered in discussion as to what Thomas Jefferson | would do if he were living. He is not living, and but few of his descendants
 are among the democratic remnants of
 today. Whatever of patriotism or wis
 dom emanated from that distinguished man is now represented in this cor
 ventiOn.
 THE PARTY OF THE DEAD.
 It is a sad day for any party when it's only means of solving living issues
 is by guessing at the possible attitude of @ statesman who is dead. This ccn-
 dition leaves that party always a be-
 ginner and makes every question new.
 The democratic party has seldom tried a problem or it's own account, and when it has it's blunders have been it's
 only monuments, it's courage is remem-
 bered only in regret. As long as these
 things are recalled that party may , serve as ballast, but it will never steer
 the ship.
 When all the people have forgotten will dawn a golden era for this new
 democracy. But he country is not ready yet to place a party in the lead whose most expressive motto is the cheerless word forget" That motto may express contrition, but it does not inspire hope. Neither confidence nol enthusiasm will ever be aroused by any party which enters each campaign uttering the language of the mourner . There is one fundamental plank ? however, on which the two great par ties are in full agreement. Both be : lieve in the equality of men. The diff ference is tkat the democratic partJ would make every man as low as tn l. poorest, while the republican part! . would make every man as high as th n best. But the democratic course vii
 
 1 for the republican motto is that of th y great commander, :'never interrupt tn s enemy while he is making a mistake. A SINGLE PURPOSE IN VIEW.
 h politics as in other fields, the mos 2 impressive arguments spring from con e trast. Never has there been a HlOr : striking example of unity than Is nov . afforded by this assemblage. You ar C gathered here not as factions torn b. q discordant views, but meved by on | desire and intent, you have come a o the chosen representatives of the mos -l enlightened party in the world Yol
 meet not as strangers, for no men ar
 strangers who hold the same belief n and espouse the same cause. You ma. n separate two bodies of water for s thousand years, but when once tn a barrier is removed they mingle instant D ly and are one. ,The same tradition = inspire and the same purposes actuat = us all. Never in our lievs did thes a purposes stand with deeper root tha1 a now. At least two generations hay l passed away since the origin of tha = great movement from which spran, q the spirit which has been the leading r impulse in American politics for hal e a century. In that movement, whicl ?, was both a creation and an example s were those great characters which en = dowed the republican party at its birtl e with the attributes of justice, equaln g and progress, which have held it to thi = hour in line with the highest sentiment f of mankind. From these men we hay = inherited the desire, and to their mem = cry we owe the resolution, that thos t great-schemes of government and hu 2 manity, inspired by their patriotism = and esta biished by their blood, shall re l main as the fixed and permanent em
 blern of their labors, and the abiding
 signal of the liberty and progress O = the race.
 t THE SOLVER OF PROBLEMS. d There are many new names in thes d days, but the republican party need Continued on Page 2.