Milford chronicle., 1910-10-28


heartily welcome TO them, especially {
their natural affiliation is with the Den
. oeratic party.
The second class may be termed th
= Uninteligent Intellectuals. Men of thi
class are sometimes, irrevelantly allude
to as High BroWs. The Unintelligent lG
tellectuals are ever ready to suggest hoy
everything should be done, and are neve
able TO recommend feasible way of dc
ing anything. They are mere theorist
and are not practical in the affairs of life
You are all acquainted with this very re
spectacle, very admirable, but absOlutei,
impossible, class of the community. Thl
respectability of these men will fortu
nateiy deter them from voting the Dem
Ocrstic ticket, even if they have to gag
bit in swallowing Republican doctrines
The third class may be styled the Unc
tuOus Rectitudists. They are character
iEed by self-righteousness and base theii
I independence upon the belief that all
other men are moral delinquents. They
do not scruple, it must be said, alas to
impugn recklessly the motives OF others.
and to appeal TO prejudice and passion, II
necessary to strengthen their arguments.
You all know this Sunday Christian class
in your community. The men Of this
class are affected with moral stabismus
in many instances, but in general the
moral principles of these men would pre-
vent them from voting the Democratic
ticket.
These classes are not numerically strong
but their amazing assumption Of virtue
and omniscience makes them spectacular,
at least, and gives them undeserved prom
inence.
The fourth class Of insurgents may be
referred to as SuburbaRites, in that they
reside in the suburbs, but find it more
to do their political business
in the Republican ranks.
The fourth class merges into the fifth
and last class of insurgents, though the
term Insurgent is hardly appropriate, as
they call themselves, and ! think are en-.
titled to the appellation Progressive Re-
publicans. These men are sincerely de. (
sirous OF raising the standard of the pO- I
itical morals OF the country, and while .
they recognize the necessity of party or
they are uncOmpromisingly
opposed to interruptions boss domination.
ust as you and l are, my friends. But n
ome Of Us think that they are undertak- II
ng to remedy these evils by untimely, II
nefiectual and too drastic methods.
hough ! freely admit that moral suasiOn
lone would not suffice TO accomplish Il
Ome of their cOmmendable aims. This /
lass constitutes the great bulk OF Repub-
icansswhe have been stigmatized by the
Democrats as Insurgents, and the Demo-
rats have labOred under the hallueina-
ion that these progressive Republicans
rOr1iH oeeief 4uvuiffinOfVr fe 90
Omplish the disruption of the RepubI-
an party. Therein they have made the
ltal error in estimating the strength of III
le Democratic party.
There is 10 my judgment not the slight
i doubt that the real, important disaf-
ction in the Republican party has been
nong Republicans of this class--meu "
no are not unduly influenced in Their =
tltude by disagreement upon economic II
lestiOns advocated by the Republican
lrty but who, as ! have said, are insis-
Mt upon the domination of the Repub
,an party by the representative men of
at party and not by seli-constituted
'litical machines. ! believe that this is
II an inauspicious circumstance, for il
very much better for the Republican
rty itself that the necessary improve
ant in party organization be made upon
e initiative of high.mindeG Republican
Iders within the party than forced upon
e party by disappointed American vot-
I using the Democratic party as an in
ument for their ends. These men are
It as loyal Republicans as any of us and
lieve in the great underlying principles
the party. 1t would be doing violence
their very natures to desert the grand
1 Party in time of need, and they GER
My would not exchange even the OBJ
XiOus boss rule of Republican eaders
whose methods they disapprove, for
bosses, whose methods and
nclples as well are Tepugnant These
Republican friends OF ours repudiate u
suggestion that they are outside the -
publican reservation; they insist, anG -
gladly admit, that they are at least II
hin Republican jurisdiction
here must Of necessity be some hard
ling where there have been differences
misunderstanding however incOn-
srable; but men Of character compose
! great fifth class of Progressive Re.
'licans. They have to) much party
ty and too much party pride in the
ievements of the great party, which
Y have 80 loyalty followed these many
re-, not to respond to the call of duty
en that party is threatened by its old
u, the Democratic party. That these
] could under any conceivable condi- II
ofaffairs affiliate with the Democratic
", or that they could leave the Re
lican party to form a new party, is
1Osterous Therefore no credence is
e given to the rumors of the forma-
OF new party-a party composed Of
uolican malcontents and disappointed
'alring Democratic place-seekers.
b party would inevitably die in the
ging forth, for great moral issues and
the fulminations of doctrinaires or Of
self-seeking politicians are
ntial to the creation aud maintain -
of substantial and militant party.
platform Of the Republican party =
great party which has made us su ~
ne among the nations of the world -
mprelensive enough to meet all the
!, economic and political needs of
Nation. SIS
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