The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-16
WHY NOT A REPUBLICAN.

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The Des Moines correspondent Of
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil is great
" exercised over what it terms the
Of Mayne's candidacy for
Congress by the Review. 1t is pro-
fessed that deep laid plot exists to
hamper the cause of reform in it's
effort to defeat Mr.. Smith for Con.
greas in the Ninth District and that
the Review is . party thereto.
70 truth the Review did not endorse
the candidacy Of Mr.. Mayne with that
warmth which personal friendship and
high regard for his qualities No man
would have dictated. This unqualified
endorsement. which it would be
personal pleasure to give, was with
held. because, unlike our insurgsnt
friends we love the grand old repub-
lican party more than we love any in
dividual member of it and we wish to
see harmony prevail if possible.
The Review stated that it could not
endorse the candidacy Of Mr.:
Mayne or anyone else as against the
present incumbent providing the Con-
gresham would subscribe to . test Of
party fealty at once 90 simple, so
straightforward, 80 righteous, that no
republican worthy Of the name could
shrink from it for an instant.
We asked that Mr.. Woods cease to
opposa.sthe President. that he cooper
ate with the republican administration
and that he should not continue to be
stumbling block. We asked that
he do. as the President has repeatedly
urged. that he and his friends should
do-that he should caucus with the
republican members Of the House on
questions involving the welfare Of
the party and that. like any other
republican member. he should con-
slider himself bound BY the decisions
Of the caucus IN
Can any member do less and be
counted q republican? The Review
did not urge that be drop any OPP
position to Mr. Cannon OF to = change
of the rules Of the House. It will be
remembered that Mr.. Woods dropped
his opposition to Cannon Of his own
accord last spring and the Speaker
was elected with bis aid and consent.
The attempt to drag the national scape-
goat into this present matter is puerile
and unwarranted by any statement
made in the Review.
The Review does not regard the
support Of any man for Speaker ~ .
test Of party loyalty. Neither does
it regard the support Of any particular
set Of House rules AZ test Of Repub.
licanism. The Review does con.
slider that the attitude Of asrepublicau
congressman should be friendly to.
wards the republican President, no,
unfriendlys; it considers that . repub'
/ lican Congressman should have some
4 idea Of party loyalty, that he shouli
B be willing to yield some of his owl
\ judgments before the judgment Q.
! the majority Of the party. that h,
should not lend all the aid and com
fort possible to democracy; that h,
should do all chat he csn to aid the
republican administration. not all that
he can to tear it down. ii
Is is unreasonable to ask q repub
lican congressman that he vii ! b
faithful to the republican party ami
the republican president? 10 lit to-
much to ask
& Up to this time, with the exception
: of his vote for Cannon, the record O
the Tenth District Congressman hal
Y been in violent and vociferous opposi
I tion to the Judgment Of the larg
> ma jority Of the republican member
> of both branches Of Congress, as vel
r as in opposition to every reques
] which the President has made for tn
9 fulfillment of party pledges.
g In spite Of all the record Of tn
' past. however. the Review is still Q
: the opinion that any opposition to Mi
w Ouun 5uOuiu Dc OIoPkSussl plOVlutuh
. he will make q simple, clean, mani
b statement that he expects to give tn
Taft administration thoroughgoing an
e honest support hereafter and providln
g that his acts during the next crucia
j months shall show that he is agai
I lined up with the republicans of tn
e Nation.
y One cannot serve two masters. On
should not expect to get his vote
9 from republicans and to give his vote
! to democrats,
9 It has baen aptly suggested that W
. amend the title Of the Bulletin
Near Smut Column by the omissio
} of the word Near. =
The President says that if hi