The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

party was house united, but how do
we find It now7 The bitterest at
tacks upon policies OF the party are
contained in the Republican plat
forms OF many OF the states. Who ia
this new character known as "The
Progressive Republican," Why has
he come? What Is an "lnsurgent,"
anyway? prominent lawyer OF
Ohio was asked the other day his
definition of Progressive Republi'
can" and promptly came the re-
sponse; "A Progressive Republican Is
a man who loves Democratic princi'
Pies. and wants to adopt them: opO
who bondly looks back on the days Of
Lincoln and secs the danger OF stand
ing pat; in short, a Progressive Re-
publican is an up-to-date Democrat"
The star OF Democracy never
shone with greater splendor than
now; now, when her principles are
advocated by the united members OF
her own party and too, advocated
and adopted by one.half the following
Of the Republican party. The stand.
patter is doomed to defeat There is
Maine, gone Democratic. Rock-ribbed
Republican Malnel Whether It be
due TO the regulars or due to the
progressives, we know not; but we
do know that II was the work of q
people interested in the success and
welfare Of their state and OF the ma,
tion. The people do not like AldTich.
ism and Cannonism. They revolt
against them. Insurgent movement
we learn was weak In Maine. This
being true, what can we expect OF
/ Ohio, where Republican insurgency is
rampant with a "stand.pat" platform
and a "hitched.tight candidate for
governor" and "hitched-tighter can
didate for United States senator2"
The glorious victory in Maine is an
inspiration indeed to Ohio Democ-
racy. II is the most tremendous po-
litical upheaval that has taken place
in any distinctively New England
state since Abraham Lincoln was
nominated for president. II fore
tells overwhelming Republican woe
throughout the country on Nov. 8. II
the Republicans lost Maine, how can
| they hope to win In Ohio, with its
strong and aggressive Democracy
united under the matchless leader
Judson Harmon-the best governor OF
the best state in the UnionY The
conservatives must not delude them
selves with the thought that the new
| progressive movement will soon
wane and the former order of things
be restored. The insurgency In the
Republican party is protest against
greed, frenzied finance and monop-
oily; nay. more, multitudes in the
United States have felt long since
that this government, as we have 1t,
is not "of the people, for the people
and by the people," There is a return
to the principles upon which our ma
tion was founded, principles which
have been but too often almost for
gotten.
The Republican candidates for
state office in Ohio, at the Kenton
meeting, committed themselves to
the stand-pat policies. In so doing,
were they standing for the people, or
for the old guard? The answer l
have to give is not that of Demo
crat, but that of a Republican daily
paper of Ohio, Of eminent respect
ability and high standing. The Ohio
State Journal Of Sept. IA, in speaking
Of the Maine election, says editor
tally: ut is undoubtedly the peoples
work No one must suppose that the
progressives got together and organ
lied a conspiracy to defeat the Re
publican party. That may he the
stand-pat idea, but it is far from the
truth. The progressive contingent
was the creature of public senti-
ment that didn't like the way things
we're going. They didn't like Aldrich-
ism and Cannonism, and If 1t wasn't
for this, the progressives would prob
ably never have been heard Of.
ut was the people opposing certain
prevailing tendencies that projected
the so-called insurgency in the polit-
ical arena. 1t was not Beveridge,
Murdock or LaFollette. They could
not have helped it If they had tried.
The people got the idea that stand
patism was on the side Of the inter
ests. They discerned this attitude in
the tariff bill, the railroad bill, the
ship subsidy bill and in the oppres-
sive sway Of the speaker.
"The suspicious became regnant in
the formation of party opinion, and
formulated a new expression of Re
publican doctrine, represented in
what is known as progressiveness,
and this new phase of party purpose
seems to dominate the situation; 1t
seems to say we must not occupy the
old camps any longer; we must move
to new ones, to higher ones, where
the sun of progress shines for ALL"
With such an argument from such
source, what more Is needed to
convince a reasonable man that the
days OF the stand-pat platform are
numbered?
A few words as to the campaign in
our own state. Two years ago we
candidates on the Democratic state
ticket exposed the graft and corrup-
ton that existed among Republican
officials at the statehouse The can
didates on the Republican ticket re-
mained silent and by their silence
protected the guilty and unworthy.
We submit to the voters Of this state
that substantially every charge that
was then made has been found true.