Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-15
A REPUBLICAN EDITOR's VIEW


NJ. J. MCKENZIE
A REPUBLICAN EDITORS VIEW.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: In the
campaign of 1910 the republican con-
gressional committee will give out
republican literature, and not insur-
gent literature. The committee will
not oppose insurgents in the primar-
les and will not work against them
at the polls If they. receive the NOM
;, ination. But before and after the
primaries, in giving out campaign
documents, the committee will con-
fine itself strictly to documents
which bear the stamp Of republican
regularity. If the insurgents want
literature of their own complexion
they will have to supply it them.
selves.
This is the program which has
been agreed upon in conference be-
tween the republican leaders and the
president. 1t has sense on it's side
The designation republican which
the congressional committee carries
means exactly what it says. 1t was
the republican party which carried
the country for congress and presi-
dent in 1908. The party has taken
the country at it's word. Thus far we
have had republican policy. A few
men masquerading Under the repub-
lican name have impeded the party.
They have joined with the democrats
in attempts to defeat the program of
the party which elected them.
Through the aid Of these men the
democrats are counting on winning
some seats in the house in the cleo
ton this year. The republican con-
gressional committee cannot reason
ably be expected to aid in this con-
spiracy. - .;
None but republicans will be put
on guard in this exigency. The is-
sues which are before the country are
large and the people by their votes
in 1908 said that they wanted these
issues to be settled along republican
fines. It was . republican and not
a mugwump convention which nom
mated Taft. Republicans and not in
surgents elected him. The men who
bear the republican label have a ma
jority of forty-seven in the house of
In a chamber of
391 members this margin is not very
broad. It is broad enough, however,
if every member who appealed for
republican support during the cam
paign of 1908 carries out the pledge
which he made in accepting the re-.
publican candidacy. On a narrower
margin than this the republican
party has often made a great record.
The republican leaders are attempt.
ing to give the American people the
sort Of government which they asked
at the polls year and third ago.
II the element who entered congress
under false pretenses prevent the
republicans from meeting the peo-
Pies expectations the people will
know just where to lay the blame. If
the ten or fifteen representatives and
who were elected as repub.
leans, but who vote as democrats,
expect aid from the republican con-
sressional committee this year they
are unreasonable. This is not what
he republican committee is here for.
Regardless of the mask which he
at his election the man who
votes democratic must be classed as
4 democrat. Only two parties are I
in our political scheme to- .
lay These are the democratic and
he republican. Our politics takes
no account of hybrids. The man who ,
opposes republican measures is prac- {
;ically democrat. In the campaign
If 1910 no democrat need apply for {
aid from the republican COMPRESSION :
Al committee.
The advent of the spring season
1t the first of March is something I
unusual in this region. March is u.s. Il
lally a cold and clustering month,
md while there is not any long con. ,
;inued cold weather, there is little of {
spring flavor in the month. This
year, however, the first, Of the month
Jaw mild and pleasant weather, with I
! succession of days when the Their k
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