Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-24

United States in express terms. IL
provides that the government of tho
united States shall insure to tn.
states at all times a republican form
ct government; that is, a representa-
tive form of government, under
which the people shall act through
their representatives, chosen in the
manner provided by the people
themselves. This, IN support of the
| assertion that this is a government
OF principle rather than a govern
ment OF men. 1t matters but little
what individuals stand for the prin.
ciples OF the government The men
who stood for them in the beginning
are but memory; those who stand
for them today will give place to
those to come after them; hat the
principles Of government will remain
the same. AS they were in the be-
ginning, so they are now and so they
will be In time to come. The princi-
pie is of the first mportance-the
men who represent AMI execute the
principe are Of secondary importan-
ce. You can take every name on
the ticket in every state in the
| Union, and replace them tomorrow
| with other men as capable of sew
ing the people as those whose names
you eliminated. Does that illustrate
the idea that 1t is the principle Of
| government and not the man? OF
| course we must have men capable
and true and faithful Of carrying out
the principles Of the party. but we
have thousands and millions Of such
men in this country. The principles
Of our government are eternal and
will live forever. Men come and
men go. Unless that is true, the
government would die with the pres
ent generation. When I go to the
the principles that the candidate
stands for. That is the only safe
criterian by which to determine
your duty as a citizen. - """"
Suppose you split your vote on the
legislative ticket. The legislative
ticket represents the men who are to
select the representative from this
state in the United States senate.
There great national questions are
determined according to political
principles. Suppose you vote for one
man, Democrat, another one, a
Republican. You split your con-
science. They both cannot represent
you, because they won't both vote
for the same principle, and you have
split your conscience and divided
your allegiance. In other words you
have thrown your vote into space.
You talk about voting for men. l
hear good citizens say frequently,
'Oh. l vote for the man; the man
that l think is the best man l vote
for him." If the man does not stand
for some we'll defined principle of
government he is not worthy to rep
resent you. He is not fit to repre-
sent you in any capacity. If he does
rot stand for wei defined principles
of government, If he lacks the intel
ligence to understand them, and the
integrity to stand by them. he is not
entitled to represent any part Of the
American people in public office. We
do not send men into public positions
unless we do know when we vote
for them for what the stand.
Now, fellow citizens, in this CAM
paign, as in all campaigns. from the
beginning of our government, one
great party stands for we'll defined
we'll understood and we'll tried politt-
cal policy and principle of govern
ment, and that is the Republican
party. Its ancestors, the Whig and
the Federal parties. stood for jus.
what the Republican party stands
| for today. 1t was the Federal party
that organized the government OF
the United States. (ApplauseD There
were the same objections in that
day that confront US today to the
adoption of policies OF the old Fed
eral part They were in contro! OF
the constitutional convention that
made the Constitution OF the United
States. That convention was under
the control OF the Federalists OF that
day The first congress that assemb-
led pursuant to the provisions OF
that constitution had a majority
of Federalists and represented the
Federalist principles Of government
They knew the purposes for which
the government was formed. They
knew the purpose Of the founders OF
THE government Knowing them In
the very hour Of their inception.
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