The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-11-14
REPUBLICAN
BY Frank NJ. Eddy

itself and all other nations, enjoying
the most unparalleled prosperity in all
it's existence, has that nation under
went political revolution, which by
it's stupendous magnitudinous stunned
the victors and paralyzed the van
quished, like the one that recently
transpired in the United States.
The members of the Republican
party, to a certain extent at least, re-
sponsible for this prosperity, were
ousted from every elective position
affecting national administration and
legislation with a complete thorough
ness that demonstrated beyond all
question that an overwhelming major
ity of the people desired a change.
1t is futile toattempt to give 'rea-
sons" for this remarkable transmo-
grification. There was no treason"
for the change. Such thing never
happened before and never will occur
again, until the American people
once more become prosperity mad, F"
and it will undoubtedly require a
mighty long Democratic administra-
tive regime to bring about this result.
While there is and was no reason"
for this change there did exist "causes"
and these causes are so countless that
to enumerate half of them would re-
quire volume.
The Republican party was suffering
from near-ossiication brought on by
long perpetuity of power.
1t was slowly mummifying for lack
of new blood infusion.
1t was gradually decaying through
never-ending sameness Ct manage
ment.
1t lacked the twang of new men and
new measures.
Its leaders failed to realize that the
people wearied of monotony, even if
it was the monotony of prosperity.
1t failed to '.Burn down the school
house" to furnish the virile populace
with excitement.
1t continually continued its old men
in places of authority and leadership,
and when it's rising generations
knocked at the door of political op-
portunity they weret old to ''Tarry at
Jerhico till their boards were grown
but instead of tarrying propagating
whiskers they went after the ele-
phant-and got it.
They were aided by hosts of the dis
satisfied, disgruntled and disappointed
whose appetite for appointiye places
had been whetted by two score years
of failure to land positions and a
horde of notriety loving demagogues
who would manufacture a stick-pin
out of dead grandmother shinbone
and wear it in their cravat if therby
they could focus the attention of the
public upon themselves and keep in
the spotlight. The ranks were swell
ed by multitude of Unsuccessful, who
honestly believe that their misfortunes
were due to legislation and administra-
ton instead f themselves; who fondly
dreamed that if things were changed
they would be different. This heter-
ogeneous conglomeration of naturally
discordant elements were solidified by
a unique and unusual combination of
circumstances and they were egged
on by keen-witted Democrats and the
cyclone they created left the staunch
old Republican ship shattered
wreck on the shores of the sea of
politics.
"What will the harvest be?"
Democracy has control, absolute
control, of The administrative and
legislative powers of the national
government. 1t is theirs to make or
mar. The American people want re-
suits and they want these results to
come in punches, and outside of few
interested Office seekers and office
holders they do not care continental