The Ketchikan miner., 1907-03-23
LOYALTY TO PARTY.

''inex perienee ia political trans actions. says that most excellent and fSir-minded periodical. The Out look, need not imply the lack of political wisdom. This fact was illustrated by speech which Cover nor Hughes. of New York. recently made to the Republican members of the legislature at Albany. It requires diScernnent 10 understand that the Republican organization st Albany might profit by some instructions on party loyalty: Governor Hughes had that discernment. and the assembled Republicans received the instruction. Party loyalty. however,
 IS the Governor described it, might 10, be recognized as such oy some |politican>- According 10 him. il Is practically equivalent to sound public |Serviee. This Is what he said:
 have been q Republican from the |-ime ] cane of age. oo no1 con ksons any public wrong hecau>e H is gconmitsexi hy Republican any more khan l should were il committed oy ks Democrat Nor do l think that loyalty 10 party requires support oi |Snvthing wrong either in policy or lin administration which We snouso Heel free 10 condemn If the wrong |doiuy could be charged 10 those oi Ia different political faith. l count |it the highest loyalty to the party to insist that the work done under Ike publican auspices shall he honestly done and well 6ene. nor be SEnirehed hy either corruption or lnethciency. Organization is essential 10 success
 ful effort. and 10 sane man would eN- oect any political underta king .o oe |-uceeSSful which is not skillfujiy organized ard Nisley managed. but .he success of political organization will 6spsni upon its ideals Give
 -he people the idea that the main purpose of organization IS to secure |control for personal advantage or | for favored interests. and sooner or llarer they will bring 10 grief the |oes,-laid plans of the most a>'ute Headers. But. CD the other hand. convince them that organization Is 1 directed 10 the purpose of maintain 1 ing an honorable party policy and or promoting an aaDlnist~atiou uf gov e-nuent in gile in-eres. oi tle people. and they will rally 10 its support Governor Hughes then rehearsed l she figures recording the results of | .he elections in the State since lsssi :; and declared that these figures show ] ed that on State issues the Republican party would be doomed 10 defeat un- less is should give new assurances
 10 ,he people Of it's capacity 10 govern
 En their interest The Governor,
 before closing. uttered a warning.
 which she leaders of his party ought
 10 nave framed and hung up in their
 ksarty club rooms l. is this: No
 tnan is . friend O. the Republican
 party who asks me or any ore iD
 authoriEy 10 appoint man or 10 re- tain 2 man who Is nos equal 10 his | job, This plan reference to the 1 principle on which ne acted in recommending 10 the State Senate she removal of Mr. Kelsey. State Superintendent of Insurance. indi- ca.es how seriously Governor Hughes regards sbe case as test of the con- petence of his party. Mir. Barnes, ,he leader of the Albany organization
 who in rbe minds of many has attain
 led the rank of boss. took occasion to
 give MT. Hughes some practical coun-
 sel. He secuted the notion of valuing
 any public opinion except that declar-
 I'd by ballots, but if Mr. Barnes had
 needed Mir. Hughes's figures, he
 would have learned that they were
 all gathered from the ballot-boxes-
 From Governor Hughes's figures We
 select the following for example:
 While Governor Odell received I'm. .opp in le0a. his plurality in l902
 was short of 2. 0g1 While Governor
 Higgins was elected by sa. o0 in l@4.
 iD the last election all the Republican
 candidates for State officers save one were defeated.
 IL will probably take some time for ii to sink into the heads of many
 party leaders that this is really an argument for honesty and efficiency.