Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24
WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a. 1908.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS

IHE kEFOBL1CAN NON1NA 1AOINo
Taft and Sherman, that is the
ticket nominated by the republicans
at Chicago last week, and a stranger
has not been witnessed
for many years. They really be-
long to different parties, as far
apart as possible in any Individual
istic organization. There are real
ly only two great political parties
in the United States at present
the progressives and the standpat.
tiers. Whatever shades of differ
ence there may be among the men,
bers Of the former party as to the
means required for carrying out
their program-from the believers
in government ownership of public
utilities to those who think that
present laws are sufficient if only
thoroly enforced-they all believe
in protecting the rights of the peo-
pie against the entertainments of
organized and INSCRIPTIONS capital
lists. The standpatters believe in
leaving everything alone, except
where they can get special privi-
leges for capitalists such as an in
ordinately high tariff; they believe
in the divine right of the rich to
use their power as they please for
further increasing their unneces-
sary store of wealth. Whatever re-
forms we have ever had have come
from the progressives, passing un-
der different party names at differ
ent times; the standpatters have op-
posed every forward movement
from the revolution down. They
opposed the revolution, because
they were opposed to any change
that might extend the rights Of the
people. They opposed the estab-
lishment Of democratic form of
government, because they were
afraid that it would interfere with
the rights Of capital. They op.
posed the antislavery agitation, be-
cause it interfered with the rights
of capital in the south and damaged
the business men of the north by
alternating southern trade. It was
the same party that in the last ses.
sion of congress prevented the pas.
sage Of the very conservative de.
mands for reform made by Roose.
welt. In the House this work was
done by three men-Speaker Can.
non, Rep. Da!zell of Pennsylvania
and Rep. Sherman of New York
These men constituted the working
majority of the committee Of rules
which under the method of govern
ment in the House has absolute
power to prevent legislation. Nc
man in the country today is more
distinctly recognized as the chief Of
the standpatters than Speaker Can
non, and Sherman is one of the two
men he selected from among sever
al hundred republicans to help hin
in his work Of checking the pro
gressives and multiplying the at.
tempts of President Roosevelt.
Now, Taft is supposed to be &
progressive. At least, he has made
Roosevelt believe that Taft is the
one man in the party to carry out
the Roosevelt policies. Hence we
have the spectacle Of party nom
mating for president man who Is
supposed to be in favor of reform
and the nominating for seconC
place man absolutely known to be
one Of the most determined oppo'
nents Of the policies represented by
the head of the ticket.
In nominating a candidate TO,
vice president it should be borne
in mind that he may be called tt
take the head of the government
1t has happened SO many times il
this country that 1t is a contingent
cy we'll worth taking into consider.
alton, and the result has not Away.
been as satisfactory as in the latest
instance.
"A house divided against itself
that is what the republican party
has become. 1t may possibly wiz
the election by this catering to the
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