Arizona republican., 1912-03-25
MONDAY...........MARCH 25. ls1.
The Strength of Insurgency.

Within the past few years d new word has been. confederation a new meaning has been applied to and old word. This word is progressive" l
 one would suppose the meaning of this word relates to the idea of progress but that is incorrect 1T it relates to progress at all it relates to the method rather than tu the fact. No one can deny that the re- publican party is and always has been progressive party. vet the proeressives are not republicans Neither are they democrats They are. although they may deny it them selves. entirely independent in thought of both the old parties. The fact that they may vote the democratic or the republican ticket as their whim or convenience suits them. has little to do with it. There are plenty of socialists who do the same. thing but they are socialists, just the same.
 Again. as to the name. The pro rrc:s. .vcs. improperly so-callcd. con Sti:ute the party of experiment. Iti k the party "r opportunism. It has ncjih,r history nor reason to back it's program. Its parastical character is shown by the fact that it attempts tc apil oprIate the names of the two great parties with fine assumption tha. ;t and it only. is the real. si- mon pure party of progression. :uII all this iS done in face of the fact fnIt Ec:.'rr It Ua- cFcr heard of, hs| progress of this country had been one of the most wonderful events in the history of the world.
 The progressive theory is not the theory of reason. It is simply the theory of experiment Anything that is new looks good to the progressive. No matter what it is. if it has al pes on which to hang demagogic ap- peal to the people. it is at once adopted and hailed as d curc-all. Never in the history of this country has SD much ignorance been dis played as in the speeches and edi- torial matter given out in advocacy of this political cult.
 II is not difficult to imagine where in the strength of insurgency lies. Have you ever observed what hap pens when medical quack comes to town? He has an absolute specific for any and all diseases. The people flock to him The doctors cannot compete with him. because the honest doctor cannot and will not promise an absolute cure in all cases. He is a conservative. He will promise what can be done no more. And he will not promise to do anything at once The doctor Of principle will tell you you must give nature chance. He will tell you you have to live accord ing to sane rules if you want to get well and keep well. He will tell you the science of medicine is a matter of extremely slow growth. He does not tout himself as a genius to whom all diseases are playthings and who has within his medicine case d spe- cific for every ailment that afflicts the race.
 Likewise. the honest statesman will tell you the science of government is q matter of slow growth. He will not spread before your dazzled eyes a scheme to make all men happy and all men rich He will tell you you must do your part. and that the nearer you keep to natural laws the better it will be for you. He has no panacea for the results of ignorance. except education. and education is not achieved in d day. as he will tell you.
 But what is the result? For time the masses flock to the medical quack