Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-18

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United States has become not only the
most important work ever committed
to man, but it has also become the
most difficult duty ever undertaken by
/ organized society. The problems which
confronted our forefathers were few
and simple as compared with those
with which we must deal. Our govern
ment is necessarily administered thru
the medium of party organization and
the conflict for supremacy is never
ending.
Republicans Disagree.
We are now at the outset OF the
quadrennial campaign which is to de-
termine whether the principles, poll
cies and administration of the republic
can party shall be continued thru an
other period of four years, or wheth-
err the power which we are now ex-
ercistng shall be transferred to a par
ty claiming a different creed. holding
a contrary faith. and pledged to re-
verse the principles of republican
executive.
There are some things upon which
the republicans of Iowa are not in
agreement. 1t is not strange that this
is So nor is it to be deplored for re-
! publicans everywhere are free thinking
and independent speaking men. There
is one thing, however upon which we
all unite with zeal and enthusiasm
We are one in the belief that the well
fare of the people of the United States
demands the perpetuation of the prin-
ciples and policies and administration
of the republican party.
Nearly a half century has gone by
/ since the republican party first as
sllmed the power and accepted the re-
/ sponsibilities of guiding the destinies
of the mightiest nation on earth. Dur
ing this long period in which the re-
public has risen from obscurity II
fame, our party has been supreme
save for a few years. the record of
ing to forget.
Many Great Men.
! We remember with gratitude the
great leaders that came after Lincoln,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Blaine, Harri-
son and Mckinley. What list of
country makers-al republicans, I'M
matched by any list in any party at
! any time in the history of the world.
We remember with intense pride the
! courage and intelligence with which
the party met and solved the problems
of the civil war, of slavery, of recon
struction. of the monetary system and
of the tariff No such honorable and
growing career as that which is writ
ten in the history OF our party from
1861 to 1901, can be found in the an
nals of another political organization.
l must, however, content myself with
the merest reference to these years of
wonderful performance, knowing that
their deeds are not only indeliby writ
ten in the history of civilization, but
gratefully preserved i'm the recollec-
tons of every faithful republican. But
as Lowell says:
New occasions teach new duties.
Time makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward
who would keep abreast the truth.
Low her campfire CLEANS before us,
we ourselves must pilgrims be
Launch our Mayflower and steer bold
ly thru the desperate winter sea.
NOR attempt TIE future poIldlS Will
the past's blood rusty key"
| 1t is, therefore, my purpose to come
| immediately to the daWning of the
new era which was ushered in when
/ Theodore Roosevelt became the presi-
| dent of the United States. In large
measure the old questions had passed
away They had been finally answered
| and forever settled. The marvellous
growth of the country since the civil
I war had created new problems more
serious than any which had ever be-
| fore arisen for solution by either leg
islation, judicial construction or exec
utive administration. We had reached
! a moment in our wonderful history
when it was necessary for the gov
eminent to check the tendency toward
oppression, not oppression from phys
| ical force, the remedy for which had
| long been familiar, but oppression
! from the power of business, wealth,
commerce and transportation. We
! were compelled to enter an unexplored
field of governmental interference. 1t
| is true that the interstate commerce
law had been passed and the Sher-
man antitrust law was in force, but
they were largely abstract, and had
not yet closely touched the affairs of
/ the country. .Unquestionable provi-
dence rules over nations as we'll as
over men, but when the crisis comes,
a wise mind, a great heart and a
strong hand always meet it.
Greatest Man of Modern Times.
The American people have much rea-
son to be greatful to the Divine Mas
\ ter Of the world, but there is one thing
for which they should be more thank
full that at this moment there came
into leadership the greatest man OF
modern times. the most potent force
in all the world-Theodore Roosevelt.
The years that have since elapsed have
been full of splendid accomplishment.
He has boldly undertaken to find his
way thru the labyrinth that surround
ed us. He has confidently appealed to
the sense of justice which always
dominates the American heart His
work is not yet done but it has been
gloriously begun. He has led no cru
sade against wealth; he has endeav-