The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-06
The Real Progressives.

OIL Iowa gave MS views OF Cne manner
in which the differences within the
ranks of the Republican party should
be fought out and his statement en-
bodies the views of the great mass of
the Republican voters of the middle
west who believe that these differences
should not be permitted to endanger
party success and who are broad
enough to realize that Republicans
may hold opposing views of the proper
methods of applying party principles
without any diminution of partly loyal
ty. If the belief that Republicans
must have the privilege of debating
such questions and of voting as their
judgments lead them without incurring
the charge of party infdelity" algns
voter with the so-called progressive
wing of the party unquestionably the
great majority of middle west Republi-
cans are progressives. They occupy
middle ground between the rabid cor
poration baiters on the one hand and
the standpatters on the other and they
are sincere in their determination that
there shall be exact and equal justice
for all in this nation and that rich
and poor, high and low, corporations
and individuals, shall obey the laws
of the land as they are written in the
statute books. The statement of SEN
ator Cummins of the fundamental prin-
ciples of Republicanism and of the
duty of all loyal party men in the
present crisis within the party which
expresses the sentiments of the ma
jority of the rank and file of the party
follows:
emo matter how the primaries may
result, you will find me in the cam
paign which is to follow doing every
thing within my power for Republican
success.
FFThe fundamental tenets in the
faith Of the Republican party are but
two in number, but of overwhelming
Importance to American people. The
first and always the most vital is that
the constitution of the United States
created nation with all the power
necessary to adequately preserve the
dignity and promote the welfare of its
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charter of the republic must be liberal
ly interpreted.
"The second, far reaching in it's con-
sequences and essential to the growth,
development, and prosperity of the
land, is that import duties shall be
laid for protection as well as revenue
that through these duties domestic pro-
ducers shall be shielded from the I'M
fair and unequal competition of other
countries.
"To me it is clearer now than it
ever was before that a party which
does not hold fast to these doctrines
is not worthy or capable of admins
tering our national affairs. The diff
ferences Of opinion among Republicans
with respect to the application of these
principles, or with respect to other
questions which are not partisan in
their character, must not lead to the
transfer of political power from the
party which now holds it to it's ancient
rival.
"For, although individually the
members of the Democratic party may
justly claim our highest admiration for
the qualities of their citizenship, the
organization as a political instrumen-
tality is not only hopelessly wrong, but
is beyond even the dream of regenera-
ton. IF the Republican party ever
surrenders the place it now occupies
in American politics it must be to an
organization which profoundly believes
in the principles that I have stated.
cit must be granted once for all,
that Republicans must have the privi-
lege of debating such questions and of
voting as their judgments lead them,
without mourning the charge of party
infdelity. The sooner all such init
nations cease, the better it will be for
our party solidarity.
cit may as well be recognized first
as last that there are two elements in
the Republican party. No matter how
they are termed, they represent dis
tinct lines of political thought. AL
though the names which we now use
may be new, the division itself is as
old as society and as natural as life.
Long before Adam quit the world the
progressive" and the standpatter"
made their appearance, and they have
been fighting with each other ever
since. Their names have been legion
and the issues upon which they have
differed have covered the whole scope
of human affairs, but the types have
been constant
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