Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23

are not only wicked but fatal to the holder.
That Is true. This is the only war of mod
ern times where the boomerang has been
substituted for the gun.
Whatever fatalities may occur, however.
among the discordant hosts now moving on
st. Louis. no harm will come this fall 10
the American people. There will be no OPP
position sufficient to raise conflict. There
will be hardly enough for competition.
There are no democratic plans for the con-
duct of the fall campaign. Their zeal Is
chiefly conferred In discussion as to what
Thomas Jefferson would do If he were liv-
ing. He is not living. and but few Of his
descendants are among the democratic rem
nants of today. Whatever of patriotism
or wisdom emanated from that distinguish
ed man is now represented in this conven-
ton
Solving Issues by Guessing.
1t is a sad day for any party when its
only means of solving living issues is by
guessing at the possible attitude of
statesman who Is dead. This condition
leaves that party always a beginner and
makes every question new. The demo-
cratic party has seldom tried a problem
on its own account. and when It has its
plumbers have been its only monuments,
Its course is remembered only in regret.
AS long these things are recalled that
party may serve as ballast. but 1t VIII never
steer the ship.
When all the people have forgotten will
dawn a golden era for this new democracy
But the country is not ready yet to place
a party In the lead whose most expressive
motto is the cherries word forget. That
motto may express contrition. but IL does
not inspire hope. Neither confidence nor
enthusiasm will ever be aroused by any
party which enters each campaign utterlng
the language of the mourner.
There is one fundamental plank. how
ever, on which the two great parties are
In full agreement Both believe In the
equality OF men. The difference is that the
democratic party would make every man
as low the poorest. while the republican
party would make every man as high as
the best. But the democratic course VIII
provoke no outside interference now. for
the republican motto is that of the great
commander. never interrupt the enemy
while ne is making mistake
Striking Example of Unity.
In notifies as in other fields the most i'm
pressive arguments spring from contrasts
Never has there been more striking ex-
ample of unity than Is now afforded by this
assembiage. You are gathered here not as
factions torn by discordant views. but
moved by one desire and intent you have
come as the chosen representatives of the
most enlightened party in the world. You
meet not strangers. for no men are
strangers who hold the same beliefs and
espouse the same cause. You may separate
two bodies of water for a thousand years.
but when once the barrier is removed they
rnlngle instantly and one. The same
traditions inspire and the same purposes
actuate us all.
Never in our lives did these purposes
stand with deeper root than now At least
two generations have passed away since
the origin of that great movement from
which sprang the spirit which has been the
leading impulse in American politics for
half a century. In that movement. which
was both a creation and an example, were
those great characters which endowed the
republican party at its birth with the attrf-
butes of justice, equality and progress.
which have held II to this hour in line with
the highest sentiments of mankind.
From these men have inherited the
desire. and 10 their memory We owe the
resolution that those great schemes of gov
ernment and humanity. inspired by their
patriotism and established by their blood.
shall remain as the fixed and permanent
emblem of their labors. and the abiding
signal of the liberty and progress OF the
race.
There are many new names In these days.
but the republican party needs no new
title. 1t stands now where II stood at the
beginning Memory alone is needed to tell
the source from which the inspirations OF
the country flow. A drowsy memory would
be as guilty sleeping watchman
when the enemy Is astir.
Stands for Every Righteous Cause.
The name of the republican party stands
over every door where a righteous cause
was born Its members have gathered
around every movement no matter how
weak. IL inspired by high resolve. Its flag
for more than fifty years has been the sign
OF hope on every spot where liberty was
the word. That party needs no new name
or platform to designate its purposes.
II is now as II has been. equipped. mill
tant and In motion. The problems Of every
age that age must solve. Great causes In