Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-03
"Em Of Good FecIing''-PolIticaIIy

W
These are happy days for citizens
who. while nomlnally members of
this or that party frequently like TO
split ticket" or vote for the 9th
er fellow" occasionally, but are de-
| TERED from doing 30 by the false.
even Vicious, conviction that there
Is sort OF divinity hedging a po.
/ litical party which makes failure 10
vote It's tickets "ctraight" from vot-
ing age TO death an apostacy, an un-
pardonable sin. Bat now parties are
so split mp within themselve- regard
Ing the prominent political l3sueo
that one may vote either ticket o.
parts OF both without being accuse
by his "inner consciousness, or bv
anybody, OF being a traitor TO nj
party" n turn coat" or an apostatC
In fact, the political situation IS nov
no peculiar that one cannot vote the
parties without being "dlsloyal" 10
large portion OF his own party!
on the tariff question for instance
self interest and not party Is the d.
vldlng line. Doubtlers the Repub-
licans are more evenly divided be-
tween tarlff reformers and standpnt-
ters than Democrat. but OF the lat
ter the benehclarles OF protection
will vote with Republican benenclar-
les, sinking party fidelity IN self In
terest
In the matter OF securing bank de
poslts. while the leaders OF both par :
ties divide on party lines, the rauh
and ille do not An instance IN point 4
A. furnished by the Republican state .
~
Kansas, both of which declared for /
securing bank deposits, I'm direct OPP 1
position To their national leaders.
Another evidence OF the party |
mix-up OF the timos Is furnished by /
tho recent national legislation or I
railroads, trusts and other import
ant public questions; not one of the /
laws enacted was by n strict party
vote, Republican and Democrats ou-
posing their respective fellow parti-
gans In every instance except when
the vote was unanimous. Opposition
10 Roosevelt's policies has been a.
vlded between both OF the old par
ties through the most Intense OPP
position has come from Republican
leaders. like Aldrich, Foraker, Can
non ct al. reinforced by nominal
Democrats but supporters OF what
MIR, Roosevelt calls ''predatorS
wealth"
The religious press Is furnishing
more evidence Of the dlsno it'on Of
what has been termed non-polltical
Journals TO rire suporlor to the fear
of rasnlug some readers sensitive
party-preiudico and disc1sser nuhlic
questions from the standpoint OF the
nation host interests rather than 2
nariv's snn-om0cv, Tho Westmin-
ster. loadlup prcshvierian paner
Phnadclphia. throws on tho tram
mels IN on able ortiole and Saws,
amone many other good things,
''keep your ewes omen for the man
who SAYS he never miXe7 HIS reliel0n
with nollties The CrRnd Ranids
ppnner piso Preehvterian. the New
York Christian Advocate. Methodist,
and several othrs declare that ones
reelection is tho very best thing % NIX
with ooo' politics, not partizgnshi7,
hut politics, now very generally re-
garfed ne omethmg quite aNart.
Farm. stock q Home which has
ever aimed 20 be political hut never
nartigan. save who're natlzansh'p he
eame an incidcnt 20 what u cOnsid
10 brine the sreatest good 20 the
greatest number. reiolces with ex-
ceedine great iOv over the nolitica'
sitmeti0n herewith referred 20, for
which President RoO7evelt must he
g'ven the chief credit From almost
she arst breath this naner drew. Il
has decla'med time out OF mind,
against the sin and dancer az narti-
Tno lAo'"'~s'. which has az 80 ~es'
- 10 ~''n - The future. I acai" al
'N~'~ O." r'"sv the e'ecto~ste ~ the
"o''r" 'o no exclusion ~ Nn Other
ec~- i'o-et'nRt, imneril tNo 'NtegritV
y ~r' 40 Nfe ~ the renuhNe
90 rou~oe nartie- and ne~'v fae'-
i'v e~o ~ 'lehi. ana neeasserv. nai
aAeli'v 80 marty should he fov p
eav'Npie~ only; a. any rates portv
4 feliiv e NAmmenaphle op'v whom /
ne party stands FOR nrincinles IN
harmony with the honest. Welt
lhouehsont eonvlctiens 0f tAa vote~.