Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-23

way" "a task delegated 20 him bv
John Brown"
| He is quoted further.
"In days gone by in the Republi.
can party. We strived for majority
of the voters" Gen GARRISON con
! tinued. we eudcavored 90 convince
] them our policies were right. and we
/ had the majority OF them with u.s..
| or late we have become "a minority
/ party. and have not had "a plurality
/ at times
| "In the Blaine Campaign. which
/ was one OF the hardest fought cam
/ paigus this country ever saw. the
/ national committee had S4o0 900.
| one-half of which was contributed bv
! Mr.. Blaine from his profits from his
! booN. Twenty Years in Congress
Until that campaign there uevci
/ had been "a dollar paid TO any man
90 make political speech for the
Republican party. Men Don ncighbor-
hoods and In States took care of
that, and the speakers were ready
Co advocate the principles OF the
party.
This too is statement of facts.
one can readily judge how far the
party managers have driftcd away
from the moorings. The correspond.
euce continues:
How much do you thiuR
national committee should Doe allow.
ed Co spcnd2' Gen. Clarksou was
asked.
Five hundred thousand should be
ample 90 run national campaign.
and 90 run 10 along correct lines"
was the reply. 81 never was in favor
| OF buying an election. and ] never
viii De. NJ the rich OF this country
| are permitted 20 purchase its cleo.
! uons, that is the end OF free gov
| ernment'
This too is "a plain. straight-for
ward statement IL is as true as is
the needle TO the pole" If the oc-
cupancy of political Office has kept
Gen. Clarkson's lips sealed in the
past, his yielding up of that office
has brought about a condition OF al.
fairs. which from his utterances.
shows chat he has had correct ideas
AN along as TO the proper conduct of
the campaigns OF the Republican
party.
The correspondent quotes him as
follows:
'ln formal statement previous
20 his talk the general said:
The Republican party. in my
opinion. is in a more critical condi-
tion than at any time in its history.
What 10 needs 20 do is 20 retrieve It's
mistakes of recent years and not en-
ter into explanations
Lord Rosebery said, Napoleon on
his rock at St. Helena chartered like a
maybe and wanted 70 explain The
mass OF the people want none of
that; they are waiting for action. II
the party does not act in advance.
they viii act for themselves: make
no mistake about that"
II seems TO us that Gen. Clarkson
has stated the condition Of affairs
exactly. There is no master mind and
skillful hand. recognized alike by Re
publicans and Insurgents. which can
accomplish the results which this
statesman has outlined. The Demo
cratic party OF the country, while
temporarily united in Congress, is
in a state of disintegration in the
country. Its accession TO power would
mean its destruction and the Repub-
lican party with all of its faults and
weaknesses would come unto its own
again. Gen. ClaFkson announced a
cure for this condition Of affairs. The
correspondent says:
The general was asked If IL is not
now merely the question of a national
committee nominating a candidate
for President in the Republican
party. He replied:
The national committee has nom
mated Presidents. II nominated Nc
Kinley. II has gotten so that the del
egates merely ratify the choice OF
the national committee because the